Digital rights management is one of the most important issues content and service providers face today. Without it, consumers will not be able to enjoy content anytime on any device.

This session will focus on the entire digital rights ecosystem and examine the mechanisms that need to be implemented in order to allow content to move legally and easily between consumer electronic devices. We will address the state of efforts by various standards committees and present several alternatives that are the frontrunners and compare/contrast tradeoffs of each. We will pay special attention to the interface points between devices and networks and explore the issue of converting digital rights data between devices that do not support the same digital rights systems. To enforce DRM, we will take a look at the current technology being used and considered for watermarking and fingerprinting, which will allow content owners to track down rights violators and eventually lower the incidence of content piracy attempts.

Martin Stein Senior Director, Marketing, Connected Home Solutions Motorola

Mr. Stein directs marketing and business development activities related to MPEG-based SD and HD video processing products. These include satellite, cable, telco, and terrestrial transmission systems; access control and encryption systems; and commercial integrated receiver/decoders. He has also been instrumental in establishing third-party partnership agreements to provide more comprehensive solutions for Motorola customers.

Shawn Ambwani Vice President, Licensing and Business Development Intertrust Technologies

Mr. Ambwani is in charge of licensing and business development. Previously, he was executive vice president at Nextreaming, where he managed their platform division. He also co-founded Envivio, which was spun off from France Telecom in 1999 to develop MPEG-4 streaming solutions for the broadcast, cable network, and content developer markets. At France Telecom, he conceived and led international teams in the development of Internet services in France and the United States. He has a math degree from UCLA and a J.D./M.B.A. from Boston University. He is a member of the California Bar.

Matt Cannard Vice President of Marketing Widevine

Mr. Cannard is responsible for overseeing global marketing and communications initiatives. Mr. Cannard brings more than 10 years of experience in product management, product marketing, and corporate communications in the technology and telecommunications industries. Prior to Widevine, Mr. Cannard held a senior product marketing role at WatchGuard Technologies — a leader in network security — where he was responsible for global marketing of an $80 million product line. Mr. Cannard also held various product management and marketing roles at Microsoft and as an entrepreneur where he co-founded, successfully raised capital for, and delivered to market business resource management solutions for small businesses. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington.

Mary Francia Principal Serowires

A global telecommunications executive with experience in Europe and North and South America, Ms. Francia is an executive consultant for marketing and technology based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In this role, she supports chief executive officers of electronics, content, and service providers with product strategy, marketing, and setup of sales channels for next-generation services over broadband. Ms. Francia's last assignment was vice president of sales and marketing of home networks at Philips Consumer Electronics, which she joined in 2003.

Doug Lowther Vice President of Marketing and Sales Irdeto

Mr. Lowther joined Irdeto in 2004 as vice president of marketing. Most recently, he was an independent consultant and strategy advisor and previously held executive positions with Nortel Networks as vice president and general manager of wireless applications and vice president of strategic marketing. At Nortel, Mr. Lowther also held product development teams in wireless data, GSM access, switching, and intelligent networks. His career began building network planning and operations systems for telecom operators.

Pascal Marie Software & Technology Solutions Thomson

Mr. Marie is responsible for strategic marketing with the content security group in Thomson's technology division. He has 18 years of experience in marketing for the telecom and broadcast industries. Mr. Marie was a co-founder of Nextamp, a start-up company specialized in solutions based on watermarking technology, which was acquired by Thomson in mid-2005. Prior to this, he was in charge of marketing for a leader in test and measurement solutions after being product manager for a data communications equipment manufacturer.