Federated Media Announces Conversational Marketing Summit 2010: Marketing In Real-Time

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Federated Media Publishing (FM), a next-generation media and publishing company, today announced the timing, theme and initial list of speakers for the upcoming Conversational Marketing Summit, June 7-8, 2010 in New York, NY.

“You guys did a great job pulling some really smart people together - great learning experience for me.”

Dubbed “Marketing in Real-Time,” this installment of the CM Summit will bring together industry-leading brand marketers, advertising agencies, platforms, media companies, service providers and data providers for two days of in-depth discussion around the promise, realities and challenges created by our always-on, always-updated social media environment, otherwise known as the “real-time Web.”

What: CM Summit 2010: Marketing in Real-Time
When: June 7-8, 2010
Where: New York, NY
Register: http://cmsummit.com/register

“2009 was the year the Web went real-time,” said John Battelle, CEO of Federated Media and host of the CM Summit. “That’s a profound shift for the entire media and marketing ecosystem. We want to unpack that and provide some actionable intelligence for everyone involved – on the marketing side, the media side or otherwise.”

Speakers at this year’s CM Summit include:

Tim Armstrong – CEO, AOL
Henry Blodget – EIC, The Business Insider
Joanne Bradford – CRO, Demand Media
Deanna Brown – President and COO, Federated Media
Chris Bruzzo – VP, Brand, Content & Online, Starbucks Coffee Company
Dick Costolo – COO, Twitter
Dennis Crowley – Co-founder, foursquare
Seth Goldstein – Entrepreneur, Stickybits
Omar Hamoui – Founder & CEO, AdMob
Tariq Hassan – VP Worldwide Marketing, Imaging & Printing Group, HP
John Hayes – CMO, American Express
Curt Hecht – CEO, Vivaki
Bradley Horowitz – VP, Product Marketing, Google
Tony Hsieh – CEO, Zappos
Arianna Huffington – Co-founder & EIC, Huffington Post
Ann Lewnes – SVP of Corporate Marketing and Communications, Adobe
Bob Lord – CEO, Razorfish
Joel Lunenfeld – CEO, Moxie Interactive
Mary Meeker – Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Mike Murphy – VP, Global Sales, Facebook
Rob Norman – CEO Group M North America, IAB
Adam Ostrow – EIC, Mashable
Amy Powell – SVP, Interactive Marketing Paramount Pictures
Avner Ronen – CEO, boxee
Chris Schembri – VP Media Services, AT&T
Hilary Schneider – Executive Vice President, Yahoo!
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. – Chairman, The New York Times Company
Omar Tawakol – CEO, BlueKai
Tuan Tran – VP Imaging & Printing Group, HP
Ken Wirt – VP, Consumer Marketing, Cisco
Susan Wojcicki – VP, Product Management, Google
Dennis Woodside – VP, Americas Operations, Google

Testimonials from Past CM Summits:

“Some of the best content I have been exposed to at a conference summit in years! Well done!” – Bill Matthews, VP Business Development, TACODA

“You guys did a great job pulling some really smart people together - great learning experience for me.” – David Veneski, VP Global Media, Intel

“Kudos for an excellent CM Summit. I met new, interesting people, saw many people I hadn't in a while, and enjoyed the fascinating presentations and panels over the course of the conference. Well done.” – Adrienne Skinner, VP Partner Sales, Comcast Interactive Media

Thank you to our sponsors:

Premier Sponsor: Adobe
Diamond Sponsors: American Express, HP, Facebook
Platinum Sponsors: Blend Interactive, Intel, Microsoft, Mobile Roadie, Starcom MediaVest, Google, Yahoo!
Gold Sponsors: Dell, Sprint, Verizon, Demand Media

About Federated Media

Federated Media (FM) is a next generation media and publishing company that connects the highest-quality conversational content with leading brand marketers. FM represents more than 100 of the world’s most respected websites, blogs, and social networking applications. With a unique combination of quality, safety and scale, FM leverages deep, long-term relationships with brand marketers and advertising agencies to create cost effective and meaningful media and marketing executions. Learn more at www.federatedmedia.net.

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