Executive Level Event, Examining 3D Economy From All Points of View on September 15-16 in Los Angeles, Will Set Record Attendance
LOS ANGELES & MILFORD, Conn. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 13, 2010 — Unicomm, LLC and The Bob Dowling Group announced today that the 3D Entertainment Summit™, presented in association with Variety and featuring an all-star lineup of entertainment and business executives, has already more than doubled attendees and sponsors/exhibitors over last year’s record event. The third annual Summit will be held September 15-16, 2010 at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal City, CA.
"The 3D revolution across all entertainment mediums is driving unprecedented interest in this industry leading event and we are expecting a sold-out conference," said John Golicz, CEO of Unicomm, LLC. "Particularly exciting will be the record number of senior executives attending from the major Hollywood studios, TV broadcasting companies, consumer electronics manufacturers and national cinema chains."
Keynote Speakers at the Summit include Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG; writer/director M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender; The Sixth Sense), Chris Cookson, President of Sony Pictures Technologies, John Rubey, President, AEG Network LIVE, Michael V. Lewis, Chairman/CEO RealD, David Bishop, President, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Vince Pace, CEO, PACE and Bryan Burns, VP, Strategic Business Planning and Development, ESPN.
In addition to keynote addresses and panels, the Summit will feature a state-of-the-art 3D Entertainment Lounge™ where attendees can experience a variety of interactive 3D Entertainment systems and see what they just heard about. The sold out exhibits area features leading edge entertainment companies showcasing everything from 3D display cell phones, the latest 3D TV’s and video games to even a thirty foot Dome presentation system.
The highly interactive, discussion-driven environment of the Summit allows entertainment professionals the opportunity to gain practical insight into 3D technology, market considerations, adoption rates, creative and production strategies, and talent and licensing issues to gain a better sense of how 3D relates to their future.
Additional speakers at the 3D Entertainment Summit include:
Adrian
Askarieh, Prime Universe Productions;
Todd
Baker, SRS Labs;
Jeff
Berman, CE Daily;
James
Bower, MASTERIMAGE 3D;
Stuart
Bowling, Dolby Laboratories;
Tom
Bracken, Technicolor 3D;
Corey
Bridges, Multiverse;
Yusuf
Broachwala, Bsat Labs LLC/ Baruch Productions;
Michael
Cai, Interpret, LLC;
Gabrielle
Chamberlin, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment;
Sandy
Climan, 3ality Digital, LLC;
David
Cohen, Variety;
Dave
Cook, NVIDIA Corporation;
Jeff
Cove, Panasonic Corporation of North America;
Mike
Dawson, Sony Electronics;
Frank
DeMartin, Mitsubishi;
Jonathan
Dern, Cinedigm Content And Entertainment Group;
Richard
Doherty, Microsoft;
Frederik
Du Chau;
Eric
Edmeades, The Kerner Group;
Marc
Finer, DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group;
Jim
Fischbach, Intrepid Management Group;
John
Gaudiosi, journalist;
Josh
Greer, RealD;
Phil
Groves, IMAX Corporation;
Buzz
Hays, Sony 3D Technology Center, Sony Corporation of America;
Scott
Hettrick, 3DHollywood.net;
Charlotte
Jones, Screen Digest;
Peter
Koplik, MASTERIMAGE 3D;
Richard
LaBerge, EVP/CMO, Sensio Technologies;
Lorne
Lanning, Odd World Inhabitants, Oddmobb Inc;
Ron
Lim;
Al
Lopez, Spatial View;
Marcy
Magiera, Magiera Consulting;
Jim
Mainard, Dreamworks;
Derek
Manning, FOX Sports;
Michelle
Martell, Cinedigm Content and Entertainment Group;
David
Martin, Legend3D;
Rich
Marty, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment;
Jeff
Maynard, The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films;
Robert Mayson,
RealD; John Meyer, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.;
Patrick
Naud, Ubisoft;
Michael
Pachter, Wedbush Morgan Securities;
Philippe
Paquet, Disney Interactive Studios;
Andy
Parsons, Blu-ray Disc Association;
Greg
Passmore, Passmore Lab;
Joe
Peixoto, Worldwide Cinema, RealD;
Megan
Pollock, Consumer Electronics Association;
Steven
Poster, International Cinematographers Guild;
Bai
Qiang, 3D China Ltd., Ample Luck International Capital Group;
Ken
Ralston, Sony Pictures Imageworks;
Matty
Rich, Hollywood 3D Director & Game;
Brian
Rogers , Godzilla ;
Barry
Sandrew, Ph.D., Legend 3D;
Neil
Schneider , S3DGA & Meant To Be Seen;
Kurt
Schwenk , Paramount Pictures;
Deborah
Senior , Toyota Motor Sales (TMS),USA, Inc.;
Alec
Shapiro , Professional Solutions Of America, Sony Electronics;
Amy
Jo Smith , DEG: the Digital Entertainment Group;
James
Stewart , Geneva Film Co;
Andrew
Stucker , Digital Cinema Solutions, Sony Electronics ;
Chris
Subagio , Double Helix Games;
Jonas
Tanenbaum , Samsung Electronics; Brian Van't Hul, LAIKA;
Ken
Venturi , NCM Media Network;
Richard
J. Verrier , Los Angeles Times ;
Chris
Ward , Lightspeed Design, Inc. / DepthQ® Stereoscopic;
Cevat
Yerli , Crytek GmbH.