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Industry Insider Series

The best of both worlds, the Industry Insider Series offers a keynote-style lineup with what many may call a more personal approach. Prepare to get to the heart of critical consumer electronics issues quickly thanks to the candid style of the insiders.
AMD President and CEO Dirk Meyer
11 a.m. Thursday, January 8, Las Vegas Hilton Theater

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To demonstrate his message of “The Future is Fusion” at Thursday’s Industry Insider presentation, Dirk Meyer, president and CEO of AMD introduced several of AMD’s industry partners, including LucasFilm Ltd., LightStage/OTOY, MTV, HP, AlienWare and Electronic Arts. Meyer noted that the CE industry needs to become more collaborative in order to provide users with more options and a more personalized computing experience.

The audience enjoyed demonstrations of advanced computer graphics including real-time rendering, gaming via cloud computing, a new super gaming PC- the Dragon System — and both ultra-thin and personalized notebook computers.
Disney Media Networks Co-chair and Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney
2:30 p.m. Thursday, January 8, Las Vegas Hilton Theater

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Anne Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group, delivered Thursday afternoon’s Industry Insider address at the Hilton Theater. Sweeney spoke about the ways Disney and ABC are providing entertainment and news content across various platforms for consumers to enjoy in their home or on the go. “Digital devices equal consumer content connectors,” Sweeney said, as she described the changing ways consumers are being entertained.

Sweeney also discussed ABC and Disney’s position of creating original and supplemental online programming, noting that online content adds a new experience for fans, context to current shows and drives future storylines. Sweeney also delighted many in the crowd by showing a sneak-peak from the series premiere of Lost.
Activision Publishing President and CEO Mike Griffith
11 a.m. Friday, January 9, Las Vegas Hilton Theater

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Activision Publishing President and CEO Mike Griffith spoke of the growing and dynamic video game market during his Industry Insider presentation at the 2009 International CES. Griffith noted that the video game industry is capturing a larger share of the entertainment market by incorporating innovative story telling, social experiences and interactivity.

Griffith, whose company publishes the popular Guitar Hero series, also mentioned how the convergence of video games and music has changed the music industry by spurring artist downloads and consumers’ interest in playing real instruments. Video games will remain innovative and it’s up to the industry to keep adapting, explained Griffith.
One-on-One with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin
1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, January 10, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257

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Join FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro for a public dialog on Chairman Martin's tenure at the FCC and the challenges likely to confront industry and the incoming Administration. Also to be discussed are the digital television transition, cable compatibility, spectrum, broadband and other issues critical to the consumer electronics industry.

 

Presenters:
The Honorable Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications  Commission  (FCC)
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)