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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Future Image and I3A Announce
Mobile Imaging North America Summit Sponsors and FORMAT
SAN MATEO, CA – September 24, 2003 – Future
Image, the leading provider of digital imaging information and analysis, and the
International Imaging Industry Association (I3A), the leading global imaging
industry association, today announced the sponsorship lineup for their upcoming
Mobile Imaging Executive Summit, to be held November 3rd and 4th
at the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa in Monterey, California. The list of leading
companies backing the event includes Hewlett Packard, Lightsurf, Nokia, SanDisk,
Webshots, Kodak, and DO Labs. With sales of camera-phones projected to exceed
the combined total of both film and digital cameras as soon as this year, the
Mobile Imaging Summit will highlight the explosive trend toward using mobile
imaging as a tool for enhanced business and personal communication.
“Cameras integrated into cell phones offer the
possibility of communicating visual information from anywhere-to-anywhere
instantly, a capability that will revolutionize the way we communicate, said
Lisa Walker, president, International Imaging Industry Association. “Meeting
with industry leaders and their business clients will provide a forum to discuss
ways in which the industry as a whole can champion the growth of this new market
opportunity.”
“We are delighted to have the quality
of sponsors and participants that we have assembled for our Summit,” said Alexis
Gerard, president of Future Image Inc. “These are thought-leading companies and
individuals who like us believe the Mobile Imaging phenomenon will rapidly
result in hundreds of millions of people equipped with image capture devices
they have with them at all times — and that are network-enabled. Future Image is
delighted to ally itself with Forbes magazine, our media sponsor, and the
International Imaging Industry Association (I3A), to deliver a high-value forum
to analyze the business challenges and opportunities raised by this
convergence.”
The Summit will host a select group of
visionaries whose views are shaping the development of the North American Mobile
Imaging market. It will feature sessions covering:
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A technology roadmap for mobile
imaging over the next 12, 24, and 36 months — bandwidth, resolution and other
key capabilities at both the front and back ends of the technology chain |
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Projected changes in the expectations,
behaviors, and requirements of users in both the business and consumer markets
as a result of these new capabilities |
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New revenue streams for suppliers and
users, and strategies to tap into them. |
The event will be conducted in a highly
interactive fashion, providing attendees the opportunity to engage and interact,
in sessions and on the golf course, with such industry luminaries as Vyomesh (VJ)
Joshi, Executive VP, Imaging and Printing Group, Hewlett-Packard Company;
Philippe Kahn, founder and CEO, LightSurf Technologies; Randy Roberts, GM,
Imaging Business Unit of Nokia; and Nelson Chan, Sr. VP of Marketing with
Sandisk. The range of topics covered will include:
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Camera-phone sensors (Jason Hartlove,
Vice President and General Manager, Sensor Solutions Division, Agilent
Technologies)
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Image processing (Jerome Meniere,
Founder, Chairman and CEO, DO Labs)
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Infrastructure for picture-mail and
content delivery (Robin Nijor, Vice President Marketing & Sales, LightSurf
Technologies)
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Image sharing services (Narendra
Rocherolle, co-CEO and Founder, Webshots)
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Infrastructures for retail
photofinishing of camera-phone images (Ulf Clasesson, CEO, Silverwire; Yuval
Yashiv, CEO, Pixology)
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Print opportunities (Venkat Purushotham,
President and CEO, NextPress)
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Behavioral changes and new business
opportunities in the consumer market (Chip Novick, Vice President of Consumer
Marketing, Sprint)
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Opportunities in security and
surveillance (Don Strickland, President, iPIX),
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Commercial content delivery to
camera-phones (Phil O’Brien, CEO, EMPICS)
This year’s event is the second edition of
Future Image’s annual Visual Communication Summit. For more information please
contact Joe Byrd, Future Image VP of Business Development, at
jbyrd@futureimage.com.
Businesses need a tool that drives down costs,
improves efficiency and increases revenue. Mobile Imaging is just such a tool
for many leading firms. Future Image, in association with Forbes, is continuing
its series of special advertising sections designed to deliver a high-value
information link between the leaders of the imaging industry and the leaders of
the business world. Visual Communication: Mobile Imaging Connections will
help 4.5 million Forbes readers — tech-savvy senior decision makers — around the
world better understand the financial value of mobile imaging technologies and
how they are helping leading companies cut costs, enrich the communication
experience and achieve competitive advantage in their respective fields.
About Future
Image
Future Image (www.futureimage.com) is the leading
independent center of expertise focused on the convergence of imaging,
technology, and business. It publishes two continuous information services: The
Future Image Executive Information Service, and the Future Image WIRE (Wireless
Imaging - Research Edition). In addition, Future Image underwrites and publishes
numerous research studies on the impact of emerging, imaging-focused
technologies or business trends. Future Image is the official information and
research partner of the International Imaging Industry Association (I3A), and
the managing partner of the Visual Communication initiative (www.visualcommunication.info)
supported by Adobe Systems, Eastman Kodak, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, IBM,
LightSurf, Microsoft, Nikon, and Sprint PCS.
About the
International Imaging Industry Association (I3A)
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 is the product of the merger of the Digital Imaging Group (DIG)
and the Photographic and Imaging Manufacturers Association (PIMA). Information
about I3A can be found on the World Wide Web at www.i3a.org.
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