United States,Los Angeles CA

Traditional media has been disrupted. Advertisers are faced with more options than ever to reach consumers. At the same time, the agency model has been turned on its head. Tried-and-true practices and business models are under fire. Agencies must help their clients rethink how they reach consumers while at the same time rethinking how they make money. in a world of pressure to deliver ROI under the spotlight, agencies are moving to evolve.

How do agencies drive their own innovation to ensure success for themselves and their clients in today’s data-driven digital media landscape?

This Digiday Agency conference from will address the biggest issues and challenges digital agencies and marketers face today across the buying spectrum. This year’s theme is “Retooling for the Future.” At Digiday Agency, the organizers focus on the challenges and the opportunities to building great modern agencies.

Event organizer: Digiday Agency

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United States,Santa Clara CA

Strata Conference is the leading event for the people and technology driving the data revolution. The home of data science, Strata brings together practitioners, researchers, IT leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss big data, Hadoop, analytics, visualization and data markets.

Program Highlights
- Jumpstart looks at how building and running businesses changes in a data-driven world. It’s the missing MBA for Big Data.
- Deep Data is a no-holds-barred program for data scientists, with advanced technical content and the opportunity to meet and debate with the most skilled data scientists in the industry.
- Startup Showcase is back – we’re selecting ten of the most innovative early stage companies to demonstrate their data technologies.

Strata Conference Tracks

- Data Science: A look at what it means to work with data for a living. Data Science is a flourishing discipline, combining (as John Rauser puts it) math, engineering, writing, and skepticism in equal measure.
Business & Industry: How will businesses become more data-driven? We’ll explore how data is changing organizations of all sizes.

- Visualization & Interface: This track looks at how we communicate information, letting people make better decisions faster, and the explosion of mobile interfaces that turn every device into a sensor and an informant.

- Hadoop & Big Data: Applied and Hadoop & Big Data: Tech:
These tracks looks at big data platforms, with a particular focus on those that can handle massive amounts of information in parallel. We’ll look at real-time, scale-out architectures that crunch data fast, and what it takes to build and run them.

- Policy & Privacy: In a world where just a few nuggets of information can identify nearly everyone, and where databases never forget, Big Data is an ethical minefield. In this track, we’ll tackle the hard issues of privacy, compliance, governance, and policy that stem from a quantified society.

- Domain Data: Not all data is created equal. This track focuses on domain-specific data types, standards, and tips from experts.

The Strata experience is made up of intensely practical sessions for both business users and hardcore technologists; success stories (and cautionary tales) from startups making data their business and established companies that are saving millions and creating new revenue streams; great networking opportunities; and keynotes that snap the big picture into focus.

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United States,San Jose CA

Attend SMX West 2012 expo for the exceptional content, invaluable connections and essential conveniences. Dramatically increase the number of people who come to your site with ROI-enhancing paid search advertising and search engine optimization techniques and best practices. Participate in your choice of more than 60 sessions on search engine optimization (SEO), paid search advertising (PPC), social media marketing, local and mobile search, landing page conversions and more.

Whether you are a beginner or SEM expert, you work at (or with) an agency or manage search marketing in house, SMX West has programming to fit your needs.

Search Marketing Expo – SMX West content is so compelling, you’ll want to implement what you’ve learned before leaving the conference. Dramatically increase the number of people who come to your site with ROI enhancing paid search advertising and search engine optimization techniques and best practices.

Personalize your SMX West experience. Attend any of the more than 60 sessions and keynotes that suit your needs and maximize your investment. There are sessions just for you – whether you’re new to search or an experienced internet marketer, employed at a Fortune 500 company or run your own business or agency.

SMX West is programmed by the editors of Search Engine Land, the site search marketers trust to deliver decision-informing news and thought-provoking analysis.

Who Should Attend:

Corporate Management
Chief Marketing Officer
CEO & owner
President
Vice President, Internet Sales & Marketing
Vice President, Business Development

Marketing Management
E-Commerce Manager
Marketing Manager
Brand Manager
Creative Director
Director, Business Analytics

Marketing Staff
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist
PPC Analyst
Media Planner
Media Buyer
Junior Account Manager
SEM Associate

IT/Web
Executive Director, IT
IT Managers
Webmaster
Web Developer
IT Project Manager

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United States,New York City NY

Inbound Marketing Summit 2012 is the must-attend conference for digital, social and mobile marketing will have a mix of inspirational speakers like Chris Brogan, Laura Fitton, Tim Hayden and Barry Libert, cutting edge content and real-world case studies. IMS is where innovative marketing and media professionals meet face to face, participate in sessions and network with their peers. IMS will also take place June 12-13 in San Francisco and Oct. 24-24 in Boston.

Conference speakers:

JAMIE ANDERSON / DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL SOLUTIONS MARKETING, SAP
- CODY BARBIERRI / SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER, PIEHEAD
- STEFFAN BERELOWITZ / CEO, BLUETRAIN MOBILE
- ALLEN BONDE / CMO, THE PULSE NETWORK
- CHRIS BROGAN / PRESIDENT, HUMAN BUSINESS WORKS
- GINGER CONLON, CEM / EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, 1TO1 MEDIA
- BOB DIETERLE, SENIOR VP AND MANAGER / SMART ONLINE
- WENDY CAPLAN-CARROLL / SENIOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CONSTANT CONTACT
- AARON DUN / VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING & STRATEGY, PERCUSSION SOFTWARE
- JOHN DOYLE / DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS, ALURE HOME IMPROVEMENTS
- JEREMY EPSTEIN / VP MARKETING, SPRINKLR
- LAURA FITTON / INBOUND MARKETING EVANGELIST, HUBSPOT
- NEIL GLASSMAN / SOCIAL TIMES
- MATT GODDARD / CEO, R2I
- TODD GROSSMAN / PR NEWSWIRE
- TIM HAYDEN / CMO, 44DOORS
- BETTINA HEIN / FOUNDER AND CEO, PIXABILITY
- JOE HENRIQUES / DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES AND PARTNER DEVELOPMENT, SITECORE USA
- BRYAN HOUSE / VP OF MARKETING, ACQUIA
- BILL HUGHES / VP OF STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS, PEARSON
- MAE KARWOWSKI / HEAD OF SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY, GILT CITY
- MICHAEL KILDALE / VP OF INTEGRATED MARKETING, FRESHDIRECT
- JAY KRALL / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, CISION
- ROLF KRAUS / DIRECTOR, CONTENT MANAGEMENT, PORTALS AND COLLABORATION PRACTICE, EDYNAMIC
- TRIP KUCERA / SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST, MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS & STRATEGY, ABERDEEN GROUP
- WENDELL LANSFORD / CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, OFFERPOP
- BARRY LIBERT / PARTNER, OPENMATTERS
- SCOTT LIEWEHR / WCM ANALYST, OUTSELL’S GILBANE SERVICES
- MICHAEL MATTEO / EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, BRIDGELINE
- SHAWN MOORE / FOUNDER AND CTO, SOLODEV
- TOBY MURDOCK / CO-FOUNDER AND CEO , KAPOST
- KEVIN PALMER / VP OF EMERGING MEDIA AND INNOVATION, CONVERTIV
- MIKE PROULX / SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR, HILL HOLLIDAY
- ANDREW ROBERTS / CEO, EPHOX
- SEAN RUSINKO / INTERACTIVE STRATEGIST, VERNDALE
- STEPHEN SABER / CEO, THE PULSE NETWORK
- NICK SABER / PRESIDENT, THE PULSE NETWORK
- STEFAN SCHINKEL / VP GLOBAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, HIPPO
- ADAM SCHOENFELD / CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, SIMPLY MEASURED
- TOM WENTWORTH / CMO, EKTRON
- MICHAEL WESTCOTT / PRINCIPAL, RELATE SOLUTIONS
- TONY WHITE / FOUNDER, ARS LOGICA
- BRAD WILLIAMS / VP, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, NAB

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Long Beach CA, United States

At TED 2012 conference the organizers to celebrate this phenomenon and nudge it a further step forward. Full Spectrum is a term we’ve adapted to mean the rich use of multiple technologies, formats and approaches for the most powerful possible impact on an audience. From dazzling technology and leading-edge science to the richest veins of human creativity and interconnection, TED 2012 will display remarkable speakers, new uses of music, extravagant use of underused senses, intricate choreography between speaker and screen, new ways of involving the audience.

The TED2012 experience includes:

- A four-day stage program featuring TED’s famous 18-minute talks, plus music, comedy, dance, short talks, video and other surprises.
- TED University: Three sessions where TEDsters share their own expertise, from “How to negotiate a term sheet” to “How to break a board with your bare hands.”
- Evening events, art exhibits, tech demos, test drives, and other immersive on-site experiences
- Caffeine-fueled conversation breaks between sessions
- Social Spaces, where you can watch TED in an informal setting — on couches, beds, beanbag chairs; while blogging, tweeting, eating, networking …
- The TED Gift Bag
- Online tools for connecting with other attendees, before and after the conference
- TED Book Club mailings

Depending on the speaker and the topic, there could be: blizzards of images, new uses of music, extravagant use of under-used senses, intricate choreography between speaker and screen, new ways of involving the audience, breakthroughs in animation, and intense, campfire-style storytelling … There will be a good number of talks and presentations shorter than our 18-minute trademark standard, more chances for audience participation, and some spectacular surprises.

TED’s impact stems from a unique contract between speakers and audience — the latter granting focused attention to what’s happening on stage, and the speakers investing time, energy and passion to ensure that every moment of that attention is rewarded. It is this unique contract that allows us now to go Full Spectrum.

But the term covers more than just form and format. Content will span the full spectrum of knowledge TED stands for, from dazzling technology and leading-edge science to the richest veins of human creativity and interconnection.

Because amidst the quest to propel forward the art of live presentation, we won’t forget the most important things that bring us all back every year: Inspiration. Wonder. Authenticity. A hunger to learn.

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Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista FL, United States

Learning Solutions Conference & Expo is for anyone focused on identifying, deploying, and managing proven technology-based learning solutions — as well as those leveraging more traditional training modalities and all manner of blended learning solutions.

So whether you are leading your organization’s training and development efforts, managing a transition to eLearning, or building world-class learning, no other event offers you more of today’s solutions… and tomorrow’s vision.

Who Should Attend Learning Solutions 2012:

Training Director
- Training Manager
- VP of Learning & Development
- Director of Human Resources
- Director, Training & Development
- Chief Learning Officer
- Senior Training Officer
- Learning & Development Manager
- eLearning Director
- Curriculum Manager
- Content Manager
- eLearning Analyst
- LMS Administrator
- Learning Technologist
- Instructional Designer
- eLearning Developer
- Anyone looking for proven learning solutions, including new tools, technologies, products, services, strategies, and best practices that they can deploy in their organizations right now!

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Stone Mountain Resort, Atlanta, GA, United States

Hands-On PLC Training Workshop (PLC: Programmable Logic Controllers). Start with basics move on to troubleshooting, then learn the foundations of good PLC programming while writing your first IEC-1131 compliant PLC program.

Thousands to millions could be lost by one little PLC in an electrical panel that you never even knew existed. But most importantly, damage to machine and personnel could result from improper training and management of your company’s PLCs. Our PLC training reduces those company risks for you.

You will receive extensive hands-on training with the lap top using RS Logix and your pick of the PLC5, or a SLC500 or a Micrologix PLC. Each individual is assigned a laptop and PLC to get hands-on experience all 3 days.

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Rancho Bernardo Inn Resort, San Diego CA, United States

The Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit has established itself year after year as the major gathering place for the solar power industry’s decision makers —the one deal-making venue where the solar power and financial communities come together year after year to network and conduct business.

The 2011 Summit reached a new level of success with a SOLD OUT attendance of over 600 people, confirming that the Summit is truly the place where industry and financial professionals come to network and discuss deals.

The Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit provides a wealth of valuable insight into the solar power finance and investment market.

The 2012 Summit will bring together leading utility-scale, commercial and residential solar project developers, investors, lenders, utilities, equipment suppliers, construction contractors and other key industry players to share their perspectives on the latest innovations and developments in the solar project finance & investment market and to discuss their future plans. These market players will provide the latest intelligence on the current environment for putting together solar power project deals. They will discuss what they seek when getting involved in deals, what future opportunities exist for partners and investors and how to successfully get deals done in 2012 and beyond.

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United States,St. Louis MO

In this annual conference devoted to computer-assisted reporting, come and learn about tools you need to dig deeper into stories and give readers and viewers the information they want. The CAR conference offers something for everyone, from beginners to those on the cutting edge of digital reporting. Sessions include the basics on using spreadsheets, databases and online mapping as well as the latest technological advances.

Learn from the best in the business in panel discussions and during hands-on training sessions. Bypass the budget issues in your newsroom by taking classes in free software. Get a look at what the biggest names in data-driven reporting are using to make a major impact online.

NewsCamp::From words to data and back at the CAR Conference

This day-long workshop held Thursday, Feb. 23 will give you a practical understanding of how to approach information that comes in inconvenient, unstructured forms: tweets, e-mails, reports, videos and other records. You’ll learn the basics of unstructured data analysis and tools you can use to lasso your records. Join us for NewsCamp, and you too can learn from the best in the business — whether you’re a rank beginner, or experienced designer/developer.

Whether you are a journalist with an interest but no technical background or an experienced developer or programmer, you’ll walk away from NewsCamp with new knowledge and skills you can use right away.

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United States,Redwood Shores CA

The Wisdom 2.0 Conference is a one-of-a-kind event in Silicon Valley that brings together people from a variety of disciplines, including technology leaders, Zen teachers, neuroscientists, and academics, to explore how we can live with deeper meaning and wisdom in our technology-rich age.

Join the founders of Facebook, PayPal, Zynga and other technology leaders along with wisdom teachers in this conference where the focus is on exploring how one can live mindfully and wisely and engage the great technologies of this age in ways that benefit us, our society and our world.

The conference addresses the great challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our own well-being, effective in our work, and useful to the world. More conferences like it are currently in development.

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