Entertainment Asia Network, Inc. (EAN) has announced its agenda and list of confirmed speakers for the upcoming Asia Pacific Entertainment & Media (APEM) Summit 2007 to be held at Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles on October 17-18, 2007.
The two day executive-level conference is the most Asia-focused entertainment industry event for companies who look to do business and learn more about the film, TV, video game, mobile and Internet content industries in Asia, the fastest growing market in the world today. Industry veterans will discuss and analyze key issues from Asia’s entertainment industry that are affecting today’s global market and business strategies.
"Even by our conservative estimates, we forecast that even just the combined film markets of Asia, led mostly by China and India’s unprecedented growth, will overtake the U.S. market by sometime in 2020," said Alex Shin, CEO of Entertainment Asia Network. "We believe this is a direct indication that Asia will be the largest market for entertainment consumption in the world and this conference was organized to address the importance of profiting now from the region’s rapid growth."
APEM Summit 2007 will highlight some of the most significant issues facing the Asia entertainment industry today, with panel discussions and presentations including:
- Legislation/Policy – “Government Control: Asia’s Legislations and Policies in Entertainment”
- Film/Television – “Distribution to Asia: Maximizing Profit and Exposure”
- Production/Creative Power – “Creative Power: Who holds it in Asia?”
- IPTV/VOD – “IPTV: Best Distribution Option in Asia?”
- Mobile Entertainment – “Mobile TV: Asia’s Next Frontier”
- Online Gaming – “Casual Online Games: Asia’s Lucrative Business Models”
- Internet/User-Generated Content – “UGC: Monetizing in Asia”
- Social Networking – “Mobile Social Networking: Adopting from the Asia Experience”
Over 500 executives and decision-makers from leading film/TV production and distribution studios, video game companies, mobile entertainment companies, Internet companies, venture capital firms, advertising firms, technology companies, attorneys, marketing companies and government agencies will attend.
Speakers include:
- Laureen Ong, COO, STAR Group
- Reed Manville, Managing Director, Asia, NBC Universal Global Networks
- Jeanie Han, SVP, Paramount Pictures
- Eric Rollman, EVP, Animation/Television, Marvel Studios
- Dave Madden, EVP of Sales, Marketing and Business Development, WildTangent
- Keizo Tsuchiya, Chief Executive Director, JETRO Los Angeles
- Lifeng Wang, Founder and President, Eastar (Xing Xing) Digital
- Han Kim, General Partner, Altos Ventures
- David Alpert, Partner, Circle of Confusion
- Barry Glasser, Producer/Writer, Golden Ocean Entertainment
- Thomas Lee, Head of Business Development, Nexon America
- Brent Weinstein, CEO, 60Frames Entertainment
- Kacy Andrews, CEO, Bigfoot Entertainment
- Terry Thoren, CEO, Rocket Fish Studios
- HJ Ahn, VP, Media Division, KT Corporation
- Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
- Jeremy Ross, Director of New Product Development, TOKYOPOP
- Janet Yang, President/Producer, American Sterling Productions and Manifest Film Company
- Marty Shindler, CEO/Partner, The Shindler Perspective
- Hemang Mehta, Production Management Director, Microsoft TV
- Levi Shapiro, Director of Audience Metrics, Telephia
- Peter Shiao, CEO, Ironpond
- Austin Chang, Director/Strategy and Operations, Online Games, MTV Networks
- May Oh, Head of Business Development for Greater China and India, QUALCOMM | MediaFLO
- Marc Yi, Director, Intel Capital
- Maura Kawai, Senior International Trade Specialist, United States Department of Commerce
- Dennis Young, CEO, Glocal Media
- Won Chung, Senior Director of Business Development, Trion World Network
Event sponsors, media partners and supporting organizations include STAR Group, Lenos Software, Korea Culture and Content Agency (KOCCA), TOKYOPOP, Asia Society, JETRO Los Angeles and ContentAsia.
For complete details about APEM Summit 2007 including agenda and registration please visit
http://www.apemsummit.com.