Day One of the conference will feature a keynote address by Bill Krepick, CEO of Macrovision, followed by a keynote debate on the relationship between DRM and P2P.  The rest of the day will feature plenary sessions that should be of interest to those in the DRM for media and Enterprise DRM fields, including mobile devices, DRM and content management, DRM interoperability, and emerging business models for DRM. 

Day One will also feature a 2-1/2 hour overview and tutorial on DRM, given by Bill Rosenblatt, conference chair of DRM Strategies, editor of DRM Watch, and president of GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies.  The tutorial will serve both as an introduction ro DRM and as a solid basis for getting the most out of the rest of the conference.

Day Two of DRM Strategies will be split up into two tracks: one for DRM for Media, the other for Enterprise DRM.  Both tracks will feature Analyst Insight presentations by Jupiter Research analysts covering DRM and related fields.  The Media track will kick off with a keynote by Bill Pence, SVP and CTO of Napster.  It will also contain panels on DRM and home entertainment networks, and on DRM and E-Publishing.  There will be presentations of two independent research studies on consumer acceptance of DRM, and a high-level discussion on the Supreme Court's decision in the Grokster case, which will have come down by the end of July.

The Enterprise Rights Management track on Day Two will feature panels on ERM and IT security architectures, ERM case studies, financial services applications for ERM, and the software "ecosystem" building around Microsoft's Rights Management Services. 

Those interested in speaking or moderating at DRM Strategies should send proposals to the conference chair at brosenblatt@jupitermedia.com.  Proposals should include: name and title of speaker, name of panel(s) proposed, description of what the speaker could contribute to the panel(s) as speaker or moderator, plus the speaker's bio and full contact info.  Proposal deadline is Friday, April 1, 2005.  Ground rules for speaker selections: DRM users get preference over vendors; vendor sales pitches are strictly forbidden; and we require personal confirmation from the actual speakers before we will put them on the program.

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