Conference Agenda Day One
 

The rapidly changing digital landscape requires that businesses, partnerships, and even people constantly invent and reinvent themselves in order to stay on the cutting edge. The 2008 MIXX Conference & Expo will focus on that edge and the industry thought leaders who drive it forward every day.

Registration Opens at 2:00pm Sunday.

EXPO HOURS:
Monday: 7:45am-6:30pm
Tuesday: 7:45am-5:15pm

 

7:45 AM

Registration Opens

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM

Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by:
Collective Media

8:45 AM

MIXX 2.8: General Session Convenes

8:45 AM

Invention & Reinvention: Setting the Agenda

Randall Rothenberg, President & CEO, Interactive Advertising Bureau

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Inventing: Interactive Shapes a New CMO
Dynamic Digital Strategies

Chrysler LLC has moved to the forefront of the automobile industry in shifting from awareness-driven marketing to a broader web-centric, multichannel communications strategy - and in the process, appointed its first-ever CMO. Deborah Meyer explores how learnings of the digital revolution are helping build stronger relationships with existing customers and potential buyers.

Deborah Meyer
Deborah Meyer, Vice President & CMO, Chrysler LLC

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Reinventing: Relationships for a New Era
The Google & Publicis Partnership: Five Things We Can't Do Without Each Other

Hear from the industry leaders behind a historic partnership combining the deep programming knowledge of a Silicon Valley icon and the creativity of a leading advertising agency. This groundbreaking relationship has transformed platforms and services, driven greater efficiencies, and provided a roadmap for collaborative growth throughout the industry.

Tim Armstrong, President, Advertising and Commerce, North America, & Vice President, Google Inc.
David Kenny, Managing Partner, VivaKi

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Networking and Refreshment Break

Sponsored by:
Collective Media

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Inventing: The CMO's Calculus
The Endless Quest: Balancing Innovation, Results & Predictability

Marketers know that their customers - and their competitors' customers - are rapidly moving into interactive media, and that marketing must follow. Yet real goods still need to move in the real world, in real time. How should a leading marketer balance the interactive future with the challenge of selling products today? Hear the CMO of eBay (formerly the CMO of BestBuy) talk about how an experienced marketer makes difficult decisions and strikes a delicate balance by combining R&D and marketing.

Michael Linton, SVP & CMO, eBay, Inc.

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Reinventing: Next-Generation Metrics
How to Make Every Touchpoint Count

Ninety-four percent of the touchpoints from online campaigns that are reaching, engaging and influencing your customers are ignored by the hyper-focus on the last ad or click. In this cutting-edge session, you'll learn how "Engagement Mapping," a revolutionary reporting standard, values every digital touchpoint from awareness to acquisition. You'll learn how advertisers are quantifying the overlap and synergy between their search and display campaigns, and the impact new reporting models are having on their campaign optimization.

Young-Bean Song, Sr. Director Atlas Institute, Microsoft Advertising

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Workshops: Tools & Techniques

Workshop 1
Room 501, 5th floor

How to Implement Tactical Branding Strategies Online

This session will discuss how to achieve branding success through the online display medium. An advertisement is as effective as its long-term impression on consumers, and for some marketers online has not been the first choice for their brand initiatives. That attitude is largely due to the reliance on click-through data, which illustrates only a portion of ad effectiveness. So, online has a problem similar to that of traditional advertising vehicles. How does a marketer get a sense of brand/product/advertisement recall and maximize ad effectiveness using online media inventory?

Presenter:
Scott Steiner, Director, Regional Sales, Casale Media

Presented by:
Casale Media

Workshop 2
Room 510, 5th floor

What's Behind Successful Multi-Platform Programs and the Next Level of Cross-Media Measurement

ESPN takes you "behind the curtain" of successful multi-platform programs to unveil the development process, best practices and the importance of partnering with clients in achieving goals and delivering results within these complex deals. We'll also present findings from ESPN's proprietary partnership with Nielsen's state-of-the-art Convergence and Fusion initiatives and how they will impact the future of cross-media measurement and these programs overall.

Presented by:
ESPN

Workshop 3
Room 405, 4th floor

The Billion Dollar Research Lab: Cross-Media Insights from the Largest Single Media Event Ever

The 17-day 2008 Summer Olympics provides the kind of case study that comes, well, only once every 4 years - and has learnings that are instructive for both publishers and advertisers. NBC Universal spent years planning the reinvention of cross-media measurement and analysis and kicked off this new approach with the implementation of TAMi (Total Audience Measurement Index) during this year's Olympics. NBCU will present cross-platform media usage numbers, including surprisingly high mobile adoption, and what this means to advertisers in a fragmented media world.

Presenters:
Nick Johnson, Vice President, Digital Media Sales, NBC Universal
Alan Wurtzel, President of Research, NBC Universal

Presented by:
NBC Universal Digital Media

Workshop 4
Room 404, 4th floor

Global Moms Study: Exploring the Media Habits of Today's Multitasking Mothers Worldwide

All across the world, Moms strongly influence their families' purchase decisions. OMD and AOL's Platform-A will present new findings on how Moms rely on digital and traditional media to help them juggle family time and "me" time, and how marketers in a global economy can capture the attention of this extremely valuable audience.

Presenters:
Mike Hess, Director of Global Research and Communication Insights, OMD
Stu Rodnick, Director of Strategic Insights, Adlytics Team, Platform-A

Presented by:
Platform-A

Workshop 5
Room 402, 4th floor

The End Is Near: How the Next Generation of Behavioral Targeting Will Change Traditional Advertising as We Know It

There is essentially little difference between how the majority of today's behavioral targeting is conducted and how traditional advertising has been done for generations - consumers who have visited a women's lifestyle site are targeted with a female-oriented product just as women who read Family Circle in the 1950s would have seen detergent and diaper ads. This informative session will address the changing behavioral targeting landscape and how the use of multiple data points - including geo-demographics, payment history, online transactions, offline purchases and surfing behavior - provides a more accurate, deeper understanding of a consumer's propensity to respond to advertising.

Presenter:
Matt Wise, President & CEO, Q Interactive

Presented by:
Q Interactive

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Networking Luncheon

Sponsored by:
Microsoft Advertising
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Workshops: Tools & Techniques

Workshop 1
Room 501, 5th floor

The Future of Behavioral Targeting: Balancing Consumer Demands for Privacy and Data Protection

Behavioral targeting is more sophisticated than ever, opening up numerous opportunities for multichannel marketers. However, consumers' concerns about their privacy and their personally identifiable information are at an all-time high. The interactive advertising industry continues to lobby against increased regulation but the debate on the way forward seems far from over. In this panel discussion, you'll get a first-hand view of the Federal Trade Commission's position on behavioral marketing and privacy, and hear the practical realities of the business issues and the leading risk management practices from people who deal in this space on a daily basis.

Presenters:
Tim Davis (Moderator), Principal, National Interactive Advertising Practice Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP
JJ Richards, General Manager, Shared Services, Microsoft Advertiser & Publisher Solutions, Microsoft Corporation
Laura Stack, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
Jeff Storan, Director, Product Management: Behavioral Targeting, Platform-A

Presented by:
Deloitte

Workshop 2
Room 402, 4th floor

Stories from the Front: How Publishers Are Increasing Revenue Through Better Yield Management

Publishers have never been under so much pressure to drive revenue growth and yet doing so has never been more challenging. Industry dynamics are causing audience fragmentation, slowed organic growth, and price erosion, while processes and systems remain painfully inefficient. This session will uncover the five ways publishers can increase advertising revenue, offering first-hand examples of how they've been put into practice from some of today's leading publishers.

Presenters:
James Deaker, Advisory Services, Microsoft Advertising
Leon Levitt, Vice President Digital Media, Cox Newspapers, Inc.
Janet Ryan, Vice President of Sponsorships, Shutterfly

Presented by:
Microsoft Advertising

Workshop 3
Room 510, 5th floor

The Small Screen's Big Debut: Mobile Marketing Premieres as Rich, Relevant & Timely

The typical mobile phone user carries their phone around for an average of 14 hours per day, and 2.3 trillion text messages are predicted to ride the airwaves in 2008. The "Third Screen" with its voice, data, chat, web and entertainment offerings has quickly become the most highly personal, unique and ubiquitous communication device in our society. It?s no wonder that carriers are diligently working to deliver a richer and more relevant content experience and that marketers are embracing mobile technologies as they actively pursue their quest to capture the hearts, minds and dollars of today's consumer. Today's savvy marketers are also trying to capitalize on and harness the potential of mobile communications to more efficiently target consumers with powerful and relevant messages.

Presenter:
Jason McKay, President, Unicast

Presented by:
Unicast

Workshop 4
Room 404, 4th floor

Behavioral Targeting Brass Tacks: Tools, Tactics and Techniques for Improving Performance

The increasing popularity of behavioral targeting is the result of its ability to deliver higher performance, for both brand and direct response objectives. But the growth in behavioral targeting has also led to a wider range of vendor choices, technology approaches, definitions and tactics. During this highly interactive session, leading behavioral targeting practitioners will share their experiences and best practices and will invite participants to contribute theirs, in an effort to demystify behavioral targeting and get down to brass tacks about what works best.

Presenters:
Bill Todd (Moderator), SVP Sales North America, ValueClick Media
Tom Hespos, President, Underscore Marketing
Scott Kurttila, Director of Affiliate Sales & Marketing, Sirius XM Radio
Michael Nuzzo, Group Director, MPG

Presented by:
ValueClick Media

Workshop 5
Room 405, 4th floor

Reaching Your Audience Where They Are - Mobilize Your Brand

Mobile advertising is a reality - brands and marketers are doing more than just testing the waters; they are making mobile an integral part of their overall campaigns. More and more brand marketers are engaging deeper with mobile and demanding mobile-first advertising - advertising created specifically for the mobile consumer. Join us for select case studies that will reveal the opportunities and best practices from leading brands.

Presenter:
David Katz, Vice President, Mobile Advertising and Publishing, Yahoo!, Inc.

Presented by:
Yahoo! Mobile

2:30 PM - 5:30PM
Tracks
(see below for session details)
Magic
Broadway Ballroom Act III, 4th floor
The real magic in the interactive industry happens on the bleeding edge of innovation. This track will focus on that edge, allowing you to peek behind the curtain and beyond the horizon to experience some of the most creative inventions and ideas out there.
Cases
Broadway Ballroom Act II, 4th floor
Theory is great, but it's actual business results that generate real-world insights.

"How do you make money?" is the inevitable question for media. This track provides an in-depth look at the most innovative methods for monetizing emerging platforms.
Practice
Broadway Ballroom Act IV, 4th floor
Theory and knowledge in the context of real world examples can help you reframe strategic and operational models and help you build your business.

This track will show you how.
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Session 1

Magic: Demos from the Bleeding Edge


Some of the most influential companies in the digital arena and beyond were born from a single great idea driven by the passion of a few smart people. Who will be the next interactive media mogul with the billion-dollar idea? And how can knowing about it today help you do better business tomorrow?

Come see a series of rapid-fire demonstrations from companies that could end up being the "Next Big Thing."

Om Malik (Moderator), Founder, Giga Omni Media, Inc.

Sponsored by:
the Rubicon Project

Case Studies in Gaming: Innovation & Monetization on the Outer Edge

Billy Pidgeon (Moderator), Research Manager, Consumer Markets: Games, IDC

WildTangent & Sprint: Making the Medium Mainstream

Presenters:
Joe Migliozzi, Group Planning Director, MindShare Interaction
Dave Madden, Executive VP of Sales and Marketing, WildTangent, Inc.

Put Your Brand in Play: How Ford Leveraged In-Game Advertising to Drive Brand Results

Presenters:
Brian Bos, Senior Vice President, Convergence Director, Mindshare - Team Detroit
Ken Simon, Regional Sales Manager, Massive

Sponsored by:
Platform-A

In Practice: Metrics and Monetization

Achieving targeted goals and generating a profit go hand-in-hand. The deep data made possible by the web should provide the rich information needed to guide a profitable business. This lively session will deconstruct the metrics that matter and provide insights into the business models that work.

Presenters:
Henry Blodget (Moderator), Editor, Silicon Alley Insider
Magid Abraham, PhD, President & CEO, comScore
Tolman Geffs, Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.

Sponsored by:
Q Interactive

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Networking and Refreshment Break

Sponsored by:
Collective Media

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Session 2

Magic: The ITV Revolution


Hear from the industry experts who are leading the charge toward a new world of convergence and integration. The ITV revolution will create significant opportunities to make the TV viewing experience more interactive and personalized - with unparalleled implications for the advertising world.

Presenters:
Anthony Crupi (Moderator), Senior Editor, MediaWeek
Jacqueline Corbelli, Chairman & CEO, BrightLine iTV Marketing Specialists
Barry Frey, Senior Vice President, Advanced Platforms Sales, Cablevision
Warren Schlichting, Senior Vice President of New Business Strategies, Comcast Spotlight
Craig Woerz, Managing Partner, Media Storm, LLC

Sponsored by:
NBC Universal Digital Media

Case Studies in Mobility: Innovation & Monetization on the Outer Edges

Gary Schwartz (Moderator), President and CEO, Impact Mobile Inc.

Building Mobile Brand Engagement: Leveraging Mobile at Sporting Events

Presenters:
Maria Mandel, Senior Partner, Executive Director of Digital Innovation, Ogilvy
Noah Syken, Manager Media Planning and Sponsorship Advertising, IBM



In Practice: Vertical Ad Networks

How does a marketer leverage the rich set of opportunities provided by the array of advertising network choices? Hear from leading vertical networks about critical strategies you can use to reach your targets and achieve valuable results.

Presenters:
Chris Paul (Moderator), VP Director, Media, Digitas
Russ Fradin, President, Adify
Cree Lawson, Founder & CEO, Travel Ad Network
Scott Schiller, Executive Vice President, Sales, Women's Markets, Glam Media, Inc.

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Session 3

Magic: Tomorrow's Conversation Today


The landscape of the interactive industry changes so rapidly that it's difficult to stay current let alone to focus on the future. But thinking about tomorrow, and debating it today, is imperative for the entire marketing and media ecosystem. Two industry experts blue-sky about what to expect from the future.

Presenters:
Jeffrey Cole, Director, Center for the Digital Future
Geoff Ramsey, Co-Founder & CEO, eMarketer

Sponsored by:
Walt Disney Internet Group

Case Studies in Digital Video: Innovation & Monetization on the Outer Edges

Rebecca Paoletti (Moderator), Director, Video Strategy, Yahoo! Inc.

Risk & Reward: Degree for Men's "The Rookie"

Presenters:
Sam Chadha, Director of Marketing, Deodorants, Unilever
David Lang, President, North America, Mindshare Entertainment

Dodge Takes Journey With Stanley Cup @ NHL.com

Presenters:
Teresa Nord, Group Director, Engagement Management, Organic, Inc
Larry Gelfand
, SVP Media Sales, NHL

Sponsored by:
Eyeblaster


In Practice: Self-Service & Automation


A completely automated process that allows advertisers to set up targeted campaigns sounds too good to be true. How do you separate hype from reality? This interactive session features marketers and platform-providers who are working to define the automated future.

Presenters:
Michael Wolf (Moderator), Partner, Farrallon Point, Inc.
Dan Ballister, Chief Operating Officer, TRAFFIQ
Aaron Finn, President & CEO, AdReady
Ian Schafer, CEO, Deep Focus
Jay Sears, EVP, Strategic Products & Business Development, ContextWeb

Sponsored by:
Platform-A

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Networking Cocktail Reception

Sponsored by:
e-Miles


Hear about how Dodge and NHL.com used elevated creative during a prominent, tentpole event - The Stanley Cup Playoffs - to connect a coveted demographic to a new brand: the Dodge Journey. How did they cut through the clutter of a crowded, competitive marketplace to exceed ambitious sales targets?
Uniliver's Degree for Men partnered with FOX to create original short-form web content and an interactive web experience as an expansion of the hit series "24," creating a unique world and brand extension. Hear directly from the agency and the brand about what is required for creating an innovative integrated campaign like "The Rookie" and the metrics necessary to evaluate success.
Join Sprint and WildTangent for a case study that illustrates how a research-driven test campaign with WildTangent has scaled into a long term partnership and has legitimized gaming as a mainstream media channel for Sprint, both for branding and direct response.
MindShare Detroit will present a case study of Ford featuring just released research results on the effectiveness of in-game advertising and showcase consumer reactions to the Ford advertising that reached a core demographic and drove key brand metrics.
Join Ogilvy for a case study showing how real time mobile updates offered by IBM through SMS, WAP and mobile applications at the U.S. Open Golf and Tennis tournaments increased brand engagement and interaction.
This case study from The Hyperfactory and Nike will demonstrate how a futuristic new technology known as 'three-dimensional augmented reality' combined with a mobile scavenger hunt generated huge buzz and may indicate what the future holds for the next wave of mobile marketing.