On June 17, over 500 of the most influential decision-makers in the media, entertainment and technology industries will gather in Arlington, Virginia (one mile from downtown Washington, DC) for the 8th Annual Digital Media Conference East. We invite you to join us at this engaging event -- now in its seventh year -- and take part in the discussion with top executives, entrepreneurs, venture... [read more]

On June 17, over 500 of the most influential decision-makers in the media, entertainment and technology industries will gather in Arlington, Virginia (one mile from downtown Washington, DC) for the 8th Annual Digital Media Conference East. We invite you to join us at this engaging event -- now in its seventh year -- and take part in the discussion with top executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, analysts and press who will be instrumental in shaping the future of the digital media sector. Agenda   8:00-8:45 Registration & Networking 8:45-9:15 Research Presentations: Top Digital Media Trends Shawn DuBravac, Chief Economist & Director of Research, CEA Marina Amoroso, Director, comScore Telco and MobileHeather Way, Research Analyst, Parks Associates 9:15-9:45 KeynoteSteve Case, Co-Founder, AOL, Chairman, Revolution LLC Chairman, The Case Foundation, Chairman, Startup America 9:45-10:15 KeynoteJohn Trimble, Chief Revenue Officer, Pandora Media 10:15-10:45 Networking Break 10:45-11:30 PANELS PANEL: Investing in Digital Media: VCs Speak (Digital Media Track)Panelists Philip Bronner, General Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners Don Rainey, General Partner, Grotech Ventures Tige Savage, Managing Director & EVP, Revolution LLC Thanasis Delistathis, Managing Partner, New Atlantic Ventures Moderator: Paul Sherman, Editor-in-Chief, Potomac Tech Wire PANEL: What's Next in Mobile Apps (Mobile Track)Panelists Robinne Burrell, Director, Mobile Product & Distribution, Match.com Jon Vanhala, SVP Digital & Business Dev., Island Def Jam Music Group Matt Callaway, CEO, apptap Brenda Walker, Managing Publisher & VP, Marketing, The Zumobi NetworkModerator: John Backus, Founder & Managing Partner, New Atlantic Ventures PANEL: Social TV: The Conversation Is Now (TV/Video and Social Track) Panelists Sean Casey, Founder and CEO, SocialGuide.com Richard Fawal, Founder, WatchParty.tv Evan Krauss, EVP, Advertising Sales, Shazam Entertainment Paul Levine, Managing Director, Vector Media Strategies Brian Curtis, Sr. Dir., Product Management, Search & Discovery, Comcast Moderator: Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications PANEL: The State of Online Advertising (Marketing Advertising Track) Panelists Hooman Radfar, CEO & Co-Founder, Clearspring Alex Vetter, SVP, Cars.com Jim Bankoff, CEO, SB Nation Moderator : Colin Gillis, Technology Analyst & Director of Research, BGC Partners 11:40-12:25 PANELS PANEL: Media on the iPad and Tablets (Digital Media and Mobile Tracks)Panelists Matt Jones, VP Mobile Strategy & Operations, Gannett Rob Pegoraro, Tech Writer/ Former Washington Post Tech Columnist David Katz, Executive Director, Digital Media, Starz Media Martin Ringlein, Co-founder & Senior Consultant, nclud Moderator: Daniel Odio, CEO & Co-founder, Socialize Inc. PANEL: Cutting the Cord: Checking in on the Revolution (TV/Video Track) Panelists Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3 Jay Endsley, Chair, Digital Living Network Alliance / Principal Engineer / Director, Samsung Electronics Chad Lucien, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Hillcrest Labs Janet Brown, CEO, Cinetic Rights Management / FilmBuff Moderator: Ned Sherman, CEO, Digital Media Wire PANEL: Social Marketing: Techniques, ROI & Developments (Social and Marketing/Advertising Track)Panelists James Nichols, VP of Strategy & Product, Jess3 Vyqué White, Director of New Media, USO Joe Chernov, VP of Content Marketing, Eloqua Matt Spielman, GM Northeast/VP Strategic Partnerships, Eventful Sonny Ganguly, Chief Marketing Officer, WeddingWire Moderator : Elizabeth Shea, President & CEO, SpeakerBox Communications 12:30-1:00 Keynote InterviewGracia Martore, President & COO, Gannett Interviewed by: Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors 1:00-2:00 Lunch + Presentation Jim Halling, Interactive Sales Manager, Comcast Spotlight 2:00-2:30 KeynoteMatthew Diamond, CEO & Founder, Alloy Media + Marketing 2:45-3:30 PANELS PANEL: Cross Platform Video Distribution (Digital Media and TV/Video Track)Panelists Richard Bloom, SVP Business Development, 5min Media Alvin Bowles, CEO, Grab Networks Jon Brendsel, VP, Products, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Rick Allen, CEO, SnagFilms Moderator: David Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac PANEL: Mobile Marketing: What's Working? (Mobile and Marketing/Advertising Tracks)Panelists Mack McKelvey, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Millennial Media Stephanie Bauer Marshall, Dir., Mobile Mktg & Ads, Verizon Wireless Mike Lombardi, VP of Advertising Sales & Marketing, WeatherBug  Moderator: Charles Curran, General Partner, Valhalla Partners PANEL: Facebook and Media (Social Track)Panelists Addie Conner, Director of Advertising, SocialCode Justin Thorp, Director of Publisher Happiness, Clearspring Gayle Weiswasser, VP of Social Media, Discovery Peter Cherukuri, VP & General Manager, DC bureau, Huffington Post  Moderator : Paul Sweeting, Principal, Concurrent Media Strategies / Analyst, GigaOm Pro PANEL: The Digital Copyright Debate (Law & Policy Track) Panelists Sandra Aistars, Executive Director, Copyright Alliance Michael Huppe, President, SoundExchange Michael Petricone, SVP, Gov't Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association Joe Sabia, Co-Founder, Whirled Moderator : Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse LLC 3:30-4:00 Networking Break 4:00-4:45 PANELS PANEL: The Future of News Media (Digital Media Track)Panelists Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project Greg Scholl, President, Local Integrated Media, NBC Universal Andrew Nachison, Founder, CEO, We Media & iFOCOS Leonard Brody, President, Clarity Digital Group  Moderator : Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors PANEL: Social Commerce (Social Track)Panelists Michael Tavani, Founder, Scoutmob Winston Lord, Co-founder, Venga Blake Hall, Co-founder & CEO, TroopSwap Josh Greene, VP, Marketing, 1-800-PACK-RAT Moderator: Athena Polydorou, Director, Wireless Internet Dev., CTIA PANEL: Branded Entertainment (TV/Video and Marketing/Advertising Tracks)Panelists Shane McGrath, VP, Head of North American Sales, RedLever Jeff Gomez, CEO, Starlight Runner Entertainment Marc Klatzko, Managing Director & COO, MAUDE Moderator: Rohit Bhargava, SVP, Digital Strategy & Marketing, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide PANEL: Content in the Cloud (Digital Media and Law & Policy Tracks)Panelists David Dudas, Vice President of Product Management, Sorenson Media Sean Jennings, VP, Solutions Architecture, Virtustream Jonathan King, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Joyent Kshitij Kumar, SVP of Mobile Video, Concurrent Stefan Bewley, Director, Altman Vilandrie & Company Kurt Smith, Group Vice President of Sales, Verizon Digital Media Services David Steinberg, CEO, SnappCloud Mike West, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, GenosTV, the Genos CorporationModerator : Marty Lafferty, CEO, DCIA 4:50-5:30 PANELS PANEL: Mobile TV and Video (Mobile and TV/Video Tracks)Panelists Peter Scott, VP, Emerging Media, Turner Sports Kevin Yam, Director, Mobile and Interactive Products, National Geographic Moderator: Ted Cohen, Managing Director, TAG Strategic PANEL: Gamification: How to Use of Game Play Mechanics in Your Business (Social Track) Panelists Sean Glass, Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners Daniel Katz, Director of Product Management, Bunchball  Moderator: Jay Baage, VP of Content & Bus. Dev., Digital Media Wire PANEL: Data, Privacy and Advertising: Balancing Innovation with Regulation (Law & Policy and Marketing/Advertising Tracks) Panelists Ronald London, Of Counsel, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Daniel Sepulveda, Senior Advisor, Office of Senator John Kerry Jules Polonetsky, Director & Co-Chair, Future of Privacy Forum / Former Chief Privacy Officer, AOL Elizabeth Frazee, Co-Founder, TwinLogic Strategies LLP / Former VP, Public Policy, AOL TimeWarner Moderator: Jon Potter, Principal, RPG Strategies 5:30-6:30 Cocktails