2012 Creative Storage Conference Agenda - Are you involved in the creation and distribution of entertainment or personal content or a digital storage provider for content creation and distribution? If so, come to the one-day Creative Storage Conference that focuses on the latest trends and requirements for digital storage to serve creative minds.

Keynote: Clyde Smith, Sr. VP of New Technologies, Fox Networks

Some of our 2012 Speakers

Keynote:Jens Rumberg, Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG

Marty Shindler, The Shindler Perspective

Pat Hanlon
Patrick Hanlon, SanDisk

Christopher Chute, IDC

Guy Finley, MESA
Devendra Mishra, MESA

Josh Judd, WARP Mechanics

Michael Rowny, Pixspan

Robert Jenkins, CloudSigma

Skip Jones, QLogic

Alessandro Fin, Skyera

Lindsay Fox, Trade Digital Cinema

Bland McCartha, hVault

Bob Raymond, Oracle

Molly Rector, Spectra Logic

Samuel Fineberg, HP

Andy Marken, Panasonic AVC

Tyler Leshney
Tyler Leshey, Deluxe Digital Media

Mary Yurkovic, Createasphere

Andrea Smith, Technicolor

Steve Kochak, Deluxe Digital Media

David Ginsberg, ElegantWorkflow.com

Agenda

7:30 AM Conference Registration Opens

                Continental Breakfast for Conference Attendees Sponsored by
                                                     Coughlin Associates
                                 and Hard Drive Failure Analysis

8:00 AM Introduction– Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates

8:15 AM Session A: Living in Interesting Times: Changing Needs and Sources for Rich Content Storage

Sponsored by Hie Electronics
Moderator: Pallab Chatterjee, Media and Entertainment Tech
There appears to be no limit to the storage requirements needed for rich content creation and production. Higher content resolution and frame rates can generate petabytes of content captured today in a single video production project but with continued growth in resolution and frame rates we will likely see exabytes in the not distant future. What are the storage and bandwidth requirements for stereoscopic and high definition content capture? What storage devices work best in which video production environments? What are the requirements for animation and special effects creation? What will the future hold for content capture and creation? This session will give you information that you will need to create tomorrow’s blockbusters and award winning content.
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9:45 AM Morning Break

10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Clyde Smith, SVP New Technbology, Fox Network Center

10:30 AM Session B: Post Production Never Sleeps: Storage Challenges and Opportunities in Video Editing

Sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems

Moderator: Larry Jordan, Digital Production Buzz

A vast pool of captured and created content requires sophisticated and high quality storage to support video editing and other post-production tasks. Video production and post-production don't just use storage, they inhale it. However video editing requires streaming video quality and latencies that are very different from requirements for traditional enterprise storage. In addition economic factors favor the creation of more collaborative workflows that space distance and time creating a role for networked and on-line storage as well as semiconductor storage to speed performance in modern post production. This session displays the challenges facing post product ion, with reports from end-users, and storage developers. Find out what is required now and what is projected for the future.
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12:00 PM Lunch (exhibits open) Sponsored by AllianceIT

1:00 PM "Exhibits Only" Attendee Registration Opens

1:30 PM Keynote Speaker: Jens Rumberg, Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG

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Moderator: Marty Shindler, The Shindler Perspective

2:30 PM Session C: Bringing it to the Masses:: Storage for Content Delivery

Sponsored by AllianceIT
Moderator: Devendra Mishra, MESA
More formats, more channels and bigger pipes are changing the storage hierarchy in content delivery. Flash memory and storage tiering are playing a significant role in content delivery systems. At the same time HDDs and tape serve as high performing storage libraries for video on demand, cable and satellite distribution and various methods of internet and mobile phone distribution. What will be the role of cloud storage and local storage and hybrids of these two technologies in a complex content delivery environment?. What is the future of physical content delivery? What will shortages of HDDs due to content libraries? Determine the storage tools for content monetization from the information you will learn in this session.
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4:00 PM Afternoon Break

4:15 PM Session D: Keeping the Best to Last: Content Archiving and Asset Management

Sponsored by Oracle
Moderator: Lindsay Fox, Trade Digital Cinema
Will our valuable content libraries survive with the every changing formats and storage devices? Can we make storage media and formats that will stand the test of time? Will we be able to find our content when and where we need it? How do content owners decide what will live and what will die? How will this change in the future? Find out about valuable developments in content archiving and automated metadata generation and asset management that will make sure that our content libraries are resilient, strong and useful. This session will help you to map out a strategy for long term retention of precious professional content.
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5:45 PM Session E: Professional Entertainment and Media Users Reveal their Digital Storage Needs and Desires

Sponsored by Createasphere
Moderator: Mary Yurkovic, Createasphere
Listen to notable end users of digital storage from the entertainment and media industry and their suppliers discussing their uses and issues with digital storage devices, systems and applications. Find out what they would like to see available in the future to make their lives easier and more productive.
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6:15 PM Reception, Sponsored by hVault

7:30 PM End of Day (exhibits close)