Inaugural Human Centered Automation Conference In NYC

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Published on Thursday, 20 September 2012 12:51

Written by John Matthews

A gathering of digital media and digital marketing industry leaders, leading thinkers and practitioners in the broad category of advertising technology and more specifically in the area of digital media planning and buying and digital ad sales takes place this Thursday.

The inaugural conference entitled Human Centered Automation takes place on September 20th, 2012, at the New York Historical Society W77th St and Central Park West, NYC.

The first AdExchanger conference is set to bring new thinking and best practices to the fore across the spectrum of automated media buying and automated ad sales. A focus on trends, new developments, convergence, and where the money is to be found today and tomorrow in the fast moving landscape. This is not a conference to discuss labyrinthian charts of digital ecosystems where seeing the forest for the trees has become increasing difficult. It is an opportunity for business leaders in the industry to state and clarify their position, to differentiate their organization's offerings from their competitors and to stand apart from the crowd. 

The who's who of industry leaders, thinkers, and practitioners include Yahoo's Chief Revenue Officer Michael Barrett who was formerly at Google and led AdMeld, Google's acquisition in the supply side platform space.

Other speakers include:

• Forrester Research analyst and industry thought leader Joanna O'Connell
• BM's Dave Laverty
• Alexis Ohanian of the go to social news source Reddit now owned by Conde Nast
• the New York Times's VP of Research & Development Operations Michale Zimbalist
• Gokul Rajaram Product DIrector, Ads at Facebook
• ad agency Vivaki's Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Rishad Tobaccowala

the list goes on.

Among the topics these speakers will talk about include Next Generation Marketing focusing on audience centric data driven marketing and the always addressable customer, while media buying becomes increasing automated there still exits the need for the human touch, a number of case studies of innovative digital advertising campaign executions, Facebook Marketing as told by Facebook a ad product manager, personalization in marketing and ad targeting, and turning a flood of marketing data (BigData) into a capability to address and engage individuals at a one-to-one level.

For those already immersed in the new world of automated media buying and ad sales, or those looking in from outside determining their first steps to take the conference offers an ideal primer on what is happening now and what to expect going forward.

The trends, challenges, the pitfalls, the expected and perhaps expected, the impact and media platforms beyond display such as video, social, and mobile, and the planning and buying media programmatically across these platforms, as well effectively and profitably selling ads across these media platforms. Lest we should forget what has become perhaps the hottest topic in the industry Real Time Bidding or now sometimes referred to Real Time Buying which ever it is becoming a ll about RTB or is it?

This is no doubt a topic and trend that will be hotly debated at the conference. However, there are other significant developments in the space such as the rise of online vide, the omnipresent will it or won't it be the year of mobile advertising, the complexities and challenges of attribution, and data after all this is an industry in which data has become Queen to Content is King or perhaps now it is Data is King and Content has become its Queen.

The conversation will continue in the conference presentations and panels but also during the networking interludes and no doubt long after the conference has concluded.

Of course well this is a conference about technology, data, digital etc it is really a conference about people, points of view, execution, yardsticks and the most important yardstick money. Money invested, paying the bills, and money as revenue generated in ad sales for publishers and in product and services sales for advertisers and agencies. And there is that little issue of money made from arbitraging the market. 

There will be one other hotly debated topic which will be privacy, regulation, do not track, the end of the cookie and the beginning for new alternatives, and the likely impact on the industry going forward.

In an industry fueled by constant innovation and a proliferation of companies, where it is not the idea that counts but the successful execution of the idea is all that matters, although sometimes you might think otherwise, the discussion in public and behind closed doors will often turn to who will survive and thrive and still be on the Lumascape chart next year, who will exit the chart, who will be the new entrants, and who will top the charts next year. Perhaps who will top the charts come the holidays this year.

Human Centered Automation Conference

September 20th, 2012

New York Historical Society

W77th St and Central Park West

NYC

AVENUE Antiques, Art & Design at Park Ave Armory

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Published on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:00

Written by Renzo Adler

Assembling over 60 dealers specializing in antiques and superb art, the AVENUE Antiques, Art & Design show (September 21 - 24, 2012) at the Park Avenue Armory (643 Park Avenue) is a great way to find some vintage furniture before someone from Williamsburg snatches it, spray paints it pink, and sells it on Etsy.

Exhibitors include:

• Antique American Wicker
• Art de Vivre Inc.
• Callaghan Fine Paintings
• David Brooker Fine Art
• Haynes Fine Art of Broadway
• Mantiques Modern
• Mayfair Antiques
• Rehs Galleries, Inc.

Along with a plethora of exhibitors, there will also be panel discussions and presentations.

The Museum of Art and Design will be discussing the decorative art of Doris Duke, Leslie Klingner, Social Historian and the Curator of Interpretation for the Biltmore Estate will be doing a presentation on Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, and Dr. Ulrich Leben examines Art Deco in Europe. 

The  AVENUE Antiques, Art & Design is a great chance to revel in the art and design of deceased cultures and maybe find a nice antique card table or some old jewelry too.

To learn more, go to: http://www.avenueshows.com

AVENUE Antiques, Art & Design
September 21 - 24, 2012

Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065

IFP Week Fosters the Cinematic Arts

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Published on Monday, 17 September 2012 21:53

Written by Renzo Adler

Now in its 34th installment, the Independent Film Week (September 16 – 20, 2012), organized by the Independent Film Project (IFP) brings together new talent in the world of independent films with industry movers-and-shakers.  Film makers shopping around new projects, scripts in development, and new films looking for distribution get the helping hand they need through the Independent Film Week at Lincoln Center.

Project Forum assembles 165 films from around the world (documentary and narrative) that are looking for that last financial push to get them out the door along 25 scripts in development.  Directors taking part in the Project Forum include:

Deron Albright (The Destiny of Lesser Animals)
Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal (Stranger Things)
Brian Crano (Bag of Hammers)
Dustin Guy Defa (Bad Fever)
Clay Jeter (JESS +MOSS)
Eric Juhola (Off The Grid: Life On The Mesa)
Malcom Murray (Bad Posture)
Matthew Porterfield (Putty Hill)

The Future Forward Industry Initiative is a series of programs and talks that look to foster filmmaking and presentation. This includes a producer workshop and the IFP Festival Forum where film fest organizers can meet and discuss their craft and woes (hey, brining over film prints from around the globe aint cheap, you know) and the New International Partners & Initiatives which assembles producers from international markets.

The Filmmaker Conference is a series of talks and seminars focusing on the creative side of the filmmaking process. This includes a special analysis of the film Beasts of the Southern Wild. Meet the Descision Makers is a ticketed even that lets people meet with top distributors, agents & managers, and filmmakers’ grants and fellowships.  Attendees at the event include:  

Steve Coulson (Campfire Media)
Nicole Emanuele (YouTube)
Eric Brown (Kornhaber Brown)
Karol Martesko-Fenster (Cinelan)
Daniel Minahan (Director:  Game of Thrones, True Blood, Series 7)
Jon Reiss (distribution strategist)

Independent Film Week plays the part of the mediator between the starving artist and the cigar chomping executive that doesn’t “get” what filmmakers are talking about. Okay, that’s a tired cliché, but IFP definitely plays an important role in the fostering and guiding of emerging talents.

To learn more, go to: http://www.ifp.org/programs/independent-film-week

Independent Film Week
September 16 – 20, 2012

Film Society of Lincoln Center
70 Lincoln Center Plz #4
New York, NY 10023