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Future Image and I3A Announce Stellar Lineup of Speakers for “Mobile Imaging Summit Europe 2005”

Thought Leaders from Imaging, Computing, Content and Telecommunications come together to discuss opportunities “Inside the Camera-phone Ecosystem”

SAN MATEO, Calif. – April 27, 2005 -- 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, announced today the stellar lineup of industry thought leaders who will participate in the sessions of the fourth Mobile Imaging Summit that will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on June 7-8, 2005. The theme of the event is Opportunities Inside the Camera-Phone Ecosystem – Europe.  Event Sponsors include Nokia, Cognima, dotPhoto, DxO Labs, Eastman Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, Lumileds Lighting, Motorola, Neven Vision, Realeyes3D, Sprint, and association sponsors photokina and CTIA Wireless 2005.

The Mobile Imaging Summit conferences are limited attendance events open to senior executives that bring together thought leaders from the imaging, information processing, content and telecommunications industries to accelerate revenue growth in the camera-phone ecosystem.  The content, venue and amenities are all 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.  Sessions are conducted in a highly interactive format, drawing on Future Image’s extensive research and a stellar lineup of industry speakers to highlight key issues and promoting discussion onstage and off. The Summit web site is www.mobileimagingsummit.com.

Each attendee will receive a free 12-month subscription to Future Image’s Executive Information Service and a 2-month subscription to Future Image’s Mobile Imaging Report. In addition, each attendee will receive a Nokia Image Viewer that projects images from camera-phones onto a TV screen or video projector (http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,5785,00.html), the Going Visual book by Alexis Gerard and Bob Goldstein, and a Kodak EasyShare Picture Viewer credit-card sized portable picture viewer (http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9/35/6451&pq-locale=en_US).

The following executives will be featured at the Mobile Imaging Summit Europe (for a full description of sessions, please visit www.MobileImagingSummit.com):

State of the Industry. Presented by Tony Henning, Managing Editor of the Future Image Mobile Imaging Report

Ø       Visionary Roundtable: Moderated by Alexis Gerard, President, Future Image:
o        Tony Kypreos, Vice President of Messaging, T-Mobile International UK
o        Larry Lesley, Senior Vice President, Consumer Imaging and Printing, Hewlett-Packard
o        Bernard Masson, President, Digital &Film Imaging System, & Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company
o        Juha Putkiranta, Senior VP, Imaging Business Unit, Multimedia Business Group, Nokia
o        Lisa Walker, President, I3A

Ø       Session 1 – Mobile Imaging in the Home: Moderated by Paul Worthington, Sr. Analyst, Managing Editor of Future Image Report
o        Keith Barraclough, CEO, Avvenu
o        Nancy Carr, Director, Strategic Alliances & Vice President Digital and Film Imaging Systems, Eastman Kodak
o        Kostas Mallios, Sr. Director, Office of the CTO & RMG, Microsoft
o        Evan Smouse, Board of Directors member of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
o        Aaron Weiss, Director CIP Strategic Alliances, Hewlett-Packard

Ø       Session 2 – Camera in a phone or Phone in a camera?
o        Gilles Clouet des Pesruches, Strategic Product Group Manager, Digital Imaging Services  EMEA, Eastman Kodak
o        Jérôme Ménière, CEO, DxO Labs
o        Farhad Rostamian, Director of Strategic Marketing, Micron Technology
o        Steve Walker, Vice President Product Manager, Sony Ericsson

Ø       Session 3 – Mobile Imaging at Retail:
o        David Longendyke, Vice President of Strategic Relationships, Pixel Magic Imaging
o        Holger May, Marketing Director, AgfaPhoto
o        Wulf Schmidt-Sacht, Chairman, CeWe Color
o        Mads Winblad, VP, Sales and Channel Management, EMEA, Multimedia, Nokia
o        Yuval Yashiv, CEO, Pixology

Ø       Session 4 – Visual Content for Mobile Devices:
o        Christian Lutz, Managing Director Qpass Europe & Vice President Media Unit
o        Johan Othelius, Area Vice President, Marketing EMEA Openwave
o        Mark Sherman, Senior Vice-President of Assignment & Representation and Emerging Businesses, Corbis
o        Jenn Sides, Director of Strategic Alliances, Adobe

Ø       Session 5 – New Technology Showcase: Be among the first to preview new camera-phone based technologies that will reshape the industry, such as document scanning services, facial and object analysis, new low power high output LED flash and more.
o        Benoit Bergeret, CEO, Realeyes3D
o        Dr. Hartmut Neven, President, Neven Vision
o        Alan Gershenfeld, co-CEO, Netomat
o        Julian Carey, Business Development Manager, Lumileds Lighting

Ø       Session 6 - Image Capture in SmartPhones and PDAs:
o        Ankit Jamwal, CTO Imaging, Cameras and Displays, Siemens
o        Gail Redmond, President & CEO, SozoTek
o        Randy Roberts, Sr. Director of Imaging, Motorola

Ø       Session 7 - Image Capture in Mobile Entertainment Centers:
o        Viktor Ariel, CEO, TransChip
o        Scott Carr, President, Digimarc
o        Mikko Pyykkö, Head of Multimedia Solutions, Nokia-Multimedia

Ø       Session 8 - Mobile Imaging Online:
o        Mark Bole, CEO, Cognima
o        Glenn Paul, CEO, dotPhoto
o        Philippe Kalmbach, Director of Marketing  - Europe, Eastman Kodak
o        Risto Kivipuro, Director, Imaging Store Solutions Nokia

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 Picturemail interoperability, Print capabilities of Camera-Phones, and the Convergence of Still and Video Capture Devices. Future Image’s  MIR (Mobile Imaging Report) continuous information service provides a weekly collection of news stories and analysis, an online database of over 3,800  keyword-searchable stories, six in-depth reports each year on key issues in the industry, and private consultation with MIR's editor and lead analyst, Tony Henning.  For more information please visit 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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