Digital Entertainment World

• 2025 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles California
• Feb. 18, 2014 - Feb. 20, 2014
  Start Time: 9:00 AM
• http://www.dewexpo.com

On February 18-20, Digital Entertainment World (DEW) brings together 300+ leading industry executives from games, music, mobile, video and publishing to Los Angeles to discuss, deliberate, debate and celebrate the issues, opportunities and successes driving the digital entertainment industry. From digital content creation to monetization, DEW is where you want to be if you are in the business of creating or monetizing digital entertainment content. This is a must-attend B2B event and marketplace for global media and technology executives. Speaker companies include: United Talent Agency, NBCUniversal, Twitter, CBS Interactive, Guggenheim Digital Media, Warner Bros Ent., Machinima, OMD/The Content Collective, VEVO, WhoSay, MOFILM, William Morris Endeavor, SGN, Microsoft and more. Early bird rates now available at http://www.dewexpo.com. DEW also features a Start Up Pitch Competition. 12 startups will be selected to make live presentations on stage during the conference. Each selected startup will present to a well-vetted panel of investors and VCs from:

Comcast Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Manatt Digital Media Ventures, Draper Associates, Clearstone Venture Partners, CrossCut Ventures, Rogers Venture Partners, Amplify, StartupEngine, New World Ventures, Siemer Ventures, Baroda Ventures, William Morris Endeavor, and Signia Venture Partners

More information at: http://dewexpo.com/startup-pitch-and-competition

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Speaker list includes:

Steven Amato, President, Chief Content Officer, Co-Founder, Omelet Studio
Alex Arata, President, MOFILM
Adam Besserman, Head of West Coast Development, Original Video Programming, Yahoo!
James Blades, Artist Manager, McGhee Entertainment
T. Hale Boggs, Partner, Corporate/Finance, Capital Markets, Venture Capital, Manatt / Chair, Manatt Digital Media
Julia Boorstin, Reporter, CNBC Media and Entertainment
Richard Bullwinkle, Head of Television Innovation, Samsung
Claudia Cahill, Chief Content Officer, OMD / Content Collective
Laura Caraccioli, President, Content Marketing, Electus
Rio D. Caraeff, President & Chief Executive Officer, VEVO
Chirag Chotalia, Vice President, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Andrew Cleland, Managing Director, Comcast Ventures
Tim Connolly, Vice President, Digital Video Distribution, Disney and ESPN Media Networks
Kevin Conroy, President, Digital & Enterprise Development, Univision Communications Inc.
Rick Cotton, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NBCUniversal
Julie Craft, Vice President, Business Development, Rixty
Russ Crupnick, Senior Vice President, Industry Analysis, NPD Group
Peter Csathy, Chief Executive Officer, Manatt Digital Media Ventures
Allen DeBevoise, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Machinima, Inc.
Chris DeWolfe, Chief Executive Officer, SGN
Sunny Dhillon, Senior Associate, Signia Venture Partners
Chris Donahue, Co-Founder, Elevate Partners
Ralph Echemendia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RED-E Digital
Neal Edelstein, Founder, Hooked Digital Media
David Freeman, Co-Head, Brand Coverage Group, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer, Warner Bros. Entertainment
Eric Grab, Vice President, Technology, Rovi Corporation
Eric Johnson, Founder and President, Ignited
Grant Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Interpret
Mark Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Zite
Andrew Jordan, Senior Vice President, International Operations & Technology, NBCUniversal
Kavi Halemane, Executive Vice President, Digital, The Collective
Jaci Hays, Senior Vice President, Ad Sales, CBS Interactive
Ben Howard, Vice President, Programming and Content, GameSpot
Dorothy Hui, Vice President, Digital Marketing, Roc Nation
Jack Isquith, SVP, Strategic Development and Content Programming, Slacker Radio
Jake Katz, Vice President, Audience Insights & Strategy, REVOLT TV
Paul Kontonis, Partner, Centridum
Stan Kwon, Senior Director, Strategy and Insights, CBS Interactive Games
Jim Lanzone, President, CBS Interactive
Mike Lee, General Partner, Rogers Venture Partners
Peter Lee, Managing Director, Baroda Ventures
Ross Levinsohn, Chief Executive Officer, Guggenheim Digital Media
Dick Lippin, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, The Lippin Group
Peter Low, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ensequence
Jim Lucchese, Chief Executive Officer, The Echo Nest
Howard Marks, Founder and Co-Chair, Start-Engine
Brandon Martinez, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, INDMUSIC
Sho Masuda, Vice President, Marketing, GREE International Inc.
Terry McBride, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Nettwerk Music Group
Rachael McLean, Senior Vice President, Digital, JuntoBox Films
Karl Mehta, Venture Partner, Menlo Ventures
Michael Metzger, Principal, Covert & Co
Grant Michaelson, Vice President, Business Affairs and New Media, ABC Entertainment
Chris Mohney, Vice President, Programming, Maker Studios
Frank O'Connor, Franchise Development Director, Halo, Microsoft
Alex Pham, Senior Correspondent, Billboard Magazine
Sean Plott, Head of Games, Artillery
Jeff Pollack, CEO, Global Media & Entertainment, Pollack Media Group
Dan Porter, Head of Digital, William Morris Endeavor
Priya Rajagopalan, Vice President, Product Management, Rovi Corporation
Jon Radoff, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Disruptor Beam
David Reitman, Vice President, Global Head Digital Commerce, hybris
David Rice, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Games Division, CBS Interactive
Maurice Russell, Senior Vice President, Client Services, HFA
Zihla Salinas, Chief Marketing Officer, RAPP
Rob Sandie, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, vidIQ
Rob Salvatore, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tongal
Michael Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Mobile Roadie
Doug Scott, President, Ogilvy Entertainment
Randy Shaffer, West Region Sales Director, Advertising & Online, Microsoft Corporation
Ned Sherman, Chief Executive Officer & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Thomas Siegman, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Innovation, & Client Relations, RSG Media
David Siemer, Managing Director, Siemer & Associates
Michael Simon, President and Chief Executive Officer, HFA
Jonathan Simpson-Bint, Chief Revenue Officer, Twitch
Allison Stern, Co-Founder and GM, Media Solutions, Tubular Labs
Kirsten Stubbs, Social Media Manager, Roc Nation
Peter Szabo, Vice President, West Coast Ad Sales, Shazam Entertainment
Michael Tanaka, Head of Business Development and General Manager, WhoSay, Inc.
Ophir Tanz, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GumGum
Robert Tercek, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Creative Visions Foundation
Joost van Dreunen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SuperData Research
Matthew van Houten, Director of Marketing and Ad Sales Strategy, AT&T AdWords
Zane Vella, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Watchwith
Rodrigo Velloso, Head of Gaming, YouTube
Sal Visca, Chief Technology Officer, Elastic Path
Jon Vlassopulos, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Trailerpop
Andrew Wallenstein, Editor-in-Chief, Digital, Variety
Aber Whitcomb, Chief Technology Officer, SGN
Chris Wiltsee, Senior Director of Business Development, BandPage
Philip R. Wiser, Chief Technology Officer, Hearst Corporation
Po Yi, Partner, Venable
Chris Younger, Principal, Ayzenberg Group
Jeremy Zimmer, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founding Partner, United Talent Agency

For up-to-date speakers and agenda, visit: http://www.dewexpo.com.

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