John Carey is Managing Director of Greystone Communications, a media research and planning firm. He conducts research studies of new communication services directed towards home's businesses and schools. Currently, he is conducting research about broadband Web service, e-commerce, interactive television, personal video recorders and digital satellite radio service for cars.

Clients have included American Express, AT&T, A&E Television Networks, Bell Atlantic, Cablevision, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Digitas, Into Networks, Loral Space Systems, NBC, The New York Times Digital Media Company, Public Broadcasting Service, Rogers, Cablesystems, and XM Satellite Radio, among others. 

Mr. Carey is also an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, where he teaches a course on Demand for New Media.  He is an Affiliated Research Fellow at the Columbia Institute for Tele-information. He holds a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of more than 50 publications on interactive media and the adoption of new telecommunication technologies.

 Kenneth Carter is the Deputy Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and a candidate for an Executive MBA at Columbia University.  He joined the Institute in June 1998 as Associate Director.  Mr. Carter has worked for the Federal Trade Commission on such issues as the FTC's jurisdiction over resellers of prepaid telecommunication services for deceptive advertising of tariff rates.  Mr. Carter has a background in media and communications, having worked for MTV Networks, Island Records, and the international television syndication firm, D.L. Taffner.  As Deputy Director, he manages CITI's research agenda, assists the development of the Institute's on-line research platform, the Virtual Institute of Information and serves as the Institute's counsel for matters intellectual property, contract, and employment law.  Mr. Carter's current research includes The Emerging Market Economy in Bandwidth, Scenarios for Interconnecting Reform, TV Over the Internet: Implications for Infrastructure, Content, Policy, and Strategy, as well as regulatory and intellectual property issues in telecommunications.  He received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a member of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal and President of the Asian and Pacific Law Students Association.  Mr. Carter was awarded an Alexander Judicial Fellowship, serving as a full-time junior clerk in the chambers of Hon. John C. Lifland, U.S.D.J.  He was graduated from Colgate University with an A.B. in Economics and East Asian Studies after studying abroad in England and Japan. Mr. Carter is an avid scuba diver and holds certification level of Divemaster.  He is proficient in Japanese and has studied Japanese Archery, called "Kyudo".

 Jeffrey Chester, co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Education (CME), is a nationally known expert on media policy issues. From 1983-88, Chester developed and managed the national campaign that prompted the creation of the federally-funded non-commercial independent Television Service (ITVS). In 1990, he co-founded the arts advocacy organization National Campaign for Freedom of statement, and in 1991 created the Teledemocracy Project on cable television for Ralph Nader. 

 Jeffrey Chester and Kathryn Montgomery founded CME in 1992. A DC-based nonprofit organization, CME's mission is to promote the democratic potential of the electronic media through public education, research, policy analysis, advocacy, and press outreach. CME has become one of the most respected and effective groups working on communications policy. Mr. Chester currently directs CME’s “Open Road” initiative on broadband telecommunications, including its campaign to ensure open access to the cable Internet. 

Mr. Chester holds an MSW in Community Mental Health from the University of California, Berkeley. A former investigative journalist and filmmaker, his work has been featured on PBS, National Public Radio, and in numerous print publications. In 1996, Mr. Chester was named one of the Internet’s fifty most influential people. He is currently writing a book on interactive television and the public interest.

 Mr. Doshi has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 25 years. He has worked for IPC Communications Ltd., Nortel and British Telecom. In his prior employment he was involved in the design and development of data switches, PBXs and central office switching systems. During 1978 Mr. Doshi was a Research Fellow at Imperial College, University of London (England) where he led research work in the area of control architectures for telecommunications systems. He has been an invited speaker at several industry forums and seminars.

 Mr. Doshi holds a BS degree from University of London and a Ph.D. in Electronics from University of Southampton, England.

Jeffrey Hart is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he has taught international politics and international political economy since 1981. His first teaching position was at Princeton University from 1973 to 1980. He was a professional staff member of the President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties from 1980 to 1981.

 Prof. Hart worked at the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress in 1985-86 as an internal contractor and helped to write their report, "International Competition in Services" (1987). He was visiting scholar at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, 1987-89.  His publications include The New International Economic Order (1983), Interdependence in the Post Multilateral Era (1985), Rival Capitalists (1992), (with Joan Spero) The Politics of International.

Howard Homonoff is Vice President and General Manager, CNBC Strategic Ventures and CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video. His responsibilities include management of CNBC’s web-based interactive video syndication business, and development of new business areas such as satellite radio and digital cable.  Prior to being named to his present position, he was General Counsel of NBC Cable Networks for 4 years, serving as chief legal officer for CNBC and MSNBC, and negotiating a variety of agreements with all of the major cable and direct broadcast satellite operators, as well as with strategic partners such as Dow Jones.  Howard was Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs at Continental Cablevision from 1992-1996, where he helped develop Continental’s strategy for the first retransmission consent negotiations in 1993, counseled the company’s senior management  across all operational areas, and represented the company before Congress and the FCC.   Prior to that, he was Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, where he managed passage of insider trading reform and other securities and telecommunications legislation, worked as an Associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, and served as law clerk to the Hon. Stanley S. Brotman of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Michael L. Katz is the Edward J. and Mollie Arnold Professor of Business Administration at the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds an appointment as professor in the Department of Economics. Dr. Katz is the faculty leader of the Haas Business School's e-business initiatives, and he serves as Director of the Center for Telecommunications and Digital Convergence. He is a four-time finalist for the Earl F. Cheit award for outstanding teaching and has won it twice.

 Dr. Katz has published numerous articles on the economics of networks industries, intellectual property licensing, telecommunications policy, and cooperative research and development. He is co-editor of The California Management Review and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. Dr. Katz also serves on the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academy of Sciences.

 Dr. Katz served as Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission from January 1994 through January 1996. He participated in the formulation and analysis of policies toward all industries under Commission jurisdiction, including broadcasting, cable, telephone, and wireless communications.

 Dr. Katz holds an A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard University and a D.Phil. from Oxford University. Both degrees are in economics.

As Director of Publications, Dr. Kivijarv's major duty is to serve as the editor and publisher of the annual VS publications -- Communications Industry Forecast and Communications Industry Report - in addition to the planned 2001 edition of the European Communications Industry Forecast. He serves as a liaison with the media and has been interviewed by leading journalistic outlets such as, USA Today, New York Times, Fortune, MediaWeek, MSNBC.com, Business Week, Bloomberg Financial News and Morning Edition (NPR). Dr. Kivijarv joined Veronis Suhler in 1993 serving as Research Manager and Director of Research before being promoted to his current position. Before joining Veronis Suhler, Dr. Kivijarv had approximately twenty years of experience in communications as a consultant, trainer, media manager, on-air talent, and educator. Corporate positions included Communication Specialist at CIRCON Corporation and Senior Consultant at First Management Services.

 Dr. Kivijarv served as a consultant to over 40 companies with assignments in training, research, marketing and promotions, and video production. He taught full-time at the university level for twelve years and concurrently acted as a media manager at a number of the institutions. Since leaving full-time teaching, he taught a few classes as an adjunct professor. He has authored articles in journalistic, professional and academic publications, and has been a speaker at numerous conferences and conventions.  He has received two humanities grants, and hosted two radios and one cable program.

 Dr. Kivijarv holds a Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University, an M.A. from Illinois State University, and a B.A. from Southern Connecticut State University.

 Patrick Long is responsible for buying the finest short films and animations from film festivals and schools around the world.  In two short years, Atom has 1.8 million registered users streaming and downloading over 1,400 of our films including 8 Oscar nominees.

Robin Mudge spent 20 years at the BBC as a producer director of documentary TV programmes and spent the last 5 years as the Creative Director of BBC Education on-line services. Robin was the first winner of the British Royal Television Society Multimedia Award for excellence and innovation with an interactive children’s television programme. Mr. Mudge is now an international consultant in interactive TV and related interactive media. He is currently working with Pearson PLC to develop new global broadband and broadcasting services. Robin has lectured on interactive media narrative and architecture extensively throughout the world, and prior to his long television career, he taught science in demanding inner city schools.

Gary Podorowsky is senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Marketing, at Sony Corporation of America, based in New York City. His responsibilities include strategic planning and business development related to Sony's Internet, e-commerce and digital media distribution strategies. Mr. Podorowsky's  recent projects involve strategic analysis and negotiation of key strategic relationships, redesign and oversight of Sony's homepage site and business plan development for Sony's online games business. Mr. Podorowsky is a member of the boards of Music Choice Europe (which recently completed its IPO on the London Stock Exchange) and Music Choice (US). In his Marketing capacity, Mr. Podorowsky is also responsible for coordinating cross-divisional marketing programs and relationships with strategic marketing partners.

 Prior to joining Sony, Mr. Podorowsky was a Senior Financial Advisor, Real Estate and Treasury Group at Mobil Cooperation.

 Mr. Podorowsky earned a SCB degree in Applied Mathematics/Economics from Brown University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and received the Wall Street Journal Award in Economics. He also received his MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, where he was a Samuel Bronfman Fellow, and received the Beta Gamma Sigma and TIMS (operations management) awards for academic performance. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia Business School and has taught at NYU School of Continuing Education.

Peter D. Ross is a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley Rein & Fielding, practicing in the firm’s Internet and communications groups. He regularly represents and counsels clients on regulatory, legislative, litigation and transactional matters throughout the communications and Internet sectors. As to Internet matters, Mr. Ross has particular expertise in ISP access, Internet infrastructure, online privacy, and e-commerce issues on behalf of leading ISP, online marketing, communications, technology, content, and e-commerce businesses. His communications experience has focused on all forms of video distribution, advanced communications infrastructure, consumer equipment, new technologies, and content issues on behalf of a wide array of leading media, cable, broadcast, telecom, infrastructure, and investments firms. He is currently representing America Online, Inc. before the FCC in its pending merger with Time Warner Inc.

 Mr. Ross served as Senior Legal Advisor (1992-1993) and Mass Media Legal Advisor (1989-1991) to FCC Commissioner Sherrie P. Marshall during the Bush Administration. He is former Chair of the ABA Administrative and Regulatory Law Section’s Communications Law Committee. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) Foundation, and he is also a former Co-Chair of the FCBA Cable Practice Committee. Mr. Ross is a Member of the District of Columbia and California Bars. He graduated from Stanford University (A.B., with honors and distinction, 1983) and Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1986).