Second Annual New Media Summit

Metzger Associates is pleased to host our Second Annual New Media Panel May 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Denver Press Club. Moderated by Metzger's New Media Practice Director Doyle Albee, this year's panel is truly world class. Join us to hear thoughts on today's media status from:

Phil Weiser: Since arriving at the CU Law School and Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (with which he has a joint appointment) in 1999, Philip Weiser has worked to fortify CU's strength in telecommunications and technology law, establishing the Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law and the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program. Philip writes and teaches in the areas of telecommunications and information policy, recently co-authoring Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 2005). Prior to joining the CU faculty, Philip served as senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division at the United States Department of Justice, advising him primarily on telecommunications matters. Before his appointment at the Justice Department, Philip served as a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the United States Supreme Court and to Judge David Ebel at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Veronica Belmont: An Associate Editor at CNET.com, Veronica develops audio and video content for CNET's array of shows. She produces and co-hosts CNET's flagship podcast   Buzz Out Loud, a daily technology show, as well as the weekly  MP3 Insider podcast and Crave video podcast. Veronica also writes and hosts videos for the Prizefight and Insider Secrets series. Through these videos, Veronica highlights technology in a way that consumers can easily incorporate into their lifestyles and enhance their already savvy skills such as adding video to their profile on their favorite social networking site or how to make their PC look like Mac.

Brad Feld: Brad is a managing director at Foundry Group and Mobius Venture Capital. Prior to Mobius, Brad founded Feld Technologies, which was sold to AmeriData Technologies in 1993, where he became Chief Technology Officer. Brad currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including ClickCaster, ePartners, FeedBurner, Gold Systems, Judy's Book, Lijit, Me.dium, NewsGator, Rally Software, and StillSecure. In addition, he is on the board of The National Center for Women & Information Technology, The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County and The Colorado Conservation Trust. Brad has previously been a member of the board of directors of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization and founded the Boston and Colorado chapters. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

J.B. Holston: Currently the CEO and president of Newsgator, J.B. has run a wide range of technology and media enterprises over the last two decades. As President of Ziff Davis International, Holston managed Ziff Davis' operations across more than 100 countries, and launched Yahoo! Europe. He was part of the senior management team that led the successful LBO of ZD by Forstmann, Little, and subsequent sale to Softbank. Since selling his last technology start-up, Holston has helped create a wide range of for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including Media-x at Stanford, among several others. After receiving a BA in creative writing from Stanford in 1979, he taught English at Phillips Academy, worked as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Boston, studied and wrote in Paris, France, then worked in strategic planning for NBC and RCA. J.B. received his MBA from Stanford in 1986, then worked on Jack Welch's staff at GE before moving back to NBC, where for five years he was responsible for strategic planning and NBC's international operations.

If you're interesting in joining our audience, send an email to clabonte@metzger.com for more information.

Comments

[Dee Rambeau]

By the way, you all might consider joining our Denver chapter of the Social Media Club.
We had our first meeting on May 1 with about 40 attendees. We plan to meet once a month. For more info, see www.socialmediaclub.org or email Dee Rambeau at coboys(at)gmail.com

[Theron]

The summit was great. I will definitely come to the next event.