7:30am - 8:30

8:30am - 9:30

The Bells are investing billions to acquire TV customers. More than 1 in 5 of U.S. consumers now have satellite TV. Broadcasters struggle to remain relevant. We analyze the battle for the domestic market and the likely winners and losers.

9:30am - 10:00

10:00am - 11:00

Fireside Chat with Senior Technology Executives

Moderated by Walter Mossberg,
Personal Technology Columnist,
Wall Street Journal

• Paul Otellini, Intel, President and Chief Operating Officer

11:00-11:30

11:30-12:30

For audio and video to freely reach the living room, many DRM issues remain to be solved. Can so many codecs – Windows Media X, RealOne, DivX, MPEG, MP3 and others – be integrated to create a model that protects and compensates rights holders without overwhelming consumers? How do we reconcile Hollywood's interest in protecting content with the hardware devices and software applications that enable mass content distribution?

12:30-2:00

BREAKOUT SESSIONS (2:15 - 3:15)

2:15-3:15

How youth and adults divide their time in the digital living room – games, Internet, TV, radio – has dramatic implications for programming and advertising. Some studies have shown, for example, a dramatic drop in TV watching among kids who surf the Internet, play games and IM; others have shown a rise in simultaneous activities. A panel of analysts examine the trends and give forecasts for market growth.

2:15-3:15

Microsoft's new Windows Media Center edition seems to fulfill the ultimate promise of the TV wedded to the computer. But there are still bugs, and will consumers spend $2,000 for a living room computer on top of the $4,000 they paid for their plasma? Are media centers the coming thing or a niche? And where does that leave conventional interactive television?

2:15-3:15

Companies screened and selected by our Board of Advisors of VCs and strategic investors pitch for funds. Companies give five minute presentations followed by comments from a VC panel and questions from the audience.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS (3:30 - 4:30)

3:30-4:30

WiFi, Ethernet, power lines, phone lines, cable lines, Bluetooth, IR -- consumers have a bewildering array of connection options, standards and digital rights issues for their free-floating digital media. What's the adoption curve for these technologies and what needs to happen for the Holy Grail of plug-and-play to become a reality? A panel of industry experts and analysts considers the answer.

3:30-4:30

A panel of analysts and industry experts examines the numbers and the technologies that will determine how quickly HDTV sets displace analog sets. How far will prices drop in 2005? What models and sizes will consumers want: plasma, projection, EDTV, DLP? Will Dell or Sony be the big winners?

3:30-4:30

Companies screened and selected by our Board of Advisors of VCs and strategic investors pitch for funds. Companies give five minute presentations followed by comments from a VC panel and questions from the audience.

4:30-5:00

BREAKOUT SESSIONS (5:00 -6:00)

5:00-6:00

As DVRs become standard living room equipment, new questions arise: will consumers buy Tivos or rent cable DVRs? How will program rights holders be protected as programs are transmitted across the Internet, wirelessly and to other devices? What advertising models are emerging? And how is the DVR market being impacted by the rise of recordable DVDs and video-on-demand?

5:00-6:00

Long tethered to CDs and terrestrial radio, music is hitting the living room through cable lines, satellite, the Internet, iPods, Game Cubes and computer hard drives. The future will be some combination of subscription, download, free and retail purchases. The panel considers the technological, business model and piracy issues that must first be solved and how sales of conventional CDs will be impacted.

5:00-6:00

Companies screened and selected by our Board of Advisors of VCs and strategic investors pitch for funds. Companies give five minute presentations followed by comments from a VC panel and questions from the audience.

6:00-6:45

Young people are driving some of the most important trends in home digital entertainment. Hear a panel of young adults, college students and consumers discuss what they think is the future of the digital home and what they will buy.

6:45 - 7:45

7:45 -9:30