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Rick Mandler
VP & General Manager, Enhanced TV
Walt Disney Internet Group

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Managing Director
Comcast Interactive Capital

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Corporate Vice President
Microsoft TV

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Senior Vice President
Turner Sports Interactive

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Group Manager Next Media Research
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Principle Technical Architect ITV
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Strategic Buyer Embedded Software
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National Basketball Association (NBA)

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Director of Interactive Television
Showtime Networks Inc.

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BBC

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President
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VP Development, Video and Digital TV, Digital Product Management
Cablevision


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Partner
HPJ Media Ventures Fund, LLC

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Vice President, Public Policy
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General Partner
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Executive Interactive Producer
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CTO
ITERU
Singapore

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Principal Analyst
Forrester

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Editor
Open Directory Project


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Division of Public Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEA)

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Interactive TV Analyst
NDS

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Managing Director
Sleeper - A Blink and Deepend Partnership
United Kingdom

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CEO
EnerLook Healthcare Solutions

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CEO
DoBox, Inc.

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Director of Technology
Grey Interactive TV

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CEO
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Executive Creative Director
Schematic



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ITV Producer
Frank Lloyd Wright (Ken Burns' documentary)
PBS-Intel special project

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Principal
DL Consulting

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Science Center International
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User Experience Architect
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VP iTV Lab
The Media Experts
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CTO
Channel One

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Director of Marketing
Espial
UK

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Gist Communications

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Business Development Manager
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SYSTEX Corp.
Taiwan

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Media Logic

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Senior Video Manager
Interplay Entertainment

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Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law (ITM)
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BlueZone
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ITV Project Manager
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ICL Strategic Accounts

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Senior Programmer
Victoria Real
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VP Business Development
CanalSatellite
France

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iTV Director
DoubleYou
Barcelona, Spain

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Strategic Planing Director
Baumann Ber Rivnay
Saatchi & Saatchi
Israel

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Director, Business Development
Lions Gate Entertainment

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Director of Product & Systems Integration
New Horizons Telecasting International LLC.
d.b.a. WeatherPLUS

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VP, TargetTV
QVC

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TV Producer, Director
American Pictures

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Sony

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Associate Counsel
Mercata

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Interactive Services Manager
U S WEST Video & Multimedia

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Manager, Product Planning
LodgeNet

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Research Associate
Forrester Research
UK

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Communications Manager
Veltmeijer Recreation Group
Netherlands

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Verizon

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System Design Engineer
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Mill Reef Entertainment

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Rechord

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E! Entertainment Television

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Director of Business Development
CNN Interactive


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Director of Convergence Technologies
SF Interactive, Inc.


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Regional Sales Manager
Excite@Home


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Media-architect
Formerly of VPRO Dutch Television
Now doing a start-up


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Director, Development
Tribune Company


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Director of Strategic Projects
Triveni Digital Inc.


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Macquarie Bank, Australia


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Director of Technology
Discovery Communications, New Media
(now at Cyberstar)


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Bernhard Hafenscher
Business Development Manager
D/A/CH, East/Central Europe, Middle East
Interactive Services Business Unit
Oracle Corporation

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Business Development
Gilat Satellite Networks


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Business Development Coordinator
Interactive Bureau


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Director of Convergence Programming
Broadband Interactive Group


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Business Development Manager
Vsoft LTD

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Manager, Business and Legal Affairs
Digital Entertainment Network (DEN)

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Development Manager
Interactive Television Entertainment ApS
Copenhagen, Denmark


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Vice President-General
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Systems Engineering
Celerity


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Manager - Technical Planning
DirecTV Japan


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Director of Advanced Products
AT&T BIS


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Vice President Business Development
MIJO Corporation

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Director of Marketing
CreativePlanet

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President
Innovision Labs


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Strategic Relations Manager
ExtendMedia


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Director of Product Management
Technology Planning and Management
Gateway


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Manager/Development
Tribune Company


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A poster on a Yahoo!
chat room talking
about ACTV


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Sarnoff Corporation


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Media Director
Universal Sports Marketing


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Robin Dickey
Broadcast Advertising Coordinator
Koplar Interactive Systems International


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Product Marketing Manager
Developer Kits
Liberate


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Planner
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