Federated Media Publishing Convenes Digital Marketing VIPs at FM Signal: Austin
Marissa Mayer, Matt Mullenweg, Sean Finnegan, Tariq Hassan and Robert Stephens to present at second “Signal” Regional Series event; Chicago & New York events to follow
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8, 2011 – Federated Media Publishing, the leader in powering the best of the Independent Web at scale, continues its fast growing new event series on March 10 by bringing leaders in mobile, media and social marketing together in Austin, Texas. Signal Austin: The Leveraging Local Conversation is the follow-up event to the sold out series kickoff in LA last month. The event will feature a day of content-rich programming and conversation featuring the founders of Gowalla and Loopt as well as major executives at global companies including HP, Facebook, Google, Levi’s, American Eagle, Microsoft, and PepsiCo. Ignite, Foursquare, Pelago, and MondoWindow are among the companies that will be making product and company announcements onsite at the event.
Federated Media Publishing Executive Chairman and founder John Battelle will tap FM’s deep industry relationships to bring an industry leading, editorial focus to the Leveraging Local conversation in advance of the South by Southwest Interactive conference. By curating the most important topics for digital marketers today, the FM Signal series brings the entrepreneurs behind the industry's most important companies together with the marketers who help fund their success and leverage their platforms. Through a robust program that features case studies, conversations and fun interludes, speakers will represent the innovative ideas and solutions that help brands, people and campaigns reach engaged audiences. A networking reception directly following the conference at 5pm is open to all South by Southwest badge holders.
Upcoming Federated Media Signal events include the sixth Conversational Marketing Summit in New York on June 6 and 7 and Signal Chicago on September 20. Each is intended for digital and creative shops, entrepreneurs, content curators, social media experts, media and entertainment executives. Research in Motion is the premier sponsor of the series. Additional sponsors include Google, HP, SlideShare, Quantcast, AOL, JiWire, R2integrated, Mobile Roadie, Spiceworks, Ustream, and Topix. Learn more about Federated Media’s event series at http://www.federatedmedia.net/events/. Hashtags: #FMSignal and #FMPub.
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