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Daniel Anstandig
CEO and Co-Founder
Futuri Media
@anstandig
R.B. Brenner
Director
University of Texas School of Journalism
@rbbrenner
Trei Brundrett
Chief Product Officer
VOX Media
@clockwerks
Keith Duncan
Vice President of Retailer and Brand Solutions
RetailMeNot.com
@retailmenot
Susie Ellwood
Publisher
Austin American-Statesman
@sellwood
Parisa Fatehi-Weeks
Community Impact Manager
Google Fiber
@pfatehiweeks
Mario Garcia
CEO/Founder, Garcia Media
Columbia University
@drmariorgarcia
Nick Goggans
Chief Strategy Officer, Co-Founder
Umbel
@ngoggans
William Hurley
CEO
Honest Dollar
@honestdollar
Damon Kiesow
Senior Manager Mobile Initiatives
McClatchy Interactive
@dkiesow
Heidi Lehmann
Strategic Development
Trellie
@heidielehmann
Pierre-Elliott Levasseur
Chief Operating Officer
La Presse
@lapresseplus
Tim Lott
Vice President of Innovation
Cox Media Group
@tcl2323
Peter Marsh
Vice President of Marketing
Newscycle Solutions
@pgm
Mark Medici
Audience Strategy & Group Lead
SVP AJC
@medici1
Jeremy Mims
Co-Founder
OwnLocal
@jeremymims
Mukund Mohan
Director
Microsoft Ventures
@mukund
Tarun Nimmagadda
CEO
Mutual Mobile
@ntarun
Kevin Poortinga
General Manager / Local Product Development
Gannett Publishing
@kpoortinga
Robert Quigley
Senior Lecturer/New Media
University of Texas School of Journalism
@robquig
Kash Shaikh
Founder & CEO
Besomebody Inc.
@kash_shaikh
John Smolen
Publishing & Media, Global Marketing Solutions
Facebook
Smoleyx3
Ola E. Stenberg
Digital Editor
Verdens Gang (VG)
@OlaStenberg
Mark Strama
Director of Business Operations
Google Fiber Austin
@markstrama
Allison Squires
Director of Client Services
People Pattern
@allysquires
Will Sullivan
Director of Mobile for the Broadcasting Board of Governors
Journerdism
@journerdism
Amy Webb
CEO
Webbmedia Group
@webbmedia
Adam Weinroth
Chief Marketing Officer
OneSpot
@aweinroth
Mobile engagement with news has skyrocketed since 2010 and continues to change year-to-year: smartphones for young adults, tablets for older adults. In this opening, get your bearings on broad trends in mobile and how they apply to news publishers in the United States and Canada.
Earl J. Wilkinson
Executive Director and CEO, INMA @earljwilkinsonlinkedIn
Mukund Mohan
Microsoft Ventures, and Summit Moderator @mukundlinkedIn
In an international tour de force, learn more about the choices news media companies are making with smartphones and tablets, what's working and what's not working, the frequency issues, mobile editors, and the two tempos for today's news flow.
Mario Garcia
CEO and Founder, Garcia Media @drmariorgarcialinkedIn
Norway-based Schibsted's iconic newspaper VG (Verdens Gang) still pays the bills, but the audience shift from print to mobile is complete. In this presentation, hear how leading Schibsted news brand VG built such a large mass audience and created a mobile agency that galvanized advertisers — to the point that the smartphone has become the company's core product.
Ola E. Stenberg
Digital Editor, VG @OlaStenberglinkedIn
What started with a simple hashtag grew into a global movement, and now, is one of the most intriguing startups of 2015. #Besomebody is pioneering the "Passion Economy" by enabling people to make money doing what they love. Users can create, host and book experiences on any passion area, from painting to piano to paramotoring. After spending 12 years building brands at Procter & Gamble and GoPro, Kash Shaikh turned the traditional brand-building model on its head — with a little help from E.W. Scripps — to create the world's first social marketplace and passion platform. #besomebody.
Kash Shaikh
Founder, Besomebody Inc. @kash_shaikhlinkedIn
Google Fiber is a fiber-to-the-home way to get connectivity that is 100 times faster than today's basic broadbrand speeds. This means instant downloads and new TV, desktop, and mobile experiences.
Mark Strama
Director of Business Operations, Google Fiber Austin @markstramalinkedIn
Trellie is a wearable technology platform that enables any fashion, lifestyle, or jewelry brand to easily create and launch their own wearable accessories line.
Heidi Lehmann
Strategic Development, Trellie @heidielehmannlinkedIn
A short-form look at how media companies, publishers, educators and entrepreneurs are approaching mobile and what they're learning along the way.
R.B. Brenner
Director, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin @rbbrenner
Robert Quigley
Senior Lecturer/ New Media, University of Texas School of Journalism @robquiglinkedIn
In this exclusive study tour, INMA will visit Capital Factory, downtown Austin's entrepreneurial center of gravity. We will see what's special about the Silicon Valley of the South and what makes Austin's tech scene tick. We will visit and hear representatives from Digital Age companies to up-and-coming shops with big ideas for the future. The study tour includes a visit to Capital Factory's start-up incubator space, including Austin start-ups, most with heavy media and mobile connections. Keys to learning: what are the right conditions to lead innovation and how can we create and nurture these?
>> OwnLocal
>> Capital Factory
>> Mutual Mobile
>> HonestDollar.com
>> OneSpot
>> Google Fiber
>> People Pattern
>> Umbel
>> RetailMeNot
>> Cox Media Group, Innovation Lab
How publishers are leveraging Facebook today to drive their most common business objectives (subscription acquisition, mobile acquisition, audience development, and audience extension) all centered around the theme of reaching the right people with the right message (people based marketing).
John Smolen
Publishing & Media, Global Marketing Solutions, Facebook @Smoleyx3linkedIn
In this lightning round panel, learn how to measure the audience you seek in smartphones and tablets and appeal to new audiences – especially Millennials. Find out what mobile products are connecting with audiences among peer publishers and those outside media.
Allison Squires
Director of Client Services, People Pattern @allysquireslinkedIn
Nick Goggans
Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Umbel @ngogganslinkedIn
Peter Marsh
Vice President of Marketing, Newscycle Solutions @pgmlinkedIn
Mark Medici
SVP/Audience Strategy & Group Lead, Atlanta Journal-Constitution @medici1linkedIn
Learn the latest near-future trends in digital media and technology and the business strategies necessary to engage bigger audiences. As a futurist, Amy Webb is a Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and lecturer on emerging technology and media at Columbia University. How can publishers think bigger and act faster in the mobile space?
Amy Webb
Founder and CEO, Webbmedia Group @webbmedialinkedIn
Imagine an iPad app as your core product, from which all other platforms flow (including print). Imagine next-generation storytelling, advertising, and video integration. Imagine an environment where advertising CPMs approach print levels. Mostly likely, if you have put all of these imaginations together, you see La Presse, the Quebec news brand that is revolutionizing how to capitalize on mobility. In this presentation, find out more about the vision and strategy behind the business model of this successful tablet app.
Pierre Elliott Levasseur
Chief Operating Officer, Digital Publishing, La Presse @LP_LaPresselinkedIn
In a lightning round panel, learn who is succeeding in generating mobile revenue from advertising, sponsorships, paywalls, geo-localized traffic for retailers, and making print ads into revenue-generating mobile products.
Daniel Anstandig
CEO and Co-Founder, Futuri Media @anstandiglinkedIn
Jeremy Mims
Co-Founder, OwnLocal @jeremymimslinkedIn
Adam Weinroth
Chief Marketing Officer, OneSpot @aweinrothlinkedIn
Keith Duncan
Vice President of Retailer and Brand Solutions, RetailMeNot.com @retailmenotinclinkedIn
>> Sponsored by Gannett Imaging and Ad Design Center
A review of mobile strategy and learnings from media companies and organizations. Consumer revenue and local mobile digital development are keys, including Gannett's explorations into subscription-based mobile digital products, from core to niche.
Kevin Poortinga
General Manager/Local Product Development, Gannett Publishing @kpoortingalinkedIn
Damon Kiesow
Senior Manager Mobile Initiatives, McClatchy Interactive @dkiesowlinkedIn
Will Sullivan
Director of Mobile, Broadcasting Board of Governors @journerdismlinkedIn
Vox Media is re-writing the rules of digital content development with its seven brands known for burrowing deeper and deeper into verticals — all united through technology that integrates design with creative brand advertising products. In this session, learn more about the mobile component to Vox Media's strategy for SB Nation, The Verge, Polygon, Curbed, Eater, Racked, and more.
Trei Brundrett
Chief Product Officer, Vox Media @clockwerkslinkedIn
Austin American-Statesman
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Austin, Texas 78704
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Special INMA rate: US$249 (mention International News Media Association)
Deadline to reserve: February 11, 2015
Note: Due to the city-wide South By Southwest (SXSW) later in the week, INMA strongly recommends making reservations soon before rooms sell out
The INMA Mobile Summit for Engagement and Profit will attract top mobile and digital talent from media companies in the United States and Canada.
See Who will Be ThereWhat is the attire?
Business casual
How to get to summit
Click here for a map of the Mobile Summit venue at the Austin American Statesman.
What will the weather be like?
Expect 70°F High and 50°F Low (21°C to 10°C)
Get your company's name out there (sponsor)
Contact INMA's Eric Hutchins to learn more
Summit committee
INMA North America Division Board of Directors
Summit Chair: Susie Ellwood, Austin American-Statesman
Order INMA's smartphone monetization report
“The Smartphone Choices for Media Companies” can be ordered here (free to INMA members).
More about Austin
South by Southwest (SXSW) 3 days later
* The non-member registration fee includes 1 year of INMA membership.
E-mail us to inquire about discounts for group registrations of 5 or more people.
Eric Hutchins
Dallas, Texas
Phone: +1 214 373-9111, opt. 2
Click here to e-mail me