Content is at the core of the problem. It's not just music and the Net anymore—now it's about content, video, audio text, and the rights of the individual in a cross-platform universe of DVD, TV, cable, broadband, mobile, and the Net. Protecting your intellectual property is at the forefront of the bottleneck of what keeps content from the consumer and what will make the system work for all parties in an agreeable revenue sharing model. The industry, the content companies, the technology companies, and the advisory and legal communities are playing key roles in the process of reaching and discovering solutions. In this session, we bring together a fascinating and highly experienced group of leading figures in the world of intellectual property. We welcome them and look forward to an engrossing discussion.

Xavier Levasseur Asia Pacific Director, Software and Technology Solutions Thomson

Mr. Levasseur has been in his current role since 2007. He began his career at Schlumberger Public Telecom, which became a part of today's Axalto, a smart card manufacturer leader. In July 2001, he moved to Thomcast/Thales Broadcast and Multimedia as area sales manager to promote digital TV head-end technology targeting DVB-T/S/C markets. From mid-2004, he actively participated in the launch of mobile TV roll-outs (Italy and RSA) with responsibilities as the European multimedia sales manager. He received an engineering degree in electronics and computer science from Ecole Polytechnique de Lille in France in 2001.