Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Convergence - NYC
Inclusion, Collaboration & Engagement
Co-sponsored by
Thursday November 6, 2014
9:00AM 5:30pm
Bloomberg LP
731 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022
welcome
Bloomberg is proud to co-sponsor the
Sincerely,
Kathy A. Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Digital Diversity Network
Tracy L. Lawrence
Chairman of the Board
Digital Diversity Network
Schedule of events
Morning Meet-Up 8:00 9:00 am
Moderator: Marc Howland, Private Equity Investment Professional, The Carlyle Group
Eunique Jones Gibson, Artist & Creator of the Because of Them We Can Campaign
Schedule of events
Mobile First: Creating Global Consumer Experiences 1:30 2:30 pm
As mobile replaces television as the first screen for video consumption, global strategies have become a priority.
How will consumers, worldwide, experience content on alternative devices? How are advertisers, programmers
and marketers creating content to engage these audiences? Where are the next big global opportunities?
Moderator: Salil Dalvi, SVP, Digital Distribution, NBCUniversal & Co-GM, Dyle
Panelists: Caralene Robinson, SVP, Creative Group & Consumer Marketing, VH1
Alix Baudin, SVP & General Manager, Digital Product & Operations, Scripps Networks Interactive
Zim Ugochukowu, Founder, Travel Noire
Networking Break 2:30 3:00 pm
Tech Talk: Jamal Simmons, TV Political Analyst & Co-Founder, FLYCLIQUE, Inc. 3: 00 3:30 pm
Innovation drives
excellence.
Founding Partners
Annual Sponsors
Kedma Brown
Salil Dalvi
Richard Gay
VP, Director of
Integrated Production,
Saatchi & Saatchi
SVP, Digital
Distribution,
NBCUniversal
& Co-GM, Dyle
Dhanusha
Sivajee
Elana
Weinstein
EVP, Marketing,
XO Group
Global Head of
Diversity & Inclusion,
Bloomberg LP
Travis Rundlet
Annie Bias
Amaris Talbert
Kedma Brown
Andrea Wade
Lynn Godfrey
James Wright
Kay Lucas
Special Acknowledgements
Bloomberg LP
Ember Media
Michelle Ceran
Ibis Communications
Emily Fishbein
Karen Greene
Manisha Mehrotra
About DDN
The Digital Diversity Network
Mission
Founding Partners
Annual Sponsors
Board of Directors
Albert
Cheng
Kedma
Brown
LaSharah
Bunting
VP, Director of
Integrated
Production,
Saatchi & Saatchi
Marcelino
Ford-Livene
Richard Gay
Tracy
Lawrence
EVP, Strategy
& Business
GM, Integrated
Operations,
Media &
Communications; Viacom Music
Communications & Group
External Relations,
Intel Corporation
Salil Dalvi
SVP, Digital
Distribution,
NBCUniversal
& Co-GM, Dyle
Kay Madati
Dhanusha
Michelle
Kiko
Washington
EVP, Worldwide
Human Resources,
Warner Bros.
Entertainment, Inc.
sessions
sessions
Are We There Yet? The New York City Start-Up Scene
11:05 am12:00 pm
Conference Opening
9:009:10 am
Kathy A. Johnson
Justin Smith
New York Citys Silicon Alley is very much alive and well with a reported $3.4 billion in venture-capital investments in 2013.
The 4th quarter, alone, saw investments top more than $1 billiona first since 2001. Even more significantly, 50% of those 2013
investments went to seed-stage start-ups. How are diverse tech entrepreneurs faring in New Yorks vibrant tech economy?
Local entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and tech advisors will share their stories, as well as advice for conquering Silicon Alley.
Panelists
Moderator
Industry stalwarts, as well as those who are just starting to navigate tech diversity, will share success stories and innovative ideas
for advancing diversity in employment, leadership, ownership and consumer engagement in the digital media and tech sectors.
Panelists
VP, Director of
Integrated Production,
Saatchi & Saatchi
Mercedes Bent
Matthew Powers
Global Director of
New Ventures,
General Assembly
Will Ehrenfeld
Carol Watson
Program Manager,
Education, IBM
William Crowder
Taylor Noguera
Venture Advisor,
Catalyst Fund,
Comcast Ventures
Tech Talk
10:2010:55 am
Featuring
Director,
Galvanize Ventures
Managing Director,
Rundlet Advisory, PLLC
In recent months, high profile tech companies have released their workforce demographic data and amplified the conversation
around diversity in the tech industry. While sharing diversity data is a start, what are these companiesand othersdoing to
effect changes in their workforce composition, investment strategies and organizational cultures? How are tech companies
engaging multi-cultural consumers and communities? What are their long, and short-term plans? What metrics will drive their
diversity and inclusion efforts?
Kedma Brown
Kate Shillo
CFO,
XO Group
Travis Rundlet
Moderator
Gillian Munson
Moderator
Panelists
Stephen Ozoigbo
Marc Howland
CEO,
African Technology Foundation
Caralene Robinson
Zim Ugochukowu
Founder,
Travel Noire
Salil Dalvi
SVP,
Creative Group & Consumer
Marketing, VH1
SVP,
Digital Distribution,
NBCUniversal & Co-GM,
Dyle
Alix Baudin
Moderator
sessions
Tech Talk
3:003:30 pm
Featuring
Moderator
Jamal Simmons
Monica Bertran
Manager,
Corporate Communications
Multimedia Department, Bloomberg LP
@flyclique
Panelists
Moderator
Curtis Midkiff
Director of Social
Engagement at American
Red Cross
@clmidkiff
Dupe Ajayi
Aliya Rahman
Program Director,
Code for Progress
@codefor progress
@aliyarahman
Tracy Hepler
Tonya Rapley
Director,
Content & Community,
Digital Strategy for BBDO
@tracyhepler
Tech Talk
4:505:20 pm
Featuring
Moderator
Lauren deLisa
Tiffany Pham
Founder & CEO, Mogul, Inc.
Conference Wrap-Up
5:205:30 pm
Kathy A. Johnson
Elana Weinstein