Events

Conferences and cocktail parties for media professionals

Conferences

AllFacebook Marketing Conference Explore the latest tools, apps, research, and advertising trends across the Facebook and mobile social landscape with top marketing professionals, social media pioneers, and business owners.

Berlin November 22, 2012 | Meliá Berlin

New York City December 4-5, 2012 | New Yorker Hotel

Toronto January 25, 2013 | St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre

AllFacebook.de presents AllFacebook Developer Conference Germany's Largest Social Media Developer Conference

Berlin November 23, 2012 | Meliá Berlin

Inside Network presents Inside Social Apps Tackle key issues and explore new opportunities facing social and mobile apps, including marketing, monetization, app and game design, and distribution on established and emerging platforms with today's leading developers.

New York City December 3, 2012 | New Yorker Hotel

San Francisco June 6-7, 2013 | Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Media App Summit Connect with media professionals, entrepreneurs, and app experts for an extensive look into the cutting-edge world of media app design, demographics, distribution, and monetization.

New York City December 3, 2012 | New Yorker Hotel

Social Curation Summit Seize the opportunity to extend your influencer outreach and add new dimensions to your merchandising and branding strategies through content curation.

Los Angeles December 12, 2012 | Marina del Rey Marriott

Toronto January 25, 2013 | St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre

Social Gaming & Gambling Summit Gain real-world insight and a thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts, tools, and solutions which are key to the rapidly emerging area of social gaming and gambling.

LOS ANGELES December 13-14, 2012 | Marina del Rey Marriott

Social Media 101 Get up and running on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+ with hands-on training from experts. Watch live how-to sessions, work one-on-one with an advisor throughout the week, and complete assignments tailored to your personal goals.

ONLINE January 17-February 14, 2013

Job Search Intensive Over 4 weeks, work one-on-one with our supportive advisors to refine your job search strategy, get guidance and inspiration from world class speakers, and network with hundreds of peers.

ONLINE January 29-February 19, 2013

Social Media Marketing Boot Camp Use a social media marketing strategy to drive sales and engagement. Over 8 weeks, you'll learn from social media thought leaders in live keynote sessions and work with an advisor to create your own strategy in this hybrid course and event.

ONLINE February 21-April 11, 2013

Lost Remote - The NYC Show Discover how social media is changing the television industry through Twitter, Facebook, apps, and new social platforms. Join TV execs, producers, marketers, social media experts, and social TV entrepreneurs as we look at the future of social TV.

New York City April 24, 2013 | Museum of Jewish Heritage

Semantic Technology & Business Conference Explore the opportunities and challenges jointly impacting both corporate business leaders and technologists at the world's largest, most authoritative conference on semantic technology and business.

San Francisco June 2-5, 2013 | Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Cocktail Parties

more media-related events

Mediabistro Book Club

Mediabistro is proud to announce the Mediabistro Book Club, where authors can highlight their latest work to cocktail party attendees. At each event, four authors will mingle and share drinks with mediabistro.com's influential audience and read a two minute selection from their work.

To be considered, please apply at least two months prior to the party you would like to be included in. You will be notified of your acceptance one month prior to the party. Parties will be held quarterly and co-hosted by mediabistro.com GalleyCat editors. One application per literary work, please.

For authors selected, Mediabistro will:

• Mention author in party email invitation (over 30,000 sent) and on the event listing with a link to the author's website
• Photograph the event and post all pictures to Flickr -- follow up email will have a link to the Flickr site

Event format:

• 7:00-7:30 Cocktails & mingling
• 7:30-8:15 Readings
• 8:15-9:00 More mingling with media peers

To apply, click on the party you would like to be chosen for:

• There are no open Book Party applications at this time. Please check back at a later date.

Mediabistro Book Club past featured authors: Jen Adams, Jennifer Abernethy, Andrew Altschul, Nelson Aspen, Toby Ball, Sanjiv Bhattacharya, Barbara Browning, Jamie Cat Callan, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Susie DeFord, David Farley, Margaret Floyd, Jonathan Franklin, Melissa Ford, Steve Friedman, Richard Grossman, Judy Gruen, Gar Anthony Haywood, Jane Hodges, Carl Hoffman, Abigail Johnson Dodge, Caitlin Kelly, Nicola Kraus, Grace Krilanovich, Jim Krusoe, Shana Mahaffey, Joseph Mattson, Suzanne McGee, Emma McLaughlin, Jillian Medoff, Lisa Napoli, Alix Ohlin, Alex Palmer, Victoria Patterson, Kitty Pilgrim, Nicole Porter, Joanne Rocklin, Emily Rogan, Douglas Rushkoff, Susan Schneider, Joel Schwartzberg, Karen Stabiner, Kio Stark, Alix Strauss, Francis Tapon, Tere Tereba, Laura Vanderkam, Amy Whitaker, Kara Whitely, Ben H. Winters, Denis Wood, and Susan Wright

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