Speakers Overview
 

This year, at the CASBAA Convention 2008, we are delighted to welcome industry heavyweights to share their insights. 

 
Speakers In Focus
 

Speakers include:

  

Dr. Abe Peled

 Chairman & CEO, NDS Group
Ajoy Khandheria MD & CEO, ORG Informatics Ltd

Alastair Monteith-Hodge               

 MD, Momentum54
Alec Skelton SVP & Senior Counsel, STAR
Alexander Arena Group MD, PCCW
Alexandre Muller MD, Asia-Pacific Headquater, TV5MONDE
Amit Jain  EVP & MD, MTV Networks India, China & South East Asia
Andrew Jordan President & CEO, SAT-GE

Anjan Mitra

 Executive Director, India, Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA)
Anthony Lau Executive Director, Hong Kong Tourism Board
Barry Diller Chairman & CEO, InterActiveCorp

Ben Pyne

 President, Global Distribution, Disney Media Networks
Ben Reneker Senior Analyst, SNL Kagan
Bernard Lo Television Hostn & Anchor, Bloomberg TV
Bill Roedy  

Chairman & CEO, MTV Networks International (MTVNI)

Bob Zitter

 EVP & CTO, HBO
Bruce Dover Chief Executive, Australia Network
Charlotte Donavanik CEO, Media of Medias, Thailand 
Chris Hogg Shanghai Correspondent, BBC WORLD NEWS
Chris Jaques CEO Asia, M & C Saatchi Asia
Christopher Slaughter              MD of independent producer, APV
Darren Childs MD, BBC Worldwide Channels
David Price VP Business Development & Marketing Communications, Harmonic

David Wolf

 President & CEO, Wolf Group Asia (WGA)
Dean Rockwell VP & GM, Digital Media Networks and Transmission Networks, Europe, Cisco
Deborah Kan Presenter & Journalist, Fox News & Wall Street Journal
Dominic Lau VJ, ChannelV
Fabienne Fourquet  Director, International Digital Media, AETN International 
Fredrick Saurat Co-Founder, The TMSway
Gautam Anand Head of Content Partnerships, Asia Pacific & Latin America, Google
Gyu-Seok Oh President & CEO, C&M
Hans-Gunther Herrmann Counsel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Garrison, Wharton

Ian Carroll

 

EVP & GM, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific

Ian Chapman-Banks Corporate VP & GM, Mobile Devices, Asia, Motorola
Ina Lui Managing Sales Director Greater China, Intelsat
James Ross Regional Director Asia, Granada International/ITV Worldwide
Janine Stein Editorial Director, ContentAsia
Jasper Donat  Co-Founder & Executive Director, Branded
Jeanette Chan Partner - Beijing Office, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Jeremy Pink President & MD, CNBC Asia Pacific
Jim Williams SVP & CTO, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
Joe Welch SVP, Government Affairs, STAR

John Edwards

 President & CEO, Move Networks

John Medeiros

 

Deputy CEO, Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA)

John Tsang

 

Financial Secretary, Government of Hong Kong SAR

Jonathan Ellis SVP - Advertising Sales, STAR
Jonathan Spink CEO, HBO Asia
Ka Hoe Low  Director, mio TV and Content, SingTel
Kieu Nguyen Deputy Director, Vinasat Center, Vietnam Telecom International (VTI)
Lee Beasley  Head of Media & Entertainment, Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd
Linda Kovarik Regional Creative Director, Coca-Cola Asia Pacific

Lindsay Servian

 

MD, Advertising & Interactive Services, PCCW

Magnus Stjerna Director, Business Development Medi, Ericsson Limited 
Malcolm Spry CEO, AGB Nielsen
Manu Sawhney ESPN STAR Sports
Marcel Fenez
 Global Managing Partner,Entertainment & Media Practice,PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Chairman, Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA)
Mark Michelson Associate Director-General for Investment Promotion, InvestHK
Mark Patterson CEO, GroupM Asia Pacific
Mauro Montanaro CEO, Jamster
May Lee Founder & CEO, Lotus Media House Pte. Ltd.
May Oh
 Director of Business Development for Greater China and India, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies
Mee Fung Lee MD, Producer & Distributor, PIK FILM
Michelle Guthrie MD, Providence Equity Partners
Mike Walsh Director, Tomorrow Company

Neville Meijers

 

SVP & GM, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies

Nick Burfitt  Global Head of Return Path Data Service, TNS Media Research

Nick Pilbeam

 MD & Founder, itsun Limited
Noel Matthews
 VP Business Development, EMEA and APAC, TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group
Norm Johnston CEO EMEA, Mindshare Interactions
Nripendra Misra Chairman, TRAI

Omar Javaid

 

VP of Business Development, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies 

Paul Brown-Kenyon  COO, MEASAT

Paul Mitchell

 

GM, Policy & Standards, Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft

Paul Wang

 

MD, CSM Media Research 

Pawan Gandhi Global Head, Mobile TV & Video GTM, Nokia, Software and Services

Peter Iacono

 

President & MD, ITV Worldwide

Peter Jackson CEO, AsiaSat
Peter Papioannou Operations Director, Cable & Video Solutions, Asia Pacific, Cisco
Peter Schloss CEO & Executive Director,  Broadwebasia Inc.

Phil Lawrie

 

Director, Global Distribution, Al Jazeera Network

Phil Lines

 Director, Media Operations and International Broadcasting, English Premier League 
Philippe Cayla Chairman & CEO, EuroNews
Raghu Puri
 MD, APAC & Japan, Transmission Networks Products, Service Provider Video Technology Group, Cisco
Ringo Chan
 VP, Wireless, Interactive Content Development and Distribution Asia Pacific, Turner International
Rahadi Arsyad President Director / CEO, Telkomvision

Rob Gilby

 

SVP & MD, Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific)

Roma Khanna President, Global Networks & Digital Initiatives, NBC Universal International
Rudijanto Tanoesoedibjo Vice Chairman, PT Global Mediacom
Sabrina Cubbon GM Marketing, AsiaSat
Simon Twiston Davies CEO,Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA)
Sharanjit Leyl Asia Business Report Presenter/Producer, BBC World News
Shyue Ching Lu Chairman & CEO, Chunghwa Telecom
Steve Christian VP, Marketing, Verimatrix
Steve Garton Executive Director, Synovate

Steve Marcopoto

 

President & MD, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific

Sushma Singh Secretary of Ministry of Information Broadcasting (MIB), Government of India
Terry Clontz CEO, STARHUB
Terry Mak EVP - Distribution & TV Networks, Celestial Pictures
Teymoor Nabil Anchor, News and Programmes, Al Jazeera

Todd Miller

 

EVP & MD, Asia, Sony Pictures Television International

Tom Choi CEO, ABS
Tom Keaveny EVP & MD, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific
Vora Ouk GM, Cambodia Entertainment
William Pfeiffer CEO, Tiger Gate Entertainment Ltd.
 
Please check this page regularly for speaker updates.
 
Past Speakers Include:
 
 
At previous CASBAA Conventions, we have been honoured to have numerous key industry leaders as our speakers. They include:
     
  Michael Bloomberg
Founder of Bloomberg News (and now Mayor of New York)
  Wadah Khanfar

Managing Director, Al Jazeera

     
  Barry Diller
Chairman & CEO, InterActiveCorp
  Joong Soo Nam
President & CEO, Korea Telecom Corporation
     
  Michael Fries
President & CEO, Liberty Global
  Bill Roedy
President of MTV Networks Intern'l & Chairman of MTV Networks Europe
     
  Dan Glickman
CEO Motion Picture Association of America
  Robert Sachs
President & CEO of the US National Cable & Telecommunications Assoc
     
  Rob Glaser
Founder & CEO, RealNetworks
  Louise Sams
President, Turner Broadcasting System International
     
  Irwin Gotlieb
Global CEO, Group M
  John Smith
COO of BBC & CEO of BBC Worldwide
     
  Michael Grindon
President, Sony Pictures Television International
  Sir Martin Sorrell
Group Chief Executive, WPP PLC
     
  Nobuyuki Idei
Chairman & CEO, Sony Corporation
  Ted Turner
former Vice Chairman, AOL TimeWarner
     
  Andy Kaplan
President International Networks Sony pictures Television International
  Bob Zitter
Executive Vice President, CTO, HBO
 
 
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