Mikio Amaya
is the President and CEO
of PAPYLESS Co Ltd.
in Tokyo.
He received
a Master's in Engineering
at Kanazawa University
in Japan in 1974.
He began his career
at Fujitsu Ltd.,
a computer company in Japan,
in 1974.
He left Fujitsu
and founded PAPYLESS Co Ltd.,
in 1995.
He started selling eBooks
through a computer network
for the first time
in the world.
PAPYLESS has been
the number one retailer
for PC eBooks
and
in the mobile eBook market
in Japan.
PAPYLESS
offers 68,000 eBook titles
from over
400 publishing companies.
The number of visitors
to PAPYLESS sites
is up to
4,800,000 people monthly,
and a page view
is up to more than
43,000,000 people monthly.
PAPYLESS
provides distribution
for authors and publishers
into the eBook market
for the mobile phone and PCs.
PAPYLESS
also operates as a wholesaler
and provides platforms
for business partners
seeking to open
a retailer web site for eBooks
for both mobile phones and PCs.
Peter Balis
is Director of Online Sales
for John Wiley and Sons.
He previously worked
for IDG books
which was acquired
by John Wiley and Sons
in 2001.
Peter oversees
the North American
online sales department,
which manages Amazon.com
and other key retailers.
Peter
is also responsible
for North American
eBook sales
and marketing
across all channels.
Mark Beilby, 47,
is a co-founder
of Apollo Mobile,
the company
which is bringing
the Re4ctor mobile
publishing system
to market.
Having gained
a First Class Honours
BA degree
in Modern History
and an M Litt
at Oriel College,
Oxford University,
Mark
taught Modern History
at Balliol and Oriel Colleges,
Oxford University.
Between 1982 and 1985
he worked as a researcher,
writer,
and executive producer
for White City Films
(a BBC subsidiary),
Video Arts
(which was
Sir Antony Jay
and John Cleese's
production company)
and the American Program Bureau.
He began
his financial career
as a Corporate Finance analyst
at Morgan Stanley,
specialising
in the media industry
in 1986,
before becoming
a media equity analyst
conducting research
into the media industry
and giving investment advice.
He was rated
the number 1
European Media Analyst
for 9 years
by Institutional Investor magazine
and Reuters surveys.
After 6 years
at UBS Warburg
and 8 years at Deutsche Bank
he joined JP Morgan
as Managing Director
for European Media in 2003.
In January 2006
he joined Dresdner Kleinwort
as Managing Director
and head
of the European media
and new media team.
Mark has advised
the European media community
in many ways,
including
serving on the committee
in 2007
that reviewed
the BBC's licence fees.
Apollo Mobile
was co-founded
by Mark in 2007.
Nick Bogaty
is Senior Business
Development Manager
responsible
for business development
for the digital publishing group
at Adobe Systems, Inc.
Nick's responsibilities
at Adobe
cover Adobe Digital Editions,
a free client software
for reading EPUB
and PDF digital publications,
Adobe's DRM solutions
for protecting
digital publications,
and authoring software
including
Adobe InDesign CS3
export to EPUB.
Prior to Adobe,
Nick
was Executive Director
of the IDPF
and oversaw the creation
and approval
of the three specifications
which comprise
the EPUB file format
for digital reflowable books.
Nick is based
in New York City.
Dawn Bruno
is an International Trade Specialist
for the New York City branch
of the U.S. Commercial Service,
an export
promotion agency
within the U.S. Department
of Commerce.
Dawn
serves
as the Global Publishing
Team Leader,
managing
over 20 publishing specialists
worldwide
who provide export assistance
to U.S. publishers.
Dawn
joined
the U.S. Commercial Service
in Washington DC in 2001.
Dawn
has served
a temporary assignment
at the U.S. Embassy
in Santiago, Chile
and has conducted
worldwide marketing
and communications
training programs
in multiple Embassies
and Consulates.
Dawn holds
a Masters Degree
in International Affairs
from American University
and a Bachelor of Arts,
Cum Laude
in English Literature
from the University of Florida.
Garth Conboy
is President
of eBook Technologies, Inc.
The company
operates in the consumer,
enterprise
and technologies
licensing markets
and provides a broad set
of industry proven
eBook technologies.
Prior to co-founding ETI,
Garth served
as the General Manager
and Vice President
Software Engineering
for the Gemstar eBook Group.
In this position
he was responsible
for the operation
of the division:
platform
and server engineering,
quality assurance,
content acquisition,
content operations,
content engineering,
and customer support.
Garth led
the Platform,
Content Tools
and Content Engineering groups
for the Gemstar eBook Group.
Garth
is inventor or co-inventor
of seven issued eBook patents;
technologies include:
cryptography and
secure content distribution,
eBook UI,
resource/database
dynamic conversion
for cross-platform applications,
and optimal paginated
document presentation.
Garth
previously held the position
of Vice President
of Software Engineering
at SoftBook Press.
Prior to the eBook effort,
Garth founded
Pacer Software
and served as its CEO
guiding it
to a successful acquisition.
Following
the acquisition of Pacer
Garth served
as Engineering Director
for NetManage,
a leading supplier
of networking
and connectivity solutions.
Scott brings
over 25 years of experience
working in
the publishing industry.
His decades
of experience
and progressive responsibilities
are in every aspect
of the publishing
production life cycle
-- including technology research
and advancement,
project management,
process review and redesign,
book design,
print production management,
creative planning,
ebooks
and web content management.
In previous positions
Scott has centered
his attention
on the development
and implementation
of production automation systems
for some of the top publishers
in the United States,
including Pearson Education,
John Wiley & Sons,
and Cengage
(formally Thomson Learning).
Scott
has a passion
for all things technical,
and relentlessly pursues better,
smarter,
more efficient publishing solutions
for bringing product
to market
in a more timely
and more cost-effective manner.
Mr. DeYoung
is Director of Digital Media
for Hachette Book Group USA.
His responsibilities
include
Digital Business Development
and Strategy,
eBook development
and strategy
as well as
website project management.
Prior to Hachette Book Group USA,
Neil
held various positions
at Scholastic, Inc.
including
Corporate Product
Data Manager,
Internet Marketing Manager
and National Accounts
Sales Coordinator.
Neil is actively involved
in standards development
and has participated
in IDPF .epub
standards committees (OPS, OCF)
and BISG Search
& Discovery Standards.
Neil holds a BA
from Hofstra University
and a MS
from New York University.
Willem Endhoven
is VP of Marketing
and Business Development
of iRex Technologies BV,
located
at High Tech Campus 9,
5656AE Eindhoven, the Netherlands
(willem.endhoven@irextechnologies.com).
After graduating
from the Technical University
of Eindhoven,
the Netherlands,
Willem Endhoven (1956)
joined
Royal Philip Electronics
in 1983
where he held
various positions
in logistics
and industrial management.
He was responsible
for project management
and account management
in B2B consumer goods business
during his posting
in Belgium.
From 1995-2000
he was based in Singapore
as general manager
for Philips Remote Control Systems
in Asia Pacific.
From 2000-2003
Willem Endhoven
was responsible for international
new business development
and marketing
in the Philips Components
and Consumer Electronics divisions.
Active in the field
on electronic reading since 2003,
Willem Endhoven was
from the very first moment
involved in the startup
of iRex Technologies (July 2005).
Martin
is President and CEO
of Mobipocket.
As manager and
principal software architect
of Mobipocket
eBook technologies,
Martin
led the development
of the Mobipocket
eBook file format
based on
the OPF specification.
Mobipocket
has developed
the first
multi-platform file format
supported on all mobile devices
and popularized
mobile electronic reading.
Before joining Mobipocket
in March 2000,
Martin Görner
was part
of the Microprocessor
architecture team
at ST Microelectronics.
Martin Görner
has an engineering degree
from the
"Ecole des Mines de Paris"
and lives in Paris.
He enjoys science,
foreign languages,
judo,
and of course
reading eBooks
on his Nokia 9300
smartphone.
Leslie Hulse
is the Vice President,
Digital Business Development
at HarperCollins Publishers.
In this role,
Leslie focuses
on crafting partnerships
with retailers,
search engines and others
to distribute
digital content widely
for marketing and commerce,
including the launch
of Browse Inside
on Booksense.com,
BN.com,
and the HarperCollins sites.
In addition,
she works closely
with the HarperMedia staff
and other publishers
to drive our ebook,
digital audio,
and other digital revenues.
Leslie
also oversees HC's online
consumer membership programs
AuthorTracker,
First Look,
Invite the Author,
newsletters,
and others in development.
Leslie
is actively involved
in a number
of industry groups
including the AAP's
Digital Issues Working Group
and the Online Piracy
Working Group
and the BISG
Digital Standards Committee.
Leslie
has worked
at HarperCollins
for eleven years
in a variety
of senior financial
and management roles
supporting
the strategic growth
of our online efforts.
Most recently,
she has led
the development efforts
on www.harpercollins.com
and its sister sites.
In 2004
she was co-leader
of the Publishing
Direct to Consumer team,
from which
much of HC's online strategy
has evolved.
Peter Kent
has worked
in the publishing business
for 20 years,
first as an author
-- he's written
around 50 computer
and business books,
including
several best sellers --
and then as a publisher,
as the founder
of a small computer-book company
in the late 1990s.
He currently works
with DNAML Pty Ltd.,
of Sydney, Australia,
introducing
their e-book technology
to U.S. publishers.
Roland Lange
is a Strategic Partner
Development Manager
in the Content Partnerships group
at Google
in support of
Google Book Search.
Mr. Lange
is responsible
for signing book publishers
of all types
in North America
and Canada.
With over ten years
of trade book
publishing experience,
he started
with Google
in the September 2005
having left
a sales position
with Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
He has also worked
for Perseus and Harcourt Trade,
and got
his full-time start
in book publishing
with Penguin USA.
Before his New York experience,
he was a part-time intern
to the Editor-in-Chief
of Sierra Club Books
in San Francisco.
He was also
a Vice President of Sales
with the start-up
Jungle Media Group,
publishers of two
National Magazine Award
nominated magazines,
MBA Jungle and JD Jungle,
and websites
for business
and law school students.
He has spoken
for Google
at numerous book fairs,
including the BEA,
Frankfurt,
and Cape Town,
and many industry panels,
including the AAR
and the PMA.
Mr. Lange
holds a B.S.
from Cornell University
and is a two-time
Jeopardy™ winner.
Erica manages
the legal affairs
for OverDrive
including
negotiating and drafting
licensing agreements
and strategic partnerships
for the company's
global technology
and content services.
She is actively involved
in managing
licenses and policies
for Digital Rights
Management services,
patents,
trademarks,
copyrights,
and eCommerce matters
for the company.
Erica
has secured
digital distribution rights
for the distribution
and sale of titles
from dozens
of leading book publishers,
film and TV network studios,
record labels,
and audiobook publishers.
Additionally,
Erica
works with numerous U.S.
and foreign governmental entities
to license
OverDrive hosted library services
which are in use
by over 7,500 libraries
domestically and abroad.
An avid eBook reader,
Erica is a graduate
of Miami University
and Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law.
Erica
is licensed to practice law
in state and federal courts
in Ohio.
Mr. Miller's responsibilities
include
management
of the LibreDigital Division
and NewsStand
corporate business development.
He has more than
17 years experience
in strategic product development
and marketing
in the hi-tech sector,
including seven years
in business development
management
for Internet-based
technology companies.
A proven builder and leader
of dynamic teams,
his strengths
include
creating technology solutions
for new channels
and applications,
concept-to-sale
product management
and contract sales
and negotiations.
Prior to NewsStand,
Craig
was U.S. Director of Marketing
and Business Development
for Munich-based DynaPel,
which focused
on advancing motion enabled
MPEG4 CODECs
in the security,
video and graphics industry.
He served
as the Head of Engineering
for STB's
Specialized Technology Division,
creating
multi-port graphics cards
and video decoders
including
the TV Guide Channel's
broadcast-quality MPEG2 board.
Craig
also served as Analog Device's
Graphics Products
Marketing Manager,
and was a key member
of Compaq's
Strategic Technology Development
engineering team.
Craig holds
a Bachelor of Science degree
in Computer Engineering
from the Milwaukee
School of Engineering
and an M.B.A.
from the University of Houston
Executive Program.
Steve Potash
is President and CEO
of OverDrive, Inc.,
a company he founded
in Cleveland, Ohio in 1986.
Under his leadership,
OverDrive
has become
the leading provider
of digital book technologies
and
Digital Rights Management solutions
for publishers,
retailers and libraries.
OverDrive
is a key technology supplier
and distributor of eBook
and download audio book
for hundreds of US
and foreign publishers,
online retailers,
and major public libraries.
Current customers
include Microsoft Corporation,
Time Warner,
Adobe Systems,
HarperCollins,
McGraw-Hill and
dozens of leading libraries
coast-to-coast
including Cleveland Public,
New York Public
and King County Public Library (WA).
Matt Shatz
is Vice President, Digital
for Random House.
In that role
he oversees
the company's
corporate digital efforts
including Insight,
Random House's new
search and browse engine
for book content,
e-books,
print-on-demand
and online subscriptions.
Previously,
Mr. Shatz
has worked
in a variety of digital media
and online commerce
strategy roles
at Booz Allen Hamilton,
American Express and
a start up interactive TV company
called World Theatre.
Michael Smith
is Executive Director
of the International Digital
Publishing Forum (IDPF).
Michael aims
to help advance
the interests of publishers,
technologists,
and readers
by evangelizing
the adoption of IDPF standards
for electronic
reading applications and products.
Michael
has over 20 years
of book publishing
and print production expertise.
Prior to joining the IDPF,
Michael
was employed by Toronto based
romance publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.
where he managed
eBook and book production
servicing North America,
UK and Australian markets.
Malle Vallik
is Director
of Digital Content & Interactivity
for Harlequin Enterprises Limited
leading the eBook
and audio programs.
Malle has edited
and developed
various romance series;
she created online content
for the launch
of eHarlequin.com,
including
the extremely popular online
reads;
and she
led new product development
in editorial launching
Silhouette Bombshell
and LUNA.
Harlequin's NBD group
is also leveraging assets
in mobile,
and other entertainment platforms.
Randall Walker, MD,
is a physician,
clinical investigator,
and medical professor
who applied
the same principles
of multidisciplinary teamwork
that are now required
to solve
complex medical problems
to the challenge
of improving human
reading comprehension.
Over the past 10 years,
he has assembled
and led a team
of experts in visual science,
cognitive science,
natural language computation,
and educational technology
to develop
and validate Live Ink®,
a new "visual-syntactic" paradigm
in text presentation.
Publishing
peer-reviewed scientific research
proving that Live Ink®
improves reading comprehension
across a wide range
of ages and abilities,
Dr. Walker's team
has received
two Innovation Research Awards
from the US
Department of Education
and
the Distinguished Achievement Award
from the Association
of Educational Publishers.
Dr. Walker
has also been awarded
US and global patents
for the Live Ink® method,
which is now featured
in online textbooks
by major educational publishers,
and is also available,
on-demand,
as a web-based,
personal reading tool.
Andrew Weinstein
joined Ingram Digital Ventures,
a predecessor company to IDG,
in September 2005.
Previously,
Mr. Weinstein
spent 5-years
at Lightning Source Inc.,
most recently
as Vice President of Channel
and Publisher Development.
In that role
he had responsibility
for all aspects
of Lightning Source's
eBook business.
In addition,
he managed
the business development
and operational relationships
for Lightning Source's
key print on demand
distribution customers,
including Amazon,
B&N,
Ingram Book Group,
NACSCORP
and Baker & Taylor.
Mr. Weinstein
came to Lightning Source
through the acquisition
of the company he co-founded
JNMedia, Inc.,
a leading developer
of publishing technology.
JNMedia, Inc.'s
EPODIUM technology,
Electronic
Publishing On Demand
In Unlimited Media,
helped publishers
create a platform
to multi-purpose book content
for print,
electronic,
and online/offline marketing uses.
Before co-founding JNMedia, Inc.,
Mr. Weinstein
was an Associate Director
at BMG Direct,
the world's largest
direct mail music club,
where he managed
the financial/marketing
analytical group.
In this capacity,
he developed many
of the analytical models used
to evaluate
the music club membership's
purchasing trends
and to forecast
their contribution to the business
more accurately.
In addition,
he actively contributed to
and managed
the development,
measurement,
and deployment
of all new online initiatives.
Mr. Weinstein
received his B.A. in Economics
from Brandeis University
and his M.B.A.
in Finance and Marketing
from New York University's
Leonard N. Stern
School of Business.