With new services popping up all over to deliver a live streaming Internet TV format, the Internet is coming alive! Appointment-based viewing is back in style, even as the land of VOD and DVRs flourish. So why is LIVE so much more exciting this time around? What are the benefits of creating a Live experience? Who's using this service and for what? What will Live do for your content, your business, and you as a personal brand?

Thierry Curis is Akamai’s Streaming Product Manager, providing services to digitally deliver music, movies & video, sports, live entertainment, news, marketing and advertising content for businesses such as Apple iTunes, MTV, Major League Baseball, France Television, and Channel 4. He has directly contributed to enabling the success of many first time digital media events, such as the Tour de France and the Olympics. As product manager for streaming services, Thierry is responsible for bringing to market new solutions and services that enable businesses to deliver digital media to a wide range of PCs and IP enabled devices.
Thierry has years of experience with IP based media and e-business solutions at businesses including AAVS and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Thierry is a graduate engineer in Computer Science and Telecommunication from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunication in Paris.

Brad Hunstable is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Ustream.TV, a platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to broadcast live interactive video to a global audience.

Prior to founding Ustream, Mr. Hunstable worked at Hillwood Development, a Ross Perot Company overseeing the development of master planned communities. Mr. Hunstable also completed five years of active duty in the United States Army, serving in various capacities around the world.

Mr. Hunstable is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds a MBA in finance from The Ohio State University.

Peggy Miles was an early industry pioneer in webcasting and digital media, and is a leading expert on the future of digital media. She is a sought after consultant on business strategy and training. Ms. Miles has been published worldwide and authored a best-seller for the National Association of Broadcasting. She has been awarded "Most Influential" in streaming media several times.
In 1995, Ms. Miles established InterVox Communications , a leading specialized global digital media consultancy. She founded the International Webcasting Association in 1996 and was executive editor of Digital Media Magazine. She produced the first CBS webcasts, and was instrumental in working with the Korean company that built the first portable media.
She was awarded Billboard Magazine Promotion Director of the Year. Ms. Miles is a member of the International Academy of TV Arts and Sciences and other industry associations.

Deborah Schultz is an evangelist and rabble rouser in the Relationship Economy: where people, technology and media intersect. She is currently working as a consultant and speaker spreading the gospel on blogging, social media and community marketing. Her most recent claim to fame was working as Director of Marketing for Six Apart.