Speaker Line-Up for the Youth and Family Marketing Mega Event

AUTHORS & GURUS

• Colin Beavan, Author, Blogger, Activist NO IMPACT MAN
• Daniel W. Rasmus, Consultant, formerly of Microsoft and Forrester, Author, Listening to the Future
• David Rose, Marketing Lecturer, Laurier School of Business & Economics, Founding Member, Laurier’s Social Media Research Centre
• Emma J Gilding, President, In:site, Omnicom
• Erin Patton, Author, Under the Influence
• Kelley Styring, Principal, InsightFarm Inc., Author, In Your Car: Road Trip through the American Automobile, CMO, The Crash Moderns
• Noah Goldstein, Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles and coauthor of Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
• Sir Ken Robinson, Author, Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative and The Element: A New View of Human Capacity

THOUGHT LEADERS

• Andy Stefafanovich, Senior Partner, Prophet

• Ben Cathers, President, Yodotmedia Inc.
• Bill Goodwin, President, Goodwin Design
• Amy Henry, Vice President, Youth Insights, C&R Research
• Jacqueline Anderson, Consumer Insights Analyst, Forrester Research
• Jane Buckingham, Founder, Trend Forecaster, TRENDERA
• Jeff Klinefelter, Piper Jaffray & Co
• Jenny Ferguson, Consumer Insights and Research Director, C3
• Nikki Gondell, President, Trend House Inc (THInc)
• Peter Grunwald, President, Grunwald Associates LLC
• Piers Fawkes, Founder, PSFK
• Rachel Geller, Chief Strategic Officer, The Geppetto Group
• Ruth Sando, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropologist, Barbara Perry Associates
• Sean Horvath, EVP, Digital and Branded Entertainment, Alloy Media + Marketing
• Wynne Tyree, President, Smarty Pants
• Jacqueline Anderson, Consumer Insights Analyst, Forrester Research
• John Broderick, VP and Head, The Sound NYC
• Andy Davidson, Managing Director, The Sound Europe

CPG COMPANIES

• Carol Politi, SVP Corporate Development, Kajeet Inc.
• Donna Romeo, Manager, Frito Lay
• Jane Gould, Vice President, Nickelodeon Consumer Insights
• Jeff Canner, VP Marketing, Claridge Natural Foods
• Laura Kuykendall, Senior Marketing Manager, Glutino Food Group
• Len Mazzocco, Creative, Team for Toys, Walt Disney
• Miriam Morante Bonet, Trend and design management specialist, Coordinator of the kid’s trends observatory Aiju – Toy Research Institute in Spain

ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA/INTERACTIVE

• Bryan Owen, Director of Interactive Marketing, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
• Cynthia Rapp, Vice President & Creative Director, The Cartoon Network
• Holly Woodroof, Merchandise Manager, Boy & Girls Infant & Toddler Jeans, VFCorp
• Jeff York, Senior Director, Audience Research, MTV Networks
• Laura Baehr, Vice President, Marketing, Kids, Corus Entertainment
• Mark Leslie, Director of Research, Corus Entertainment
• Thomas Grayman, Senior Director, Brand and Consumer Research, Spike TV
• Alma Klein, Associate Creative Director and Mom Blogger, Arc Worldwide, MarketingMommy.net
• Finn McKenty, Blogger, Metal Inquisition
• Jerry Shereshewsky, CEO, Grandparents.com

RETAIL

• Kirsten Ludwig, Creative+Brand Consultant, (formerly Anthropologie Marketing)
• Leslie Armour, CEO, Youth Marketing Group, Agency of Record for Tween Brands(Justice), Strategic Partnership Marketing and Media Division
• Susan Lintonsmith, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Red Robin