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MEF Americas AGM & Board Elections and Mobile Leadership Summit - September 1, Los Angeles

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MEF Americas AGM and Mobile Leadership Summit Comes to the Heart of Entertainment

The day will begin with a half-day Mobile Leadership Summit, which is free and open to MEF members and invite-only non-members, will deliver thought-provoking sessions and bring together senior executives from across the mobile entertainment spectrum including: studios, production companies, music labels & publishers, game & applications developers, portals, marketers, handsets providers, carriers, and service providers. Don’t miss this chance to be face-to-face with industry insiders and gain access to the experts, research, and innovations occurring throughout the mobile content ecosystem.

Mobile Leadership Summit Agenda Overview: (open to members and non-members)

1:00 -1:15

MEF Introduction

1:15 -1:45 

Keynote: Sam Sarkar
(Senior Executive from Johnny Depp's prod co., Infinitum Nihil)

1:45 - 2:15

State of the Union in Mobile: Eric Puterbaugh, The Nielsen Company 

2:15 - 2:30

Break 

2.30 - 3:15

Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator - Andrew Wallenstein, Editor, Digital Media, Hollywood Reporter
Troy Carter, Lady Gaga Manager, CEO, Coalition Media
 Doug Neil, Senior Vice President of Digital Marketing, Universal Pictures
Andreea Enuche-Thune, VP Games & Digital Distribution, Marvel Entertainment Inc
Madeline Herdrich, Vice President, Mobile Paramount Pictures, Digital
Steve Byrd,  Executive Vice President, STATs
Charles B Slocum, Assistant Executive Director, Writers Guild of America

3:15 - 3:30

 Break  

3:30 - 4:30   

Holy Grail or Holy Fail Panel Discussion
Lawrence M Harris, Senior Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, CL King
Bill Loewenthal, Vice President & General Manager, Mobility and Monetization Services, Limelight Networks
William Quigley, Co-founder, Clearstone Venture Partners
David Strehlow, Director of Marketing, Media Solutions, Huawei
Kevin Arnold, Founder and CEO, IODA
Gary Schwartz, President and CEO, Impact Mobile
John Orlando, CMO, LiveWire Mobile
Eric Puterbaugh, Director, Client Services, The Nielsen Company
 

4:30 - 6:00

Cocktail and Appetizers (sponsorship opportunities available) 

2.30 Panel Discussion:

Global Revenues are $19.5B and $32B for Theatrical Box Office and Mobile Entertainment—So, How Does Hollywood Stack Rank the Mobile Entertainment Industry?

Mobile entertainment has become a very large and respected market and the evolution of mobile networks and technology presents unparalleled growth opportunities.   As the lines between mobile and portable blur, new and innovative ways to purchase and share content have emerged such as social networking and application stores, to name a few.  At the heart of it all are wide variety of media and entertainment companies who seek to expand their businesses’ into the mobile sector—but how does this fit into their overall strategies.  Join a panel of entertainment and mobile experts to find out where we are in mobile, what has worked and what has not, the realities of establishing a viable mobile business, and how mobile is viewed as part of these companies future growth strategies.

3.30 Panel Discussion:

Holy Grail or Holy Fail? Straight Talk on Mobile Entertainment

The news media is always pushing the latest, bright, shiny mobile idea from advertising sponsored content, to subscription services, to competing technologies, while it’s up to the mobile ecosystem to figure out what works, or not.  Join a broad panel of experts that represent different vantage points in the mobile value chain to hear their open and candid observations as we rapid fire today’s hottest topics at them for their review. Will it be Holy Grail or Holy Fail!

 








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