I have written a bit about Widget Analytics and even Widget Seo but I did not know there was going to be a conference in NYC called WidgetCon 2007, on July 11th, 2007, till tonight.
I see my friends from Gizmoz are going to be present so I really should make a point of trying to attend.
Here's the agenda:
8:00am - 9:00am
Registration & Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am
Opening Remarks
Chris Cunningham, Freewebs, Master of Ceremonies
9:15am - 9:30am
The Village Marketer: Evolving Roles of Advertising in Communities
Shervin Pishevar, President, Freewebs
9:30am - 10:00am
Opening Keynote: Advertising 2.0: When will Marketing catch up to Media?
Chris Jones, Former CEO, JWT
10:00am - 11:00am
Keynote Panel: The Birth of an Industry: Planning the Smart Growth of Widget Marketing
Shervin Pishevar, President, Freewebs
Chris Jones, Former CEO, JWT
Kara Nortman, Vice President M&A, IAC
Christian Oestlien, Business Product Manager, Google
Andrew Stachler, Director of Interactive Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures
Moderator: Jeremy Liew, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
11:00am - 11:30am
Refreshment & Networking Break
11:30am - 12:00pm
Case Study Set 1
Hooman Radfar, Founder, Clearspring Technologies
Greg Tseng, CEO, Tagged
Ed Anuff, CEO, WidgetBox
Eyal Gever, CEO/co-founder, Gizmoz
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Panel: Widget Marketing in the Media Mix: Organizing Agencies Around Emerging Platforms
Scott Witt, Vice Presdient, Denuo
Joseph Jaffe, Chief Interruptor, crayon
Greg Verdino, VP, Director of Emerging Channels, Digitas
Other Speakers TBD
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Networking Lunch
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Welcome Back Remarks
Chris Cunningham, Freewebs, Master of Ceremonies
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Case Study Set 2
Robert Nelson, CEO pYzam
Lance Tokuda, CEO, RockYou!
Ivan Pope, CEO/co-founder, Sniperoo
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Refreshment and Networking Break
3:35pm - 4:00pm
Case Study Set 3
Martin Green, Vice President, Business, meebo
Joe Heitzeberg, CEO/co-founder, Snapvine.com
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Analyst Roundtable: Widgets in the Web Ecostystem: Obstacles and Opportunities
Andrew C. Frank, Analyst, Gartner
David Card, VP and Senior Analyst, Jupiter Research
Other Speakers TBA
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Cocktail Reception
