Leading Advertisers Gather to Talk Apps and Ads at Mobile Media Summit San Francisco 2014

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile Media Summit, the largest mobile media and advertising event in North America, is kicking off the year in San Francisco on January 21^st with the second-annual Mobile Media Summit: Apps and Ads.

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Highlights at the event will include keynote addresses from Intel Global Director of Media Rebecca Brown and Neo@Ogilvy CEO Sean Muzzy, and panels on privacy, programmatic buying, multiscreen viewing and more from the top ranks of Mindshare, Universal McCann, Nestle, MediaVest, Horizon, Ogilvy, Goodby Silverstein & Partners and Digitas, just to name a few.

"As mobile continues its meteoric rise, it has become crucial for all marketers to not just embrace it, but make it a significant part of their media plan," said Mobile Media Summit Founder and CEO Paran Johar. "The Mobile Media Summit San Francisco will give attendees the chance to learn how brands and agencies are leveraging apps as part of their marketing strategies, and how the top app developers are making real money in the hot mobile landscape."

"If you're looking for the event that brings together the biggest names in advertising and marketing to discuss the most pressing issues facing mobile, the Mobile Media Summit is it. I continue to be impressed by the caliber of speakers and attendees at every Summit, and with mobile getting bigger and bigger, attending these Summits is becoming even more important," said Mike Parker, Chief Digital Officer at McCann.

The event sponsors and partners include AdColony, BlueKai, BrightRoll, Celtra, Google, LotteryHUB, JiWire, Medialets, Millennial, Pinsight Media+, PlaceIQ, StrikeAd, Tagged, Tapjoy, Thinknear, Verve, xAd, the 4A's, Advertising Age, The Advertising Club of NY, AdMonsters, Folio, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Local Search Association, Mad Ave Mobile, The Makegood, MobiThinking, Mobile Monday, sfBIG, Street Fight, VentureBeat, the Wharton Future School of Advertising and Women in Wireless.

Featured speakers at the Mobile Media Summit SF 2014 include:

1. Marcelo Alba, SVP-Global Strategy, IPG Mediabrands
2. Sarah Bachman, Director of Mobile Strategy, Horizon Media
3. Anna Bager, VP-General Manager, IAB Mobile
4. Winston Binch, Partner & Chief Digital Officer, Deutsch LA 
5. Meghaan Blauvelt, Digital Marketing Manager, Nestle USA
6. Drew Breuning, VP-Strategy, PlaceIQ
7. Rebecca Brown, Global Director of Media, Intel Corp.
8. Dan Buczaczer, EVP-Creative Partnerships, VivaKi
9. Craig Cardon, Entertainment, Media & Intellectual Property Partner, Sheppard Mullin
10. Doug Chavez, SVP-Emerging Media, Universal McCann Worldwide
11. Chia Chen, SVP-Mobile Practice Lead, Digitas
12. Gabriel Cheng, Director of Strategy, M&C Saatchi Mobile
13. Gregg Colvin, Chief Operating Officer, Universal McCann
14. Evan Conway, VP-Monetization and Strategy, Pinsight Media+
15. Greg Crockart, Co-president, Joule
16. Cotton Delo, San Francisco Bureau Chief, Advertising Age
17. Peter Dille, CMO, Tapjoy
18. John Durham, CEO, Catalyst S+F
19. Larry Griffiths, SVP, Shoutz
20. Mike Harris, CEO, DDB California
21. Rebecca Hawkins, Director-Mobile Strategy, 4D
22. Kalle Hellzen, Chief Digital Officer & Creative Director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
23. Irfan Kamal, SVP-Digital/Social Strategy, Social@Ogilvy
24. Guillaume Lelait, North America VP, Fetch
25. Frank Lipari, Creative Strategist, Fetch
26. Jeremy Lockhorn, VP-Emerging Media, Razorfish
27. Duncan McCall, CEO, Co-founder, PlaceIQ
28. Jeff Malmad, Managing Director of Mobile, Mindshare
29. Dave Martin, SVP-Media Services, Ignited
30. Stuart Meyler, Principal, Beeby Clark+Meyler
31. Sean Muzzy, CEO, Neo@Ogilvy
32. Vanessa Newkirk, SVP-Digital Director, MediaVest
33. Mike Owen, Chief Revenue Officer, AdColony
34. Mike Parker, Chief Digital Officer, McCann   
35. Eric Perko, VP, Director-Media, DigitasLBi
36. Chris Portella, VP-Group Media Director, Universal McCann
37. Jacob Riskin, CTO, Ansible
38. Garrett Self, Global Strategy Director, OMD
39. Glen Sheehan, SVP-Group Creative Director, Digital, GSD&M
40. Erin Simino, SVP-Director of Mobility, MediaVest
41. David Smith, CEO, Mediasmith
42. Stephanie Sollers, Director of Sales, xAd
43. Adam Soroca, SVP-Global Product & Operations, Millennial
44. David Staas, President, JiWire
45. Greg Sterling, Senior Analyst, Internet2Go, Opus Research
46. Scott Symonds, Managing Director-Media, AKQA
47. David Veneski, U.S. Media Director, Intel Corp.
48. Karsten Weide, Program VP-Digital Media and Entertainment, IDC
49. Colleen Whitney, SVP-Media, Digitas
50. Jesse Wolfersberger, Director-Consumer Insights, GroupM Next
51. Jeremy Woodlee, Head of Sales, DoubleClick Media Platforms

To view more on the Mobile Media Summit SF 2014 and upcoming events, visit http://www.mobilemediasummit.com, and follow Mobile Media Summit on Twitter at @MobileMSummit. For media credentials, email: [email protected].

About Mobile Media Summit

The Mobile Media Summits and Mobile Media Upfront are the quintessential thought-leadership forums for brand, agency and mobile leaders to learn and network on the newest mobile technology and media. Founded in 2008 by Paran Johar, the Mobile Media Summit and Mobile Media Upfront are the largest event series in mobile advertising, where an average of 75% of the audience is advertisers, more than any other event. Since its founding, the event series has hosted over 750 speakers and well over 10,000 attendees.

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