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Registration Hours:
April 12: 8:00am - 3:30pm
April 13: 8:00am - 6:30pm
April 14: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Pre-Conference Workshop:
April 12: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Conference Hours:
April 13: 9:00am - 5:30pm
April 14: 9:00am - 4:20pm
Expo Hall Hours:
April 13: 12:00-3:45, 5:00-6:30
April 14: 11:00am - 2:00pm
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Attendee FAQ
What is Digital Rights Management?
In the pre-digital era, people's rights to do various things to or with content were limited mostly by the physical characteristics of the products containing the content, such as books, records, and videotapes. The networked digital age makes it possible to do just about anything to digital content, instantaneously and at virtually no cost. While this is a great opportunity for new content business models, it threatens the livelihood of content creators by making rampant piracy possible. Digital rights management (DRM) is a set of technologies that enable content owners to specify and control the access to content that they want to give consumers and the conditions under which they are given. Although originally intended to curb piracy and emulate traditional content distribution models in the digital domain, DRM is really an enabling technology for the content business models of the future.
While DRM came primarily out of the media industry, it is an increasingly important technology for protecting corporate information and complying with regulatory requirements in industries such as financial services, healthcare, and government, complementing existing security technologies such as firewalls, VPNs, and single sign-on authentication. DRM makes it possible to protect sensitive corporate information even when it is taken out of a file server or other repository.
In all, DRM is in the process of becoming part of the landscape of important network digital content access technologies - for virtually everyone.
What is the DRM Strategies Conference & Expo?
Jupitermedia's DRM Strategies Conference & Expo is the most comprehensive event ever that is solely focused on DRM in all of its manifestations. The knowledge brought to the conference by DRM Watch and Jupiter Research will ensure that the DRM Strategies Conference & Expo will be an event of unprecedented depth and breadth.
DRM is a complex subject, so the conference will meet the needs of both newcomers who need to get up to speed and those of industry insiders wanting to hear about the latest developments. Because DRM is currently gaining acceptance in certain niche content markets, the conference will feature panels that discuss some of those markets, including mobile devices, digital television, and e-publishing. The conference will also cover the applicability of DRM to various corporate information security and regulatory compliance applications. Conference keynotes will feature big names in the industry discussing future trends in DRM and debating today's thorny issues of intellectual property online. And the Expo will showcase, under one roof for the first time ever, the most important DRM technology solutions available today.
Who Is Organizing the DRM Strategies Conference & Expo?
The Conference Chair is Bill Rosenblatt, president of GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies, a consulting firm, managing editor of the Jupitermedia newsletter DRM Watch, and author of the book Digital Rights Management: Business and Technology (John Wiley & Sons, 2001). Bill has been involved in the DRM market since its inception in the mid-1990s representing content providers, technology vendors, and standards committees. He has organized several DRM-related events and is one of the leading strategy consultants on DRM and other digital content technology issues.
Who Should Attend the DRM Strategies Conference & Expo, and Why?
DRM cuts across many different disciplines in content businesses, so the conference will appeal to a wide variety of attendees:
How do I Learn More about the DRM Strategies Conference & Expo?
Visit http://www.jupiterevents.com/drm/spring04/index.html
For information or complete details on exhibiting or any sponsorship opportunity, please contact:
Elaine Mershon at emershon@jupitermedia.com or (508) 533-4995.
Registration questions please contact:
Our Registration Department at
registration@jupitermedia.com or (203) 662-2857.
Interested in becoming a Speaker? Contact our Conference Programming Department by completing the form located here: www.jupiterevents.com/speakerform.html
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