Upcoming conferences:

Charles Tobermann will be chairperson for Day One of the SMI Digital Rights Management conference in London, September 17-18, 2001.

Charles Tobermann will moderate the session "Wireless from Europe: Finland, Sweden and the EU Lead the Way" at Digital Hollywood in Los Angeles, October 1-4, 2001.

Charles Tobermann will be chairperson for Day One, "Business Strategies" at the Broadband Content Congress 2001 at the Hotel Ambassadeur, Juan Les Pins, France, November 12th-15th, 2001.

Past conferences:

Charles Tobermann was chairperson for Day One of the IBC Digital Content Rights conference in London, July 9-10, 2001 and spoke on "Making DRM a (Secure) Two-Way Street.

Charles Tobermann was chairperson of the technology track at DDMI Europe in London April 2-3, 2001, and moderated panel discussions on "Payment Models for Digital Music". "Digital Rights Management", and "Peer-to-Peer Systems".

Charles Tobermann spoke on panels on "Security Technologies" and "Wireless"at DDMI Asia in Hong Kong, November 28-29.

Charles Tobermann was chairperson of the technology track at DDMI Asia and moderate panel discussions on "Broadband". "Streaming from a Technological Point of View", "Emerging Technologies", and "Enhancing Digital Music".

Charles Tobermann spoke on panels on "Digital Ditribution: How far has it come, how far will it go?" and "Going Wireless" at DDMI in Los Angeles, September 21-23.

Charles Tobermann was chairperson of the technology track at DDMI USA and moderated panel discussions on "Digital Rights Management from a Technological Point of View", "Digital Technology and Ease of Distributions", "Viral Distribution", and "Digital Music and the Consumer". Panelists included representatives of Microsoft, RealNetworks, BMG Entertainment, Geffen A&M, Preview Systems, Digital World Services (Bertelsmann) and others.

Articles

For the International Herald Tribune (Click on a title to read the article on the IHT Web site):

TribTech (October 30, 2000)

Smart Cards Look to the Web for Next Big Breakthrough (Smart card trends)

Windows for Your Wallet (Windows for Smart Cards)


Sponsored technology supplements

Digital Asia

Asia in the Mobile Cutting Edge (Asia leapforgs into the 21st century, June 19, 2001)

Waiting for 3G: Promise and Potential Remain (3G mobile telephony, June 21, 2001)

Beyond Voice: Actions Speak Louder Than Words (3G mobile telephony, June 21, 2001)

Tracking Telecoms 2000 (Asia)

Enter the Mobile Musicbox (Music over wireless, December 8, 2000)

Hear Me Talking — on the Web (Web Talk and Voice Portals, December 7, 2000)

Location-based Services Paradox (Location-based services, December 6, 2000)

Messaging: a Buddy Story (Instant messaging, December 6, 2000)

Questions of Trust Solved (Digital signatures, December 5, 2000)

Ssh! It’s a Web site Secret (Encryption, December 5, 2000)

Media (September 7, 2000)
When the Medium Is No Longer the Message (media/Internet convergence)

Can Media Companies Adapt to the Web? (business models / building an
online strategy)

New Business Models for digital Distribution (online content / protecting
copyright)

Taking on the Majors: I Want my MP3 (digital downloads)


Telecommunications and 3G mobile telephony

WAP: the Sound of the Future (February 2, 2000) (Wireless Application Protocol)
(This article is no longer available on the IHT Web site. We will post it here in the future.)

UMTS: the Theory of Everything (February 2, 2000) (Third-generation mobile phones)

In convergence, the Revolution will be Wireless (February 25, 2000) (Wireless revolution in Europe and Asia)

Mobile Gadgets Move Towards Synchronized Standards (February 25, 2000) (Mobile gadgets)


The Buzz is B2B in Online Travel (August 2, 2000) (B2B travel services)

E-concepts: Disintermediation (September 20, 2000) (Disintermediation)


Tracking Telecoms 99

the Mathematical Base of E-commerce (October 16, 1999) (public-key cryptography, digital signatures)

Hotels Become High-tech Homes Away From Home (October 15, 1999) (Hotels go high-tech)

Wired to the World at Home (October 14, 1999) (Jini, networking in the home)

You've Got Mail...If You Could Only Find It (October 11, 1999) (Unified Messaging)

The Net's Protocol Goes Corporate (October 11, 1999) (Voice over IP, Virtual private networks)

Computers Sign up for Voice and Diction 101 (October 11, 1999) (Text-to-speech, speech synthesis)

Legalities in Cyberspace (October 9, 1999) (legal and regulatory issues of e-commerce)


For DDMI:
"Scotch and Water" -- the strategic importance fo the Vivendi/Universal merger

"Are they Toast yet?" -- the implications of Napster and other file-sharing applications
(These articles are no longer on the DDMI Web site. We will post them here in the future.)

Interviews

Charles Tobermann has done a series of audio interviews with music and media industry executives for the DDMI newsletter and web site:

Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3.com

Robert Tercek, Programming Manager of Packet Video

Doug Camplejohn, CEO of Myplay

Ken Wirt, CEO, Riffage.com

(The streaming audio files are no longer available on the DDMI Web site. We may post them here for historical purposes, but those in the industry know that mnay changes have happened in the last year and of the four listed above, only PacketVideo still exists as an independent company.)