LA TECH: APRIL EVENT CALENDAR

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RECURRING WEEKLY:
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Tuesday’s with Exectec
7:30 PM @ D’Amore’s Pizza Connection on Westwood
1136 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Thursday Lunch
12PM @ Santa Monica/ 3rd

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APRIL EVENTS
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**Tubefilter Web Television Week Spring 2010: In celebration of the 2010 Streamy Awards, Tubefilter is excited to announce a full week of web television and digital entertainment related events from April 5 to 11, 2010 right here in Los Angeles.

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Monday, April 5th
Think LA’s: Meet the Board Mixer
6:00-9:00pm
Beechwood Restaurant
822 Washington Blvd.
Venice CA 90292

Come meet thinkLA’s Board of Directors in an informal, engaging setting. Yahootinis and selected wines & beers from around the world will be hosted until 9pm.

Who Should Attend: Anyone in media, marketing, entertainment or advertising seeking to meet the Board of Directors responsible for steering the thinkLA organization. Oenophiles welcome.

Board Members in Attendance

Kyle Acquistapace, EVP, Director of Media Planning, Deutsch LA

Mary Beth Garber, President, Southern California Broadcasters Association

Tim Hand, West Coast Director - Sales, Kelley Blue Book

Joe Hartnett, Principal, Hartnett & Associates

Eric Johnson, President, Ignited

Richard Keech, Western Advertising Sales Manager, Rodale

Tom Kirk, EVP, Account Management Director, RPA

Lisa Licht, GM, Entertainment & Licensing, Hasbro

Jerry McGee, Executive VP, President Western Region, American Association of Advertising Agencies

Debbie Menin, Consultant, Menin Media

Brian Morris, COO, Mendelsohn Zien

Barbara Overlie, Chief Financial Officer, TBWA\Chiat\Day

Alex Perez, Executive Director, XD Theory

Ben Price, SVP, Advertising Sales, Discovery Communications

Charlene Repko, Group Advertising Director, Hearst

Chelsea Roe, Managing Partner, Director of Client Services, DDB Los Angeles

Cliff Scott, President, The Scott Group

Tom Sebastian, Senior Vice President, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Deborah Senior, Corporate Manager — Lexus, Marketing Communications, Brand and Product Strategy, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Nathan Smith, VP of Client Services, One Eighteen Advertising

Carol Terakawa, EVP of Sales, Premiere Radio Network

Pricing:
Registration closes on 3/31/10 at 5:00 PM PDT.
(Event may sell out prior to registration deadline)

Members: $35
Non-Members: $50

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Tuesday, April 6th
Digital Drinks @ La Vida
7:00-10:00pm
La Vida
1448 N Gower St.
Hollywood, CA

Join us for our next Digital Drinks, scheduled to be part of Tubefilter’s Web TV Week leading up to the Streamy Awards. Invited: web video producers, directors, actors, production, Streamy nominees, friends, and fans. We’ll be lounging at La Vida, just a few blocks east of the Music Box Theatre where the Streamys will be, on Hollywood at Gower.

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Tuesday, April 6th
LA Eastside Mixed-Up Mixer
5:30-8:00pm
The Black Boar
1630 Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90041

Keep on the move around the east side of LA! mix it up with small business owners & independent professionals, this month in eagle rock.

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Wednesday, April 7th
DealMaker LA Presents: Don’t hire your BFF - How to build a winning Team
6:00pm-9:00pm
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Los Angeles
11355 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Join us for a candid conversation about what it takes to hook, line and sink’er when it comes to attracting (and keeping) an amazing executive team.

No matter what stage (early, mid, late) your startup is in - this is a must-attend conversation. People make ideas come to life - are you creating the right mix of people?

SPEAKERS:
* John Suh, CEO, LegalZoom
* Jim Jonassen, Founder, Jim Jonassen & Associates
* Brett Brewer, CEO, Adknowledge
* Rich Battista, President, National Cable Networks at Fox Cable Networks

Moderator:
* Vince Thompson, Managing Partner, MiddleShift LLC & Host of the “Dog and Pony Show” on Bnet.com

In this strategy series, we’ll discuss these traits as well as some of these key issues:

* Planning ahead: knowing when to grow and re-evaluate your leadership team.
* Evaluating your team: do you have “level 5 leaders” and what are those traits?
* Determining who to keep and who to cut loose.How to find and attract level 5 leaders.
* Motivation and Compensation: How can you convince them to work for you?

Registration

Ticket Price (Mixer only): $35
Member Price: $25
Door Price: $45
Member Door Price: $35

Ticket Price (Strategy Series + Mixer): $60
Member Price: $40
Door Price: $70
Member Door Price: $50

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Thursday, April 8th
MEDIACLUB LA @ HAUTE HOLLYWOOD
7:00pm-10:00pm
Haute Hollywood
665 N Roberston
West Hollywood, CA

Come mingle with top industry professionals in Media and Technology. Attendees work at companies such as CAA, Disney, Dreamworks, Fox, ICM, MySpace, NBC, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, William Morris, YouTube, etc.

ADVANCE RSVP REQUIRED. $12 until April 5th, then $15

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Thursday, April 8th
New Media Vault
8:00pm-midnight
Broadway Bar
830 S. Broadway
Los Angeles CA, 90014

The New Media Vault is the East Side’s first New Media Networking Event. Held monthly in Downtown Los Angeles, the Vault is a chance to mingle and mix with others from the worlds of TV, Film, New Media, Tech, Advertising and Venture Finance.

The New Media Vault is presented by Tubefilter, LA Mixers and Stella Entertainment.

$10 RSVP required.

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Sunday, April 11th
The Streamy Awards
Orpheum Theatre
Los Angeles, CA

The Streamy Awards is the first and most prestigious awards ceremony devoted to honoring excellence in original web television programming and those who create it. The annual ceremony, and its live online broadcast, brings together top talent, decision-makers and influencers shaping the online entertainment industry. Awards are presented for the past years’ finest achievements in a variety of categories spanning multiple disciplines, including Performance, Directing, Writing, Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, and more.

Currently in its second year, the Streamy Awards began as a grassroots effort spearheaded by visionaries in online entertainment and continues to support the spirit of independence that drives the digital entertainment industry forward. The show is co-hosted by Tubefilter News and NewTeeVee, and is produced by Tubefilter, Inc.

The Streamys consideration process begins with a public submissions period and winners are selected by members of the International Academy of Web Television, an independent, non-profit organization representing a cross-section of online entertainment professionals, including actors, agents, composers, content creators, directors, journalists, producers, technology innovators and writers.

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Monday, April 12th
Digital LA - Digital Music Panel: Artists Go Social
7:00-10:00pm
Stone Rose at Sofitel
8555 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

Join us for a pre-Coachella panel discussion with digital music industry experts on how artists are using social media and cutting edge tools to distribute and market their songs and brands.

AGENDA
- 7-8p Check-in, networking
- 8-9:30 Panel + Q&A.
- 9:30-10 Even more networking

Industry experts includes:
- Kris Garcia, Universal Music Group, Digital Accounts Director
- Glenn Miller, CAA, Digital Music Marketing Executive, artists include Selena Gomez, Blink 182
- Evan Greene, Recording Academy (The Grammys), Chief Marketing Officer, recent Grammys campaign @TheGRAMMYS
- Dr. Hollywood band, with its first hit single “We Run LA” @drhollywood
- Shelly Hartman, BlueHaze, Artist and Label Relations, iPhone apps for Pixies, Ray LaMontagne, Lollapalooza; pitching Coachella band Coheed & Cambria @shellyhartman @bluehazeinc
- Matt MacNaughton, Culture Jam, CEO. Platform allows tweet-for-song downloads @culturejam
- Jordan Glazier, Eventful, CEO. Created demand-it technology for band tours, movies @Eventful
- Moderator: Kevin Winston, Digital LA founder @DigitalLA

We’ll discuss:
- How bands use their websites, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, apps, tours, etc. to distribute and market their songs and brands
- What do fans wanna see with social media: behind the scenes, backstage, day-in-the-life, etc.
- Beyond personal tweets, what are cutting edge social media/Twitter tools and campaigns artists can use?
- How can artists use social media to build their own brand, fans, and audience, which makes them more desirable for labels who want to sign bands with built-in fans

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Tuesday, April 13th
TEDxUSC “Ideas Empowered” Conference
USC
Bovard Auditorium

Modeled after the TED Conference, TEDxUSC features a fast-paced afternoon of rapid-fire simulation and thought provoking interstitial content from talks, short films, musical performances and technology demos.

Event is sold out.

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Wednesday, April 14th
digiday:VIDEO UPFRONT
12:00-5;30pm
SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills
465 S. La Cienega Boulevard,
Los Angeles, California 90048

The State of The Digital Video Upfront: The best and the brightest in digital video, emerging platforms, plus media, marketing, publishing, and television executives will converge in New York City and Los Angeles to address the future of video programming and advertising.

During this high-level event, Top Brand Marketers, Agency Executives, Publishers, Content Owners, and Video Technology experts will come together to discuss and explore the shape of the burgeoning Upfront Digital Video Advertising Market. The conference will take a deep dive into the advertising and content market, the buying and selling opportunities, the projected growth, and the way brands and agencies are harnessing the power of digital video to engage today’s multi-screen consumer.

Agenda
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Wednesday, April 14th
SMC LA: Left, Right and Twitter: Social Media and Its Impact on Politics
7:00-9:30pm
Location TBA

PANEL DESCRIPTION:

In the aftermath of the 2008 election, it has become apparent now more than ever that the use of the Internet and its influence on the political process spans across generations and demographics. Joined by panelists from the left, right and center of the online political communications space, Social Media Club Los Angeles will host a lively discussion of the use of social media in politics and how it will shape the 2010 election cycle.

PANELISTS and BIOS:

::Joshua Trevino::
~Communications Director at DeVore for California
~President at Trevino Strategies and Media, Inc.
bio pending

::Blair Goldberg::
~Assistant Digital Strategist at Sensis
Blair Goldberg is an experienced marketing strategist who has been at the bleeding edge of digital communications technology and government since beginning his career at Penn State University’s e-Business Research Center (now the Center for Digital Transformation).  Currently, Mr. Goldberg is leading wide range of branding and digital communications initiatives at the Sensis agency.  Notably, he was part of the team that developed the Republican National Committee’s digital brand refresh in connection with the relaunch of GOP.com in 2009.  Mr. Goldberg’s client portfolio includes: the RNC, the U.S. Army, the Department of Homeland Security, Sempra Energy, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and LA Streetcar.
Mr. Goldberg received his B.S. in Information Science and Technology from Penn State University and MBA in Marketing from the Smeal College of Business at Penn State.

::Alan Silberberg::
~Chief Executive Officer, Founder at You2Gov
~Founder, Gov2.0LA
Alan is Co-Founder and CEO of the Political and Social Advocacy website, You2Gov.org and Founder of Gov20LA. You2Gov created an innovative and ground breaking Government 2.0 platform that connects regular people to their Elected Officials at the White House, Congress, All 50 Legislatures and State Capitols. Alan is a frequent speaker on Government 2.0, “Gov 2.0″ issues surrounding development and implementation of innovative and trans-formative technologies. He is a frequent commentator in the media as well, and speaks often at Government 2.0 and “Gov 2.0″ events, panels and conferences.

::Jeremy Thompson::
~Founder, Reelpolitik Campaign Media
Don’t let his youthful look fool you. At 32, Jeremy D. Thompson is a veteran of almost fifteen years of hard-nosed campaigning. In 2006, he founded Reelpolitik Campaign Media, a consulting & production operation working in the arena of online campaigning — with an emphasis on web video. Jeremy served as Senior New Media advisor to the Obama campaign in California, has consulted numerous congressional and senatorial races — including the Boxer 2010 campaign, and has had a hand in the last three California gubernatorial contests; including 2010 as Deputy Director of the Democratic Governors Associations’ California Accountability Project.

Panel Moderator: Christina Gagnier (@gagnier)

Christina Gagnier is an intellectual property attorney and partner at Gagnier Margossian LLP. A proud Californian, she began her interest in technology and politics while working on initiative campaigns and coordinating voter turnout in California for causes relating to education. Gagnier also operates as CEO of REALPOLITECH, a political technology startup.

Tickets are $10.

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Thursday, April 15th
Mindshare LA
7:00-10:00pm
740 S. Broadway
(Enter through the alley at 8th Spring St.)
Los Angeles CA, 90014

Program includes:

Douglas Campbell, Co-Founder of Mindshare LA & Syyn Labs / Volcanoes, Earthquakes and the Driest Desert in the World

Gerard Minakawa - Founder, Bamboo DNA / Building with Bamboo, A World Changing Material

Benjamin Bidlack - Engagement Director, Innovation Protocol / The Hero’s Journey in Everyday Life

Brand X presents: Richard Metzger / The Infinite Mind of Artist Paul Laffoley

Rebecca Ninburg - AKA “Demolicious”, Founder, LA Derby Dolls / How to Keep SoCal Rolling

In addition there will be performances by:
Circus du Soleil Acrobats Karyne & Sarah Steben
Boom Boom Boom - Electronic tunes and interstitials
DJ Kevin Greene
And installations by Syyn Labs

$30 advance tickets

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Wednesday, April 21st
Shakers and Stirrers
6:30-8:30pm
Wilshire
2454 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90403

Casual monthly meet-up of technology entrepreneurs who live and/or work in the South Bay. We have met for the last year at Shade across the street but are going to try out something new at Sashi in March. Free sake at Happy Hour starting a 5pm is something we should capitalize on.

Online in advance:
NFP Members: $10
Non-Members: $15
AT DOOR: $20 for everyone.

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Thursday, April 22nd
Girls in Tech LA Presents: The Buzz - PR & Marketing 3.0
6:30-10:00pm
H.Wood
1738 North Orange Drive
Los Angeles, CA

When it comes to today’s PR world, it’s all about the buzz. That particularly viral kind of word of mouth marketing that means big brand recognition and even bigger sales.

But, how do you build that buzz? How do you keep it going? How do you transition a PR campaign from traditional media to new media? And, how do you convince clients that all this tweeting and texting and typing is totally worth it? These are just a few of the topics covered.

The panel kicks off at 7pm.

Rynda Laurel (moderator)- Rynda is currently managing International Strategy for AF83 (Paris/San Francisco), Bearstech (Paris) and Hackable:Devices (Paris). She is involved in coordinating and participating in numerous events and panels including: French by South West, Twestival, Social Media Club, TedxSoma, Musi2K, Digital LA, Girls In Tech and FAIRfund. She also is developing a socially conscious marketing and consulting agency which is a manifestation of her deep-seated devotion to the environment and sustainability.

Nicole Jordan - one of the premier PR/Marketing names in the LA area, has worked as head of communications and industry relations at the Rubicon Project and as a communications consultant for Clearstone Venture Partners. She has also worked with Apple, HP, This Next, Inc., Brenthaven, Buongiorno USA, David Lynch, Edelman, and Ogilvy, just to name a few.

Babette Pepaj - founder/CEO of BakeSpace.com, the Web’s first food-themed social network and 2009 Webby Nominee for “Best Social Network.” She is also the founder of TECHmunch and publisher of The Daily Bite. Brands she’s worked with include KitchenAid, ABC, Sara Lee, Kodak, McCormick, Reynolds, Universal, Sony Pictures and FOX Searchlight and has a unique knack for spinning traditional ad campaigns into unique PR opportunities. Also find us @BakeSpace.

Amanda Coolong – Executive producer for Tech Zulu & ThisWeekin.com, Principal and Founder of Beta PR.

Andrea Scott - Manager of Interactive Marketing for POM Wonderful

Christine Kirk - Social Media Marketing Consultant/Founder at Social Muse Communications and PR Manager at Girls in Tech LA. Previous work includes Online Communications Director at Murphy O’Brien, Senior Account Executive at Murphy O’Brien, Account Executive at Zeno Group and more.

Tickets are $10.

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Thursday, April 29th
LA Games Conference
8:00am-9:00pm
Occidental College
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041

Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. LA Games Conference – now in its 4th year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. We invite you to join us at the event and take part in the discussion with executives, creators, investors, analysts, press and gamers who will be instrumental in shaping the future of this booming business. The event is designed to be interactive like the world we live in giving delegates the opportunity to share their ideas live at the event via Twitter and in moderated roundtable meetings.

2010 KEYNOTES

Visionary game designer, Founder of Shiny Entertainment and CEO of Gaikai (cloud-streaming game service with investments from Benchmark Capital) David Perry to do 1-on-1 interview with David Reitman of Switch and Data.

Perry is the mind behind such famed video games as Earthworm Jim (in which a bionic suit-clad worm saves the galaxy), Messiah (in which a rogue cherub hijacks creatures’ bodies to defeat sin), and best-selling game adaptations of movies like Disney’s Aladdin, Terminator and The Matrix. He has designed tie-ins for international brands such as 7-Up and McDonald’s, and has worked on a group of massively multiplayer online titles for Acclaim. His professional experience also includes working with Hollywood Directors, Hollywood Studios, Licensing in/out, IP Creation, Patenting, Trademarking, Budgeting, Creative Direction, Designing, Programming, Out-Sourcing, Funding, Production and many other facets of the business of making and selling professional video games. Perry sits on the advisory board of the Game Developers Conference and the Video Games Expo.

Playdom CEO, John Pleasants, to do 1-on-1 keynote interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors. Before taking the helm at Playdom, John served as President of Publishing and Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts (EA), where he oversaw global operations for the four billion dollar gaming company and led its consumer-facing businesses, including EA Mobile, Pogo, EA.com, global online gaming and Rupture. In addition, John drove a push to move EA from a software to a services model, and spearheaded the company’s expansion into social gaming. Prior to joining EA, John served as President and CEO of Revolution Heath and CEO of Ticketmaster, the world’s leading live event ticketing company. During his tenure at Ticketmaster/ InteractiveCorp (IAC), John also oversaw several leading online entities such as Evite.com, Match.com, CitySearch.com and ReserveAmerica.com. John is a Director of the Board for The Artists Den, a music production and promotion company, and previously held Board of Director positions with Expedia.com, Active.com, Fastclick, Going.com and Extend Health. John’s favorite Playdom game is Sorority Life because he’s long believed in the power of the Little Black Dress.

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