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June 26, 2007Even Lunch Is Packed!
The first national Ypulse conference is right around the corner and we're finalizing the lunch roundtable discussions now. For any of you sitting on the fence, I wanted to give you a preview of what you can sign up for at lunch. There will also be a few table for folks who just want to socialize as well.
Sponsored discussions: (more to be announced)
- Developing and using customer advocacy to help build your brand led by Yahoo!
- Yahoo! for Teachers, the online destination for educators led by Yahoo! for Teachers
- Successful strategies for monetizing brand engagement with teens led by Photobucket
- Getting inside the minds of youth led by C&R Research
- The Widget Revolution: What's working, what's bombing and what's coming next led by eCrush
- Developing and using customer advocacy to help build your brand led by Yahoo!
- Gaming vs. socializing: Do teens prefer structured or open-ended online experiences? led by Gaia Online
- Virtual items and goods: Going mainstream led by RockYou
- Social media marketing: Leveraging social media to engage and convert today's media savvy youth into your brand advocates led by MindOH!
- Can you control how your IP gets mashed up? led by VIZ Media
- Driving word of mouth: What makes a campaign go viral led by Oddcast
User Generated Discussions:
- Mobile vs. Web technologies: What's the best technology to reach the youth market? led by Ginger Thompson, CEO, YouthNoise
- Youth voting 2.0: How to engage young voters led by Elizabeth Rosenberg, Director of Communications & Marketing, Declare Yourself
- Why teens love avatars and how they use them led by Maura Welch, WeeWorld
- Social networking for tweens led by Bobbie Carlton, Director, Marketing, B*tween Productions, Home of the Beacon Street Girls
- Blogging communities: What teens do when they're doing 'nothing' led by Krissy Teegerstrom, Community Manager, LiveJournal and Vox, Six Apart
- Video Mash-ups: What happens when teens take control of the TV channel? led by Joseph Tankersley, Walt Disney Imagineering
- Hosting the widget revolution led by Jessica Alter, Bebo
- How to engage youth in social change networking led by Courtney Macavinta, Girls For A Change
- Building a safe community led by Jeanine LeFlore, VP of Products, Piczo
And don't forget, you can still register to participate in C&R's tween and teen webinars. The findings from these focus groups will be discussed at the event!
Register for the webinars using these links:
June 27: Today's Tweens and Technology (10-13 yrs.)
June 28: Today's Teens and Technology (14-18 yrs.)
And...register for the Mashup today!
Posted by anastasia
SpeakersMonday July 16
Pre-Conferences
* SOLD OUT A. 2:30-6:30 pm - Cracking The Code: Marketing To Teens In The Digital Age
* SEATS STILL AVAILABLE B. 3:00-6:30 pm - Music Mashup
Pre-Conference A: Cracking The Code: Marketing To Teens In The Digital Age
Pre-Conference B: Music Mashup
Monday July 16
Main Conference
Tuesday July 17
Amy Jussel, Executive Director, ShapingYouth
Bobbie Carlton, Director, Marketing, B*tween Productions
Aseem Badshah, President, Scriptovia.com
Paul Scribner, Progam Manager, Epilepsy Foundation
Jill Hipps, Managing Editor, Common Sense Media
Erin Burke, Director, Marketing, B*tween Productions
John Scrofano, Dir. of Bus. Dev., 3Guppies, Inc.
Demetrius Romanos, Director of Design, Kaleidoscope
Jeanne L. Sachs r, National Sales Director, The N.com Teen Network
Brian Dunham , Account Manager, The N.com Teen Network
Erin Miller, Strategic Planner, The Geppetto Group
Benjamin Pashman, Vice President Business Development, Gigya
Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, Partner, BBMG
Robert Ficcaglia, Founder, MotivePath, Inc.
Brandon Watson, CEO/Founder, IMSafer
Pano Anthos, CEO, EVS
Doreen Bloch, Yahoo! Inc.
Ceca Mijatovic, Founder & CEO, DayZ Loop
Dave Bottoms, Yahoo! Inc.
Mi Jee Song , Events Consultant, DayZ Loop
Derek Baird, Yahoo! Inc.
Gary Taylor, Executive VP International, Canadian Music Week
Nicol Addison, Yahoo! Inc.
Elizabeth Dye, Special Projects Director, Seventeen Magazine
Karon Weber, Yahoo! Inc.
Holly Rotman, eCRUSH
Edward Park , Yahoo! Inc.
Steffan Heuer, US Correspondent, brand eins
Havi Hoffman, Yahoo! Inc.
Mike Manuel, Voce Communications
Matt Warburton, Yahoo! Inc.
Cammie Dunaway, Yahoo! Inc.
Jeanne Moeschler, Yahoo! Inc.
Meaghan Fu, Yahoo! Inc.
Britton Glasser, Yahoo! Inc.
Gailene Nelson, Yahoo! Inc.
Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan, CEO, VelvetPuffin.
Ashley Qualls, CEO and President, WhateverLife, Inc.
John P Klem, Business Development, Social Search, Yahoo! Inc
Mike Sledge, E-Commerce Marketing Manager, Balfour
Raymond Dooley, Senior Director, Marketing, The N (MTV Networks)
Anne Marie Edwards, Sr. Marketing Manager, Yahoo!
Ryan Rigoli, Marketing Director, Yahoo!
Finn Mckenty, Strategist, Kaleidoscope
Amanda Peters, , The N (MTV Networks)
Aprille Byam, Research Analyst, Eastman Kodak Company
Cheryl Dellasega, Professor, Penn State College of Medicine
Joan E Lockwood, PR Manager, Piczo
Neha Modi, New Media Manager, The Firm
Jeanine LeFlore, Vice President of Products, Piczo
Maura Welch, Editorial Director, WeeWorld
President, Creative Productions
Laura M Ashley, Associate Brand Manager, LeapFrog
Marcom Project Manager, Symantec Corporation
Chad Weiner, Brand Manager, Fly Marketing, LeapFrog
Mehrnaz Ensafmanesh, Plannner, Lowe Brindfors
Stephanie Peterson, Director, Fly Marketing, LeapFrog
Casey Sloan, Research Director, C&R Research
Account Director, Creative Productions
MJ Kim, Marketing Manager, Photobucket
Sr. Editor, Yahoo!
Kurt Collins, Business Development, Photobucket
Managing Director, The Kaplan Thaler Group
Rebecca Weeks, Director, Business Development, Real Girls Media
Sr. Marketing Manager, Symantec Corporation
JD Lasica, Co-Founder, Ourmedia.org
Jessica Alter, Business Development, Bebo
Mark Glaser, Editor, PBS MediaShift
Michal Lev-Ram, Staff Writer, Business 2.0 Magazine
Inga Johnson, Gaia Interactive
Vanessa Camones, Director, Three-Forty Communications
Tammy H Nam, Director, Slide, Inc.
Rachel Williams, Director, Research and Programming, Nielsen Business Media
Editor, Yahoo! Inc.
Lauren Camp, Research Analyst, C&R Research
Sonya Chawla, Sr. Director, Advertising, Slide
Erik Hauser Creative Director/Founder, Swivel Media
Neal Burns, Experiential Marketing Forum
Krissy Teegerstrom, Community Manager, Six Apart
Sr. Editor, Yahoo
Annie Morita, Gaia Interactive
Peter Foster, VP Sales, Photobucket
CEO, myYearbook.com
Peter Pham, VP Business Development, Photobucket
Amy Looper, Chief Visionary Officer, MindOh
Tim Shay, Vice President of Network Development, Next New Networks
Julie Ask, Vice President & Research Director, JupiterResearch
Pamela Sellers, CNN
Jacqueline Lane, Director of Teen Research, C&R Research
Francis Pisani, Blogger & Technology Columnist, El Pais/Spain-Le Monde/France
David Cannon, Creative Director, We Are Family Foundation
Alexandra Watkins, Chief Innovation Officer, Eat My Words
Yoni Silberberg, Buisness Development, PLYmedia
Nancy Hunt, President, We Are Family Foundation
Jennifer Carole, Director, Worldwide Lab at Alcatel-Lucent
, Manager, Consumer Insight & Strategy, mDisney
Devin Cox, Program Director, We Are Family Foundation
Melissa Bethune, Marketing Manager, Buzznet.com
Steve Hudson, Senior Planner, Upshot
Scott Pappas, Associate Director- New Media/Online Marketing, Universal Music Enterprises
Erica Lindberg-Gourd, Producer, We Are Family Foundation
Lisa A. Feeley, Mananging Partner, Got2Know, LLc
Jane Schonberger, Managing Partner, Pretty Tough
Allison Mooney, Director of Trends & Research, Fleishman-Hillard, NGT
Chet Gulland, Account Supervisor, Fleishman-Hillard, NGT
Chris Elles, Partner, The Syndicate
David Cannon, Creative Director, We Are Family Foundation
David Schlossberg, Product Manager, Meez.com
Devin Cox, Program Director, We Are Family Foundation
Elizabeth Rosenberg, Director of Communications & Marketing, Declare Yourself
Erica Lindberg-Gourd, Producer, We Are Family Foundation
Jaimeson Keegan, Director of Athlete and Culture Marketing, Red Bull Canada
Jane Schonberger, Managing Partner, Pretty Tough
JEREMY LIEW, PARTNER, LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS
Jill Allison Ettinger, Director of Marketing, Universal Music Enterprises
Jody Kakacek, Program Manager, Special Projects, Epilepsy Foundation
Joe Waltman, Business Development Manager, Boost Mobile
Jon Landman, Partner, The Syndicate
Joseph Tankersley, , Walt Disney Imagineering
Kevin Barenblat, Co-founder & CEO, SpotDJ
Kym Orr, Public Affairs Coordinator, Blue Shield of California Foundation
Lisa A. Feeley, Mananging Partner, Got2Know, LLc
Melissa Bethune, Marketing Manager, Buzznet.com
Monique Montibon, Web Manager, American Red Cross Bay Area
Nancy Hunt, President, We Are Family Foundation
Rev. Dave Joseph Ciancio, Partner, The Syndicate
Sam J Baris , Eleanor Mary Baris Ministries
Sara Laor, Director, The NPD Group
Sarah Shapiro, Online Initiatives Associate, BBYO, Inc.
Scott Pappas, Associate Director- New Media/Online Marketing, Universal Music Enterprises
Stephen Loflin, Executive Director, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Steve Hudson, Senior Planner, Upshot
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Manager, Marketing Analysis, Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Manager, Consumer Insight & Strategy, mDisney
Director, Marketing Services, Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Lance Tokuda, CEO, RockYou!
Jed Stremel, Director of Business Development, Facebook
Brenda Lynch, Adjunct Professor, USC
Lori Tarabek, Director, Research, Kodak Imaging Network, Inc.
Ryan Okum, President, StreetWise
Program Manager, Answer
Consultant, Florida Youth Prevention Delegation
Keith Degrace, Director of Communicatoins, Red Bull Canada
Courtney Macavinta, Ambassador, Girls For A Change
Tristan Coopersmith , CAA/The Intelligence Group
Sophia Stuart , Hearst Digital Media
Wes Nihei , GamePro Magazine/GamePro.com/GamePro Family
Liza Vadnai, Director of Marketing, GOOD Magazine
Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Angela Natividad, Adrants
Promotions Manager, Sony Online Entertainment
Dan Shannon, Asst Dir Youth Campaigns & Outreach, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Christian Borges, Sr Director Publicity, Deep Focus
Julia Nocciolino, Brand Strategy Manager, BBC Worldwide
Charlie Riley, Marketing Manager, Think Financial
Amanda Hill, Head of Genre Development, BBC Worldwide
Craig Sherman, Chief Executive Officer, Gaia Online
David Birnbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Takkle
danah boyd, Fellow, Annenberg Center for Communications, University of Southern California
Diane Dohm, Business Development, VIZ Media
Steven Snyder, Co Creative Director, Spark Top, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Sean Williams, Strategy & Business Development, VIZ Media
Mary Sadeghy, Director of Marketing, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Tamara Morgan, Program Director, YouthNoise
David Chustz, Vice President of Brand Creative, The-N
Holly Arsenault, Teen Tix Program Manager, Seattle Center
Jeanene Landers Steinberg, Web Director, SchwabLearning.org, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Walter Mayes, Library Media Specialist, The Girls' Middle School
Ginger Thomson, CEO, YouthNoise
Sam Altman, CEO, Loopt
Dave Amos, Web Guy, Idealist.org
Steve Bryant, Columnist, Hollywood Reporter
Scott Moore, Online Community Manager, SchwabLearning.org, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Martina Butler, Host, PodShow's Emo Girl Talk
Karl Carter, Co-Founder, Inner City Enterprises
Allen Goldblatt, Co Creative Director, SparkTop, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Pearl Kim-Kregel, Editorial Manager, SparkTop, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Anne Collier, Editor, Net Family News
Catherine Cook, President, MyYearbook.com
Chuck Cordray, Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, Hearst Magazines
Julie Cordua, Vice President, Marketing, (RED)
James Daly, Editor in Chief, Edutopia
Zadi Diaz, Principal, Smashface Productions
Dixie Feldman, Editorial Director of The N, MTV Networks
Katie Montgomery, Marketing Coordinator, Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
Research Analyst, CNET Networks Entertainment
Ulla Foehr, Co-Author, Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 year olds
Jay Frank, Head of Programming and Label Relations, Yahoo! Music
Liz Gannes, Staff Writer, GigaOM
Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne Online Media Measurement
Amy Gibby, President, eCrush
Daniel Glass, President, Glassnote Entertainment Group
Anastasia Goodstein, Publisher, Ypulse
Jane Grenier, Publisher, Flip.com
David Hyman, CEO, MOG
Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies Program
Dave Knox, Teen External Relations Manager, Procter & Gamble Beauty
Claudia L'Amoreaux, Community Developer, Second Life
Jacqueline Lane, Research Director, C&R Research
Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist, Pew Internet & American Life Project
Cory Llewellyn, Vice President New Media, Epic Records
Chris Maltese, President, Chris Maltese Management
Diane Naughton, Vice President of Marketing, HarperCollins Children's Books
Dorrian Porter, CEO, Mozes
Ashley Qualls, President, Whateverlife
Alan Rambam, Senior Vice President and Senior Partner, Fleishman-Hillard
Steve Rifkind, Chairman, SRC Records
Ariel Rosen, Head of Pro-Social Initiatives, Virgin Mobile USA
Gary Rudman, President, GTR Consulting
Javan Van Gronigenl, Art Director, Invisible Children
J Scavo, General Manager, MySpace Records
Secondhand Serenade, Recording Artist
Melanie Strong, U.S. Brand Manager, NIKEiD, Nike
Krissy Teegerstrom, Community Manager, LiveJournal and Vox, Six Apart
Robbie Trencheny, President and CEO, Teen Media Productions
Peter van Stolk, President & CEO, Jones Soda
Larry Weintraub, CEO, Fanscape
Alex Welch, CEO, Photobucket
Tina Wells, CEO, Buzz Marketing Group
Adam Zbar, CEO, Zannel
























