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The event's agenda is themed Global Media + Technology Innovation
= Communications Revolution, says a company release. More than
20 panels and workshop will be conducted by 120 speakers invited
from media properties, content and technology providers, advertising
agencies, and financial firms.
Presented by the McGraw- Hill Companies at their headquarters -
1221 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan- the Media Summit is sponsored
by BusinessWeek, Standard & Poor's, the Consumer Electronics
Association, IBM and N2 Broadband. Media partner for the event are
The Hollywood Reporter and EE Times Network.
The speaker list for the defining conference for the US' leading
providers of content and technology's, as provided by the company
release, is quite exhaustitve. It includes likes of AOL, AT&T,
Dow Jones, Fox Entertainemt, Dicovery Network and MTV. The compelete
list is available on the company website www.mediasummit.com.
Says Media Summit president of digital Hollywood and director Victor
Harwood, "The Media Summit aims to address the convergence
of the global media, entertainment and technology industries in
an information economy. A topic this vast requires more than the
standard one-track, one-podium conference format, so we have developed
an event with multiple tracks, featuring multiple interdisciplinary
panels, to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas."
According to McGraw-Hill information and media services president
Scott C Marden,"The McGraw-Hill Companies' expertise in connecting
individuals, companies and markets to the critical information they
need will add an interactive, participatory component that is essential
to this conference. This cross- pollination should result in discussions
and business opportunities you just cannot get anywhere else."
The cost to register per attendee is $695 prior to the event or
$875 at the door, adds the release.
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