Leading E-Commerce and E-Marketing Thought Leaders to Speak at Digital River Globalocity 2012

Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced an expanded lineup of featured speakers for Globalocity 2012 – an international e-commerce conference for industry thought leaders – which will take place May 14-16, 2012, at the JW Marriott L.A. LIVE Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. The event will bring together e-commerce executives and senior professionals, leading business visionaries and industry analysts from the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Globalocity will engage some of the industry’s brightest minds to share innovative ideas and e-commerce experiences spanning multiple industries, including software, consumer electronics, travel, entertainment, online services and more. The following keynote speakers are scheduled to present:

• Gene Alvarez, Research Vice President, Gartner, Inc.
  • Gene has more than 28 years of IT experience in business impact assessment, vendor management, project management, software development and delivery of complex business applications.
• Julie Ask, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.
  • Julie serves e-business and channel strategy professionals. More specifically, her research covers telecommunications and consumer mobility.
• Martin Lindstrom, Brand Futurist
  • Martin is an author and Time Magazine Influential 100 Honoree. His books include Buyology - Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, and Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy. He is a weekly columnist for Fast Company and TIME Magazine and frequently contributes to NBC’s TODAY Show.
• James McQuivey, PhD, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
  • James serves consumer product strategy professionals. He analyzes television and media technology and specializes in the future of the moving image, including digital video recorders, HDTV, video on demand, Internet-based video, and the business implications of each of these disruptive technologies or movements.
• Brian Walker, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
  • Brian serves e-business and channel strategy professionals and specializes in how businesses can best use technology to drive results. Brian is a leading worldwide expert in e-commerce platforms, multi-channel commerce and marketing technology, and mobile commerce.

"We are extremely excited to bring together this tremendous lineup of engaging and high profile speakers,” stated Joel Ronning, Digital River’s CEO. "Globalocity is quickly developing a reputation as a venue where forward-thinking leaders and experts to tackle the most challenging aspects of e-commerce. Attendees of the 2012 event will leave the conference empowered with the knowledge they need to accelerate their global online revenue across channels and borders.”

Globalocity Call for Speakers

In addition to keynote presentations by the featured speakers, Globalocity will include a rich agenda of education programs. To complete this agenda, Digital River is seeking proposals from speakers to present lectures, panels and case studies. The content of these sessions should be focused on e-commerce best practices for accelerating global e-sales as well as topics, including key online trends, social and mobile commerce, the digital marketplace, the cloud, emerging online geographies, security, global payments and e-marketing. Speaker applications will be accepted on the conference website – www.goglobalocity.com – until Nov. 18, 2011.

About Digital River, Inc.

Digital River, Inc., a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, builds and manages online businesses for software and game publishers, consumer electronics manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and affiliates. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company’s comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud management, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.

Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate website, follow the company on Twitter or call +1 952-253-1234.

Forward-Looking Statement

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