The Experience

EXPERIENCE:

Rounding out all new content is an all new experience to go along with it. We’ve smashed the mold on the traditional conference format replacing one way lectures with two way conversations and real time contribution fostering real world collaboration. Introducing all new combinations of interactive, tangible deliverable based conference formats and dedicated times for business networking.

Learn by participating. Grow by sharing.
Share by attending. This is your invitation to come grow with us.

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

• The Future of the Modern Consumer: Creating Interactive Scenarios
  Daniel W. Rasmus, Consultant, formerly, Microsoft and Forrester, Author, Listening to the Future
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• Interactive Scenario Planning: Innovate your segments, not your channels.
  HANDS-ON EXERCISE
  Andy Stefanovich, Senior Partner, Prophet
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PANELS AND ROUNDTABLES

• PANEL Tween/Teens Entrepreneur and Blogger
  Panel Moderator: Richard Ellis and Aria Ben Cathers, President, Yodot media inc
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• A Family Affair – Real Conversations with Real Families Hosted by Smarty Pants
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• PANEL FULL CIRCLE: THE 360 Degree Trend Panel
  Piers Fawkes, Founder, PSFK
  Miriam Morante Bonet, Trend and design management specialist, Coordinator of the kid’s trends observatory Aiju – Toy Research Institute in Spain
  Finn McKenty, Blogger, Metal Inquisition
  Nikki Gondell, Trend house Inc (Thinc)
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SPEED NETWORKING

Create conversations around relevant ideas and topics and like-minded thinkers. Here’s where you come face to face with the community of relevance. You’ll have access to big stage thinkers and the “back story” behind real life examples. Create real opportunities before, during and after the conference.

• Tuesday May 11th
  11:00 – 11:20 Speed Networking
  3:30 – 4:00 Networking Break
• Wednesday May 12th
  10:25 – 11:25
  Speed Networking Break: In Depth Networking Time

TO RELAX OR TO MINGLE:

• Tuesday May 11th
  12:00 – 1:30 Lunch and Acoustic Band Performances
  5:00pm: Cocktails and conversations
• All Three Days!
  Interactive Microsoft enabled technology lounge is available to all guests free of charge from 4:00pm to 11:00 pm- A great place to watch a movie, play games against each other, or just hang out.
  • Five X-Box stations
  • 2 lap tops
  • 5 Zune music players