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IBDNetwork's Momentum Growth Conference Announces Topics and Final List of Participating Companies; Up-and-Coming Digital Media Companies and Interactive Giants Alike Come Together for Two Days of Discussion on the Digital Convergence Ecosystem

Posted on: Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 12:00 CDT

IBDNetwork, creators of the Under the Radar conference series, today announced the final list of participating companies as well as more information regarding the schedule and session topics for the upcoming Momentum Growth Conference (http://www.momentumconf.com) at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA on September 27-28.

Participants include major industry powerhouses like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and many others whose interest is in the innovative technologies and business models that the Momentum companies bring to the event. "Yahoo! is excited to be involved with IBDNetwork's Momentum Growth Conference. For us, this conference provides an excellent platform to explore potential partnerships with companies who are on the leading edge of the digital media market," said Bradley Horowitz, VP of Strategy for Yahoo!

The topics for the conference's sessions span the gamut of the digital convergence ecosystem -- from content creation to distribution and everything in between. IBDNetwork designed Momentum to provide all participating companies a venue in which to collaborate and reach out to others in the digital media space. "Momentum provides us a great opportunity to tell our story and meet with a variety of potential partners" according to Alex Welch, CEO of Photobucket who will be presenting at the "How I got Mo'" panel during the conference.

Conference session topics (partial list):

-- The Digital Media Landscape: A Review of the Ecosystem

-- TV Anywhere, Anytime

-- Mobile Advertising: Where Is It Going Next?

-- Have You Heard Mobile Content's Boom?

-- The Vertical and Horizontal of Online Advertising

-- The Local and Specific of Online Advertising

-- Who's Gonna Beat the Pirates?

-- Communications Strategies for Varying Exits

-- Your IP is Your USP - How to Protect Your Company in a Crowded Market

-- Share and Enjoy -- The DIY Guide to Revenue

-- Partnerships -- How I Got The Big Mo'. How I'll Keep It.

Up-and-coming interactive companies attending:

Blinkx / Cafe Press / Cellfire / Critical Mention / Facebook / Glu Mobile / Gracenote / Internet REIT / Laszlo / Medio Systems / MeeVee / Mimeo / Mixxer / MobiTV / Navio Systems / Pandora / Peerflix / Photobucket / Piczo / ReachLocal / Reply! / Revver / Sidestep / Simplestar / Sling Media / Specific Media / TeleNav / VendareNetBlue / Zillow

Interactive industry giants attending:

Amazon / AOL / CNET / Discovery Communications / eBay / Fox Interactive / Google / Macrovision / Microsoft (MSN) / Motorola / MovieLabs / MTV Networks / Nokia / Qualcomm / Yahoo!

About Momentum Growth Conference - http://www.momentumconf.com

From the producers of Under the Radar, the Momentum Growth Conference honors industry leaders dominating the next stage of the growth cycle -- a who's who of leading companies with real customers, real revenue, real partnerships, and the vision to change their market landscape in the next 12-18 months. Companies granted this prestigious honor are recognized as the "ones to watch" -- role models for growing exponentially while gaining rapid traction in an exploding market. The companies chosen to showcase at Momentum 2006 are no longer struggling startups. Momentum companies are on a fast track to the A-list. Momentum sponsors include Jeffries Broadview, Manatt, Microsoft and Sterling Communications.

About IBDNetwork - http://www.ibdnetwork.com

Founded in September of 1999, IBDNetwork is the first membership-based organization to accelerate deal making. IBDNetwork explores the business side of technology through events and newsletters that cover the latest innovative technologies, partnerships, company growth, business models, and investment strategies. IBDNetwork's community is comprised of VCs, CEOs, and VPs of business and corporate development from both private and public companies -- typically the company "forecasters" that need to understand new market opportunities and trends to help plan their companies' strategic initiatives.


Source: Business Wire

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