Producers Guild of America New Media Council East with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sc iences Presents The 2007 Panel and Salon Series
Panel fo llowed by networking mixer. Refreshments will be served.
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MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook have spawned a new generation of soc ial networking sites that deliver everything from video to virtual avatars , over any device and network. Leveraging next-generation technologies, in cluding location-based services, and focusing on niche markets, the new br eed of social networking players is ever-evolving and rapidly growing. For media companies looking to add their own twist to the social networking m ovement, it’\;s not about the size of your network, but the quality o f your audience.
Panelists:
Eric D. Alterman, Found er, Chairman and CEO of KickApps Corporation –\;www.kickapps.com Eric Alterman is the founder of numerous software, telecommunications and semi conductor technology ventures, including MeshNetworks (acquired by Motorol a in 2005), Military Commercial Technologies, TeraNex and SkyCross. In 199 7 Eric founded and operated MILCOM, a venture accelerator company that for med a number of venture-backed companies based on technologies licensed fr om military contractors like Lockheed Martin, ITT and Raytheon. Other comp anies include Quadfore, Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Triton Network Systems, TelAsic and Theseus Logic. \; Eric was also the founder of J ED Broadcasting, a Northwest radio broadcasting company, and New Brand Age ncy Group, a publishing company based in New York City. He began his caree r as an attorney where he worked in a variety of areas, including licensin g and securities, for Akin, Gump, Hauer and Strauss in Washington, DC. Eri c graduated from Tufts University and the Washington College of Law as a m ember of the Law Review.
Kai Bond, VP of Business Development, Rave Wireless –\; www.ravewireless.com
Kai Bond is vice pr esident, business development at Rave Wireless. \; Rave Wireless is th e only company to provide a comprehensive set of mobile applications that strengthen college and university communities. Kai has broad experience de veloping and launching social networking applications across a broad range of products. \; While at Microsoft Corp., he worked on MSN Messenger\ ; he developed connected / multiparty game platforms at Oberon Media\; hel ped develop the DigDoo mobile game portal at Kargo, and is currently worki ng on social mobile applications with Rave Wireless.
Nicholas B utterworth, CEO, Diversion Media –\; www.diversionmedia.com
Nicholas Butterworth is the former President &\; CEO, The MTVi Group, a joint venture of Viacom (www.viacom.com) and Liberty Media (www.liberty media.com). \; While there he managed www.mtv.com, www.vh1.com, www.co untry.com, and 60+ international MTV websites. Previously he was President &\; CEO, of SonicNet, Inc., a founding board member of Environment 200 4 (www.environment2004.org), President of the Digital Media Association (w ww.dima.org and the Executive Director of Rock The Vote (www.rockthevote.c om).
Dan Melinger, Co-Founder and CEO, Socialight, Inc. –\
; www.socialight.com
Dan Melinger is a co-founder and the CEO of
Socialight (http://socialight.com), a social platform that lets people com
municate by creating, sharing, and discovering virtual Sticky Notes tied t
o locations using their cell phones. \; Previously a technology consul
tant, Melinger has worked with multinational financial institutions, helpi
ng them to develop and deploy mobile solutions. He also has experience in
radio and television production, both interactive and traditional, working
at such media outlets as CNBC and Bloomberg. \; Melinger holds a Mast
er's degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Prog
ram (ITP) and a B.A. in Communications from the Annenberg School at the Un
iversity of Pennsylvania. \; Back in 1999, his undergraduate thesis ex
plored the potential impacts of P2P before Napster became a dirty word. Me
linger also contributes to the organization and blog, unmediated.org (http
://unmediated.org) and in 2005, Melinger helped found the New York chapter
of Helsinki-based global organization, MobileMonday (http://mobilemonday-
ny.com/), a group that fosters the local mobile industry.
Eric Wach
tmeister, Chairman and Founder, A Small World –\; www.asmallworld.net
Prior to founding A Small World, Erik was the Founder and form er CEO of Viking Internet, a UK listed investment vehicle. Has held senior corporate finance positions with Ladenburg, Thalmann in New York and Los Angeles, Rothschild in New York, and Lehman Brothers in London and New Yor k. He received his MBA from INSEAD in 1983, and his BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1977.
Panel moderated by Shelly P almer, Chairman, The Emmy®\; Awards Advanced Media Committee, NATAS, h ttp://www.shellypalmer.com. \;
Event hosted by Jeff Dachis and Marc Scarpa, NY Co-Chairs, Producers Guild of America, New Media Coun cil.