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Mobile meets Hollywood at MEFCON
Tim Green May 15 2008, 11:11am
Join 350 execs from film, TV, music and mobile content at MEFCON on May 28th and May 29th.
MEFCON is the official trade event of MEF Americas, and takes place at the Marriott Marina del Rey in LA. It’s an opportunity for professionals operating at the intersection of entertainment and technology to come together in interactive sessions and one-on-one interviews with leaders and visionaries in the mobile content industry.
There will be keynotes from: Daniel Lyons, senior editor at Forbes and creator of the popular blog “The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs”; journalist/filmmaker L.M. Kit Carson; and Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Bros Digital Distribution.
Other confirmed speakers include:
Adam Sexton, Chief Marketing Officer, Groove Mobile
Andrew Wallenstein, Deputy Editor, Hollywood Reporter
Anthony Stonefield, Co-Founder and CEO, Emotive
Christian Jorg, SVP New Media and Commerce, IDJ Universal Music
Eric Berger, VP Mobile Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television International
Jon Vlassopulos, SVP Digital Media and Branded Entertainment, Endemol USA
Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada
Nic Covey, Director of Insights, Nielsen Mobile
Sanjaya Krishna, Principal, Advisory Services, KPMG
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic; MEF Americas Chairman
Ujjal Kohli, CEO, Rhythm NewMedia
And loads more.
Elsewhere, the ‘Mobile at the Apollo Mobile Innovation Showcase’ will be a kind of Gong Show of mobile innovation, with six companies pitching games, gadgets and applications. The MEFCON Debate Club takes on ad-funded mobile entertainment. And the MEF Education Intensive presents a series of tutorials designed to educate delegates on Mobile Media, Mobile Video, Mobile Technology, Business Models, and Mobile Marketing and Advertising.
Register here.
MEF Members pay $600, Non-Members pay $850. The on-site fee is $999.
Special registration discounts exist for members of NATPE, CTIA, NARAS, PGA, DiMA, Mobile Monday LA, CWTA, A2IM, AFI and CDG.
