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This event for executive-level decision makers, includes some of the leading suppliers of cloud-based solutions for high-value entertainment content creation, storage, and delivery; providers of cloud services for broadband network infrastructure; and investors, M&A specialists, and analysts who provide early-stage and secondary venture financing, private equity guidance, and strategic capital to the cloud-computing sector. The interactive format of this year’s CLOUD COMPUTING WEST 2012 encourages the exchange of high-level strategic insights by focusing on distinct subject areas in three co-located conferences:

  • ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT DELIVERY
  • NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
  • INVESTMENT IN THE CLOUD

For more information on how you or your company may participate, contact:

Don Buford, Executive Director, Cloud Computing Association (CCA)
T: 212-300-2521 | E: donb@cloudcomputingassn.org

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012

8:00 – 9:15 AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking in Exhibit Hall


9:20 – 9:25 AM
Welcoming Remarks


9:30 – 11:00 AM
OPENING PLENARY SESSION: CLOUD COMPUTING EFFECTS ON MEDIA, TELECOM, AND INVESTING

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: How are cloud-based solutions in the entertainment sector evolving? How do these and
related developments impact broadband network infrastructure? How should investments in this space be
evaluated?(30 minutes)

Speaker:
Geng Lin, CTO, Networking Business,
Dell

Panel Discussion: Is “the cloud” more important to content creation or storage and delivery? What role(s) do
Internet service providers (ISPs) play in this arena? What are risk profiles and ROI projections for entities in this
space? (60 minutes)

Panelists:
William Whelpley, Manager, Cloud Services,
IBM
Jay Migliaccio, Director of Cloud Solutions,
Aspera
Robert Stevenson, EVP of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Gaikai
Moderator:
Marty Lafferty, CEO,
DCIA

11:00 – 11:25 AM
Mid-Morning Networking Break – in Exhibit Hall (for all attendees)


11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
General Sessions: Conferences A, B, and C

Conference A:
Entertainment in the CLOUD
Conference B:
Infrastructure for the CLOUD
Conference C:
Investing in CLOUD Initiatives
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Latest trends in cloud solutions for high-value content production and distribution (30 minutes)
Speaker:
Mike West, Founder & CTO, GenosTV

PANEL DISCUSSION: Analysis of newest cloud offerings for entertainment and industry’s direction (60 minutes)
Panelists:
Dan Brackett, CTO,
Extreme Reach
Jim Cady, CEO,
Slacker
Russell Zack, Managing Director,
Kaltura
Robert Geiger,
VP of Engineering,
TransLattice
Sarah Novotny, CIO, Meteor Enterntainment

Moderator:
Marty Lafferty, CEO,
DCIA
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Current impacts of cloud migration on broadband network operations and businesses (30 minutes)
Speaker:
David Sterling, Partner,
i3m3

PANEL DISCUSSION: Analysis of network resource usage by data centers and new ISP cloud services (60 minutes)

Panelists:
Stefan Bewley, Director, AltVil
Owen DeLong, IPv6 Evangelist & Director of Professional Services, Hurricane Electric
Bruce Lyon, President,
IMT
Bill McGee, VP, Datacenter Group, Trend Micro
Jeff Sage, Advisory Director, PwC
Moderator:
Adam Marcus, Technology Advisor, DCIA
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: New updates on venture capital and M&A activity in the cloud computing space (30 minutes)
Speaker:
Ketan Patel, Principal,
New Venture Partners

PANEL DISCUSSION: Analysis of capital structuring and strategic alliances for cloud computing firms (60 minutes)
Panelists:
Matt Thompson, Account Manager,
CSC Leasing
Bill Williams, Author,
Cisco
Derek Cahill, Principal,
MD Capital Advisors

Moderator:
Sari Lafferty, Business Affairs, DCIA

1:05 – 1:55 PM
Networking Luncheon
Luncheon Keynote Presentation by Bill Williams, Author of “The Economics of Cloud Computing”

Speaker:
Bill Williams, Author,
The Economics of Cloud Computing

2:00 – 2:30 PM
Keynote Address: Pitfalls to avoid in adopting cloud solutions (30 minutes)

Speaker:
Jim Burger, Member,
Dow Lohnes

2:30 – 3:30 PM
After Jointly Held Luncheon and Exhibition Hall Activities, attendees may continue or change their selection of topical break-out sessions from among the three co-located cloud-computing summit conferences.

Conference A:
Entertainment in the CLOUD
Conference B:
Infrastructure for the CLOUD
Conference C:
Investing in CLOUD Initiatives
PANEL DISCUSSION: Analysis of problem areas affecting cloud adoption in the entertainment sector (60 minutes)
Panelists:
Guillermo Chialvo, Gerente de Tecnologia,
Radio Mitre
Francesco Fabbrocino, CTO, American Standard TV
Jason Henderson, Product Manager, Verizon FiOS
Todd Martin, Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions Group, Chyron
Peter Rafelson, CEO,
Digiramp
Rajan Samtani, SVP, Sales & Marketing, Peer Media
Moderator:
Marty Lafferty, CEO,
DCIA

Panel Discussion: Analysis of problem areas for ISPs created by proliferation of cloud computing (60 minutes)

Panelists:
Chuck Stormon, CEO,
Attend
Richard Yang, Associate Professor of Computer Science,
Yale University
Ning Zong, Research and Standard Manager, Huawei
Moderator:
Adam Marcus, Technology Advisor, DCIA
Panel Discussion: Analysis of problem areas affecting investments/mergers of cloud services (60 minutes)
Panelists:
Lawrence Freedman, Partner, EWP
Mark Landay, Principal,
Dynamic Synergy
Steve Spronz,
Murch. & Cumming
Moderator:
Sari Lafferty, Partner,
DCIA

3:35 – 3:55 PM
Mid-Afternoon Refreshments & Networking Break – in Exhibit Hall (for all attendees)

Following the Afternoon Refreshment & Networking Intermission, attendees may again continue or change their selection of topical break-out sessions as each of the three co-located cloud-computing summit conferences completes PART I of a tactical examination of its subject area.


4:00 – 5:30 PM
Mini-Keynotes: (15 minutes each

Conference A:
Entertainment in the CLOUD
Conference B:
Infrastructure for the CLOUD
Conference C:
Investing in CLOUD Initiatives
Topic: Cloud Collaboration
Speaker:
Mark Davis, CEO, Scenios

Topic: Cloud Dailies
Speaker:
Dave Toole, CEO,
MEDIAmobz

Topic: Cloud Editing
Speaker:
Jason DeRose, Lead Developer, Novacut

Topic: Cloud Metadata
Speaker:
Roger Tsai,
Gracenote

Topic: Cloud Pilots
Speaker:
John Schiela, President,
PMI
Topic: 3rd Party SAAS
Speaker:
Bill Sewell, Partner,
Wiredrive

Topic: 3rd Party PAAS
Speaker:
Bill Kallman, CEO,
Scayl

Topic: 3rd Party IAAS
Speaker:
Prabhat Kumar, Managing Partner, i3m3

Topic: Security
Speaker:
Julian Lovelock,
VP, Product Marketing
,
HID Global ID Assurance

Topic: Interconnection
Speaker:
Doug Natal, Director, Cloud Computing Strategies, Oracle
Topic: Cloud Collaboration
Speaker:
Peter Siwinski, General Partner, Cumulus

Topic: Cloud Dailies
Speaker:
Chris Haddad, VP, Technology Evangelism, wsO2

Topic: Cloud Editing
Speaker:
Ajay Malhotra,
EVP, North America,
Prime Focus

Topic: Cloud Metadata
Speaker:
Sean Jennings, VP, Solutions Architecture, Virtustream

Topic: Cloud Pilots
Speaker:
Ann Greenberg, Founder, CEO, Sceneplay

5:35 – 6:20 PM
DAY 1 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION: CURRENT KEY APPEALS AND DRAWBACKS OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR ENTERTAINMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND VENTURE FINANCING

PANEL DISCUSSION: How do the advantages of scale-and-cost, encapsulated change management, nextgeneration architectures, and choice-and-agility measure up against the pitfalls of security, lock-in, reliability, and lack of control? (45 minutes)

Panelists:
Shahi Ghanem, EVP, Strategy,
BitTorrent
Lucia Gradinariu, Chief Market Strategist,
Huawei
Moderator:
Marty Lafferty, CEO,
DCIA

6:30 PM
Day 1 Conference Sessions Conclude


6:45 PM
Bus Leaves for Marina del Rey Yacht Club


7:00 – 8:30 PM
SUNSET NETWORKING CRUISE – MARINA DEL REY HARBOR
Catered Reception on Board Marina del Rey Yacht

 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012

8:15 – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast / Networking in Exhibit Hall
Following the Continental Breakfast and Exhibition Hall Activities, attendees may again continue or change their selection of topical break-out sessions as each of the three co-located cloud-computing summit conferences completes PART II of a tactical examination of its subject area.


9:00 – 10:30 AM
Mini-Keynotes: (15 minutes each)

Conference A:
Entertainment in the CLOUD
Conference B:
Infrastructure for the CLOUD
Conference C:
Investing in CLOUD Initiatives
Topic: Cloud Transcoding
Speaker:
Matt Johnson, VP, Software Engineering,
Unicorn Media

Topic: Cloud Storage
Speaker:
Brian Campanotti, CTO,
Front Porch Digital

Topic: Cloud Delivery
Speaker:
Greg Wiley, SVP,
MSI

Topic: Cloud Data
Speaker:
Kurt Kyle, Industry Principal, Media for the Industry & Solutions Group , SAP Global Marketing

Topic: Cloud Analytics
Speaker:
Joey Jablonski, Global Analytics Practice Lead,
DataDirect Networks
Topic: Architecture
Speaker:
Jean-Luc Chatelain, EVP, Strategy and Technology, DataDirect Networks

Topic: Cloud Mobility
Speaker:
Linda Senigaglia, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Navigation Solutions

Topic: Virtualization
Speaker:
Ryan Walters, SE US Solution Specialist, Philotek

Topic: Interoperability
Speaker:
Tim Cavanaugh, Director of Condition Based Maintenance,
BAE

Topic: Scalability
Speaker:
Daniel Kenyon, VP, Business Development, Equilibrium
Topic: Education Clouds
Speaker:
Gigi Johnson, Executive Director, Marermel Institute

Topic: Big Data
Speaker:
Mark Theissen, CEO,
Cirro

Topic: Business Intelligence
Speaker:
Bruce Cleveland, General Partner, InterWest Partners

Topic: VC Criteria
Speaker:
Kevin Lynch, Principal,
Deloitte

Topic: Exit Strategies
Speaker:
Scott Ryan,
Advanced Business Development,
EMC

10:35 – 10:55 AM
Mid-Morning Networking Break – in Exhibit Hall (for all attendees)


11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CONFERENCE CLOSING PLENARY SESSION: THE FUTURE OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR ENTERTAINMENT, TELECOM, AND INVESTMENT

PANEL DISCUSSION: How will industry address concerns of security, downtime, access, dependency, and interoperability? How will it further capitalize on positive attributes – user-centric / task-centric / powerful / accessible / intelligent / programmable? (60 minutes)

Panelists:
Jay Migliaccio, Director of Cloud Solutions,
Aspera
Dan Brackett, CTO,
Extreme Reach
Jean-Luc Chatelain, EVP, Strategy and Technology,
DataDirect Networks
Moderator:
Marty Lafferty, CEO,
DCIA


12:00 PM
Conference Concludes
Thanks for Your Support
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