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Kenneth Aagaard, EVP Operations, Engineering and Production Services, CBS Sports

Adam Acone, VP Broadcasting and Programming, NHL

John Acosta, Film Maker and Educator

Jay Adrick, Vice President Broadcast Technology, Harris Corporation

Wendy Allen, Vice President Media Operations & Engineering, PBS

Mr. J. Tracy Allison, Chief, Transformational Communications Engineering, Global Information Grid (GIG) Engineering Directorate, DISA

Mike Aloisi, VP Technology, Satellite & Affiliate Services, MTV Networks

Anthony Bailey, Vice President, Emerging Technology, ESPN

Claire Bailey, Agency Director and Chief Technology Officer, State of Arkansas Department of Information Systems

John Bailey, Director of Photography

Charles Baker, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellite & Information Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Tony Bardo, Assistant Vice President, Government Solutions, North American Division, Hughes Network Systems, LLC

Robert Bell, Executive Director, Society of Satellite Professionals and World Teleport Association

Bruce Bennett, Director, Program Executive Office- SATCOM, Teleport & services ( PEO-STS), DISA

Michael Berenbaum, Film Editor

Gordon Borrell, CEO, Borrell Associates, Inc

Matthew Braatz, SVP, Broadcast Operations, NBC Universal

Gerard Broussard, VP, Media Insights & Analytics, Canoe Ventures

Don Brown, Vice President of Business Development and Hosted Payloads, Intelsat General Corporation

Byron Browning, CIO G6, US Army

Paul Bush, Vice President, North American Sales, Telesat

Bill Butler, Vice President of Promotion and Programming, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Steve Canepa, General Manager, Global Media & Entertainment Industry, IBM

Gary Carter, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, International Datacasting Corporation

Gordon Castle, Managing Director, The Meadowdale Group

Roger Charlesworth, President, Charlesworth Media

Jason Cohen, Director of Sports Production, HBO

Jeff Coneys, Director of Satellite Operations, NBC

Patricia Cooper, President, SIA

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, President, Inmarsat Government Services Incorporated

Craig Cuttner, SVP, Advanced Technology, HBO

Colonel Charles Cynamon, Commander, MILSATCOM Network Integration Group, USAF

Greg DePriest, Vice President, Technology Policy, NBC

Chief Charles Dowd, Commanding Officer, Communications Division, NYC Police Department

Jennifer Dunnington, Music Editor

Adam Edwards, President, AEdwards Consulting / SUIRG

Charles Edwards, FCSA Program Manager, PEO-STS, Defense Information Systems Agency

Mike Englehaupt, Director of Broadcast Operations & Engineering, KPIX-TV/KBCW-TV

David Ernst, VP Digital Media, Market Resources, Discovery Communications

Tim Farrar, President, Telecom Media and Finance Associates, Inc., President, MSUA

Martin Faubell, VP Engineering, Hearst-Argyle Television

Warren Ferster, Editor, Space News

Tom Fleischman, Re-recording Mixer

Pam Franco, Founder, Franco Research Group

Arnold Friedman, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Space Systems/Loral

Don Gabriel, General Manager, Sales, Echostar Satellite Services

Daniel Gager, Program Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency

Hugo Gaggioni, Chief Technology Officer and VP of Broadcast and Professional Systems Division, Sony Electronics, Inc.

Kevin Gallo, Program Manager, Future Commercial SATCOM Services Acquisition Integrated Tech., GSA Federal Acquisition Service

Gene Gearty, Sound Effects Designer

Andreas Georghiou, Chief Executive Officer, Spacenet Inc.

Bruce Goldfeder, Director of Engineering Sports, CBS

Matthew Goldman, Vice President of Technology, Compression Systems, TANDBERG Television Inc.

Matt Gottshalk, Principal, McGee Digital Media

Frank Governale, Vice President, Operations, CBS News

Keith Hall, President and Chief Operating Officer, Globecomm Systems, Inc.

Richard Harrington, CEO, RHED Pixel

Bill Harris, Sr. VP Production & Broadcast Operations, A&E Television Networks

David Hartshorn, Secretary General, Global VSAT Forum

Steve Hellmuth, Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology, NBA Entertainment

Jonathan Higgins, Managing Director, BeaconSeek Ltd.

Nick Hippe, Senior Solutions Engineer, Adobe

Dan Holden, Fellow and Chief Scientist, Comcast Media Center

George Hoover, Chief Technology Officer, NEP Broadcasting

Ken Hunold, Broadcast Applications Engineer, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Susan Irwin, President, Euroconsult USA

Tim Jackson, Vice President, Media Product Management, Intelsat

Harry Jessell, Editor, TVNewsCheck.com

Roger Keating, SVP Digital Media, Hearst Television Inc.

LT Sonia Kendall, Commercial Satellite Communications Program/Asset Manager, United States Coast Guard

Brian Kennedy, Director, Digital News Gathering, CBS NEWS

Michael Koetter, VP of News Technology Planning and Development, CNN Broadcast Engineering and System Technology

Blair Kutrow, Vice President of Marketing, SkyTerra Communications

Jim Kutzner, Chief Engineer, Public Broadcasting Service

Joel Ledlow, CEO, ScheduALL

Burt H. Liebowitz, Principal Network Engineer, MITRE Corporation

Marisa Littlefield, ADR Editor

Rick Lober, Vice President and General Manager, Defense and Intelligence Systems Division, Hughes Network Systems

Ron Lockerby, Regional Sales Manager, Americas, Thrane & Thrane, Inc.

David Mazza, Senior Vice President Engineering, NBC Olympics

John McCoskey, Chief Technology Officer, PBS

Gregor McElvogue, Global Offering Executive, IBM Media and Entertainment

David McGlade, CEO, Intelsat

Craig McKay

Perkins Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Universal Sports

Shaum Mittal, Chief, Lead System Engineering Office, Prgrm Exec Office- Satellite, Transport & Services (PEO-STS) Directorate DISA

Robert Murch, Vice President Engineering, Fox Television Stations

Chris Myers, Executive Director, Newsgathering Operations, ABC News

Brian Nelles, Senior VP, PSSI Global Services

Harlan Neugeboren, CEO, The Workflow & Technology Group LLC

Glenn Oakley, Executive Vice President, Media Technology, Production and Operations, Discovery Communications, Inc.

Mel Olinsky, Director of Operations, CBS News

Brig Gen Robert "Tip" Osterthaler, (USAF, Ret), President & CEO, SES WORLD SKIES, USG Solutions

Delbert Parks, Vice President/ Operations and Engineering, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Lee Percy, Editor

Danny Peters, Director, Creative Services, Quantel

Craig Price, Stereo DI Editor

Michel Proulx, Chief Technology Officer, Miranda Technologies

Jay Rabinowitz, Editor

John Ratigan, President, iDirect Government Technology

Mark Rawlins, Head of Payload Engineering and Operations, Eutelsat

Colonel Patrick H. Rayermann, Director, Communications Functional Integration Office, National Security Space Office

Glenn Reitmeier, Vice President, Technology Standards, Policy and Strategy, NBC Universal

Bob Roe, President, SGSI

Avner Ronen, CEO & Co-Founder, Boxee

Anne P. Schelle, Executive Director, Open Mobile Video Coalition

Steve Schklair, CEO, 3ality Digital Systems

Mark Schubin, Technology Consultant, SchubinCafe.com

Bob Seidel, VP Engineering & Advanced Technology, CBS Television Network

Alec Shapiro, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Broadcast and Production Systems, Sony Electronics Inc.

Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media, LLC

Mike Siegelman, VP, Operations & Engineering, Telemundo Network

Joe Simmons, Global Program Director, NetHope

Clyde Smith, SVP Global Broadcast Technology and Standards, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Douglas Spotted Eagle, Sundance Media Group/VASST

Scott Sprague, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, SES World Skies

Jim Starzynski, Principal Engineer and Audio Architect, NBC - Universal Advanced Engineering

Geoff Stedman, Sr. VP, Marketing and Business Development, Omneon, Inc

Ron Stitt, VP, Digital Media & Internet Operations, Fox Television Stations, Inc.

Phil Stockton, Supervising Sound Editor

John Stoltz, Director, Commercial Sales, GMPCS / NETWORK INNOVATIONS

Brent Stranathan, Vice President, Broadcast Distribution, CBS Television

Dick Tauber, VP Transmission Systems and New Technology, CNN News Group

Larry Thorpe, National Marketing Executive, Canon U.S.A. Inc., Broadcast & Communications Division

Jon Townley, Blue Sky Studios

Martin Turner, Head of Operations, BBC Newsgathering

Larry Wentz, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University

Blake White, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Rob Willox, Director, 3D Business Development, Broadcast and Production Systems Division, Sony Electronics Inc.

Rich Wolf, Vice President, Telecommunications & Affiliate Services, ABC Television Network

Abbas Yazdani, President and CEO, ARTEL, Inc.

Alan Young, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, SES World Skies

Robert Zitter, EVP Technology and Chief Technology Officer, HBO