Here are some of people who were part of The Conversation in October 2008... We'll post our 2010 participant list closer to the date of the event. Lynn Adler Associate Producer Kovno Communications Christopher Allen   Life With Alacrity http://www.LifeWithAlacrity.com Mark Altenberg Student Berkeley Digital Film Institute Scilla Andreen Filmmaker, CEO & Co-Founder IndieFlix IndieFlix http://www.indieflix.com Jennifer Arzt Filmmaker Self http://www.hypercalm.com Nancy K Bickel Writer/Producer Independent Robert Bahar Producer/Co-Writer Made in L.A. http://www.madeinla.com Brooke Belisle   UC Berkeley   Woody Benson general partner Prism VentureWorks http://prismventure.com Seth Benton Freelance writer   Kirk Bergstrom President WorldLink http://www.goworldlink.org Linda Blackaby Director of Programming San Francisco Film society http://sffs.org Matthew Brand Digital Media Solutions Akamai Technologies David Bunnell Principal Bunnell Media, Inc. Melissa Burnell Head of Research Stealth Startup Efe Cakarel CEO The Auteurs http://www.theauteurs.com Vicki Callahan Associate Professor University of Wisconsin Milwaukee http://web.mac.com/vacall/Site/Welcome.html Dan Carew Owner/Consultant/Producer Kanda River Productions http://www.kandariver.com Paula Cavagnaro Public Relations Antenna Group http://www.antennagroup.com Keith Chamberlain     JC Chang CEO Magic Rock http://www.magicrock.com Adam Chapnick President DIYDistribution.com, DocWorkers http://www.docworkers.com Anna-Mae Chin Marketing Manager San Francisco Film Society http://sffs.org Justin Chin Cinematographer, Director, Artist infinite machine inc. http://www.infinitemachine.com Charles Choi Co-founder Caachi Films http://www.caachi.com Jamie Chvotkin COO Film Baby http://www.filmbaby.com Dan Cogan Executive Director Impact Partners Jason Cohn Producer - Writer Bread and Butter Films Tom Coleman Partner Lux Digital Pictures, Inc http://www.luxdigitalpictures.com Scott Crocker Filmmaker Small Change Productions http://www.ghostbirdmovie.com Susana Crofton       Sam Crutsinger CTO Confidence Bay http://www.confidencebay.com Alex da Silva Director /  Cinematographer Ensemble Pictures http://www.aleprod.com Roslyn Dauber Producer DFS   Jeffrey Davis Producer Lumen Production Company http://lumenproduction.com Vicki de Mey Filmmaker     Cristine Dewey   ro*co films international llc http://www.rocofilms.com Gaurav Dhillon CEO & Founder Jaman http://www.jaman.com Gavin Dougan Writer/Director/Producer Brass Tacks Productions http://BrassTacksTheMovie.com Curt Dowdy Co-Founder Matter Network, Inc. http://www.matternetwork.com chris Ducey creator springback creative Hannah Eaves Senior Manager Web & New Media Link TV http://www.linktv.org Judith Ehrlich Director Kovno Communications Kristine Enea president shooterkat llc http://www.shooterkat.com Chris Esposito Director of User Experience Avenue A Razorfish Carlton Evans   The Moxie Institute Mary Fallon producer and editor Criterium Communications http://www.247themovie.com Kristin Feeley Manager Sundance Documentary Film Program http://www.sundance.org/docsource Caroleen Feeney       Juliette Feeney-Timsit trustee The French-American Charitable Trust http://www.factservices.org Ashley Ferro-Murray Graduate Student UC Berkeley   Connie Field PRODUCER/DIRECTOR CLARITY FILMS http://www.clarityfilms.org Maria Florio Producer Earthworks Prods Franck Formis       Liz Gannes Editor NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com Frank Giraffe Editor     Ken Goldberg Prof of IEOR and EECS UC Berkeley http://goldberg.berkeley.edu Donald Goldmacher Producer The Media Center for Health Concerns http://http://helpingyourbabysleep.com/ Vicky Gray-Clark Principal Ambient Public Relations - for Creative Industries http://www.ambientpr.com Darren Grayson Major Account Executive Akamai Technologies Ann Greenberg CEO Sceneplay, Inc. http://www.sceneplay.com David Hale Strategic Account Executive Akamai Technologies John Harden writer/director http://www.johnfilms.com Paul Harrill   Lovell Films / Self-Reliant Film http://www.lovellfilms.com Pamela Harris Program Director Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media http://gfem.org David Harris Producer MTV New Media http://www.mtvnewmedia.com John Healy Sales Akamai   Linda Henry Digital Content Strategist NetApp http://www.netapp.com Steve Herring Producer Drink Me Pictures http://www.drinkmepictures.com Lynn Hershman Artist/Director Hotwire Productions Tom Hicks Co-founder Caachi Films http://www.caachi.com Kristin Higgins Founder, Producer, Director River Place Productions http://www.riverplaceproductions.com Philip Hodgetts President/CEO Open Television Network, Inc Http://www.openTVnetwork.com Bill Holsinger-Robinson COO Spout.com http://www.spout.com Justine Jacob Director/Producer Ensemble Pictures http://www.paperorplasticmovie.com Arne Johnson Filmmaker Girls Rock Productions Michael Johnson Lead, Moving Pictures Group Pixar Animation Studios Steven Johnson Producer Veriscope Productions LLC http://www.veriscope.com Jyll Johnstone Director / Producer Canobie Films http://www.canobiefilms.org Lawrence Jordan CEO Jodada http://jodada.com Rachael Joy Producer/Host Moonstone, Inc. http://www.seesmic.com David Justice Producer Green Flash Pictures, Inc. http://www.greenflashpictures..com Julie kahn   Kahn Artist Productions http://juliekahn.com Nene Kalu     http://www.travl2.tv Cynthia Kane Programming Manager, ITVS International ITVS http://itvs.org Debi Karolewski   Canobie Films http://www.canobiefilms.org Nancy Kates Producer/director   Peter Katz Film Producer Population 1100 Films Shira Katz       Michael kelly creative director doctown   Michael Kennedy Marketing Consultant Kennedy Design Studio Maura King Distribution Director Frameline http://www.frameline.org Luanne P. King President Coastside Film Society http://hmbfilm.org Scott Kirsner Editor CinemaTech http://www.scottkirsner.com Yuval Klein coo PLYmedia http://www.plymedia.com Ingrid Kopp Director, US Office Shooting People, Inc http://shootingpeople.org Lyda Kuth Executive Director LEF Foundation http://www.lef-foundation.org David Kwan   University of Washington JD Lasica President SocialMedia.biz http://socialmedia.biz Kirsten Laursen Production Coordinator Freelance   James LeBrech Founder Berkeley Sound Artists, Inc. http://www.berkeleysoundartists.com Liza Leeds producer Showbizzle http://www.showbizzle.com Sarah lefton Founder G-dcast http://www.g-dcast.com Felicia less marketing strategist self   Marina Levina Lecturer UC Berkeley   Wendy Levy Director of Creative Programming BAVC http://bavc.org Carlos Lievano       Felicia Lowe President Lowedown Productions http://lowedownproductions.com Katriona MacIver MacIver       Eliot Mack Founder Lightcraft Technology http://www.lightcrafttech.com David Malinowski PhD Candidate, Graduate Student Instructor University of California at Berkeley Guy Manos President Directors Cut Phil Mass Software Architect Lightcraft Technology http://www.lightcrafttech.com Mary-Ellen Maynard Producer/Director The Coalmine Canary Insurrection Robin McCain Producer Cinematiks, LLC http://www.cinematiks.com/ Ryan McKinney Writer/Director Green Flash Pictures, Inc. http://www.greenflashpictures..com Matthew Meschery Director of Digital Initiatives ITVS http://itvs.org Susan Miller Associate Director Berkeley Center for New Media http://bcnm.berkeley.edu Kyung Min Creative Director Elative Marketing http://www.elativemarketing.com Melissa Miranda   The Auteurs http://www.theauteurs.com Daniel Moretti Operations Manager Active Voice http://www.activevoice.net Colleen Morgan       Carla Moss Producer, Founder Eufemme Films LLC http://www.eufemmefilms.com Larisa Naples Writer     Simone Nelson President Bay Area Women in Film and Television (BAWIFT) http://www.bawift.org Julia Parker Benello Founder Chicken & Egg Pictures http://www.chickeneggpics.org Colleen Pendergast       Jeff Perlstein Program Director Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media http://gfem.org Dennis Peters CEO Heavybag Media http://www.heavybagmedia.com Andy Peterson Program Director Ex'pression College For Digital Arts http://www.expression.edu Kris Phillips Channel Manager-Digital Media Akamai   Mark Poggi Senior Manager, Content Marketing Metacafe http://www.metacafe.com Renata Poray Executive Producer Poray Imageworks porayworks.com Javier Prato Director, Editor myfilm.net http://myfilm.net Robert Pratten     http://www.zenfilms.com Ross Pruden Producer Porter Media Group http://portermediagroup.com Dutch Rall Producer/ Director KLRU-TV http://dutchrall.com Melissa Regan   Epiphany Productions http://epiphany-productions.org Lisa Remington Line Producer http://www.lisaremington.com Paul Richardson CEO Floating Dogs Media Jed Riffe film director / interactive producer Jed Riffe Films + Electronic Media http://www.jedriffefilms.com Michella Rivera-Gravage Director of Digital Media Center for Asian American Media http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/ Nat Robinson Producer Front Ave. Productions http://www.frontave.com Sebastian Roche director/producer/   Stephen Roloff Founder and CEO Stealth Startup Stephen Roloff Founder and CEO Stealth Startup Peter Roos Roos composer and producer Summer of Love Music, LLC http://www.summeroflovemusic.com Slava Rubin   IndieGoGo http://indiegogo.com Chitra Sampath       Andrew Schlussel Educator Expression College http://www.expression.edu Camille Servan-Schreiber Servan-Schreiber Producer Bread and Butter Films Justine shapiro director Promises Films http://www.promisesfilms.com Elina Shapio       Tiffany Shlain Filmmaker The Moxie Institute, Founder, The Webby Awar Awards http://www.tiffanyshlain.com M.T. Silvia Media Systems Manager Pixar Animation Studios Tanya Sleiman Filmmaker Stanford University http://tazafilms.com Evan Spiridellis Head Art Guy JibJab Media Inc. http://jibjab.com Sawyer Steele   The Moxie Institute http://moxieinstitute.org Susan Stern Director Bernal Beach Films http://www.bernalbeach.com M dot Strange       Agnes Szelag Course Director Ex'pression College For Digital Arts http://www.expression.edu Jacques Thelemaque President Filmmakers Alliance http://filmmakersalliance.org Chris Thilk Director of Marketing Spout.com http://www.spout.com Cindy Thoennessen Picture Editor   Roger Erik Tinch Art and Online Director CineVegas Film Festival http://www.cinevegas.com Clinton Torres Technologist and Filmmaker http://www.clinttorres.com/ Susan Turley Documentary Producer Promises Films Michele Turnure-Salleo Fiscal Sponsorship Manager San Francisco Film Society http://www.sffs.org Jeff Ubois Contractor Preserving Digital Public Television http://www.ubois.com Mabel Valdiviezo Director/Producer Haiku Films http://www.haikufilms.org David Valentin Head Of Productions Monolithworks http://www.monolithworks.com Marlene Velasco-Begue Producer Cine Primer Plano Emily Verellen Senior Program Officer The Fledgling Fund http://www.thefledglingfund.org Susannah Vila       Nigel Walker Producer Walkerfilm http://walkerfilm.com Morrie Warshawski Consultant Morrie Warshawski, Consultant http://www.warshawski.com Jim Waterwash Independent Developer VideoPassage videopassage.com Ben Watkins Creator Precision Film Tools http://www.precisionfilmtools.com Hunter Weeks Producer Spinning Blue http://www.spinningblue.com Michael Weis President Confidence Bay http://www.confidencebay.com Catherine Winder   Winder Consulting Paul Wood President & Founder Monolithworks http://www.monolithworks.com David Zeiger President Displaced Films http://www.displacedfilms.com Shira Zucker Marketing/New Media Coordinator San Francisco Jewish Film Festival http://www.sfjff.org