Mediabistro.com (a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, Nasdaq: JUPM)
announced today that Guy Kawasaki and Fred Durham have joined the
inaugural UGCX keynote speaker lineup. UGCX: User-Generated Content
Conference & Expo will take place at the San Jose Convention Center
February 9 - 10, 2009 in San Jose, CA.
"Gary Kawasaki of Garage Technology Ventures and Fred Durham of
CafePress join Bruce Livingstone of istockphoto on our roster of
keynotes," said Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler. "UGCX will bring together
visionaries and innovators that are creating business models, content,
platforms, new media and brand presence."
"User-generated content is a rapidly developing revolution in media.
UGCX is the first conference organized to unite content-trendsetters and
business leaders in various fields to examine how their worlds collide
and what the future holds," said Meckler. "User-generated, or social
content, is affecting business for both profit and nonprofit
organizations,” concluded Meckler.
Guy Kawasaki is a founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at
Garage Technology Ventures. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an
"online magazine rack" of popular topics on the web. Previously, he was
an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of eight books
including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive
Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way.
Fred Durham founded CafePress in 1999 to provide businesses and
individuals with a way to sell customized printed merchandise over the
Web. Since then, Fred has steered the organization to become a
recognized leader in user-generated commerce with over 400 employees in
two locations and a community of 6.5 million members.
Kawaski and Durham will be joined by other UGC experts including Jim
Caparro, Creative Partners Media, Jerome Conlon, Brand Frameworks, Jack
Hollingsworth, JackHollingsworth.com, Brian Solis, Future-Works, and
mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby.
The UGCX conference program will deliver sessions on creating business
models, content creation, platform creation, new media and brand
presence for this emerging field. The program features four tracks:
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SOCIAL CONTENT: social content for big business, mobile applications,
social promotion engines, mature social networks, audience building
and marketing 2.0
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PHOTOGRAPHY: microstock platforms, UGC business models, licensing and
rights management, citizen photo-journalism, sharing, selling and
defending photos online.
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MUSIC: social platforms, artist recruitment and management, musician
opportunities, branding, promotional uses, tools and software,
business models, widgets, webisodes, and clips
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VIDEO & GAMING: monetizing video content, video & viral marketing,
business models, video games, licensing and rights management
The trade show floor will be a marketplace for UGC organizations that
provide tools, technology, services and infrastructure for both UGC
buyers and producers. UGCX will provide a critical element that can only
be found at a trade show -- it will also facilitate face-to-face
business development for entrepreneurs, VCs, partnerships and
recruitment.
For more information and to register for the conference, please go to www.ugcxevent.com
or call 212-547-7891. Special group registration rates will be available
for organizations.
For information on sponsorships or exhibiting at the event, please
contact Frank Fazio, eventsales@mediabistro.com
or 212-389-2075.
To follow UGCX updates via Twitter, visit www.twitter.com/ugcx.
About Jupitermedia Corporation
Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), (www.jupitermedia.com)
headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of original
information, images and digital content for information technology,
business and creative professionals.
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