Empire Avenue CEO/Co-founder Duleepa Wijayawardhana, Edelman Digital's David Armano and Futuretext Founder Ajit Jaokar Join Speaker Lineup; Four Workshops Added to Agenda for June 6 Event

NEW YORK, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Media today announced that #RLTM Realtime NY 11 (http://therealtimereport.com/ny11/, hashtag #RLTM), a one-day conference taking place June 6, 2011 at B.B.King Blues Club on New York's Times Square, will kick off Internet Week New York (https://www.internetweekny.com/schedule#/?day=6&event=546) with a focus on how brands and other organizations can create business value on the social, mobile and realtime web. Speakers presenting case studies include PepsiCo's Shiv Singh, RadioShack's Adrian Parker, Bravo Digital Media's Lisa Hsia, Citibank's Frank Eliason and Delta Air Line's Allison Ausband, with additional case studies presented by speakers from the NHL, Gatorade, Yahoo!, Corcoran Group, Kellogg, Pretzel Crisps, the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, PR Newswire and Eventbrite.

"Realtime NY will focus entirely on how companies can compete and win on the realtime web," explained Tonia Ries, founder of #RLTM. "Our participants are stepping beyond the buzzwords to create tangible business value."

Recent additions to the agenda include Duleepa Wijayawardhana, CEO and Co-founder of Empire Avenue, the "social media exchange," who is joining the panel discussion on Influence, moderated by Edelman Digital's David Armano. Futuretext Founder Ajit Jaokar, a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet, will be joining the panel discussion on the Future of Realtime Platforms and Applications. Jaokar will be launching his new book, Meditation in the Age of Twitter and Facebook, at the conference.

The conference will also include four Workshops (http://therealtimereport.com/ny11/realtime-ny-workshops/) designed to provide hands-on, practical instruction on topics such as cultivating organizational entrepreneurship, building thought leadership by curating Twitter content, managing Twitter as a "solopreneur," and networking effectively using realtime tools.

#RLTM Realtime NY includes an exhibit area and mini sponsor presentations designed to expose

participants to information about the latest realtime business tools and services. Sponsors include Anchor Sponsor Exact Target, featuring CoTweet; Platinum Sponsor Foursquare; Gold Sponsors SocialFlow and The Halo Group; Research Sponsor SiteCore; Silver Sponsors Sprinklr, SocialVolt and YouCast; and Exhibitor InfiniGraph.

The full #RLTM Realtime NY 11 agenda is available online at http://therealtimereport.com/ny11/agenda/. Registration information is available at http://therealtimereport.com/ny11/register/. For information about press passes, go to http://therealtimereport.com/ny11/press/.

For sponsorship information, contact Anne Weiskopf at anne@modernmediapartners.com.

About #RLTM The Realtime Conference and Report

#RLTM (formerly known as TWTRCON) is entirely focused on the business use of the social, mobile and realtime web. Its products include The Realtime Conference, a one-day event that features case studies and best practices from leading brands, non-profits and government agencies; and The Realtime Report web site and email newsletter (http://TheRealtimeReport.com/), focused on social media business case studies, statistics and campaigns. #RLTM is produced by Modern Media, a team of people dedicated to driving innovation in the media industry.

About Modern Media

Modern Media (http://www.modernmediapartners.com/) is an agency at the intersection of live, digital and social media. Publishers, media entrepreneurs and marketers rely on Modern Media to clarify and re-focus brands, create and produce events and brand extensions and build websites and social media campaigns. Modern Media launched #RLTM (formerly TWTRCON) in May of 2009.

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