Conference News: What I learned this week – March 16, 2018
New Fall Lineup: Previously NewBay Media, LLC hosted an annual Next TV Summit in both New York and San Francisco. In 2018, they have decided to cancel the West Coast conference to focus their efforts on the New York event, which will still be part of TV Week NYC. In addition, they will add another event to their TV Week lineup – the TV Data Summit. According to the organizers, this half day program, happening on 31 October, has “grown out of conversations at Next TV Summit NYC, Advanced Advertising Summit, Programmatic Summit and virtually every event presented by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News in recent months.” Details on all of the NYC Television Week programming may be found here.
Intersections in Anaheim: The Public Relations Society of America is launching a new conference, focused on the specific needs of communications professionals within the financial, technology, entertainment and sports sectors. Called, InterSections Conference, the event will run from 9 – 10 August in Anaheim, California. Although each industry will have its own learning track on the agenda, attendees will come together for shared general sessions, a roundtable discussion and meal functions. According to the PRSA, this will help attendees “expand their professional circles by networking with all conference participants.”
Speaking Opportunity: NEXT, scheduled for 20 – 21 September in Hamburg, Germany, prepares companies for the challenges and opportunities of developing digitalization – and helps them to stay fit for the future. The Conference attracts more than 1500 marketing and product leaders, digital economy executives, innovative corporations and start-ups. If you have a talk, panel, workshop, demo or case study that you would like to include on the 2018 programme, submit your idea here by 31 March.
Lunchtime Learning: What began as a small gathering of a few hundred people in 2009 has grown into a series of events considering the value of mindfulness in our high-speed, interconnected age. Watching presentations from Wisdom 2.0 Conference will provide insight into how to “live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to your own well-being, effective in your work, and useful to the world.” Watch the livestream from the most recent global conference.
Coming up next week: The third annual ShopTalk will kick off 18 March in Las Vegas. New for 2018, ShopTalk will merge its U.S. and European events for an expanded crowd of 7,500 retail, ecommerce, and brand attendees. First held more than 30 years ago, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) has grown from a casual gathering of 25 developers to a week-long conference drawing more than 26,000 game developers, programmers & industry execs. GDC is held 19-23 March in San Francisco. More than 300 senior business and tech leaders will meet at Confluence 2018 on 22 March. The program will center around the theme “Engineering a Digital Tomorrow.” Also on 22 March, the Economist holds its U.S. Innovation Summit, designed for CXO’s and business leaders responsible for driving innovation and new product development within their organizations.