Presentations

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

Google: Partnering with the Media Industry
Daniel Alegre, President, Google Global Partner Business Solutions

How Glam Media Built a Dominant Brand in the Women’s Lifestyle Space
Samir Arora, CEO, Glam Media

The Remaking of Farm Journal Media
Andy Weber, CEO, Farm Journal Media

The Secrets of HuffPost’s "Engagement Journalism"
Roy Sekoff, President and Co-creator of HuffPost Live, Founding Editor of The Huffington Post

 

MEDIA WORKSHOPS

Four Case Studies in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest
Jennifer Anderson, Vice President, Digital Audience Development & Analytics, Bonnier Corporation
Stefania Pomponi, Founder, President and Chief Evangelist, Clever Girls Collective
Natalie Sacco, Digital Media Manager, Penton

Make More Money with Customer Centric Selling: 4 Steps to Landing Bigger Deals
John McMahon, Executive Vice President and Group Publisher, Questex Travel + Hospitality Group
Adam Reinebach, Executive Vice President, Marketing Services, SourceMedia
Karen Wilde, Vice President of Program Development, IDG Enterprise

The Future of the Magazine Media: A Debate With Conclusions About Print, Digital, Mobile
Frank Anton, Chairman, Hanley Wood
Beth Brenner, Chief Revenue Officer, Domino
Michael Clinton, President, Marketing, and Publishing Director, Hearst Magazines
Samir Husni, Professor, Hederman Lecturer and Director, Magazine Innovation Center, Meek School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi
Brian Pontolilo, Editor, Fine Homebuilding and GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Bob Sacks, President, Precision Media Group

Accountability, Measurement and Refining the Marketing Mix in a Digital World
Ronda Hughes, Director, Audience Data, Advanstar Communications
Ralph Monti, President and CEO, Special Interest Media
Valerie Voci, Vice President, Marketing, CQ Roll Call
Peter Westerman, Chief Audience Officer, Summit Professional Networks

 

TECHNOLOGY TEST DRIVES

Make Sure Your Content is Where Your Audience Wants It Multi Channel Publishing in the Cloud
Rob Brai, COO, Superior Media Solutions

New Perspectives on Growing Audience & Revenue
Demee Gambulos, VP of Business Development, Imirus

You Can Bet Your Assets!: 4 Easy, No-Cost Ways To Generate New Revenue
Brian Kolb, Executive Vice President, Wright's Media

The Big Bang: When Two Industry Leaders Collide
Marcus Grimm, Marketing Director, Nxtbook Media
Tony Silber, Vice President/Content of Folio:, Min, Audience Development, and PR News, Access Intelligence

Sales Workflow
Lee Pierce, Vice President, Sales, Media Services Group

Optimize Digital Customer Engagement through Dynamic Content Intelligence
Alex Withers, General Manager – Digital Business, Attivio Inc.

 

MEDIA MANAGEMENT TRACK

How an Indy Media Company Builds a 360-Degree, Market-Dominating Empire
Joe Diaz, Co-founder, Chief Product Officer, Afar Media
Greg Sullivan, CEO, Co-founder, Editorial Director, Afar Media

Best Practices in Media Finance, Raising Capital and Exit Strategies
Michael Davenport, Vice President, RBS Citizens
Peter Craig, Senior Media Industry Advisor, WeiserMazars
Kathleen Thomas, Managing Director, Berkery Noyes

So You Want to be a "Digital-First" Publisher? Here Are 5 Essential Keys
James Capo, Vice President, Digital Business Development, Access Intelligence
Jeffrey Litvack, Chief Digital Officer, ALM

Does the New Breed of Magazine Printer Mean Cost Savings or Revenue Opportunity For You?
Stephen J. Grande, Senior Vice President, Operations and Manufacturing, Summit Professional Networks
Jonathan Moffly, President, Moffly Media

Agree or Disagree: Should Media Companies Be Technology and Software Companies First?
Blair Johnson, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Cygnus Business Media
John Siefert, CEO, Virgo Publishing

Create a Massively Successful Event Business Off Your Media Brand
Ray Bianchi, Senior Director, Expositions and Events, American Farm Bureau, IDEAg Group
Bill Harper, Vice President, Group Publisher, Yoga Journal and Vegetarian Times

The Intersection of Print, Digital and Local: The Way Forward for City Magazines
Garrett Graff, Editor, The Washingtonian
Sam Martin, Director of Digital Strategy, Texas Monthly

Disruptors: How to Recognize them, How to Protect Your Business From Them, How to Be One
Julie Hansen, President, Business Insider
Howard Mittman, Vice President and Publisher, Wired

Rethinking B-to-B Media: What the Company of the Future Must Become
Alex Ford, CEO, Praetorian Group
John French, CEO, Cygnus Business Media

 

MEDIA REVENUE TRACK

Read to Buy: How the Content to Commerce Relationship is Changing Content and Commerce
Philippe Guelton, CEO, SheKnows
Pamela Simon Kruse, Director, eCommerce, The Knot
Eileen Carty, Vice President of National Sales, PopSugar Media

Agree or Disagree: The Death of the Banner Ad and the Rise of Effective Online Advertising
Moksha Fitzgibbons, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Complex Media
Mark Howard, Chief Revenue Officer, Forbes Media

Advertising Sales on Social: What’s Working For Revenue Production on the Cutting Edge
Colin Browning, Director, Social Media Marketing Services, IDG

The One Constant in Media Sales: Disruption
James Elliott, President, James G. Elliott

Evolving Advertising Models of Online Media Companies, and What It Means For Everyone Else
Pam Horan, President, Online Publishers Association
Samantha Skey, Chief Revenue Officer, SheKnows
Jen Wong, EVP, Strategy, Operations, and BD, PopSugar Media

Today's Sales Organization: Multitasking in Multiple Channels
Andy Cohn, President and Publisher, The Fader

Build a Systemized Approach to Native Ad Sales and Services
Joe Purzycki, Vice President, Advertising, Vox Media
Geoff Schiller, Chief Sales Officer, Hearst Magazines Digital Media

Event Sales: A Professionals’ Roundtable
Ryan Begelman, CEO, Bisnow Media, Co-Founder, Summit
Wendy LaDuke, President and Group Publisher, Education Group, 1105 Media
John Marriott, EVP, Chief Analytics Officer, Source Interlink Media

Ask The Experts: Mastering a New Sales Environment
James Elliott, President, James G. Elliott
Wendy LaDuke, President and Group Publisher, Education Group, 1105 Media

 

MEDIA CONTENT TRACK

6 Critical Tips for Prepping Editors To Do On-Camera Video Work
Kevin Keefe, Vice President, Editorial, Kalmbach Publishing
Scott Omelianuk, Editor, This Old House

Would These Editors Hire You? Real World Skills For a Fast-Changing Media World
Bob Cohn, Editor, The Atlantic Digital
John Gallant, Senior Vice President, Chief Content Officer, IDG Enterprise

Content Marketing’s 11 New Success Secrets
Andrew Hanelly, Senior Vice President, Strategy, McMurry/TMG
Jonathan Perelman, Vice President, Agency Strategy and Industry Development, BuzzFeed

Anatomy of a Content-Creation Team
Mariette DiChristina, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American
David Longobardi, Executive Vice President, Chief Content Officer, SourceMedia

The Rise of Video Content and How to Leverage It
Moritz Loew, VP of North American Sales, Time Inc.

Vastly Expand Your Audience and Influence Through a Contributor Network
Brad Dunn, Executive Editor, Parade
John Jannuzzi, Digital Editor, Lucky

Agree or Disagree: You Should Mash Up Your Content, Community, Editors and Readers
Kevin Lockland, Vice President, Editorial Operations, SB Nation
Stephen Saunders, Managing Director, UBM DeusM

Cross-Platform Production: Content to Design
Marshall McKinney, Garden & Gun
Eric Schurenberg, Editor-in-Chief, Inc. Magazine

Ask The Experts: Content
Jonathan Perelman, Vice President, Agency Strategy and Industry Development, BuzzFeed

 

MEDIA MARKETING TRACK

Profiles in Social Media Marketing
Chandra Magee, Senior Director, Digital Reader Outreach, The Economist
Callie Schweitzer, Director of Digital Innovation, Time

Agree or Disagree: Is There Too Much Data?
Nick Cavnar, Principal, Nick Cavnar LLC
Dean Praetorius, Director of Trends and Social Media, The Huffington Post
Heidi Spangler, Vice President, ADS Global Company

The Economics of the Digital Newsstands: A Report Card from the Field
Jonathan Shar, Vice President & General Manager, Emerging Digital Content, NOOK Media LLC
Chris Wilkes, Vice President, App Lab, Hearst Magazines

The Science of Sharing: What Makes Content Viral
Adriana Nova, Associate Director, Social Media, New York Media
Stephanie Paige Miller, Social Media Editor, Self

How Mobile and Digital Media is Helping Associations Align Membership Marketing and Media Imperatives
Candice Davenport, Senior Digital Strategist, AARP
Robb Lee, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, ASAE

How The Ad-Sales Metrics Morass is Hurting Your Business and How You Can Fix it
Chris Reynolds, Vice President, Marketing Analytics, Condé Nast

Ask The Experts: Marketing & Audience Development
Robb Lee, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, ASAE
Adriana Nova, Associate Director, Social Media, New York Media

Beyond the Big 3: Mastering New Social Networks for Publishers
Lauren Bertolini, Community Development Manager, Gawker Media

From Data to Action: 3 Examples of Turning a Metric into an Executable Strategy
Meg Estevez, Group Director, Audience Development, NewBay Media
Ken Sheldon, Executive Director, Audience Development, New York Media

 

MOBILE NEXT TRACK

Mobile Advertising: New Ideas That Go Way Beyond Display
Harry Kargman, Kargo
Jeff Davis, Director, Digital, Hanley Wood

Relaunching Your Top Products on the Mobile Platform: Email and Newsletters
Eli Dickinson, CTO, Co-Founder, Industry Dive

Choosing Your Mobile Path: How to Build a Strategic Game Plan
Scott Cooper, CEO, Founder, ShopAdvisor
Kathryn Koegel, Chief of Insights, Founder, Steampunkt Collaborative

Agree or Disagree: When It Comes to Mobile, It Is Time to Burn the Boats
Jason Young, CEO, Crisp Media

Who Is Your Mobile Audience?
Ryan McIntyre, EVP of Marketing, Thrillist Media Group

Tablet and Mobile Ad Sales: A Primer for Success
Fernando Romero, Vice President, Sales, DailyCandy
Peter Sprague, Chairman, Premier Media Holdings, LLC

Leveraging Mobile and Tablet Media as Marketing Tools
Chris Dorbandt, Managing Director, Consumer Marketing, Scientific American
Philip Ramsey, Technical Design Manager, Bloomberg BNA

Ask The Experts: Mobile
Scott Cooper, CEO, Founder, ShopAdvisor
Philip Ramsey, Technical Design Manager, Bloomberg BNA
Peter Sprague, Chairman, Premier Media Holdings, LLC

Tablet Breakthroughs: 5 New Ideas to Supercharge Content and Performance
Harry Goldstein, Editorial Director, Digital, IEEE
David Granger, Editor-in-Chief, Esquire