If you’re looking to get your Mobile game a little tighter, here’s a great event. We’ll be there, so should you!!! Official details here!
MEF Americas is holding a half-day Leadership Summit on Tuesday September 1 at Writer’s Guild of America West at 7000 W. Third near The Grove. According to MEF Americas general manager Mike Navarre, places are quickly filling up for the Summit, which runs from 1 pm to 6 pm and includes a cocktail party open to all. To register, click here.
The opening keynote for the Mobile Leadership Summit will be presented by Sam Sarkar, a senior executive from Infinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp’s production company. An additional keynote will be devoted to the State of the Union in Mobile given by The Nielsen Company’s Eric Puterbaugh.
The agenda for the Summit begins with an opening panel on “Global Revenues are $19.5B and $32B for Theatrical Box Office and Mobile Entertainment–So How Does Hollywood Stack Rank the Mobile Entertainment Industry? Moderated by Andrew Wallenstein editor, digital media of The Hollywood Reporter, panelists include Troy Carter, Lady Gaga manager, CEO, Coalition Media; Doug Neil, senior vice president of Digital Marketing, Universal Pictures; Andreea Enuche-Thune, vice president of Games & Digital Distribution, Marvel Entertainment Inc.; Madeline Herdrich, vice president, Mobile Paramount Pictures, Digital; Steve Byrd, executive vice president, STATs; and Charles B. Slocum, assistant executive director, Writers Guild of America
The concluding panel–”Holy Grail or Holy Fail–Straight Talk on Mobile Entertainment”–is a debate focusing on the trends in the mobile value chain moderated by Eric Puterbaugh of The Nielsen Company, with panelists including Lawrence M Harris, senior vice president and senior research analyst, CL King; William Quigley, managing director, Clearstone Ventures; David Strehlow, director of marketing, Media Solutions, Huawei; Kevin Arnold, founder and CEO, IODA; Gary Schwartz, president and CEO, Impact Mobile; John Orlando, CMO, LiveWire Mobile; andBill Loewenthal, vice president and general manager, Mobility and Monetization Solutions, Limelight Networks.
After the Summit, MEF Americas will hold its Annual General Meeting and Board Elections. MEF Americas has expanded its board to eleven seats, with seven seats available in this election, to reflect the increased growth and activities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. The elections will be voting in seven new board members who will help shape the direction of the mobile entertainment industry in the Americas, Canada and Latin America.
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Established in 2000, MEF is the leading trade organization for companies across the mobile entertainment value chain. Its membership base spans the entire range of mobile entertainment activities, including music, film, TV and video companies who create and package content; publishers, retailers, service providers and technologists who sell and deliver content and network operators who get the content to the end users.
For more information regarding the Mobile Leadership Summit, contact Christine Krajewski at christine_krajewski@livewiremobile.com. For more information on becoming a MEF member or general election information, please contact Mike Navarre at mike@m-e-f.org.
