Apr 20, 2009

Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup - June 1-2 in SF


JUNE 1-2, 2009 - HOTEL NIKKO - SAN FRANCISCO, CA

group Y is excited to announce our partnership with the 2009 national Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup conference, June 1-2 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.

Many of you are familiar with Ypulse’s comprehensive daily coverage of the social and digital trends that define today’s totally wired generation and marketing in the youth space. Your hands-on host at Mashup is Ypulse founder and editor, Anastasia Goodstein!

If you thrive on the energy generated by the best and brightest in the youth marketing field, this is the one conference to attend this year: group Y members can take advantage of our discount of 10% off the standard conference rates when you register using our special code GROUPY.

Register before April 17 to maximize your savings with Ypulse Early Adopter rates!

JOIN the best and brightest in the youth marketing field

• Join the top brand, corporate and social marketers, media pros, educators, youth advocates and leaders of non-profits who gather each year to share best practices, the freshest youth research and latest strategies on marketing to tweens, teens and young adults with technology.

• Share your own unique expertise and passion for the youth space with attendees who inspire the electric networking and collaboration – hallmarks of a Mashup conference.

• Get the inside track on how to leverage social media, gaming, virtual worlds, mobile platforms and more to reach and engage tweens, teens and young adults.

INSIGHT INTO THE DIGITAL GENERATION!

Don Tapscott, one of the world's leading authorities in business strategy and the author of Grown Up Digital on how this generation is changing the world and its institutions.

Josh Shipp, an internationally renowned speaker on youth issues who channeled his talent for empowering young people into the media platform Hey Josh, on what teens care about

Donna Fenn, who has been interviewing young entrepreneurs over the past two years for her new book Upstarts! How the Entrepreneurial Generation is Rocking the World of Business.

Greg Clayman, Executive Vice President of Digital Distribution and Business Development, MTV Networks

David Brind and Adam Salky, the screenwriter and director of “DARE,” who will lead a Q&A after an exclusive screening of this 2009 Sundance Film Festival hit.

Kit Yarrow, co-author of Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and 20-Somethings are Revolutionizing Retail

Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, interacting with a Totally Wired Youth Entrepreneur Panel

Adam Aberman, director of digital strategy at Ashoka's Youth Venture, and Tim Showalter-Loch, of Best Buy, talking about a successful pro-social campaign

Executives from Disney, covering best practices for user-generated campaigns targeting youth

Bill Carter of Fuse, on cutting spending without losing marketing impact

Daryl Butler, who directs retail brand marketing at Nike, on keeping youth marketing simple

Youth Panel, ages 13 to 24, rating brand campaigns—ask them for feedback on your own campaign!

FOUR FOCUSED PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS

Campus Case Study Slam: an action-packed morning off back-to-back case studies from brand, pro-social and agency marketers focused on reaching the college demographic.

Urban/Multicultural Mashup: Trend presentations on African American, Hispanic and Asian American youth by some of the real stars of this space, sessions on new opportunities in the ‘urban’ mobile space and how a major gaming company teamed with a non-profit to create a movement, plus a special discussion: "Identity Politics - Marketing to Youth in the Age of Obama."

Youth Marketing Bootcamp: Fresh research on teens and tweens and how technology has transformed their interactions.

Tweens (Un)Conference: you set the agenda for a focus on balancing online safety and fun for tweens.

Join us in San Francisco!

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