NBC Universal's Rick Cotton and Former White House Spokesman Mike McCurryAmong Speakers at Annual Industry Summit
WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire and Potomac Tech Wire today announced the agenda and list of confirmed speakers for the 6th Annual Digital Media Conference (www.digitalmediaconference.com/east) to be held at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia on Thursday, June 25, 2009.
The 1-day event brings together over 400 decision-makers from media, entertainment and technology businesses, investors, and policy-makers involved in the digital distribution of media and entertainment, advertising execs, venture capitalists, lawyers, payment companies, press and analysts to discuss the evolution of digital content and technologies.
The conference covers the rapidly evolving landscape of digital media. Discussions at this year's event will also include:
Online Video: Everyone's Watching, So What's Next?
Mobile Entertainment: Betting on the Third Screen
Breaking Down Social Media: Opportunities for Content, Brands & Marketers
Can Mobile Save the Music Industry?
Investing in Digital Media in a Down Market
Mobile Marketing: Is Anybody Listening?
The Evolution of Online Advertising
Mobile Apps: Innovations for the Future
Is the Newspaper Dead?
What's Next in Social Media?
Speakers include:
Chris Adams, CEO, View2gether, Co-Founder, Participant Productions
Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications
Ben Arnold, Sr. Research Analyst, CEA
Jon Aust, Vice President, NavigationArts
Gene Barton, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Randy Bennett, SVP, Business Development, Newspaper Association of America
David Berkowitz, Dir., Emerging Media & Client Strategy, 360i
Kevin Bertram, CEO & Founder, Distributive Networks
Bill Bradford, Chief Product Officer / SVP, Fox Digital Media / Fox
Broadcasting Company
Phil Bronner, General Partner, Novak Biddle Ventures Partner
Neil Budde, President & Chief Product Officer, DailyMe
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media Group, Manatt, Phelps &
Phillips
Ted Cahall, President, AOL Products & Technologies
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Rick Cotton, General Counsel & EVP, NBC Universal
Lin Dai, VP, Interactive Business Development, Alloy Media & Marketing
Robert Driscoll, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
Rick Edmonds, Business Analyst, Researcher & Writer, Poynter Institute
Scott Ferber, Chairman & CEO, TidalTV
Mark Fischer, Attorney, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Colin Gillis, Managing Director of Internet Equity Research, Brigantine
Advisors
Todd Grossman, VP, Client Services, MultiVu (a PRNewswire company)
Arun Gupta, Partner, Columbia Capital
Dina Kaplan, COO & Co-Founder, blip.tv
Adam Kasper, SVP, Director of Digital, Havas Digital
Mike Kelly, Senior Digital Media Investment Advisor, Veronis Suhler
Stevenson
Alice Kim, SVP Digital Distribution & Partner Relations, MTV Networks
David Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac
Paul Levine, President, New Media, Current TV
Paul Levine SVP, National Geographic's Global Media Group
Jeff Litvack, General Manager of Mobile & Emerging Products, AP Digital
Trevor Madigan, Global Head of Sales, Operators, Nokia Music
Mike McCurry, Co-Chair, Arts+Labs (Former White House Spokesman)
Chris McGill, Founder, Mixx
Ross McNab, Director of Digital Advertising Solutions, Eyeblaster
Daniel Ruben Odio-Paez, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer,
PointAbout.com
Tim O'Shaughnessy, CEO & Co-Founder, LivingSocial
Ali Partovi, CEO & Co-Founder, iLike
Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment (a Sony Music joint
venture)
Chris Phenner, EVP, Business Development, Thumbplay
Jon Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association
Adam Powers, Dir., Standards and Emerging Technologies, Macrovision
Hooman Radfar, CEO & Co-Founder, Clearspring
Don Rainey, General Partner, Grotech Ventures
Mark Renshaw, Digital Practice Lead & EVP, Leo Burnett - Arc Worldwide
Tim Repsher, Managing Director, Mobile, Netinformer (a Media General
company)
Josh Resnik, VP & GM, Gannett Digital Media Network
Jason Seiken, SVP, Interactive, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Paul Sherman, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Tech Wire Publications
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Gregg Smith, CEO, Acuity Mobile
Brian Steele, CEO, VoloMedia
Sal Tirabassi, Partner, M/C Venture Partners
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors
Kara Walsh, CEO, Metromix.com (a Tribune / Gannett JV)
Greg Yardley, Co-Founder & CEO, Pinch Media
Peter Yared, CEO, iWidgets
Kuk Yi, Managing Director, Best Buy Capital
Geno Yoham, Executive Director, Winamp / AOL Music
Mike Zaneis, VP, Public Policy Interactive Advertising Bureau
Gabe Zichermann, CEO & Co-Founder, rmbrME
Event sponsors and media partners include Mannatt, Phelps, & Phillips, Macrovision, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Fish & Richardson, DiMA, Gannett Digital, Technology Marketing Alliance, Navigation Arts, The Association of Political and Public Affairs Professionals, CEA, Mary-Margaret Network, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, NVPR, Northern Virginia Technology Council, Washington Business Journal, Billboard Publicity Wire, Mobile Monday, UCLA Anderson, PR Newswire, MultiVu, Capitol Communicator, Parks Associates and Experiential Marketing Forum.
Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include Digital Music Forum East & West, Future of Television East & West, LA Games Conference, NY Games Conference, Future of Film, The Millennials Conference and Digital Media Conference West.
About Digital Media Wire:
Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring the leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry directory. For more information, please visit: www.digitalmediawire.com.
About Potomac Tech Wire:
Potomac Tech Wire is a free daily e-mail service summarizing the business of technology in the Washington, DC area. Every business day, readers rely on the publication for a quick, objective briefing of the area's top tech-related stories. For more information, please visit: www.potomactechwire.com.
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