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Renny Gleeson
Global Digital Strategies Director
Wieden+Kennedy
TOPIC: TBD (General: Transmedia storytelling)
Renny’s kinetic energy, key insights and irreverent approach won over last year’s Inverge audience and he was the highest-rated presenter at the conference. So naturally we invited him back AND asked him to be our master of ceremonies. Renny was creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi’s Darwin Digital, where he developed interactive engagement platforms for General Mills cereals, Procter & Gamble and Time Warner’s Entertainment Weekly, Money and People magazines. Later he was recruited by the NBA to lead their global digital marketing and content syndication efforts. Renny was then tapped to lead the NY and Atlanta offices of Carat Fusion, a full-service digital marketing agency. >> MORE |
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Joshua Green
Research Manager
Convergence Culture Consortium
Massachuttes Institute of Technology
TOPIC: TBD (General: Convergence Culture overview)
Joshua Green is Research Manager of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT. Green leads a team of researchers exploring the changing media landscape and the ramifications of Convergence Culture for content production, advertising, branding, and the way we understand media audiences. Before coming to MIT, he worked as a researcher in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at QUT in Brisbane, Australia. >> MORE |
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Andy Mooney
Chairman, Disney Consumer Products
The Walt Disney Company
TOPIC: When worlds collide - Online worlds meet real world product >>MORE
Andy Mooney was named chairman of Disney Consumer Products in May, 2003, after having served as its president since joining The Walt Disney Company in December, 1999. Mooney oversees the worldwide day-to-day operations of Disney Consumer Products, which extends the rich Disney entertainment experience to a broad selection of merchandise ranging from toys, apparel, home décor and books to interactive games, food and beverages, electronics and fine art. This is accomplished through several business lines: Toys, Apparel, Accessories and Footwear; Stationery, Food, Health and Beauty, Home, Disney Publishing Worldwide, Disney Interactive Studios and The Baby Einstein Company. >> MORE |
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Chris Heatherly
VP/GM, Disney Electronics
CTO, Disney Toys
The Walt Disney Company
TOPIC: When worlds collide - Online worlds meet real world product >>MORE
Chris Heatherly was named general manager & vice president, Global Electronics, Disney Consumer Products in 2004. In this role, he oversees product innovation and development, drives key licensee and retailer relationships, and leads a global team of employees in five regions. During his tenure, Disney Electronics has continued to innovate in the global youth electronics marketplace. Heatherly came to DCP from frog design, where he was a chief strategist, managing the cross-functional strategic consulting practice for the legendary design firm. >> MORE |
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Michael Tchao
General Manager, Techlab/Nike+
Nike
TOPIC: TBD (General: Convergence of physical + virtual)
Michael is General Manager of Nike Techlab, a sports technology innovation group within Nike chartered with developing new digital products and services for Nike’s sport and fitness consumers, and the innovative Nike+ program, which connects physical Nike products with virtual online services and athlete communities. Prior to Nike, Michael also developed innovative products at Apple. >> MORE |
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Tony Uphoff
Chief Executive Officer
TechWeb, The Global Leader in Business Technology Media
TOPIC: Media Business Trends In The Age of Convergence: What Happens Next…And How You Should Prepare
As CEO of TechWeb, Tony Uphoff leads United Business Media’s (UBM) group of global business technology brands, encompasses the leading face-to-face, online and print media brands and services in business technology. TechWeb brands range from global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Dark Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, Byte & Switch, InformationWeek.com, bMighty and Financial Technology brands; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek magazine. TechWeb reaches over 10 million key business technology decision makers worldwide. >> MORE |
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David Card
Vice President & Research Director
JupiterResearch
TOPIC: TBD (General: Crossmedia Usage Research)
David Card directs Jupiter’s coverage areas in media and marketing. As an analyst, he focuses on the media and music industries, with particular emphasis on cross-media programming, social media, audience segmentation – including teens – and online portals and networks. Previously, as Jupiter’s Research Development VP, he helped guide coverage architecture, research methodologies, and overall quality. Card is frequently quoted in the traditional and online press, and has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, ESPN, and NPR. >> MORE |
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Karl Long
Product Manager of OVI.com and Games
Nokia
TOPIC: TBD (General: Convergence of physical + virtual)
Karl is currently a Product Manager at N-Gage, the video game group at Nokia, developing strategies and features to deepen and extend the relationships with customers, and market our products and services through the web and social media. Karl is also the author of experiencecurve.com (one of Ad Weeks top 5 Digital Design Blogs) where he has been writing and instigating conversation around social media, customer experience and marketing since 2003. >> MORE |
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Marc Scarpa
Producer/Director
MySpace LIVE! series and Live Nation Verizon VCAST Mobile Performances
TOPIC: TBD (General: Convergence of live performance + virtual)
Marc Scarpa is a veteran director and producer of live interactive media. His most recent directing credits include, MySpace LIVE! a seven hour live High Definition transmission on MySpace viewed by over 1 million people worldwide that celebrated community through individual expression. A ground breaking first, mobile phones were used by fans to capture content and mixed live into the HD broadcast. He has also directed Grammy Award artist John Legend, Teddy Geiger, Joe Satriani, 50 Cent, Gogol Bordello, Jonas Brothers and The All American Rejects for the LiveNation Verizon VCAST Mobile performance series. >> MORE |
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William Swartout
Director of Technology
USC Institute for Creative Technologies
TOPIC: Toward the Holodeck: Integrating Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment and Learning
William Swartout is Director of Technology for USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) and a research professor of computer science at USC. From 1989 to 1999 he was Director of the Intelligent Systems Division at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI). Dr. Swartout has been involved in the research and development of AI systems for over 30 years. His particular research interests include virtual humans, explanation and text generation, knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, knowledge sharing, education, intelligent agents and the development of new AI architectures. >> MORE |
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Ed Lantz
President & CTO
Vortex Immersion Media
TOPIC: TBD (General: immersive environments)
Ed Lantz has over 20 years of Management and Executive level experience in media and entertainment technology, art, science and business. He has demonstrated consistent success in envisioning and leading high-risk technical and entrepreneurial operations. Mr. Lantz is internationally recognized as a pioneer and leading authority in large-format digital cinema and immersive experiences. Other areas of expertise include cable television, themed entertainment, photonics, virtual reality, events production, 3D animation and special effects for large-format film and video. >> MORE |
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Paul Matthaeus
Founder / Chief Creative Officer / Chairman
Digital Kitchen
TOPIC: Experiential Marketing: Creating Brand Theatre
With nearly two decades of experience in the advertising business, Digital Kitchen Founder, CEO and CCO Paul Matthaeus is on a never-ending quest to cultivate experimentation and creativity at his hybrid media company that creates TV commercials, Emmy®-award winning main titles, and non-traditional content for advertising agencies, marketers, and Hollywood. Joined by talented artists, filmmakers, musicians and animators, Paul built an experimental branding think tank, blending the best of a movie studio with the focus of a branding firm. Since then, Paul’s work has been shown in over 100 countries, and is part of the permanent collection at the MoMA in New York. >> MORE |
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Scott Kveton
Chairman
OpenID Foundation
VP of Open Platforms
Vidoop
TOPIC: TBD (General: Convergence of Web 2.0 apps and data)
Scott Kveton is the Chairman of the OpenID Foundation and VP of Open Platforms at Vidoop. He is a digital identity promoter and open source advocate. Scott has worked at Amazon, RuleSpace.com and JanRain as well as founded the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University. Working closely with projects like Mozilla, Linux, Drupal and Apache led Scott down the identity path and to JanRain in mid-2006. Scott was named to Red Herring’s list of ‘25 Titans in waiting’ in early 2007. >> MORE |
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Richard Rosen
President & CEO
ROSEN
author: Convergence Marketing
TOPIC: TBD (General: Convergence marketing)
Richard Rosen is a world-renowned expert on convergence marketing and advertising. He is the originator and chief architect of the Brand-InteractionTM Marketing & Advertising method that fuses business school analytics with creative marketing and advertising. A passionate speaker at business and academic forums throughout the world, Richard was the keynote at Cannes Lions 54th International Advertising Festival for FEDMA. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Caples Organization’s Emerson Award for exemplary service to the marketing community, and the first “B-to-B Marketer of the Year Award” by the International Direct Marketing Association. >> MORE |
