The Shindler Perspective

Engaging, captivating, outstanding, and most importantly, well prepared. That is how panels moderated by Marty Shindler are described.

The goal is to inform and to engage the audience, and often to also entertain them. The same goals apply to the panelists in order to achieve the desired result with the audience.

Having served as an advisor to a variety of types of businesses in our consulting practice, we have been involved in a wide range of speaking engagements on a host of topical and future thinking subjects covering many aspects of entertainment and entertainment technology.

Marty Shindler also speaks at private invitation only events. Click here for more information.

Two forward thinking topic titles have been approved and announced for the fall 2015 Digital Hollywood Conference.

Justin Liu Lead Engagement Manager Manager Akamai Technologies Media + Gaming

Larry Namer, President/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group , Founder E! Entertainment

Dounia Turrill, Former Senior Vice President, Client Insights, The Nielsen Company

Chris Edwards, CEO, The Third Floor and Founder, The Virtual Reality Company

Phil Groves, Senior Vice President, IMAX Corp & Executive Vice President, Global Distribution, IMAX Entertainment

As additional panelists are confirmed, they will be posted here and on social media.

The annual Storage Visions Conferernce coincides with the opening of CES, appropriate given the importance of storage and data transport to the CE industry.

Marty's panel on January 5, 2016 will be Pumping Big Data: Putting Data Where it Needs to Be.

The panel is in the formative stage. Panelist names will be released in late October or early November .

Other Future Events

Check back soon for information on other upcoming events. Follow Marty Shindler on Facebook, LinkedIN and Twitter for updates.

OTT - "Side Effects of Over The Top TV" is the topic of a discussion on which Marty Shindler will be a panelist at the monthly Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Hollywood chapter event on May 19, 2015 at the Linwood Dunn Theater at 6:30 PM.

Claudio Ludovisi, SVP, Marketing & Digital, Operational Strategies, NBC/Universal Entertainment

Continuing a many year tradition, on April 28, 2015, at the semi-annual Digital Hollywood Conference, Marty Shindler moderated two informative and very topical panels.

David Harrington, Managing Partner, EFA Partners

Larry Namer, President/CEO, Metan Global Entertainment Group, Founder E! Entertainment

Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush Securities

Todd Supplee, Senior Director, Entertainment and Media, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Dounia Turrill, Senior Vice President, Client Insights, The Nielsen Company

Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator

Read the topic summary here. See a picture of the panel here or here.

Hollywood Strategies - The Multi-Platform Brand - Theatrical, Video, TV & Mobile - Multiple Screens are the Future - the 360 Degree Marketplace was the topic of the second Digital Hollywood panel. This panel was held at 10:45 AM.

It, too, is one of high intertest to the business and consumer communities in the age of content developers, aggregators and distributors needing to set clear strategies indoing so acrsss all latforms across their brands.

Phil Groves, Senior Vice President, IMAX Corp & Executive Vice President, Global Distribution, IMAX Entertainment

Claudio Ludovisi, SVP of Operational Strategy, Marketing & Digital, NBC Entertainment

Bruce Nash - Founder and President, Nash Information Services, LLC

Steve Wong, Head of the Media & Entertainment Division, Siemens in the Americas

Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator

Read the topic summary here. See a group picture of the panel here and here.

On Saturday April 4, 2015, Marty Shindler will participate in an all day seminar at UCLA entitled Adapting to Massive Media Change: Technology Fundamentals and Industry Trends and will be discussing The Future of TV wiht fellow panelist Will Nix of Creative Projects Group.

Digital storage and all related fields represents a burgeoning industry. Storage Visions is an important conference that explores its many aspects in detail. Marty Shindler has been a panel and discussion leader in the past at both this conference and the related Creative Storage Conference.

On Monday, January 5, 2015 at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Marty Shindler will be moderating anvery pertinent discussion on the topic of Piping up - wires and spectrum - transporting big data into the future. See the detailed agenda.

Storage With Intense Network Growth (SWING!) is the theme of the conference and Piping up is at the heart of that network.

For a $100 discount for the conference, use code onehundredoff327654 on the Eventbrite website or click here. Additional information available here.

Confirmed panelists include:

Ben Bloom, Service Line Manager Akamai Technologies Media + Gaming

Don Gabriel, General Manager, Sales, EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C.

Ian Hamilton, CTO, Signiant

Eric Markow, Fiber Communications Specialist, Bel Air Internet

Michelle Munson, CEO and Co-founder, Aspera, Inc. an IBM Company

Other names will be posted upon confirmation.

Watch Trekking to the Cloud from the recent Creative Storage Conference.

At an invitation only event hosted by Vizio on November 12, 2014, Marty Shindler led an Advanced Technology discussion. Topics included the future of displays, high dynamic range, 4K/UHD and creating the next generation of content.

Digital Hollywood continues to grow and draw an excellent audience. Once again, Marty Shindler will be moderating discussions on topics of import and relevance to the global Hollywood business community.

Cindy MacKenzie, Managing Director, Entertainment, Media and Communications, US, PwC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

Dounia Turrill Senior Vice President, Client Insights, The Nielsen Company

David Watkins, Director - Connected Home Devices, Digital Consumer Practice, Strategy Analytics

This panel was webcast live. The archival copy may be found at the panel home page or on You Tube.

Phil Groves, Senior Vice President, IMAX Corp & Executive Vice President, Global Distribution, IMAX Entertainment;

A picture of the panel may be found by clicking here.

Eyetracking and Facial Recognition: Enabling Direct Interactivity

A little more than 10 years ago, the "Minority Report” display interaction seemed futuristic, but the capability of machines to use multiple methods to anticipate human expectations has arrived.

One of the primary ways in which we as humans communicate is through non-verbal interactive cues, such as using our eyes and facial expressions to react to events around us. There is an increasing focus on eyetracking and facial recognition (and even emotion recognition based on eye/facial reactions) that serve to enable enhanced interactivity with display devices. This session features some of the industry leaders in this enabling communications technology discipline.

Marty Shindler, always with an eye on the future, will moderate this exciting and forward thinking panel at the premier industry event related to display technology.

Ian Fasel, Founder, Lead Developer - Emotient (Keynote and panelist)
Barbara Barclay, General Manager - Tobii
Keith Jackson, Director of Sales & Marketing - EyeTech Digital
Sune Alstrup Johansen, CEO - The Eye Tribe
Eberhard Schmidt, Managing Director - SMI

At the last minute, Keith Jackson, Sune Johansen and Eberhard Schmidt were not able to attend.

The following were added to the agenda for presentations and and to be a part of the panel discussion. Thanks to them and to Mark Fihn, the IHS exec who managed the day.

Adrian Travis, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Corp.

Dr. Uwe Vogel, Engineer at Fraunhofer Comedd

Bob Raikes, Managing Director, Meko

Kevin Shaw, PhD, who presented earlier in a keynote and participated in the discussion.

See a photo of the panel.

Click here for more information about the day's activities, as well as the detailed agenda.

The Creative Storage Conference is the pre-eminent conference for movie, TV and gaming executives who want to be current on the latest trends and techniques related to storage and cloud technologies. Read the flyer here and view the final agenda here.

A highlight of the conference was be:

Keynote industry conversation, Steve Canepa with Marty Shindler

IBM is a leader in the media and entertainment market segment from many points of view, including its innovative products and services.

Steve Canepa, as the General Manager of the Global Media and Entertainment Industry for IBM, must carefully watch the trends inherent in many market segments to fully understand and react to their potential impact on his many businesses.

Similarly, given the long lead time in developing and deploying new technologies, IBM must predict the overall direction and challenges that industry segments may take and determine the best means to maintain and enhance its leadership position.

In this one to one keynote conversation, Steve Canepa and Marty Shindler, long time consultant to media and entertainment companies, will discuss and dissect the many potential rewards and challenges on the road ahead.

Marty Shindler also moderated a panel discussion at the conference.

Trekking to the cloud - wired, wireless, cellular enabled and satellite - looking to the future

As file sizes continue to grow and the number of end users increases, moving content through the Internet enables this content to be available wherever and whenever it is needed. Cloud storage is promising but there remain challenges (as well as rewards) for getting content transported to where it is needed quickly and securely.

There are many opinions as to how the future of content transport will evolve. This includes opinions on hat will occur with extensive installation of fiber optic communication by telcos, cablecos and Google. There is also considerable discussion of how sales of spectrum will impact the growth of access as society becomes increasingly mobile. This panel will take a look at the future, envisioning what content transport will look like up to 15 years from now.

Panelists included:

Ben Bloom, Service Line Manager Akamai Technologies Media + Gaming

Nathan Carman, Chief Engineer Cloud Infrastructure Solutions, Exelis Information Systems

Don Gabriel, General Manager, Sales, EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C.

Eric Markow, Fiber Communications Specialist, Bel Air Internet

Michelle Munson, CEO and Co-founder, Aspera, Inc. an IBM Company

Martin Rushworth, Director of Technology, Sohonet

Click here for the panel photo. Watch the panel on You Tube.

Continuing the tradition, Marty Shindler will once again be moderating discussion of important industry topics at Digital Hollywood Spring 2014.

Both panels were held Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Ritz Marina del Rey, California.

The first at 7:45 AM is:

The Future of TV: From Primetime to Multi Platforms: Wall Street Analysts Meet Entertainment Executives.

The future of TV is not just about the technology that is in place today and that which is on the horizon.

The future of TV involves deep insight into both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of content production and distribution and the impact that the technology may have on the many competitive and high stakes business models in place today and anticipated for tomorrow, shaped in part by the myriad of devices and content vying for our attention.

Also fundamental to the future vision of this important medium is how consumer behavior will impact the medium, i.e. what customers want, are willing to pay for and now much.

Analysts by definition work at the intersection of business and technology and regularly monitor the many metrics that form the foundation.

Our distinguished group of analysts will discuss, debate and even challenge some of the basic premises that are important as we look to the future of TV in an informative and engaging panel.

Panelists include:

Tom Adams, Senior Principal Analyst, US Media, IHS Screen Digest

Greg Ireland, Research Manager, Consumer Markets: Video, IDC

Cindy MacKenzie, Managing Director, Entertainment, Media and Communications, US, PwC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

Dounia Turrill Senior Vice President, Client Insights, The Nielsen Company

See the photo of the panel.

The second panel is at 10:45 AM and is:

Hollywood Strategies - The Multi-Platform Brand - Video, TV & Mobile - 1st Screen, 2nd Screen, 3rd Screen - the 360 Degree

A fundamental strategy of all Hollywood originated content in the world of 2014 is multi-platform distribution. In some cases, the productions, movies and TV shows are released in a linear, windows fashion, and others have simultaneous release schedules.

In all cases the studios and broadcasters seek to exploit the content to the widest possible audience across a wide array of devices, content formats and delivery technologies for the longest time possible on a global level.

Our distinguished panel is uniquely qualified to provide deep insight into the many strategies and tactics that form the basis for content development decisions and in turn release schedules, 1st and 2nd screen technologies and other related methodologies and technologies. We’ll look at how those strategies have evolved in recent years and will also take a close look at how those will impact content of all kinds into the future.

Panelists include:

Eric Bee, Product/Lead Producer, Chaotic Moon Studios

Barry Sandrew, PhD, CEO, Legend 3D, Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Green Hornet

Blair Westlake, Principal, Mediasquareup

Nicole Prentice Williams, Founder and Chief Media Strategist, Prentice Williams Media (Two-time Emmy Winner)
Evan Young, Senior Director, Product Marketing, TiVo Inc.

See the photo of the panel.

The Business Of Sports…How Technology Is Changing The Game

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 6 PM

United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills.

Panelists included:

David M. Carter - Executive Director, USC Marshall Sports Institute

Mark Francis - Sports Management Consultant & Sports Business Instructor, Center for MEMES, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Ryan Hayden - Agent, United Talent Agency

Greg Isaacs - Vice President & General Manager, Digital Media, NFL

Jennifer van Dijk - Senior Vice President Digital, Wasserman Media Group

Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator

Panel picture Watch a short video of the networking pre-panel and the panel set up.

To those who followed the announcements, Jerry Steinberg, Senior VP, Fox Sports Field Operations, Fox Sports Media Group, was announced initially, but was not able to attend.

Bound to be one of the premier events of the new year, Digital Entertainment World will include Marty Shindler as a moderator for a panel entitled Rethinking Release Windows: The Impact Of Digital On Movie Release Windows.

The Expo was held Febraury 18 - 20, 2014, with this panel held on Tuesday, February 18 at 11:15 AM.

Josh Dickey, Managing Editor of TheWrap.com

Richard Hare, SVP & CFO, Carmike Cinemas

Mitch Singer, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment and President Digital Content Entertainment Ecosystem (DECE)

Lee Waterworth, CEO & Co-Founder, Yekra
Moderator: Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc.

4K, AKA UHD is a hot topic. Will it succeed in the marketplace? If yes, how long will it take and who if anyone will make money with UHD. If not, why not?

On Monday, October 21, 2013 at the Hollywood and Highland Complex, as a part of the SMPTE Business Symposium, Marty Shindler moderated a panel entitled Who Will Make Money in the 4K Ecosystem?

Tom Adams, Director & Principal Analyst, US Media, IHS Screen Digest

Bryan Burns President and Chief Executive Officer, The Forward Direction Group (formerly with ESPN)

Peter Keith, Vice President and senior research analyst, Piper Jaffray

Peter McGuinniss, Director of Multimedia, Imagination Technologies
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator

Among the many panels that were being presented, Daily Variety chose to cover this one.

iMedia Connection blogged about Making Money in the 4K/UHD Ecosystem and our panel.

Digital Hollywood is one of the conferences that places a high degree of importance on the business side of digital and Hollywood.

Continuing the tradition of several years, Marty Shindler moderated two very pertinent and timely panels featuring leading industry executives and Wall St. Analysts at the prestigious Digital Hollywood Fall.

Both panels were held Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Marina del Rey, California.

The Future of TV: From Primetime to MultiPlatforms: Wall Street Analysts Meet Entertainment Executives.

Panelists included:

Ian Aaron,Chief Executive Officer, Vdio

Bryan Burns, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Forward Direction Group (formerly with ESPN)
Guy Finley, Executive Director, MESA/2nd Screen Society

Cynthia McKenzie, Managing Director PricewaterhouseCoopers' US Entertainment, Media and Communications practice

Larry Namer, President & CEO, Metan Development Group
Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush Securities
Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator

This panel was 7:45 AM on October 22, 2013.

Click for a picture of the panel. Home Media Magazine covered this panel.

The Blockbuster Strategy - Hollywood's Billion Dollar Creative Edge - The Making of an Entertainment Franchise.

Panelists included:

Brent Cooke, VP - Guest & Digital Marketing, AMC Theatres;

Chris Edwards, CEO, The Third Floor;

Phil Groves, Senior Vice President, IMAX Corp & Executive Vice President, Global Distribution, IMAX Entertainment;

Lynda Obst, Lynda Obst Productions, Producer and noted Author;

Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Moderator

Click for a picture of the panel.

This panel was held at 10:45 AM on October 22, 2013

The Hollywood Reporter covered the Blockbuster panel at Digital Hollywood Spring 2013.

The evening of September 25, 2013 found Marty Shindler involved in another informative and engaging panel for Amplify Roundtables and hosted by United Talent Agency.

Exploring the US - China Relationship and its impact on the entertainment and entertainment technology industry was not only a timely topic for "today" but most importantly for "tomorrow." We informed and engaged the audience.

Panelists included:

Robert Cain, President Pacific Bridge Pictures;

Erik Laykin, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps;

Michael Peyser, Motion Picture Producer/Professor USC School of Cinematic Arts

Janet Yang, Film Producer and Cultural Ambassador

Click for a picture of the panel and one of Marty Shindler at the panel.

On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 during Siggraph's Exhibition Days, Marty Shindler was interviewed by Steve Waskul of Waskul Entertainment on Waskul.TV at the Intel StudioXperience™.

Watch the interview here.

Click for the entire interview schedule. Marty Shindler is pleased to be among this illustrious list of industry personnel.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is the premier organization of Television professionals. Marty Shindler was honored to be a part of this prestigious panel that discussed the Digital Distribution Revolution.

The event was Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at CBS Studio Center at 6:30 PM.

PANELISTS
DAVE BEELER & TOM KONKLE Lumenactus Productions
JAY FRIEDMAN Director of Sales, bitMAX

COURTNEY LISCHKE New Business Development Manager, YouTube

BRIAN NORGARD Co-Founder, Chill.com

LORI H. SCHWARTZ Principal, World of Schwartz/Television Academy Governor, Interactive Media
MARTY SHINDLER CEO of The Shindler Perspective

Moderated by
GEORGE TAWEEL

Produced by
ALEX GEORGIEV & GEORGE TAWEEL

Click here for a PDF of the announcement.

Photo of George Taweel and Marty Shindler discussing future TV concepts.

In case you missed it, watch the video by clicking here.

On June 25, 2013, Marty Shindler moderated an important panel entitled Digital Intermediate Storage Formats at the annual Creative Storage Conference, held this year at the Doubletree Hotel in Culver City, CA.

This panel was an open discussion on the challenges and requirements for digital intermediate compressed media formats over the next five years.

• Patrick Hanlon, CFA and SanDisk
• Bryce Button, AJA
• Matt Walters, Codex
• Glenn Kennel, ARRI

This flyer provides additional information about this great annual event. Check out the entire agenda for the day long event.

Click here for a picture of the panel, from left, Marty Shindler, Glenn Kennel, Patrick Hanlon, Matt Walters and Bryce Button.

Digital Hollywood continues to be an important conference for all things digital and Hollywood, today and into the future as technologies impact the industry and as we explore their business impact.

Once again, Marty Shindler moderated panels at the Spring 2013 Digital Hollywood Conference held at the Ritz Carlton, Marina del Rey, California.

The two panels were held Tuesday, April 30, 2013. They are:

At 7:45 AM is Cross-Platform Content - Analysts and Investment: A View from the Street - From Tablets and SmartPhones to 3D TV. As in the past, we had several leading industry analysts participating. They were Tom Adams, Director & Principal Analyst, US Media IHS Screen Digest; James C. Goss, Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, Barrington Research Associates, Inc.; James Marsh, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray; and, Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush Securities.

At 10:45 AM is The Blockbuster Strategy - Hollywood's Billion Dollar Creative Edge - The Making of an Entertainment Franchise. Panelists included Ralph Alexander, Senior Executive Vice President, International Operations & Distribution, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Chris Edwards, CEO & Creative Director, THE THIRD FLOOR; Phil Groves, Senior Vice President, IMAX Corp & Executive Vice President, Global Distribution, IMAX Entertainment; Robert Lenihan, President of Programming for AMC Entertainment Inc.

Check out all of the Digital Hollywood Spring 2013 here.

The Hollywood Reporter covered this panel and published an article on it on April 30, 2013.

In the next Leading Edge Technology Series event on May 1, 2013:

Amplify Roundtables presents:

HOW TO MONETIZE WEB CONTENT in 2013
Making MONEY on the Web Today!

Amos Pizzey, Founder, Talenthouse

Jeff Tinsley, CEO, MyLife.com

David Subar, Chief Technology Officer, Break Media

Brock Pierce, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Playsino

Moderator: Marty Shindler, CEO at The Shindler Perspective, Inc.

Photos courtesy of Steve Greenberg.

Panel. Brock Pierce and Marty Shindler. Marty Shindler making a point to the panel.

Event is held at and hosted by United Talent Agency

Event is 6 - 9 PM. Click here to register.

As noted on the Second Screen Sunday website, “Broadcast, sports and live entertainment are at the forefront of the second screen revolution,” says S3 executive director Guy Finley. “At our 2nd Screen Sunday event, creative and technology leaders in the second screen space will showcase how mainstream television is expanding the viewer experience to include complementary, and contextual, content to their personal devices and how it will forever change the way television and advertising are produced, delivered and experienced.”

Once again, Marty Shindler is moderating one of the panels at this exciting conference. It is entitled There’s an App for That…Or is There?

This panel is comprised of the following industry leaders and executives:

Tom Engdahl, Chief Executive Officer, Magic Ruby
Tracey Garvin, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Juan Reyes, Chief Technology Officer, BluFocus
Alex Terpstra, Chief Executive Officer, Civolution
D.P. Venkatesh, Chief Executive Officer, mPortal Inc

There are lots of issues to discuss on this compelling topic. Among them, as the cost to develop more engaging experiences increases, do networks and cable operators consolidate their brands or do they continue to focus on their content brands one app at a time? Do 3rd party apps lend themselves to a catalog-wide experience for consumers that is better than having to find one app at a time? Just what is the right strategy - is it a "special purpose" app or is it one that is "multi-function?"

Click here for a photo of the panel.

Amplify Roundtables in partnership with Hollywood Hill
presents
The Leading Edge Technology Series

Hollywood Today -- Hollywood Tomorrow?

Short Form Video, Streaming, Mobile, TV Everywhere, etc. etc.
How does new technology impact traditional Hollywood revenue and business models today?

Featuring a panel discussion by industry leaders:

Mitch Singer, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Sony Pictures
Brian Norgard, Co-Founder of Chill
Brent Weinstein, Head of Digital Media, United Talent Agency (UTA)
Ian Aaron, Chief Executive Officer, Vdio

Moderator: Marty Shindler, CEO at The Shindler Perspective, Inc.

The event is hosted by UTA - United Talent Agency in its new state of the art screening room.

The event, a sellout, was Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Click here for more details.

Photos courtesy of Steve Greenberg.

Whole panel and Marty Shindler

CES is always a great show, with lots to see and do. Marty Shindler moderated the 2nd Screen for Movies & TV Series: Will it deliver the promise of BD Live? panel on Monday, January 7, 2013 as part of the MESA 2nd Screen Summit at CES. The conference was at the Wynn Las Vegas.

Thomas Engdahl, Chief Executive Officer, Magic Ruby
Matt Kennedy, President, 1K Studios/Cinram
Stephanie Misar, Marketing Director Head of Advertising & Sponsorship, Mhz Networks
Juan Reyes, Chief Technology Officer, BluFocus

See the full program here.

The movie and TV production industries are undergoing fundamental changes on a global basis, changes that impact many of the crafts, including visual effects.

The Visual Effects Society is committed to providing its members and the industry at large with important facts and frank discussion in an educational format.

On Saturday, December 1, 2012, Marty Shindler, a long time member of VES, and who has worked at many, many points on the entertainment technology value chain moderated a vitally important panel for the VES. It is entitled Understanding Unions: The Good, The Bad & Unknown Of Forming A Visual Effects Collective Bargaining Organization

The objective was to provide a balanced discussion on the issues that form the basis for informed decisions.

The event was well attended and a spirited discussion ensued.

Once again Marty Shindler moderated at Digital Hollywood Fall 2012. The panel was Cross-Platform Content - Analysts and Investment: A View from the Street - From Tablets and SmartPhones to 3D TV and it featured several leading analysts as we discussed the latest in cross platform content amid ongoing and major changes in content production and distribution.

Confirmed panelists were Tom Adams, Principal Analyst at iHS Screen Digest; Jeff Logsdon, JBL Advisors; Michael Pachter Managing Director, Equity Research Wedbush Securities; and Ron Richards, Head of Strategic Business Advisory Services, Merriman Capital.

Once again, Marty Shindler will be moderating a Wall St. themed panel at the 2012 Variety 3D Entertainment Summit.

Challenges Amidst Elevated Expectations - The Public Point of View
Moderated by Marty Shindler, CEO of The Shindler Perspective, Inc.

Elevated expectations challenge public companies working along the 3D stereoscopic value chain. Over the past 6+ years since the dawn of the modern 3D movie era, companies all along the value chain, from feature films to 3D TV and on to games, have been facing the various challenges, and at times, rewards as a result of their involvement in the industry niche.

Some of the elevated expectations have been created by journalists, some by Wall St. analysts and some by the companies themselves. This panel will discuss the challenges of being a publicly traded company working along the 3D stereoscopic value chain from two points of view: the role of investment professional/research analyst and that of executives with publicly traded companies.

Attendees will hear what they need to hear, not necessarily what they want to hear.

Confirmed panelists include Rich Ingrassia, Senior Research Analyst ROTH Capital Partners, LLC; Stephen Kovach CFA, Vine Alternative Investments; Richard LaBerge, Executive VP, Chief Marketing Officer, Sensio; and, Chris Yewdall, CEO DDD USA.

The panel will be on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, CA.

The entire two day agenda is available by clicking here.

Interested attendees should use the same registration code, MSINV in order to receive the 25% discount.

Running concurrently with the 3D Summit is Variety's MultiScreen Summit. Marty Shindler will be a panelist on the topic of OTT Delivery To Bring Content to the Consumer on Any Screen. This, too, will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the Hollywood and Highland Center.

Other confirmed panelists include Chris Yewdall, CEO, DDD, Michael Pachter, Research Analyst, Wedbush Securities; Marcus Liassides, Executive Vice President, MySpace and Alki David, CEO, FilmOn.

Click here for the agenda for the two days.

Interested attendees should use the same registration code, MSINV in order to receive the 25% discount.

Future of Content Capture Storage is an important topic and the subject of Marty Shindler's panel at this year's Creative Storage Conference. It is particularly important as the number of movies and TV shows being shot on digital cameras continues to increase, resulting in more attention paid to the impact of data and storage. Panelists were from ARRI, Codex Digital, IDC and San Disk. See another picture here.

Marty Shindler was on a panel entitled Movie Projections moderated by Michael Stroud. Rob Hummel was the other panelist.

Continuing his well attended panels at Digital Hollywood, at the Spring 2012 Digital Hollywood, Marty Shindler once again moderated two panels.

Both panels were on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. The first was entitled Cross-Platform Content - Analysts and Investment: A View from the Street - From Tablets and SmartPhones to 3D TV. The panel was comprised of Jim Goss of Barrington Research, Andy Howard of Shamrock Capital, Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities and Seth Shapiro of New Amsterdam Media.

The second panel was entitled The 3D Industry: The Explosion of 3D in Feature Films and Television. Panelists include John Rubey, AEG; Mike Fuchsman, NCM; Chuck Comisky, Stereographer; Alec Shapiro, Sony Electronics; and, Rick Dean, THX.

The entire agenda for all of Digital Hollywood Spring 2012 is on their website.

Once again, the conference site was the Ritz Carlton, Marina del Rey, CA.

Predictions from the Street: The Power Players behind the Great Content Shift

New paradigms in consumption are forever changing the way we create, manage, deliver and monetize content. These changes are forcing media and entertainment companies to closely examine and evolve their long standing strategies and business models, often moving into uncharted territories to reach the moving target customer. Newcomers are also entering the game, but their approach to the content creation, distribution, and delivery game is entirely new, innovative and potentially disruptive. Who will be the winners and losers as we look to the future in the global environment? Hear from a panel of respected analysts from leading media investment and research firms as they present the Wall Street perspective on the Great Content Shift.

Marty Shindler moderated this panel on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 2:15 PM in Room S222 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Appearing on the panel were Doug Creutz of Cowen Group, James Marsh of Piper Jaffray, Tom Morrod of IHS and Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities.

See NAB Show Daily, for Wednesday, April 18, 2012, which featured a story on this panel.

Post Magazine also featured a blog post on the panel.

Marty Shindler moderated Spotlight on 3D Content as one of the Super Sessions at CES 2012 on January 10, 2012. Panelists included Bryan Burns, ESPN; Tom Cosgrove, 3Net; Bob Zitter of HBO; and, Vince Pace of The CAMERON | PACE Group.

The panel was recorded and is available for streaming. Prefer just the audio -- MP3 available here.

See a picture of the panel and one of Marty Shindler at the podium.

NetShelter covered the panel. Read the article here.

Marty Shindler moderated two panels again at Digital Hollywood. Both were on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. The first, from 7:45 AM - 9 AM, was entitled "Cross-Platform Content - Analysts and Investment: A View from the Street - From Tablets and SmartPhones to 3D TV." It covered a wide range of topics with leading industry analysts from Barrington Research, Piper Jaffray, Roth Capital Partners, Shamrock Capital ande Wedbush Securities. Thanks to Jay Ankeny, freelance journalist for providing a photo of the panel.

Panel two at 12:30 PM was entitled "The 3D Industry: The Explosion of 3D in Feature Films and Television." Leading industry executives, as we have done in the past, comprised the panelists.

The Annual Forum of the Previsualization Society Previs 2011 was Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Hollywood Highland. Marty Shindler moderated a panel that served to summarize many of the day's events. Panelists included Alex Cannon, Yuri Neyman, ASC, Richard Taylor, Kurt Williams and Hoyt Yeatman, ASC.

The 3D Summit was held Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Hollywood and Highland where Marty Shindler's panel was entitled "Winning Over Wall Street: Has 3D made the Grade?” Panelists included Andy Howard from Shamrock Capital, Christian Donohue of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, Joe Hovorka from Raymond James and Bill Hageman of JP Morgan Securities. Thanks to Sarah Lally of 3D Entertainment Summit for providing a photo of the panel and one of Marty Shindler moderator.

The Spring 2011 Digital Hollywood s Marty Shindler involved in moderating two panel discussions, both on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

The first at 7:45 AM was entitled "3D in TV and Film - Analysts and Investment: A View from the Street." Panelists included Marla Backer of Hudson Square Research, James Dix of Wedbush Morgan Securities, Jeffrey Logsdon of BMO Capital Markets - US, James Marsh of Piper Jaffray & Co. Warren Franklin of Rainmaker and Richard LaBerge of Sensio.

The second panel at 12:30 PM was "The 3D Industry: The Explosion of 3D in Feature Films and Television." Panelists included executives from AEG, Spectacle 3D, Digital Domain, THX Ltd., Cinedigm/The Bigger Picture and the stereographer from Avatar and other high profile movies.

Digital Hollywood Spring 2011 was held at The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Marina del Rey, California.

The Entertainment Technology Center at USC in partnership with the Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH presented the first 3D panel discussion that Marty Shindler moderated on September 29, 2005. It seems like ages ago and was in some respects, yet in other respects it was like "yesterday," as we are seeing continued growth in the stereoscopic format.

Join Marty Shindler and LA ACM Siggraph on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 for another 3D panel entitled Stereo 3D Essentials: Capture to Conversion. Four essential subjects will be covered - stereo capture, stereo editing, stereo compositing, and stereo 3D conversion - with three outstanding presenters: James Neihouse, IMAX Stereographer and DP; Steve Wright, 20 year veteran and master Nuke trainer; and Jonathan Karafin, Director of Production Operations for Digital Domain's new stereography department in Florida.

Marty will provide an overview from the business perspective as to how the industry has changed since 2005, provide a snapshot as to what it is today and provide a look to the future.

This event was held at Gallery Theatre at Barnsdall Art Park.

The coming decade will see new storage architectures developing including home storage virtualization, cloud and remote storage as well as new models for mobile storage.

Join Marty Shindler as he moderates a discussion at this event, with a panel entitled Content Delivery Where Ever and When Ever starting at 2:30 PM on Wednesday January 5, 2011 during the 2011 Storage Visions Conference at the Riviera Hotel Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Find out about the latest trends in physical content distribution including optical and solid state approaches. Learn about how digital signage depends upon storage. Hear about technologies that promise to provide comprehensive and reliable network access to commercial and personal content. Can physical distribution compete against or live with content downloading?

Speakers include Cheng Li and Vivian Sultan, CSU-LA; Igor Vezmar, Ascent Media Group; Joe Zipperer, MOD Systems; Terence Swee, muvee; and James DePuydt, Imation. Additional panelists for the ensuing discussion include Anand Pai, MaxTier Systems and Thomas Isakovich, Nimbus Data Systems.

Digital Hollywood Fall is once again on the agenda. The panel is entitled "Beyond Avatar: The Explosion of 3D - 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television".

This panel includes executives from Sony/Discovery, AEG, IMAX, Reliance Mediaworks, Technicolor, the USC Entertainment Technology Center and the stereographer from Avatar.

The last DH had the highest audience attendance of any prior Digital Hollywood 3D Panel in which Marty Shindler has been involved. This panel promises to be as large or larger.

The forthcoming event will be at Loews Santa Monica on October 19, 2010.

Due to an unavoidable, last minute change in circumstances, Marty Shindler was not able to moderate the panel. Marty thanks Phil Lelyveld of the Entertainment Technology Center of USC for filling in at the last minute.

On August 3, 2010, Marty Shindler moderated the end users panel for the 2010 Creative Storage Conference to be held in Los Angeles at the Radisson Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA. The theme of the day is Storage in the Third Dimension. Panelists are from 21st Century 3D, FotoKem, Legend Films, Light Iron Digital and Paramount Pictures.

For a discount ticket to the conference, click here and click on the link at the bottom.

Keeping with tradition, Marty Shindler once again moderated the 3D panel at Digital Hollywood, Spring 2010. With the sharp increase in 3D, this panel had a different focus from prior panels. This panel, entitled Beyond Avatar: The Explosion of 3D - 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television included one of hte best line ups yet of panelists, including John Rubey, President, AEG LIVE, Greg Foster, Chairman and President of Filmed Entertainment of IMAX Corporation, Buzz Hays, Senior Vice President, Sony 3D Technology Center, Sony Corporation of America, Angela Wilson Gyetvan, VP, Marketing and Sales, 3ality Digital, Chuck Comisky, 3-D Stereo VFX Supervisor, Avatar, Keith Melton, Director, Mummies 3-D: Secrets of the Pharaohs, Jonathan Dern, President, Cinedigm Entertainment Group, and Jim Hannafin, SVP - Business Development - North America, Reliance MediaWorks USA, A Reliance MediaWorks LTD Company

Digital Hollywood Fall 2009 found Marty Shindler moderating the 3D panel entitled The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Panelists were from Lipton 3D, Wedbush Morgan Securities, Imax, 3Ality, Kerner New York and NVidia.

The Korea - US Vision Council held an event on Wednesday evening, October 21, 2009 at Digital Hollywood. As a co-founder of the Korea-US Vision Council, Marty Shindler made introductory remarks at the event entitled:

Read press coverage of the Korea US Vision Council event.

Digital Hollywood – Once again, Marty Shindler moderated the Digital Hollywood Spring 2009 panel on 3D, entitled, The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television. Panelists were from 3Ality, Cinedigm, Imax, Kerner New York, Lipton 3D, Mitsubishi and Wedbush Securities. This panel was held May 5, 2009.

Press coverage of this panel may be found at Celluloid Junkie, click link or PDF version and at Video Business with this article entitled Digital Hollywood: 3D needs to make money on DVD.

Digital Hollywood was also the site of a second panel discussion moderated by Marty Shindler. The purpose of the Korea strategic sessions was to foster mutually beneficial business relationship among U.S. Korean, Korean American companies.

Jean Chung, president of Better Communications & Consulting, the organizer of Korea sessions produced a complete program handout with bios and photos.

This was held on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 and was entitled:

On April 19, 2009, the day preceding the beginning of NAB, at the Creative Storage Conference in Las Vegas, Marty Shindler moderated Case Study: Digital Storage in the Visual Effects Society Awards. Panelists were from Sohonet, 1:1 Ratio, Technicolor and the Visual Effects Society. Click for more information.

The 3D Entertainment Summit was certain to be a premier event on December 1-2, 2008 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and it was in every respect, meeting all expectations. Marty Shindler's panel was entitled Will 3D Win Over Wall Street: Where is the 3D Market and Just How Big is it? Click for the seminar and speaker information online or the PDF. For panel pictures, click here.

Digital Hollywood is one of the premier events of the year, with panels covering all manner of hot topics. Once again, Marty Shindler moderated the 3D stereoscopic panel in this burgeoning and evolving industry. The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television will be held on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Panelists were from Imax, 3Ality Digital, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics, Pace, Quantel and Microspace.

Marty Shindler's Digital Hollywood appearance also included Looking to the Future: US-Korea Collaboration on Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

This panel, comprised of animation and visual effects professionals from both the US and Korea, discussed recent collaborations in creating compelling entertainment content using Korean facilities on US product. The panelists discussed the pros and cons of working in Korea and provided their thoughts on the future of collaboration efforts between the two countries, creating win-win strategies between the US and Korea.

Panelists included a leading visual effects supervisor and executives from Enemes, Semologic, Motif RMC and Desert Panther Productions.

On Saturday, October 25, 2008, Marty Shindler appeared at the Fresno Filmmakers Forum Conference. His presentation was entitled They Don't Call it Show Business for Nothing. According to the press release (PDF version) wrap up, it was well received.

TV programs, Films, Animation and New Media are the topics at the annual Broadcast Worldwide Conference & Exhibition 2008 (BCWW) in Seoul, Korea. Marty Shindler presented Entertainment Business From the Hollywood Perspective on Thursday, September 4, 2008.

UCLA Extension invited Marty Shindler to speak to a group of visiting Korean business people under the auspices of KOCCA. Mr. Shindler spoke on Practices and Trends in Hollywood on August 18, 2008.

On August 2, 2008, Marty Shindler moderated two panels at the annual Directors Guild (DGA) Digital Day. One was 3D UPDATE: The 3D Pipeline and Workflow and the other was 3D AND THE TV VIEWING EXPERIENCE: Moving 3D into the Media Mainstream. Leaders from the burgeoning 3D stereoscopic industry participated on each of the panels. Here is the entire program as well as the photo montage from the DGA Monthly for September 2008.

On April 15, 2008, Marty Shindler moderated a panel discussion at the The Creative Storage Conference, held in conjunction the annual NAB Conference in Las Vegas. The panel was entitled Entertainment and Media Users Session. This session includes notable end users of digital storage from the entertainment and media industry discussing their uses and issues with digital storage in this industry. Panelists included executives from Thomson, Microsoft, Turner/CNN, ABC and Stargate Films, with others expected to also participate. Further updates will be posted here when available.

Digital Hollywood - 3D is a hot topic and it is an evolving business from many points of view, from image acquisition to post production and visual effects to digital exhibition and very soon to the home. On May 6, 2008, once again, Marty Shindler and a panel of industry experts will discuss the current and the future world of 3D under the banner of The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television. Panelists will be representing 3Ality Digital, The Bigger Picture, Dynamic Digital Depth (DDD), Kodak, Real D and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

The second annual Asia Pacific Entertainment & Media Summit (APEM) was held October 17 - 18, 2007 at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles. Marty Shindler moderated a panel on IPTV. IPTV represents a growing content delivery system. Panelists included executives from Microsoft, NBC Universal and KT Corporation.

Digital Hollywood continues to be one of the most innovative and forward thinking conferences. Marty Shindler will moderate a panel discussion on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. at the Fall conference October 29 - November 1, 2007. The Fall conference is moving to a new, larger venue, The Grand Ballroom at Hollywood and Highlands and the adjacent Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Due to its success at the Spring conference, we have been asked to repeat the panel entitled The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television with a great group on the panel.

On July 28, 2007, Marty Shindler moderated a panel discussion entitled 3D: The Next Generation of Digital Production at the annual Directors' Guild (DGA) annual Digital Day. The session included compelling content as well as a discussion on how this exciting trend will impact the next generation of digital production and exhibition. This year's theme for the day was The Future Of The Future: What's Next In Digital? See pictures of the event here and see our panel on this link.

Digital Hollywood is the epicenter of the global entertainment and technology disruption! As a part of Digital Production World at Digital Hollywood - Entering a New Universe, Marty Shindler moderated The Arrival of 3D - Digital 3D Platform for Feature Films and Television on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 from 10:45 - noon at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Click here for panelists' names and bios.

Marty Shindler moderated a panel discussion entitled "End Users Views on Digital Storage in Content Creation and Distribution: Challenges and Solutions" as a part of the 2007 Creative Storage Conference held in conjunction with the Media-Tech Expo Expo 2007 at the Long Beach Convention Center on May 15, 2007. Panelists were from Electronic Arts, PlasterCITY Digital Post, Stargate Films, SyncCast and Thomson.

On Sunday January 7, 2007, Marty Shindler attended the Storage Visions 2007 Conference at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marty moderated a panel discussion entitled Digital Content in the Age of Global Archives. The theme of the conference was Digital Storage Democratizes Content. Read the recent press release for more details.

In September 2006, Marty and Roberta Shindler attended the The 2nd China (Nanjing) International Software Product Expo. Marty addressed the conference on the topic of Global Trends in Computer Animation and Software Tools and the Shindlers attended the opening ceremonies. He also attended a group meeting of the Nanjing animation industry where he presented an expanded version of the address to the specialized and attentive audience. In addition to visiting several animation facilities in Nanjing, the Shindlers also visited animation and post houses in Shanghai.

On June 13, 2006, Marty Shindler moderated a panel entitled IMAX VFX: Design and Execution for the LA Professional Chapter of ACM Siggraph. See the postcard announcement in PDF.

Covering Your (Digital) Assets is the title of a panel discussion that Marty Shindler moderated at iHollywood Forum's Digital Media Summit on June 6, 2006. Scroll down to see the impressive line up of panelists. It was a lively discussion on what is a very hot topic.

Marty Shindler led a seminar for local entertainment industry personnel and students for DIP, the Daegu Digital Industry Promotion Agency in Daegu, Korea in April 2006. The topic was Entertainment Business From a Global Perspective.

In November 2005, Marty Shindler was invited by the KIPA - Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (part of the Ministry of Information and Communications) to speak at its Digital Content @ Convergence Conference in Seoul Korea. His topic was Global Trends in Digital Content Production and Distribution.

Digital Cinema and 3D: Business, Production, and Distribution Trends

Presented by The Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH in cooperation with the Entertainment Technology Center at USC's Digital Cinema Lab.

Read the press coverage of this event from Box Office Magazine , The Hollywood Reporter or Information Week.

Pathway International Digital Film Festival

Marty Shindler speaks on The Business Impact of New Technologies - September 2005

BYOB: Be Your Own Boss January 2005, a panel discussion at the monthly meeting of LA ACM Siggraph.

Marty Shindler moderates The Future of the Digital Studio at iHollywood Forum

On August 3, 2004, Marty Shindler was one of the Entertainment Executives that participated in A Business Mixer with KOCCA and Media Executives in LA, held at Loyola Marymount University.

The Future of the Giant Screen Format Industry was the topic of a panel at the 2001 Association of Science - Technology Centers Annual Confeence on which Marty Shindler was a panelist.

Web site links to various prior speaking engagements that have been retained are listed below. This is just a select portion of all prior engagements.

The Business of Effects: Generating Income, Not Just Images, panel moderated by Marty Shindler for LA ACM Siggraph, April 2001

The Next Wave: Digital Production in Large Format

Marty Shindler was a moderator as well as co-chair of the event sponsored by LFCA - The Large Format Cinema Association in May 2000.

Pulling Together a Solid Production: Budgeting Your Feature Film

While with the entertainment practice of Coopers & Lybrand (PriceWaterhouseCoopers), Marty Shindler produced a day long seminar on the above title. The event was well attended.