Ypulse Monthly Events Roundup: SF MusicTech Summit, National Film Festival For Talented Youth & More
Today we’re bringing you our monthly roundup of cool youth media and marketing events you or your company may want to attend. If your company hosts an event relevant to the youth media or marketing space that you’d like us to highlight, email me.
November Event Updates
Ed. Note: For more 2009/2010 events check last month’s roundup.
December
The Future of the Forum: Internet Communities and the Public Interest
Date: December 5
Location: Berkeley, CA
Cost: $295-345
Description: Public forums are evolving rapidly, producing dramatic changes in politics and social behavior. How will innovations such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google Wave expand participatory democracy and enhance public interest nationally and internationally? As a public research university with a history of activism, UC Berkeley will host a day of panels and opportunities for discussion about the future of the forum. More
SF MusicTech Summit
Date: December 7
Location: San Francisco
Cost: $129-199
Description: The SF MusicTech Summit brings together 600+ visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. Meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology eco-system in a proactive environment, highly conducive to deal making. More
January
OMMA Social
Date: January 26
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: $495-795
Description: OMMA Social is designed to guide you through the terrain of social media and how it relates to your brand or web property. This one-day conference will address social marketing challenges and provide insight into the future of this new medium including valuable information on the tools and resources available to utilize components such as conversational advertising, widgets, hosted communities and syndicated user-generated content to its fullest extent. Top names in the industry will share secrets for connecting with consumers online using social networks and uncover new insights and emerging trends of this burgeoning phenomenon. More
February
OnMedia NYC
Date: February 1-3
Location: New York, NY
Cost: $1250
Description: OnMedia NYC is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the global advertising and media establishment. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations industries. More
The O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing
Date: February 22-24
Location: New York, NY
Cost: $995-1645
Description: Changes in tools and technology are important, but so are the cultural, organizational, legal, and other structural changes that are already happening. The O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, will help you navigate these changes and understand how to apply them to your business or organization. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in conversations that are shaping that future as often as they are describing it. The ideas and stories that books have long spread still matter. Head to TOC 2010 to explore what the profound changes underway mean to how those ideas and stories will spread in a world that will soon be connected as never before. Learn more about TOC. More
March
Teen Tech Week 2010
Date: March 7-13
Location: Nationwide
Cost: Free
Description: Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults meant to encourage teens to take advantage of libraries’ nonprint resources. The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — fosters teen creativity and positions the library as a physical and virtual place for safe exploration of the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, audiobooks and more. More
The Ultimate Boarder Championship
Date: March 13-21
Location: San Diego and Lake Tahoe, California
Description: The Ultimate Boarder Championship was created in response to the growing popularity of these sports, and as a way to promote healthy, athletic lifestyles among young people. All in a positive and competitive environment that grooms role models and heroes for our country’s next generation. The triathlon of a new generation, the Ultimate Boarder Championship is a one-week competition to find the athlete who can conquer the art of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding. More
6th Annual Sexuality Education Advocacy Training
Date: March 20-23
Location: Washington, DC
Description: Through workshops on community organizing, advocacy and anti-racism/anti-oppression, SEAT teaches youth, young adults and adult allies how to advocate effectively as people of faith for comprehensive sex education. Welcoming and encouraging applicants from ALL spiritual/religious communities, programs are grounded in Unitarian Universalist, United Church of Christ and Reform Jewish values and faith traditions. More
The GAMA Trade Show [GTS]
Date: March 22-25
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Cost: N/A
Description: The core of GAMA’s mission is to advance the hobby games industry, working to make doing business in the industry better and easier for all professionals. More
April
The Ad Age Digital Conference
Date: April 13-14
Location: New York, NY
Cost: $895-1095
Description: Ad Age Digital is the leading conference of its kind. Both a proving ground for the best and brightest ideas and crossroads of the newest industry trends, the conference provides a window into the future of marketing—teaching, inspiring and ultimately connecting the ad, media and marketing communities. More
National Film Festival for Talented Youth [NFFTY]
Date: April 29-May 2
Location: Seattle, WA
Cost: On sale late 2009
Description: NFFTY is the largest and most influential film festival for young filmmakers (age 22 and under). NFFTY occurs each spring in Seattle, Washington and includes 100+ film screenings, filmmaking panels, concerts by youth bands, and opportunities for young filmmakers to network with industry professionals and each other. Young filmmakers from around the world submit feature-length and short films in narrative, documentary, animation, music video, experimental, and international categories. More
May
Web 2.0 Expo
Date: May 3-6
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: N/A
Description: Now in its fourth year, Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next-generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. Look not only for the hot new thing, but for the failures to learn from, the innovations and inspirations, the successes that will surprise you, and the practical applications of all of the above. More
Cable & Telecommunications Association [CTAM] Research Conference
Date: May 12-14
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Only available to members
Description: Planned by industry leaders, this conference offers marketing strategies and research skills, applicable to today’s business challenges and needs. The audience is comprised of executives who work for cable and telecommunications companies and cable program networks–the senior researchers and decision-makers who are reshaping the viewing and advertising landscape. More
INplay the Conference
Date: May 18-19
Location: Toronto, Canada
Cost: N/A
Description: INplay is a new unique international event in Toronto Canada (May 2010) that will connect kids creative industries invested in the development of interactive products and services. INplay is for game developers/publishers, broadcasters, content producers/distributors, interactive/mobile/social media developers, toy/game manufacturers, book/magazine/comic publishers, marketers, researchers/child psychologists and all businesses with interest in the kid’s space. More
Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup 2010
Date: May 24-25
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: Registration opens in January
Description: Where top brand, corporate and social marketers, media professionals, educators and non-profit organizations gather to share best practices, research and latest strategies on marketing to youth with technology. More [Check Ypulse for more updates]
June
Internet Week New York 2010
Date: June 7-14
Location: New York, NY
Cost: N/A
Description: Gearing up for a third successful year, Internet Week New York 2010 will take place from June 7th – 14th, culminating with the 14th Annual Webby Awards on June 14th. First held in 2008, Internet Week New York is an annual weeklong event celebrating New York’s Internet industry and community. The 2009 festival drew an estimated 15,000 people, including such industry luminaries as Al Gore, Barry Diller, Rupert Murdoch, Martha Stewart, and Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone. Over 110 conferences, panels, exhibits, screenings, and networking events were hosted by a broad array of companies and organizations, including YouTube, Yelp, Digg, Time Warner, Mediabistro, Digitas, CollegeHumor, and Microsoft. More
The PointSmart.ClickSafe. Summit
Description: June 10
Location Washington, DC
Cost: N/A
Description: The PointSmart.ClickSafe. Summit is drawing together leading stakeholders – including Internet providers, technology companies, child advocates, parents’ groups, educators, health researchers and policymakers – to share and develop best practices for keeping children safe online. More
The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
Date: June 24-29
Location: Washington, DC
Cost: $190-380
Description: [For the Children & Young Adults program] Gain exciting, practical, and theoretical ideas and information about serving children and young adults with subtracks that include: Advocacy; Best Practices in Programming and Instruction; Literature & Collection; Development; Partnership; Research and Technology. More
International Society for Technology in Education [ISTE] 2010
Date: June 27-30
Location: Denver, CO
Cost: $277-299
Description: Each year ISTE attracts the top technology companies in the field of Ed Tech worldwide. Nearly 500 of these companies will provide you with amazing displays and educational demonstrations where you can get up close and personal with the best that’s out there. See what other education and technology leaders are using to achieve their goals of enhancing student learning through technology. More
July
Comic-Con 2010
Date: July 21–25
Location: San Diego, CA
Cost: One-Day memberships available beginning Tuesday, December 15th
Description: With an Exhibit Hall that spans over 460,000 square feet, Comic-Con has become the one show to attend. Add the major media attention the show receives and the largest number of attendees of any convention in the country, and you have a major opportunity to reach the biggest possible audience for your product or art. More
September
New York Games Conference
Date: September 30
Location: New York, NY
Cost: N/A
Description: The most influential decision-makers in the digital media industry gather at NY Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. NY Games Conference – now in its 3rd year – features lively debate on timely cutting-edge business topics. More
October
MIPJUNIOR
Date: October 2-3
Location: Cannes, France
Cost: N/A
Description: MIPJUNIOR is the world’s largest kids’ programming screening event and a leading international conference hub for kids’ and youth programming. MIPJUNIOR is where the global business comes to find new products and partners and to screen the best of pre-school kids and teen programming. Held two days before MIPCOM, MIPJUNIOR is unique in offering access to the very top players. More
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