Conference Dates: Tuesday November 14th and Wednesday November 15th, 2006
Wyndham Northwest Chicago • Chicago, Illinois

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DAY ONE: Tuesday November 14th, 2006


7:00 AM

Registration Opens – Networking Breakfast

 

8:30 AM

Opening Comments from the Co-Chair

 

Opening Address

8:35 AM

Contact is King — Understanding the future of networked consumers

Shelly Palmer, Award Winning Author, Television Disrupted: The Transition from Network to Networked TV

 

9:35 AM

World’s top Digital Signage Networks: An international exposition of the globe’s trailblazers

James Amburn, Chairman and Founder, DIGITALGLOBALNET (Germany)
Daniel Ginsberg, President, TAG NETWORK (India)
Ronald I. Gross, Chairman & CEO, DYNATEK MEDIA (US)

 

10:35 AM

Mid-morning Networking Break

 

Special Keynote Panel

11:05 AM

Value-added feedback and guidance from leading retail networks and public venues

Mike Fowler, Director, ADVANCE TV NETWORK
Alan Donahue, President, THE GOLF NETWORK
Moderator:
Bill Collins, Principal, WBC NARROWCASTING GROUP LLC

 

12:05 PM

Building the business case for “Advertising Driven” Digital Signage Networks: Your template for justifying to location owners the investment value

Steve Nesbit, President, REFLECT SYSTEMS

 

12:45 PM

Networking Luncheon

 

Luncheon Address

2:00 PM

How Retail Digital Networks Can Benefit from the “Store of the Future”

John Greening, Associate Professor, Integrated Communications Medill, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Laura Davis-Taylor, Founder and Principal, RETAIL MEDIA CONSULTING

 

2:45 PM

Expanding on the value of Digital Signage Networks: Packaging the Innovative Benefits (other than to generate revenue)

Brad Gleeson, Vice President of Business Development, PLANAR SYSTEMS, INC.

 

3:15 PM

Mid-afternoon Networking Break

 

3:45 PM

Cost-effective ongoing operations strategies and meeting future challenges head on

Adrian Weidmann, Principal, @RETAIL MEDIAMETRICS

 

4:30 PM

Update: Five-Year Demand Forecast: Riding the wave of one of the world’s fastest growing New Media

Norman McLeod, CAP VENTURES/INFO TRENDS

 

4:50 PM

18 month run down on installations, new business won, mergers, acquisitions, and close-outs – who’s done what in 2006?

Don Graves, North American Correspondent, AKA.TV

 

5:20 PM

Exclusive Cocktail Reception

Maximize YOUR value at this event! Network with industry leaders at this exclusive cocktail reception.

 
 

DAY TWO: Wednesday Novemober 15th, 2006


7:00 AM

Registration Opens — Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 AM

Value-added Recap from the Co-Chair

Gwen Morrison, President, The Store, WPP GLOBAL RETAIL INITIATIVES

 

Opening Address

8:40 AM

The Future is NOW: Digital Signage Networks and Place-based Media

Todd Hansen, President and COO, POSTERSCOPE USA

 

9:30 AM

Automating the advertising sales process: New aggregator sales systems for ad driven networks

Peter Bowen, CEO, SEESAW NETWORKS

 

10:15 AM

Mid-morning Networking Break

 

Interactive Pricing Panel

10:45 AM

Configuring the right pricing structure: Quantifying and correctly communicating value – creating the digital signage rate card

Michael Quinn, SVP, Marketing, PREMIER RETAIL NETWORKS
Mike DiFranza, President & General Manager, CAPTIVATE NETWORK
Jesse London, President of Advertising Sales, MEDIAPLACE

 

11:15 AM

Viewership and spending effectiveness research update: Demonstrating the ROI for location owners with advertising driven networks

Rob Winston, Senior Accounts Manager, ARBITRON OUTDOOR
Beth Corbett, VP, New Media Services, NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH

 

12:00 PM

Networking Luncheon

 

Interactive Media Panel

1:00 PM

Successfully pitching media planners and advertisers – hear real time, real life feedback from “the” decision makers

Media Planner Judges:

Jack Sullivan, SVP and Director, Out-of-Home Media, STARCOM USA
David Koppelman, General Manager (NY), MACDONALD MEDIA
Christina Radigan, Associate Director of Marketing & Communications, OMG

 

Network Pitchers:

Adam Bleibtreu, President, GAS STATION TV
Tom Kiernan, Co-founder & Co-CEO, ARENA MEDIA NETWORKS
Peter Irwin, President, OUTDOOR BROADCAST NETWORK

 

Strategy Session

2:00 PM

Feedback for partners and vendors on enhancing performance and “raising the bar” on industry standards

Mark Webster, President and CEO, ROLLOUTS
Mark Mayfield, Editor, PRO AV MAGAZINE
Gary C. Quasebarth, VP of Operations, DYNATEK MEDIA
Moderator:
Rich Spiegel, Director Media Services, VISUAL INCITE

 

2:45 PM

Mid-afternoon Networking Break

 

Flat Panel Displays Debate

3:00 PM

LED, Plasma, LCD, CRT, and projection displays – make an informed investment for your location

Sanju Khatri, Principal Analyst, Projection & Large Screen Displays, iSuppli CORPORATION
N. Karl Boldt, Jr., CMO & Founder, VISIONEERED IMAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
Don Fasick, Director Business Development - Digital Signage, LG ELECTRONICS

 

3:45 PM

Media Transport and Software Strategies: Making your choice for cost-savings, flexibility and quality

Sanjay Manandhar, CTO, AERVA, INC.

 

Interactive Panel

4:30 PM

Exclusive Q&A with Industry Leaders: Conference recap and opportunity to pose your most pressing questions

Dale Smith, Director of Business Development, PEERLESS INDUSTRIES

 

5:00 PM

Conference Adjourns

 
     

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