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Media 09: The Annual Forecast for Digital Media Professionals
Friday 13 February, 2009
9:00am – 5:00pm
Followed by cocktails & networking
Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney
Full Registration: $595 (inclusive of GST)
Australia’s leading digital media organisation Fairfax Digital presents a one-day executive de-brief on the most significant trends and innovations in digital media for 2009.
Powered by X|Media|Lab, Media ’09 features key-note presentations from CEOs, entrepreneurs, and senior executives from the world’s most successful online media companies, including: Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, The Guardian, BBC Future Media & Technologies, American Film Institute, Norwest Venture Partners, Content Next, The Hyperfactory, Widgetbox, The One Club, and Fairfax Digital
No time wasting boring panels, just densely packed, information-rich, clear and helpful, set keynote pieces from digital media luminaries from all over the world.
If you are a digital or traditional media professional, executive, producer, creative, business strategist, journalist, analyst or technology professional from the news, entertainment, information, advertising, marketing or education industries, and you want to succeed in 2009 – this is one-day you can’t afford to miss.
Media 09 Program – Friday 13 February 2009
08:30 AM Registration for 9:00 AM (sharp!) start
9:00 AM Introduction and Welcome
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Jack Matthews
CEO, Fairfax Digital (Sydney)
9:15 AM Session One: 2009 Media in Preview
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Brian McCarthy
CEO & Managing Director, Fairfax Media (Sydney) -
Caroline H. Little
CEO, Guardian News and Media, North America; formerly CEO and Publisher, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (Washington) -
Nic Newman
Controller, Journalism and Digital Media, BBC Future Media & Technology (London) -
Ben Self
Program Director & Founding Partner, Blue State Digital (Washington)
10:45 AM Refreshments + Networking
11:15 AM Session Two: Media Technologies
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Meg Pickard
Head of Communities & User Experience, The Guardian (London) -
Angela Beesley
Co-founder, Wikia.com; Chair, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (Sydney) -
Will Price
CEO, The Widgetbox, the world’s #1 widget portal (San Francisco)
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Session Three: Innovation Trends
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Tim Chang
Principal, Norwest Venture Partners (San Francisco) -
Fritz Demopoulos
CEO and Co-founder of Qunar.com (Beijing) -
Francisco Cordero
General Manager, Australia & New Zealand, Bebo (Sydney) -
Richard Cardran
Media Strategist and Technologist, one of Hollywood’s Reporters “Digital 50” (Los Angeles)
3:00 PM Refreshments + Networking
3:30 PM Session Four: Following the Money
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Kevin Swanepoel
President, The One Club (New York) -
Geoffrey Handley
Co-founder, The Hyperfactory (Sydney)