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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Future Image Press Contact:
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520 South El Camino, Suite #206A
San Mateo CA 94402
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I3A
Press Contact
Judith Vanderkay
Virtual, Inc.
jvanderkay@virtualmgmt.com
(781) 876-6208
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