General Sessions

Super Session – The Future of Advertising
Sunday, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Room: Korbel Ballroom - Salon 2 & 3

Technology is reshaping advertising and marketers are grappling with balancing the right mix between mass vs. targeted.  Get a glimpse of what’s available now, who’s really in control, and what’s next for the new advertising playbook.  Join Harvard Business School Professor (and CTAM U. faculty chair) Tom Eisenmann as he explores the options and handicaps the potential outcomes with industry visionaries who are shifting into a different paradigm.

 

Keynote Speakers

Steve Burke
Chief Operating Officer, Comcast Corporation
President, Comcast Cable

Laura Desmond
Chief Executive Officer

Starcom MediaVest Group
 

Moderator

Tom Eisenmann
Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School


Sea Change in the Consumer Landscape
Monday, 9:00 - 10:00 am
Room: Wells Fargo Theater

Media and entertainment consumption is not only cutting across multiple platforms, but also across a wide range of age, gender and ethnicity.  Tracking, retaining and growing market share becomes a battle of managing the details against a moving target with the limitations of a finite marketing budget.  Develop a game-winning strategy to reach audiences in ways that resonate in the right environments and align with their evolving behaviors.

 

Keynote Speaker

Kevin Conroy
President
Univision Interactive Media

Trey Hall
Chief Marketing Officer
Quiznos


Moderator

Rich Cronin

President
Rich Cronin Media LLC


Stand By For Station Identification
Monday, 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Room: Wells Fargo Theater

The path to a powerful brand is made increasingly difficult today with the proliferation of new media channels, and consumers accessing entertainment on demand and on any available screen.

Paul Lavoie explains how smart brand management can help networks and distributors break through the clutter and engage their audiences.

 

Keynote Speaker

Paul Lavoie
Chairman
TAXI



Speaker

Charlie Collier
President & General Manager
AMC


Joint ACC/CTAM Session
Cable's Consumer Product Agenda

Tuesday, October 27, 9:00 - 10:15 am
Room: Wells Fargo Theater

Cable company and programmer CTO’s and strategists share the product road map designed to serve and anticipate consumers’ demands for more and better.  Find out what’s ready for market, what’s on the drawing board, and which products will differentiate cable from the competition.  Be prepared to help your company compete by hearing how the technology is changing in the next three years and how you need to think differently as a result.



Hosts

Mark Dzuban
President/CEO
SCTE
Dr. Paul Liao
President and CEO
CableLabs
 

Panelists

Rich Battista
President
Fox National Cable Networks

Nomi Bergman
President
Bright House Networks
Mike LaJoie
CTO
Time Warner Cable
Mike Lee
Chief Strategy Officer
Rogers Communications
Tony Werner
EVP and CTO
Comcast
 

Moderator

Molly Wood
Executive Editor
CNETTV.com


Multi-Screen Access: Challenges & Opportunities
Tuesday, 12:00 – 2:15 pm
Room: Korbel Ballroom - Salon 2 & 3

Viewer migration across the television, Internet and mobile platforms is an undeniable reality, and getting the early learning on authenticating multi-screen content from the trials is critical to success.  Hear the debate as senior executives share their points of view on the technical and business issues surrounding what is arguably the hottest cable and content issue of the year.

 

Panelists

Paul Bascobert
Chief Marketing Officer
Dow Jones & Company

Matt Bond
EVP, Content Acquisition
Comcast
Andy Heller
Vice Chairman
Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
Jason Kilar
CEO
Hulu
David Preschlack
EVP, Affiliate Sales and Marketing
Disney & ESPN Media Networks
Peter Stern
Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Time Warner Cable


Moderator

Will Richmond
Editor/Publisher
VideoNuze