Mobile Media Summit LA Puts "Cars and Stars" Center Stage at Third-Annual Show

LOS ANGELES, March 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile Media Summit, the largest mobile media and advertising conference in North America, returns to Los Angeles April 1 for the city's biggest mobile-industry gathering, taking place at the SLS Hotel Beverly Hills.

The focus at the third-annual show will be on mobile marketing in the automotive and entertainment industries, featuring speakers such as E! host Jason Kennedy, Paramount Home Media Distribution Senior VP-Media & Interactive Marketing Dina Marovich, Honda Interactive Marketing Manager Mark Ortiz, Relativity Media EVP-Digital Marketing Liz Jones, Scion Digital Marketing Manager Andrew Barton and OMD West President Greg Castronuovo, among many others.

"As both a longtime LA resident and a veteran of mobile marketing and advertising, I have seen how the entertainment and automotive industries are leading the charge when it comes to mobile, as well as the huge impact these two sectors have on California industry in general," said Mobile Media Summit CEO and founder Paran Johar. "I look forward to bringing together agencies, tech companies, and advertisers from all verticals to learn the steps to successful mobile marketing from the very best in the industry."

Topics at the summit will include hyperlocal targeting, rich media, predictive automotive marketing, social-media advertising and much more. For more information on the agenda, speakers and registration, visit http://mobilemediasummit.com/los-angeles-2014/.

"Mobile Media Summit has always stood out in its ability to bring together the very people who are leading innovation in advertising, and is ahead of the game when it comes to covering the topics everyone in the industry needs to know to stay current and relevant. I'm thrilled to be a part of Mobile Media Summit LA and can't wait to connect with fellow attendees," said John Najarian, EVP and GM, Digital Media and Business Development, E! Networks.

Event sponsors and partners include AdColony, Amobee, Celtra, Collective, E! Online, Fiksu, Mail Online, Medialets, Oculu, Opera Mediaworks, Pinsight Media+, PlaceIQ, Sheppard Mullin, Shoutz, Tagged, Tapad, Tapjoy, Thinknear, Tremor Video, Undertone, Verve, Voltari, xAd, the Weather Company, 4A's, AdMonsters, the Advertising Club, Adweek, AList Daily, Fierce Wireless, Folio, the Location Based Marketing Association, Local Search Association, MadAve Mobile, the Makegood, mobiThinking, Street Fight, thinkLA, Venture Beat, the Wharton Future School of Advertising and Women in Wireless.

Featured speakers at Mobile Media Summit LA include:

1. Andy Barton, Digital Marketing Director, Toyota for Scion
2. Kjerstin Beatty, VP-Media, Entertainment Division, NBC
3. Drew Breunig, VP-Strategy, PlaceIQ           
4. Chris Brull, Director of Marketing, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.           
5. Caty Burgess, VP-Media Strategies, The CW Television Network
6. Kelly Burke, VP, Group Director, Optimedia
7. Craig Cardon, Co-Chair Privacy and Data Security Group, Sheppard Mullin          
8. Tony Case, Executive Editor, Adweek       
9. Dr. David Castillo, Chief Technology Officer, Voltari
10. Greg Castronuovo, President, OMD West 
11. Arthur Chan, SVP-Digital Marketing, Palisades Media Group
12. Stephanie Chi, Supervisor, Mobile Strategy, Horizon Media         
13. Greg Crockart, Co-President, Joule
14. Mahi de Silva, CEO, Opera Mediaworks  
15. Lee Doyle, President-Client Development, Mindshare
16. Alfred Fung, Media Director, West Coast, M&C Saatchi Mobile
17. Kayla Green, Director of Digital Strategy, Saatchi & Saatchi
18. Raymonde Green, VP, Media Director on Motorola, DigitasLBi
19. Larry Griffiths, SVP, Shoutz
20. Mat Harris, Head of Ad Products, Tapjoy
21. Rebecca Hawkins, Director, OMD Entertainment
22. Scott Holmes, President, United Future
23. Josh Jacobs, Global CEO, Accuen
24. Liz Jones, EVP-Digital Marketing, Relativity Media
25. Matt Kaplan, VP-Advertising, Mail Online
26. Ben Kennedy, Group Director-Mobile, The Integer Group
27. Jason Kennedy, Host, E! News
28. Glenn Kiladis, VP-GM, Fiksu
29. Daniele Kohen, Partner & Media Director, Neo @ Ogilvy
30. Lindsey Kollross, SVP-Media, Ignited
31. Alex Linde, Senior VP-Monetization, The Weather Company
32. John McBride, Digital Practice Director, IHS Automotive 
33. Joao Machado, Director of Mobile, OMD
34. Dina Marovich, Senior VP-Media & Interactive Marketing, Paramount Pictures Home Media Distribution
35. Dave Martin, SVP-Media, Ignited
36. Mandana Mellano, Partner-Group Planning Director, Neo@Ogilvy, West
37. Eric Mugnier, SVP, M&C Saatchi Mobile 
38. John Najarian, EVP and GM, Digital Media and Business Development, E! Networks
39. Mark Ortiz, National Interactive Marketing Manager, American Honda Motor Company
40. Mike Owen, Chief Revenue Officer, AdColony
41. Eli Portnoy, General Manager, Thinknear
42. Dylan Schwartz, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
43. Josh Sitzer, VP-Marketing & Sales, Pinsight Media+
44. Stephanie Sollers, Director of Sales, West, xAd    
45. Angela Steele, CEO, Ansible        
46. Bob Tacy, SVP, Director of Digital Media, Doner
47. Are Traasdahl, Founder & CEO, Tapad    
48. Mike Vaccaro, Chief Client Officer, Digitaria      
49. Roma Varyani, Manager, Portfolio Management, Universal McCann

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 are advertisers, more than any other event. Since its founding, the event series has hosted over 750 speakers and well over 10,000 attendees. Visit www.mobilemediasummit.com for more information.

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