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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Financial Roundtable at the
2005 Mobile Imaging SummitSM
to Answer the Key Question
“Where’s the Money?”
SAN MATEO, Calif. —
September 28, 2005 —
At the upcoming Mobile Imaging Summit
executive conference (October 11 &12,
Monterey, CA) decision makers from the
imaging, telecommunications and computer
industries will explore ways to monetize
the explosive growth of the camera-phone
ecosystem. One of the most anticipated
sessions is the Financial Roundtable,
which brings together seasoned investors
to provide a perspective on where the
financial community is placing its bets
for long-term profitability.
“The Summit has become
known by industry insiders as not just
the premiere location to develop
business deals and alliances among
companies, but also the place where the
connections get made for investments and
acquisitions,” said Joe Byrd, VP, Future
Image and Conference Director. “The
discussions on the Financial Roundtable,
along with our New Technology Showcase,
have been a key catalyst to these
discussions and for helping to set the
direction for the future of the Mobile
Imaging industry.”
This year’s panel will be
moderated by Mark Kalow, Managing
Director of the Soquel Group and a
veteran imaging industry entrepreneur
and investor. Speakers include
Shanda Bahles, General Partner, El
Dorado Ventures; Scott Chou, General
Partner, Gabriel Ventures; Raj Kapoor,
Venture Partner, Mayfield; Ben Black,
Principal, Maveron and Rudy Burger, CEO
and Founder, US Development Partners.
"We have a high degree of
interest in investing in the mobile
imaging space," said Scott Chou. "We're
looking for disruptive image capture
technologies, display technologies such
as bi-stable color flat-panels that have
excellent color fidelity and can scale
past 4x6 inches, as well as memory
technology that can serve as both
execution memory and application
storage. In addition, we're always
looking out for the next software or
Internet application that leverages the
exceptional growth in digital imaging.
We know the Mobile Imaging Summit is a
great place to make these connections,
and we look forward to our participation
in this year's event."
Hosted by Future Image
Inc., the leading independent center of
expertise on the convergence of imaging,
information technology, and
telecommunications, and I3A
(International Imaging Industry
Association), the leading global
association for the imaging industry,
the Mobile Imaging Summit conferences
are limited attendance events that bring
together senior executives of the
imaging, information processing and
telecommunications industries to manage
the convergence trends that are
reshaping their industries, address
emerging revenue opportunities,
determine any standardization needs, and
plan future initiatives. The content,
venue and amenities are carefully
designed to maximize opportunities for
participants to identify areas of mutual
business advantage, and to make the
high-level connections that enable
market leadership and drive competitive
advantage while fostering global
industry growth. Sessions are conducted
in a highly interactive format, drawing
upon Future Image’s extensive research,
the I3A’s global imaging network, and a
stellar lineup of industry speakers to
highlight key issues and promote
discussion onstage and off.
In addition to the
Financial Roundtable, sessions will
include a
State of the Industry
presented by Tony
Henning, Managing Editor of the Future
Image Mobile Imaging Report; a
Visionary Roundtable moderated by
Alexis Gerard, Founder and President of
Future Image; and a series of lively
discussions on topics including:
Print: Beyond the 4x6; The Future of
Bandwidth; Goodbye Camera - Will
camera-phones become the primary picture
taking device?; Video - Mainstream At
Last, or Still a Niche?; Storage and
Management: Gold Mine or Loss Leader?;
The Imaging Living Room; Opportunities
in Business Imaging – Grassroots or IT?;
Social Imaging: Where’s the Beef?
The Summit will also
feature a New Technology Showcase
where attendees will be first to preview
exciting new camera-phone based
technologies, and a keynote speech by
Rick Smolan,
author and creator of the best-selling
photography books in history (five
million copies in print), including the
"Day in the Life" and "America 24/7"
books, featuring a
dramatic
first-time-ever demonstration of the
power and flexibility of mobile imaging
– the “5-Minute World” project.
Summit sponsors to date
include the top imaging and wireless
industry associations: photokina, MEF
(Mobile Entertainment Forum
www.M-E-F.org), PMA, 3G Congress,
and CTIA – The Wireless AssociationTM.
Corporate sponsors include Nokia,
dotPhoto, Eastman Kodak,
Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Motorola,
Sprint, Silverwire, Cognima, Digimarc,
DxO Labs,
Imagenomic, Lumileds,
Nethra
Imaging,
Neven Vision,
uLocate, Varioptic, and Vizrea.
Media sponsors include CNET/Webshots and
SymbianOne.
Information
on the Mobile Imaging Summit conferences
is available online at
www.MobileImagingSummit.com. A
limited number of attendee registrations
remain for the full Summit and press
passes are available for the Keynote
Luncheon on a first-come-first-served
basis by clicking on the “Info Please”
button on this web site and competing
the information form.
About Future
Image
Future Image Inc. is the leading
independent center of expertise on the
convergence of imaging, technology, and
business, with primary emphasis on
Mobile Imaging. It publishes research
studies on the impact of emerging
imaging-focused technologies or business
trends in three categories:
Infrastructure, Appliances, and
Services. Recent topics include:
Phone-to-phone Picture Mail
interoperability, Print capabilities of
Camera-Phones, and the Convergence of
Still and Video Capture Devices.
Mobile Imaging Summit attendees receive
free subscriptions to Future Image’s two
continuous information services: the
Executive Information Service (EIS) and
the Mobile Imaging Report (MIR) –
Executive Edition.
The EIS
covers the imaging industry as a whole
through the weekly Future Image Weekly
Briefing — a news-oriented summary
delivered by e-mail — and a hard-copy
monthly (The Future Image Report) that
focuses on features – research,
commentary, and analysis. The MIR is
offered in two versions: Enterprise and
Executive Edition. The MIR
Executive Edition is a weekly e-mail
briefing summarizing and commenting on
the week’s key developments, plus the
headline and lead sentence from all the
week’s stories impacting the Mobile
Imaging space — devices, components,
services, content, infrastructure,
deals, and executive moves.
For more information please visit
www.FutureImage.com and
www.mobileimagingreport.com or email
Jbyrd@futureimge.com.
Founded in
1991, the company is headquartered in
San Mateo (CA).
The International Imaging Industry
Association (I3A) is the leading
global imaging industry association,
driving growth of and setting standards
for the photographic and information
imaging markets. As the industry focal
point, I3A offers a framework and
environment where members can quickly
find resources to solve critical issues
and develop market solutions. Members of
I3A work together to find common ground
for advancing the industry and to enable
better products and services for their
customers. I3A has focused on promoting
industry collaboration on mobile imaging
since early 2001. Information about I3A
can be found on the World Wide Web at
www.i3a.org or by phone at
914/285-4933.
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