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broader-casting® industry. The future of the industry is now, and the ideas and individuals shaping that future are found at the NAB Show.

 

Note: All sessions, unless indicated as "open to all", are open only to paid conference registrants or ticket holders.

 

General Sessions | Super Sessions | Special Sessions | Conference Keynotes | Luncheons

 

General Sessions

Open To All

In Conversation With: Dana Walden and Gary Newman

Monday, April 12

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.


Gary Newman

Gary Newman
Twentieth Century Fox Television

 

Dana Walden

Dana Walden

Twentieth Century Fox Television

 

Joe Flint

Joe Flint
Los Angeles Times

 

Moderator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open To All

NAB Show Opening

Monday, April 12

9 - 10 a.m.


Hiroshi Yoshioka

Hiroshi Yoshioka
Sony

 

Keynote

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox
Actor/Humanitarian

 

NAB Distinguished Service Award Recipient

Gordon H. Smith

Gordon H. Smith
President and CEO

National Association of Broadcasters

 

State of the Industry Address

 

 

 

 

Open To All

FCC Chairman Genachowski Keynote

Tuesday, April 13

9 - 10:15 a.m.

 

 

Julius Genachowski

Julius Genachowski

Federal Communications Commission

 

 

Open To All

Keynote: Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century: the Impact on Media, Communications, and Society

Tuesday, April 13

9 - 10 a.m.

 

 

Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil

Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.

Don Marinelli

Don Marinelli

Carnegie Melon University and
Entertainment Technology Center

 

 

Open To All

In Conversation With: Stan Lee

Wednesday, April 14

9 - 9:45 a.m.

 

 

Stan Lee

Stan Lee

POW! Entertainment

 

 

Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick

 

Moderator


 

 

Super Sessions

CNN, ESPN and Adobe Discuss Broadcasting's New Realities
How Technology Is Shaping Content Creation, Delivery and Monetization in This Changing Environment

Monday, April 12

11 - 11:30 a.m.

 

Michael Koetter

Michael Koetter

CNN

 

 

John Loiacono

John Loiacono

Adobe

Damon Phillips

Damon Phillips

ESPN3.com

 

 

 

 

 

Cool Gadgets, Hot Content

Monday, April 12

12 - 1 p.m.

 

Brian Cooley

Brian Cooley

CNET.com


 

 

 

 

 

In Conversation With: Lloyd Braun

Monday, April 12

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

 

Lloyd Braun

Lloyd Braun

BermanBraun


 

 

Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher

All Things Digital

 

Moderator

 

 

Augmented Reality: Entertainment Meets Ubiquitous Computing

Monday, April 12

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

 

Bruno Uzzan

Bruno Uzzan
Total Immersion


 

 

Rebecca Allen

Rebecca Allen

Nokia Research Center

 

 

Chetan Damani

Chetan Damani
acrossair


 

 

Joe Garlington

Joe Garlington

Walt Disney Imagineering


 

Gene Becker

Gene Becker

Lightning Laboratories


 

 

Seth Shapiro

Seth Shapiro

New Amsterdam Media

 

Moderator

 

 

Social Media: Strategies in Content and Commerce

Monday, April 12

4 - 5 p.m.

 

 

 

Jason Klarman

Jason Klarman

Oxygen Media

 

Jason Rosenthal

Jason Rosenthal
Ning

Robert Hayes

Robert Hayes
Showtime Digital Media

 

Levi Shapiro

Levi Shapiro

TMT Strategic Advisors

 

Moderator


 

 

Unboxing Advertising and Entertainment: Building a Transmedia Experience

Tuesday, April 13

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.


Elan Lee Elan Lee
Fourth Wall Studios
Ian Sander

Ian Sander

Executive Producer
"Ghost Whisperer"

Ivan Askwith Ivan Askwith
Big Spaceship
Jesse Alexander

Jesse Alexander
Writer/Producer


Michael Monello Michael Monello
Campfire

 

 

All-Star Session: Next Generation Storytelling

Tuesday, April 13

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

 

Ed Leonard

Ed Leonard
Dreamworks Animation SKG

 

Phil McKinney

Phil McKinney
Hewlett-Packard Company

 

Keynote

 


Scott Dadich

Scott Dadich
WIRED

 

Phil McKinney

Kevin Lynch
Adobe Systems Incorporated

 


 

 

Television Advertising: Creative Differences and Perspectives

Produced in association with TVB

Tuesday, April 13

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

 

Colleen Brown

Colleen Brown

Fisher Communications, Inc.

Matt Seiler

Matt Seiler

Universal McCann


Dave Lougee

Dave Lougee

Gannett Broadcasting

Lee Doyle

Lee Doyle

Mediaedge


Steve Sturm

Steve Sturm

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Steve Lanzano

Steve Lanzano

TVB

 

Moderator


 

 

Building Audience Loyalty with Social Media

Tuesday, April 13

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

 

Rob Tercek

Rob Tercek

The Oprah Winfrey Network


 

 

Mobile TV: Ready for Primetime?

Tuesday, April 13

1 - 2:30 p.m.


Brett Jenkins Saul Berman
IBM
Jonathan Barzilay

Jonathan Barzilay
FLO TV

Brett Jenkins Brett Jenkins
ION Media Networks
Frank Barbieri Frank Barbieri
Transpera
Cedric Fernandes

Cedric Fernandes
MobiTV

 

 

Gary Arlen

Gary Arlen
Arlen Communications, Inc.

 

Moderator


 

 

In Conversation With: Thomas Gewecke

Tuesday, April 13

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

 

Thomas Gewecke

Thomas Gewecke

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution

 

 

 


 

 

Not Broadcasting as Usual: How TV and Broadband Can Survive Together

Tuesday, April 13

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

 

Buno Pati

Buno Pati

Sezmi Corporation

Kelly Day

Kelly Day

Discovery Communications


Carolyn Everson

Carolyn Everson

MTV Networks

Vern Fotheringham

Vern Fotheringham

CTB Group

 


Edward Moran

Edward Moran

Deloitte

 

Moderator

 


 

 

In Conversation With: Matt Weiner

Tuesday, April 13

4 - 5 p.m.

 

Matt Weiner

Matt Weiner

Creator and Executive Producer
"Mad Men"

 

 

 


 

 

Ad Innovations for the Digital Age

Wednesday, April 14

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

 

Rishad Tobaccowala

Rishad Tobaccowala

VivaKi

Vivi Zigler

Vivi Zigler

NBC Universal


 

 

Multi-platform: Taking Content to the Next Level

Wednesday, April 14

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 


Anthony E. Zuiker

Anthony E. Zuiker
Creator, Executive Producer
"CSI"

 

Keynote
Chris Wagner

Chris Wagner
NeuLion, Inc.

Josh Walker

Josh Walker
CityVoter

Brian Levy

Brian Levy
Red Bee Media

 

Steve Bradbury

Steve Bradbury
GoTV Networks

 

Moderator

 

 

 

The Business and Technology of Sports Broadcasting: From Mobile Devices to 3D

Produced in association with Sports Video Group

Sponsored by:

Level 3 Communications

Wednesday, April 14

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.


Steve Hellmuth

Steve Hellmuth

NBA


 

 

 

 

Convergence in Entertainment and Games

Wednesday, April 14

1 - 2 p.m.

 


Reto Bodmer

Reto Bodmer

Evolved Games

Sebastien Halleux

Sebastien Halleux
Playfish

 

 

Dale Strang

Dale Strang
Viximo

 

 


Megan Gaiser

Megan Gaiser
HER Interactive

 

Moderator

 

 

Faith in Film: New Faces in Hollywood

Produced in association with 168 Film Project

Wednesday, April 14

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

 

Brian Bird Brian Bird
Writer/Producer
"Touched by an Angel"
Paul Lauer

Paul Lauer

Motive Entertainment

Joshua Weigel

Joshua Weigel
Writer/Director

John David Ware

John David Ware

168 Film Project

 

Moderator



 

 

Special Sessions

A Breakfast Invitation - Mobile DTV: Revving the Engines and Ready to Go!

Hosted by Open Mobile Video Coalition

Sponsored by:

Axcera      Harris      LG      Samsung Mobile      Rohde & Schwarz      Rohde & Schwarz

Monday, April 12

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Brandon Burgess

Brandon Burgess
ION Media Networks

John Thode

John Thode
Dell, Inc.

 


Dave Lougee

Dave Lougee
Gannett Broadcasting

 

 


 

 

Broadcast Spectrum: Use It or Lose It

Produced in association with MSTV

Monday, April 12

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

 

 

Paul Karpowicz

Paul Karpowicz

Meredith Broadcast Group

 

Rick Ducey

Rick Ducey

BIAfn Financial Network


Phil Bellaria

Phil Bellaria

FCC

 

David Donovan

David Donovan

MSTV

 

Co-Moderator

 


Richard Wiley

Richard Wiley

Wiley Rein LLP

 

Co-Moderator

 

 


 

 

Future of Broadcast News: Different Paths, Different Demands

Produced in association with RTDNA

Monday, April 12

2:30 - 3:45 p.m.

 

Russ Mitchell

Paul McTear

Raycom Media, Inc.

Russ Mitchell

Steve Grove

YouTube, LLC


Harvey Nagler

Harvey Nagler

CBS News, Radio

Bob Horner

Bob Horner

NBC News Inc.


Brian Bracco

Brian Bracco

Hearst Television, Inc.

Russ Mitchell

Russ Mitchell

Anchor
CBS Evening News,
Sunday Edition

 

Moderator


 

 

The Washington Face-off

Tuesday, April 13

2:30 - 3:45 p.m.


Anna Gomez Anna M. Gomez
NTIA
Meredith Atwell-Baker Meredith Attwell-Baker
Federal Communications Commission
Mignon Clyburn Mignon Clyburn
Federal Communications Commission
Michael Copps Michael Copps
Federal Communications Commission

 

 

Dual Utilization of Broadcast Technology for Industry and Government

Wednesday, April 14

10 - 10:30 a.m.

 

Howard Lance

Howard Lance
Harris Corporation

 


 

 

Open To All
The Media Revolution: The Shift That Will Change Everything You Know About Media

Wednesday, April 14

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

Phil Cooke

Phil Cooke
Cooke Pictures

 


 

 

Open To All
National Export Initiative: Boosting Exports and Creating Jobs in the Digital Media and
Entertainment Industry

Wednesday, April 14

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

 

Suresh Kumar

Suresh Kumar
U.S. Department of Commerce

 


 

 

Conference Keynotes

Digital Cinema Summit

Co-produced by SMPTE, EBU and ETC

Sponsored by:       Supported by:

Axcera      Harris      LG            

Saturday, April 10

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 11

11 - 11:45 a.m.


Mark Schubin

Mark Schubin
Technology Consultant

 

John Honeycutt

John Honeycutt

Discovery Communications, LLC

 


 

Broadcast Engineering Conference

Co-produced by SBE and IEEE

Sponsored by:

Axcera      Harris      LG         

Sunday, April 11

9 - 9:30 a.m.


Barry Blesser

Barry Blesser
25-Seven Systems and columnist for "Radio World"

 

 

 

 

 

Military and Government Summit

Produced in association with Harris

Sponsored by:

Harris      Harris      LG      LG

Tuesday, April 13

8 - 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 14

10 - 10:30 a.m.

 

James Martin

James Martin

OSDI

Howard Lance Howard Lance
Harris Corporation

Thursday, April 15

11 - 11:30 a.m.

Anthony E. Zuiker

Major General James O. Poss
United States Air Force

  

 

 

Post Production World

Produced in partnership with Future Media Concepts

Platinum Sponsor:

Avid                  

 

Maryann Brandon

Maryann Brandon

"Star Trek"

 

Mitch Jacobson

Mitch Jacobson

Category-5 Studios

 

 

Luncheons

Television Luncheon

Sponsored by:

VCI Solutions

Monday, April 12

12:30 - 2:15 p.m.

 

 

 

Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons

Emmy Nominated Actor,
"The Big Bang Theory"

 

NAB Television Chairman's
Award Recipient

NBC Universal Sports

NBC Sports

 

NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame Honoree

 

 

 

Paul Karpowicz

Paul Karpowicz

Meredith Broadcast Group

 

Co-Host


 

 

Dick Ebersol

Dick Ebersol

NBC Universal Sports & Olympics


Accepting the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame award on behalf of NBC Sports

 

Marcellus Alexander

Marcellus Alexander

National Association of Broadcasters

 

Co-Host


 

 

 

 

 

Radio Luncheon

Sponsored by:

ASCAP

Tuesday, April 13

12:30 - 2 p.m.

 

Phil Hendrie

Phil Hendrie
Radio Personality

Talk Radio Network

Ron Chapman

Ron Chapman
Radio Personality

 

NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame Inductee

Featuring the presentation of the:

Crystal Radio Awards

 

 

Technology Luncheon

Sponsored by:

LG Electronics

 

 

 

12:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Wednesday, April 14

 


Steve Church

Steve Church
Founder and CEO
Telos Systems

 

NAB Engineering Achievement Award Recipient

Steve Church

Mark Richer
President
Advanced Television Systems Committee

 

NAB Engineering Achievement Award Recipient

Steve Church

Shelly Palmer
Host and Author
"Digital Life with Shelly Palmer and MediaBytes", "Television Disrupted"

 

Keynote

 

 

 


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