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MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson To Deliver Keynote At IRMA Annual Meeting
Additional Speakers Confirmed
MP3.com Chief Executive Officer Michael Robertson, has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker on Friday, March 17, 2000 during IRMA's 30th Annual Recording Media Forum at the LaQuinta Hotel in LaQuinta, California. Robertson's MP3.com Web site allows CD owners to listen to their music from any Internet-connected computer by storing CDs on the Internet. During his Keynote Address, Robertson will illustrate how MP3.com is bridging the gap between brick-and-mortar retail stores and electronic transmission of content to create a ""click-and-mortar"" environment for consumersÖ and thereby creating an additional sales avenue for recorded media. Robertson will also talk about how this ""click-and-mortar"" world may be applied to all areas of recording media content. Robertson's confirmation as Keynote Speaker rounds out a powerful slate of high-profile, high-impact Keynoters at the 30th Annual Recording Media Forum. In addition to Robertson's Keynote Address on March 17, 2000 Bran Ferren, President of Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development and Creative Technology will deliver the Keynote Address on Thursday, March 16, 2000 and renowned futurist and author of the best-selling book Megatrends, John Naisbitt, will deliver the Keynote Address on Saturday, March 18, 2000. IRMA has also confirmed the following speakers at its 30th Annual Recording Media Forum since publication of the Advance Program in January: Ted Malone, President, TiVo Stan Bauer, Vice President and General Manager, Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc. Thomas Climer, Product Manager, Sandisk Corporation Claude Frank, Marketing Manager, VHS/DVD, Toshiba America Consumer Products Also, the Audio Publishers Association will sponsor a special session on the impact of audiobooks on the recording media industry with the following confirmed panelists: Paul Rush, President, Earful of Books Hugh Penton, CEO, Penton Overseas Jenny Frost, Director of Audio Books, Random House Jessica Kaye, Owner, Publishing Mills Previously announced confirmed speakers include: Jim Bottoms, Managing Director, Understanding & Solutions Malcolm Davidson, Vice President, Sony Music Technology John Kellogg, General Manager, Multichannel Audio, Dolby Laboratories Koos Middlejans, Manager, Business Unit, Philips Electronics Ed Outwater, industry consultant Don Patrican, Executive Vice President, Maxell Corp. Paul Scott, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Video Sales, Technicolor Lou Vaccarelli, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, BMG Entertainment Paul West, Vice President, Studio Operations, Universal Music Group