About OnMedia 2011
OnMedia is where Madison Avenue meets Silicon Valley. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on how the Internet is disrupting the world of marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations. OnMedia also showcases the top entrepreneurial CEOs who are revolutionizing the way media is being created, distributed, consumed, and analyzed.
CEOs from this year's "OnMedia 100" discuss the secrets of their success, and how to stay ahead of curve in the rapid-fire, real-time world of online and mobile advertising. Hear first-hand how these "Best of Breed" companies will be driving the digital media industry's growth for the next 3-5 years. Place your bets here.
The New York venture capital scene remains one of the hottest startup markets on the planet. The City’s best and brightest VCs will talk about which digital media sectors are hot, and how trends in social networking, mobile, and the cloud are still driving new company formations.
Buying and selling advertising --- before the internet --- used to be a relatively simple process; book a TV spot, reserve an ad page...Buying and selling online advertising, on the other hand, has become so complex, that you literally need to be a Ph.D, to figure it out. From real-time bidding, to retargeting, to the social graph, cutting edge technology and volumes of data, have given advertisers powerful tools to reach extremely highly-defined audiences anytime, anywhere, and anyplace they are connected to the internet, and more efficiently than David Ogilvy could ever imagine! How is this trend driving advertising dollars online? Where do we go from here? And, where should investors be looking for the next Big Idea?
How is the traditional role of the VC evolving? Are Super Angels and Seed Funds offering more attractive alternatives for entrepreneurs? What's the best fit for your start-up? Hear both sides of the argument, as leading investors slug it out.
E-commerce continues to gain market share over traditional offline retail shopping, and will exceed 5 percent of total sales in 2011. And the space is getting much more interesting as well. This session will talk about how new innovations and tactics such as location-based services, instant price comparisons, and time-based invitations to buy continue to disrupt the shopping world.
In 2010, over 400 venture backed companies were sold, and over 40 went public, and there are signs this exit activity will continue into 2011. This session looks at how digital media companies looking to exit can start to break out of the pack and position for a successful IPO or M&A transaction.
Since late 2007, the average person started spending more time social networking than emailing. In 2009, the average person had more social networking accounts than email accounts. This session will dissect and debate the most successful strategies and tactics brands can deploy to stay relevant in the new social network era.
Digital Media and Online Advertising, Social Media, Mobile, Video, Local...Here's the view from 5,000 feet.
Social media and social networks have created new opportunities for the advertising industry. How are America's smartest marketers and brands achieving dramatic results by leveraging the "social graph" to build awareness and drive direct response. How fast is the market growing for data and information tied to the social web, and where are the opportunities for investors in the sector? Share your thoughts, with your peers in the industry...
The globalization of the media industry --- hastened by the internet --- has created both opportunities and extraordinary pressure for media companies to expand beyond their borders. Why is the smart money looking towards Europe, Asia, and India for growth, and vice-versa? What's the value proposition and how do you measure success? Hold the wire --- London, Moscow, Mumbai, and Beijing are calling.
The average consumer spends 28% percent of her time consuming content on the Internet, yet the Internet only nets 13% of the advertising spend. Closing that gap represents a $50 billion global opportunity. This session will debate whether Madison Avenue has the vision and moxie to steer ad spending in the right direction.
In 2010, over 400 venture backed companies were sold, and over 40 went public, and there are signs this exit activity will continue into 2011. This session looks at how digital media companies looking to exit can start to break out of the pack and position for a successful IPO or M&A transaction.
Streaming video now represents 37 percent of Internet traffic during traditional “TV hours.” Mobile video equals over 40 percent of peak hour traffic, up from 27 percent just a year ago. Part of the boost is driven by HD delivery, live streaming, more social interactivity, and more connected devices and formats. This session will uncover the new business opportunities for content providers and online and mobile advertisers in the exploding segment.
In 2012, more Smartphones will be shipped than Desktop and Laptop PCs combined. By 2012, there will be more Mobile devices will be hooked-up to the Internet than PCs. In spite of the mobile boom, only 5% of mobile Internet revenue comes from advertising. What is it going to take to make mobile advertising w-out?
The Internet is a global phenomenon, but one of the fasted growing online advertising and e-commerce opportunities is about staying local. Location-based web services and mobile apps enable real-time physical retail and service based opportunities.
The extraordinary power of distributed computing, i.e., The Cloud, is enabling advertising agencies around the world to create and distribute their ads more efficiently and inexpensively than ever before. This session takes a behind-the-scenes look at how Madison Avenue had had to adjust to the 24/7 world driven by cloud computing.
It all started with Blogging and the “Citizen Journalism” boom. It was then put on steroids by the social networking upstarts like Facebook and Twitter. Today, the smartphone craze driven by the iPhone and Android has turned it global. We now live in a much more open, and immediate world. Are we better off?
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The use of The Paley Center for Media’s facilities does not constitute endorsement by the Paley Center of any views expressed during this event.