MobileTV Outlook 2006:
Speaker

Dr. Anthony Park, Samsung
Director Business Development

Dr. Anthony Park is Director Business Development at Samsung Telecommunication Europe among others responsible for the mobile TV business in Europe. Since 14 years he is working in the IT and Telecommunication field. Before joining Samsung he raised venture capital to found and manage a company in location based services and researched at Aachen University in international projects with more than 30 publications.

Bernhard von Canstein, Vodafone
Business Development & Project Leader

Bernhard von Canstein is Senior Manager at Vodafone Germany, responsible for Business Development activities. Before that, he worked at Vodafone Group Marketing, heading strategic new business activities. Bernhard was a co-founder of the German content management software developer Tomorrow Technologies and also worked in corporate development for the publisher Gruner & Jahr (Bertelsmann). He started his career in corporate finance, working in M&A e.g. for UBS. Bernhard holds an MBA from IESE Business School.

Dr. Bertold Heil, T-Systems
Head of strategy and business development

Dr. Bertold Heil is in charge of strategy and business development with T-Systems' Media&Broadcast service unit. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management as well as a graduate degree in Business and Economics. Apart from a short term in the international trade industry, working for a trading company in Germany and the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, his professional experience before accepting his current position was in management consulting. Before joining T-Systems, he was with Detecon International, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Dialog Consult. His assignments have given him the opportunity to work with a large number of media companies both in Germany as well as internationally. He enjoys being a visiting tutor at the Medienakademie Köln and Henri-Nannen-School. A high number of contributions to national and international conferences, numerous publications give proof of his ongoing assessment of the complex issues challenging today's media and broadcast markets.

Christoph Urban, MTV
Head of Mobile

Christoph Urban is Head of Mobile/Business Development of MTV Networks in Germany. He is responsible for all mobile and IVR services including the growing diversification business of the whole tv-network (MTV, VIVA, NICK, VIVA Plus). Before he worked in several marketing and online positions for MTV and also as a assistant to the marketing vp for the Nestle Deutschland AG. Christoph holds a degree in business and advertising and studied at the media university in Stuttgart.   

Prof. Dr. Claus Sattler, BMCO
Executive Director

Claus Sattler studied Computer Sciences. He worked 17 years in a scientific institute developing OSI network software. From 1991 - 2003 he was with Eutelis Consult GmbH in Ratingen, a consultancy for telecommunications and value-added services, during the last years as a managing director. From May 2003 until September 2004 he worked as the ?bmco - Broadcast Mobile Convergence" project manager in Berlin. Now he is working as the Executive Director of the bmco forum", an international industrial relations activity to accompany and support the development of an open market environment for mobile broadcast services.

Detlef Wiese, Mayah
Founder & CEO

Detlef Wiese, General Manager of MAYAH Communications, finished university as sound and video engineer in Düsseldorf, 1988 to 1993 as scientist at Institut für Rundfunktechnik, IRT, research work in psychoacoustics, error concealment and channel coding, Project Manager Digital Audio Broadcasting DAB/MUSICAM which became MPEG standard in 1992. Many publications in VDT, IEEE, AES, ITG, NANBA/EBU and others. Founder and General Manager of MAYAH Communications GmbH with focus on innovative audio/video broadcast transmission equipment for reporting, distribution, contribution and emmission encoding systems such as DVB-H, DMB, UMTS/3G and ipTV.

Doug Lowther, Irdeto
VP Marketing

Doug Lowther joined Irdeto in 2004. Most recently, Doug was an independent consultant and strategy advisor. Doug's previous roles include several executive positions with Nortel Networks, where he held roles such as VP and GM, Wireless Applications, and VP Strategic Marketing. He has also led product development teams in Wireless Data, GSM access, Switching, and Intelligent Networks. Doug started his career building network planning and operations systems for telecom operators.
Doug has a global perspective, having lived and worked in Canada, France, Singapore, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. He holds an executive MBA from IMD International in Lausanne, Switzerland and a Computer Science degree from the University of Manitoba.

Frank Strässle-Wendelstein, Bayerische Medien Technik
Managing Director

Frank Strässle-Wendelstein is Managing Director of Bayerische Medien Technik GmbH (BMT) in Munich. BMT was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and Bayerischer Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM). As coordinator of the DAB pilot project and DVB-T Trials in Bavaria, BMT has implemented a number of technical and market-oriented projects within the digital broadcasting business in recent years.
He is responsible for several digital broadcasting trials and regular implementations as the planned DMB trials in Bavaria or the development of several mhp applications for public and private broadcasters. Since 09/2004 he is also Head of DVB-T Project Office in Bavaria, responsible for communication and information about the implementation, the launch and the technology of DVB-T. From 1999 -2002 he was Manager TV Solutions for a Full Service Advertising Agency in Stuttgart, responsible for the development of new kinds of tv contents at the b2c market.

Dr. Pietro Fringuelli, CMS Hasche Sigle
Partner, Attorney

Pietro is leading the media team of CMS Hasche Sigle in Cologne which has been appointed as "Law firm of the Year" in the field of "film & entertainment" by JUVE. He is associate professor for media law at the International Film School in Cologne and member of the advisory board of the German Association of TV, Film and Video Industry.

JanWillem van Hardeveld, Irdeto
Director Business Development

Before joining Irdeto in 1999, JanWillem van Hardeveld held several positions at KPN Telecom The Netherlands, ranging from R&D and Product Management to Business Development and Strategy. His current responsibilities in Irdeto include strategy, business development, strategic partnerships and joint ventures for the mobile market.
JanWillem holds a masters degree in Electronics from the Hogeschool Utrecht as well as an MSc degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Delft. He also graduated with honours from the IBO Business School of Zeist in International Business.

Guido Kirchoff , ProS
CEO

Guido Kirchhoff is founder and CEO of PRO S – professional sportsmarketing and partner of tbb for mobile and sports-related projects. He spent more than 14 years in the TV and media business and was instrumental helped building up Global Sportnet, a leading sportsmarketing agency now part of the WPP group. After leaving, he joined TEAM Marketing AG, the exclusive Broadcast and marketing arm of UEFA, to set up the newly established TV and Media department and was responsible for the development and sales of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA’s flagship competition. Amongst other functions, he oversaw the media and licensing business of the UEFA Champions League and is involved with “New Media” and particularly the mobile business for more than 8 years. With his company PRO S, he consults leading mobile companies as well as broadcasters and media companies in all aspects of content sales/ acquisition and distribution. His recent mobile projects include Harald Schmidt , America’s Cup/ Alinghi and FIBA Basketball.

Guy Morag, Bamboo Media Casting
President

Mr. Morag has spent more than 15 years at the forefront of the digital imaging industry. In 1994, he drew on his experience in marketing and business development to found Pix.com, Ltd., serving as President and CEO. Mr. Morag brought Pix.com to a successful merger with Zing Network, Inc., a California-based company, at the end of 1999, and served as Zing's VP of International Business Development.
Prior to this, Mr. Morag served as General Manager for EFI Israel, a fully-owned subsidiary of EFI (NASDAQ: EFII). He also served as the Director of the Technology Group of EFI Inc. in California.
Mr. Morag has a MSc. degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, and a BSc. in Computer Engineering from The Israel Institute of Technology.

Jan Michael Hess, MobileEconomy
Founder & CEO

In 2000, Jan Michael Hess founded the Berlin-based management consultancy
Mobile Economy GmbH with the vision of mobilising the full Internet experience. Recently, Jan works on data-focused MVNOs which are well suited for driving innovation and making inexpensive Mobile Internet Access a commodity. Jan tells the story of the Open Mobile Economy in the mobiliser blog "blog.mobiliser.org".
Since 2004, Mobile Economy produces the guided 1-week Mobile Executive Tour to Tokyo and Seoul - the 2 leading mobile markets in the world.
In 2001, Jan co-authored the first German Mobile Usability Report which analysed the
Mobile Economy from the consumers' point of view. In 1996, Jan started his career co-founding the new media agency Cyperfection while still being at university. From 1997 to 1999, Jan worked as Online Marketing Consultant, Project Manager and Head of Marketing and Sales for Pixelpark, Icon Medialab and ciao.com. Jan holds a diploma degree in business administration with social sciences of the University of Mannheim.

Jan Geissler, Vodafone
Senior Manager Business Modeling & Market Intelligence

After his  studies of business administration in Regensburg (Germany), and Birmingham  (UK), Jan Geißler worked for more than 4 years in various positions for the  media company Bertelsmann: He joined Bertelsmann's "media Technologies" Think  Tank and was responsible for scouting and evaluating the technological and  strategic impact of new technologies on the media industry. He consulted the  board of Bertelsmann AG as well as Bertelsmann companies, specializing on peer-to-peer and mobile technology. In 2000, he co-founded the wireless  application service provider BeMobile as an in-house venture of Bertelsmann, being responsible for product management, business development and marketing.
In 2003, Jan Geißler joined Vodafone Group  R&D located in Munich. In his position as Senior Technology Manager Business Modelling  & Market Intelligence, he is now responsible for business modelling in  projects evaluating the convergence of mobile and broadcast  networks. He was involved in one of  the world's first public DVB-H trials, the "bmco" project conducted 2003-2004 in Berlin.

Henrik Rinnert , Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland
CEO

Henrik Rinnert is Founder and CEO of MFD (Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland), Germany's first mobile TV platform operator. Having dealt with IT and Media matters as a lawyer and consultant for over six years, he has focused on the regulative framework for mobile broadcast. He finished his studies of law in Heidelberg after having attended schools and universities in Belgium and South Africa.

Omar Javaid, Qualcomm
Senior Director International Business Development

Omar Javaid is senior director of business development for QUALCOMM MediaFLO.   In this role, he is responsible for International business development.  
Javaid joined QUALCOMM in 2003 as senior director of business development for QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS). Javaid brings more than a decade of technology and entrepreneurial experience to QUALCOMM, ranging from strategic business planning to advanced information systems planning, development and implementation.  
Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Javaid was the chief technologist for Wireless Knowledge, overseeing and driving thought leadership and enterprise client development for Wireless Knowledge. Previously Javaid was the founder, chairman, and chief technology officer at Mobilocity, Inc., a professional services firm providing mobile technology solutions.   In this capacity, Javaid was instrumental in establishing Mobilocity as one of the world's leading mobile and wireless consulting firms.   In addition to his entrepreneurial experience, he has held key technology leadership roles in Deloitte & Touche LLP, Advance Publications, and The University of Michigan.

Marcus Hochhaus, PLAZAMEDIA
Head of Business Dev. & New Media

Marcus started his professional career at the German Kirch Group in 1998. He was focused on the area of investment management. In 2001 Marcus was responsible for a complex corporate analysis of broad- casting and IT. In the same year he was promoted to the position of Manager Project Office, which was focused on the merger of KirchMedia KGaA and ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. In 2002 Marcus tackled a broad range of projects coping with specialised areas of the sale of various KirchMedia units. After changing company in 2003, he became Head of Business Development and New Media at PLAZAMEDIA Film- und TV-Production.

Martin Bögelsack , T-Mobile
Business Dev. & Pilot Leader Czech Republic

Martin Bögelsack is member of the strategy team of T-Mobile CZ. Since two years he is in charge for the harmonisation of unicast and multicast services. In autumn 2005 T-Mobile CZ started with the operation of a trial system with several European partners. Martin is working in the mobile communication business since 16 years. Before joining T-Mobile he worked for 15 years in a R&D-Laboratory for TV technology in Berlin.

Pascal Tilly, independent consultant
Consultant

Pascal Tilly is a freelance consultant in telecommunication, media, content and mobile business in Duesseldorf. He studied Economics in Muenster and Wuppertal. With the liberalisation of the German telecommunication market in 1998 he worked with the first German City Carrier ISIS Multimedia Net in Duesseldorf. He was responsible for the development and implementation of TV signal supply as Product Manager CATV, Broadband Cable and e-Government. When ISIS was bought by Mannesmann Arcor and then taken over by Vodafone he left ISIS to attend to own projects but soon returned to the Vodafone Group for the worlds first DVB-H project in Berlin "bmco". The project dealed with the convergence of broadcast and mobile networks. As the Marketing & Relationship Manager he was responsible for marketing, relations to regulators, market- and contentpartners as well as lobbying. With the end of the bmco project he changed back in his consulting business, currently doing mobile broadcast, consulting the association Bitkom, one of the DMB consortiums and other clients.

Paul Forostowsky, Bluestreak Network
CEO

Paul Forostowsky is an internationally recognized business leader in the mobile arena with more than 20 years of management, sales, and corporate merger/acquisition experience. Prior to launching Bluestreak's mobile division in 2005, he served as CEO of Atlas Telecom Mobile and W4me/Cognicase.

Mr. Forostowsky began his career at Thomson CSF and at the age of 25 was appointed CFO of Thomson Hybrids. He then served as CEO of Valtronic France, a manufacturer of specialized electronics for mobile phones, modems, and consumer devices, in 1992 founding his own holding corporation and acquiring and building several wireless electronics companies - Gespac, Statec, and Efisystèmes - that he sold to Cofidur four years later. He was then hired by Cofidur to acquire five additional companies and to oversee international sales.

Shelly Palmer, Advanced Media Ventures Group
 Managing Partner

Shelly Palmer, Managing Partner, Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC, is an award-winning inventor, technologist, composer and television producer. He is the host of Media 3.0 with Shelly Palmer, a weekly business news show that can be seen on public television and online at www.media30.com . He invented Enhanced Television (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Monday Night Football), the most popular form of interactive television in the United States. Mr. Palmer is 1st Vice President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY. He created and chairs the Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards which honors excellence in the science and technology of the media business.
He is the author of one of the most popular television business news blogs, www.EmmyAdvancedMedia.com and he is a weekly columnist for www.Mediapost.com . His new book, Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV is coming out at NAB on Elsevier Books/Focal Press this spring.

Stefan Jenzowsky , Siemens
Vice President Business Innovation

Stefan is Vice President in Siemens Com Strategy & Head of Business Innovation for Siemens Communications. Since July 2002, Stefan is heading the Business Innovation Think Tank for Siemens Communications. His job: Analyzing and piloting innovative products and business models, thereby securing future business by developing and piloting market- and end-user-driven innovations.

Stefan Kiwit, TBWA
Managing Director

Stefan is Managing Director at the TBWA / Stream in Germany and member of the board at Weltruf TV Berlin. TBWA / Stream is the leading company for "Brand Entertainment", one of the fastest growing markets in media business. Their expertise is merging brands and media outside classical advertisement, by telling different stories and creating customized media concepts. Weltruf TV is an independent, traditional TV production company that founded in the middle of 2005 a separate Mobile TV Unit, which is specialised in producing "Made for Mobile" content. Prior to this, Stefan served as Managing Director for Nikon Optic in Germany.

Stefan Langefeld, Premiere
Senior Manager, Channelmanagement Mobile

Stefan Langefeld is Senior Manager at the Interactive Business Department and is responsible for the Channelmanagement Mobile. The aim is to transfer Premieres core values to the world of Mobile and IVR applications and to capitalize these assets within this channel. Before joining Premiere in May 2005, Stefan has been working as the Executive Assistant to the President at 9Live Fernsehen and stepped on to the New Business Development at EUVIA Media AG/9Live Fernsehen. As an academic background Stefan holds a degree in media science from the University of Hannover.    

Thomas Balduff, Macrovision
ETG Country Manager GER, AU, CH & Eastern Europe

Since 2005 Thomas Balduff is in charge for Macrovision´s Entertainment business in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe. Before he joined Macrovision he worked for leading international software manufacturers like Oracle, Cognos or Computer Associates in management positions. Thomas has over 15 years experience leading and driving sales and marketing in Europe.
His motivation is to expand the market leading position of Macrovision in Central Europe and to work closely with movie studios, music labels, games publishers and internet portals.

Utkun Coskun , Ericsson
Business Manager Enterprise

Utkun Coskun is working as Business Manager Enterprise at Ericsson GmbH Germany. He has a wide experience within the Value added services, Mobile,- Media, Music, Content area.
He has been leading the team responsible for the Ericsson and Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) running world’s first live trial of interactive mobile TV!
He is working since 10 years within the Telecommunication field and has an mobile operator background.

Virginia Mouseler, The WIT
CEO

Virginia Mouseler is the managing director of The WIT - World Information Tracking - the leading agency specialized in research and information on TV and "TV on Mobile" programs worldwide. After graduating in philosophy and psychoanalysis, she graduated from a top tier business school. In 1996, Virginia founded The Wit, which started as a publication analyzing new creative trends and ideas in the entertainment world. Now The Wit focuses on Television and Mobile contents, and has become the most extensive source of information on TV and Mobile programs developed and aired throughout the world. The WIT's reports and on-line services are used by the most active broadcasters, producers and mobile operators in Europe, in the USA and Asia.

Wolfgang Kasper, RTL Interactive & RTL Net
Director Mobile Business & Managing Director

Wolfgang Kasper graduated as industrial engineer and as Director Mobile of RTL interactive he is responsible for all mobile activities of the 100% subsidiary of RTL Television since 2004. After being member of the management of StarMobility GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler specialised on development, operation and marketing of multi-channel-portals, for 2,5 years, he changed position to RTL interactive. He achieved knowledge in the telecommunication branch at E-Plus, BTLookSmart Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of British Telecom as well as at "c@llas clever communications", an associated Bertelsmann company. As director business development in 1999 and 2000, Wolfgang Kasper was responsible for the conception and development of new business segments at Lycos Europe.

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