Dozens of potentially multi-billion dollar markets hinge on effective implementation and adoption of digital rights management (DRM) and conditional access. At a technical, business model and competitive level, DRM is impacting many of today's potential markets, including: digital music, broadband video, mobile TV, HD-DVD, IPTV, and home networking.

For many of these markets, DRM, or rather the lack of effective DRM, is holding back faster market growth. Indeed, the current technology industry vision of "any content, any device, anywhere" is really a mirage hidden behind a sandstorm of DRM complexity and challenges.

DRM sits at a convergence point between media companies, service providers, equipment manufacturers, and technology providers. In this session, we bring together a fascinating and highly experienced group of leading figures in the world of DRM. We welcome them and look forward to an engrossing debate about the diversity of interests in DRM, which drives a competitive log jam in solving interoperability.

Jim Warner Vice Chairman and Chief Strategist TeleManagement Forum (TMF)

Prior to his current role, Mr. Warner was the president and chief executive officer of the TMF from 2000-05 and led the organization through the telecom industry recession and to its current position as one of the largest, most influential, and most financially stable nonprofit organizations. He also spent 10 years as the forum's director of marketing, where he built the organization's formidable marketing capability and created the TeleManagement World Conference and Expo, the largest event of its kind.

Eric Diehl Security Domain Director Thomson

Mr. Diehl leads the worldwide research on security for Thomson Corporate Research. His focus is on content security and secure delivery. The researchers design technologies such as advanced key management, audio and video watermarking, video fingerprinting, network security, and secure coding. Mr. Diehl has a long experience in content security. In 1989, he was one of the designers of Videocrypt pay TV system. He filed more than 70 patents in the fields of security, pay TV, and user interfaces and published many papers.

Daniel Harris Founder Kendra Initiative

Mr. Harris is an entrepreneur and Internet content expert. He founded Kendra, an initiative to promote an open content marketplace for the Internet, in 1999. Mr. Harris has worked extensively in the U.K. Internet industry. He co-founded Cerbernet in 1996 and served as chief executive officer until late 1998. Previously, Mr. Harris worked for Atlantic Telecom as their content delivery adviser until early 2001. In 1994 he co-founded Cerberus-the Cerberus Digital Jukebox was the first system for copyright-protected Internet-based music distribution.

Jeffrey Segal Chief Technology Officer CINEA

Mr. Segal is a recognized leader in delivering anti-piracy solutions for the entertainment industry. As CTO/VP Engineering for Cinea, Inc. a Dolby company, he leads a team of security specialists providing content protection solutions, including a forensic watermarking solution for consumer video devices. His career includes director of interactive systems for Digital Video Express, the first-ever consumer video product employing device specific forensic watermarking; CTO for East3 Ltd.; vice president of technology at iXL Inc.