Inverge 2008 — Come Together
Inverge: the interactive convergence conference—happening on Sept. 4+5 in Portland, Oregon—is an interdisciplinary thought-leader event that focuses on the convergence of media platforms, of virtual + physical, content + advertising, and corporate content + consumer-generated content. Inverge is part of a unique business+culture event cluster happening in Portland around the same time (see below).
> See who is presenting
> See who is already registered to attend
Inverge brings presenters and attendees together from a variety of professions and disciplines to explore changes and opportunities presented by the increasing digitization of media, the democratization of distribution and the proliferation of connectivity into new areas. The big picture is revealed via the unique integration of disciplines at the event. The presentations are high-level, informative and conceptual, pointing the way toward the future and facilitating advanced professional development.
See some quick clips of learnings from Inverge 2007, just a hint of what you will see at Inverge 2008:
The following speakers have been confirmed for 2008*:
- Joshua Green, Research Manager, Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (back by popular demand)
- Renny Gleeson, Global Director of Digital Strategies, Wieden+Kennedy
- Andy Mooney, Chairman, Disney Consumer Products, The Walt Disney Company
- Erin Holland, GM & EVP, Portland, Edelman
- Tony Uphoff, CEO, TechWeb
- David Card, VP & Research Director, JupiterResearch
- Karl Long, Product Manager of Ovi Games, Nokia
- Michael Tchao, General Manager, Techlab/Nike+, Nike
- Chris Heatherly, VP/GM, Disney Electronics; CTO, Disney Toys, The Walt Disney Company
- William Swartout, Director of Technology, USC Institute for Creative Technologies
- Marc Scarpa, producer/director of the MySpace LIVE! series and several episodes of the Live Nation Verizon VCAST Mobile performance series
- Ed Lantz, immersive art & entertainment expert, President & CTO, Vortex Immersion Media, Founder & Chair of Harmony Channel.
- Amber Case, Cyborg Antropologist (lightning talk)
- Paul Matthaeus, Founder, Chief Creative Officer & Chairman, DIGITALKITCHEN
- Scott Kveton, Chairman, OpenID Foundation, VP of Open Platforms, Vidoop
- Richard Rosen, originator and chief architect of the Brand-Interaction Marketing & Advertising method, author of upcoming book Convergence Marketing
To create a unique business+culture experience for attendees, this conference is integrated with four other unique events happening in Portland over the same multi-day period:
+ Portland Creative Conference (focused on the creative process across categories)
+ Time-Based Art Festival (performance : dance : music : new media : visual arts)
+ MusicFestNW (over 100 indie bands)
+ First Thursday Gallery Walk (an evening of art, wine and music)
> View brief video highlights from Inverge 2007
> Read testimonials from Inverge 2007 attendees (copied from post-event evaluations)
> Review content & media from last year’s Inverge conference
To stay up-to-date:
> subscribe to our email list on the left
> subscribe to the invergence RSS feed
> follow @Inverge on Twitter
> become a fan of the Inverge page on Facebook
> RSVP to the event on Facebook
> add yourself to the listing on Upcoming.org
> complete the interactive dialog on our contact page
* presenters and topics are subject to possible change
