September Speaking Engagements Includes a First-Ever “Attention Convention” and CEO Participation at Leading Investment Banking Firm Conference
ROTH Media/Tech Investor Event 2009
SAN FRANCISCO – Betawave Corporation (OTCBB:BWAV) (www.betawave.com), a media company that delivers the most attentive audiences online to brand marketers, is announcing its speaking engagements for the month of September.
ADVERTISING WEEK 2009
In the first of its kind, Betawave will be hosting a panel called “Attention Convention” at this year’s Advertising Week in New York City. The inaugural event plans to be the first in a series of penetrating discussions about the pursuit of consumer attention in today’s media-saturated world through the lens of science, art and business. Some of the most successful purveyors of attention in the fields of entertainment, marketing and media, all on one stage, will share how they consistently earn consumer attention in their respective fields. Speakers include:
Brett Ratner, Hollywood film director, X-Men: The Last Stand and the Rush Hour franchise; and producer of TV’s Prison Break
Peter Guber, Chairman, Mandalay Entertainment; and film producer, Batman and Rain Man
Frank Cooper, CMO, PepsiCo Sparkling Beverages
Dana Anderson, SVP of Marketing, Strategy & Communications, Kraft Foods
Sean Finnegan, President & Chief Digital Officer, Starcom MediaVest Group
Liz Ross, Chief Growth Officer, Digitas
Matt Freeman, CEO, Betawave; and former head of Ad Age’s “Global Agency of the Year” Tribal DDB
The “Attention Convention” takes place on Thursday, September 24th at The Times Center, NY.
Advertising Week is a week-long industry festival taking place in New York City every September. Here, the industry’s most influential and cutting-edge thinkers gather together and prognosticate about the future of online advertising.
ROTH MEDIA/SOFTWARE INVESTOR EVENT
Betawave’s CEO Matt Freeman will be speaking at the ROTH Media and Software Investor Event in New York City on an executive panel entitled The Evolution of Online Advertising moderated by Senior Research Analyst, Richard Ingrassia. Other panelists include Wenda Harris Millard, President of MediaLink, and former co-CEO and President, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia; and Bant Breen, President of Initiative Media.
The ROTH panel takes place on Wednesday, September 16th at The Westin at Times Square, NY.
About Betawave Corporation:
Betawave Corporation (OTCBB:BWAV) is a digital media company that delivers the most attentive audiences online. The company reaches more than 32 million unduplicated online users domestically* in high quality editorial environments. Betawave’s publishers are leading mid-tail publishers that capture substantial time spent per user each month. Betawave works with its publishers to create advertising opportunities within the content that highly engages their audiences. The Betawave portfolio of publishers ranks at or near the top in total audience reach and time spent across the relevant demographics in five key categories: Teens, Kids Entertainment, Games, Lifestyles and Parenting. (*Source: comScore Media Metrix, June 2009, Unduplicated Audience.) Betawave is headquartered in San Francisco and New York with sales offices in Los Angeles and Chicago.
