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Narrowcasting New York 2002
Opportunities for Advertisers and Retailers

Networked, In-Store, and Out-of-Home Media
 

Conference-At-A-Glance

8:30 am          
Opening Remarks: State of the Industry
Jeff Hayes, Director, CAP Ventures, Inc.

9:00 am       
Featured Presentation:
Beyond the 30 - Second Commercial
Mark Mitchell, EVP of Advertising Sales, Premier Retail Networks

There are new trends in advertising on retail narrowcasting. Included in this discussion are case studies of how advertisers and marketers are using in-store media networks to effectively and creatively deliver their messages.

9:30 am          
Featured Presentation - Making Retail Broadcasting Work in the Real World
David H. Parish, PhD., CEO, Visual Circuits

The goal of retail advertising, marketing and promotion is to put the most relevant message in front of the consumer at just the right time.  This is precisely the promise of Retail Broadcasting.  Doing so, however, demands integration with factors that define relevance ... from the consumer and retailer point of view.  This presentation provides a framework for developing a digital media messaging strategy and for measuring business impact.  Examples are provided.

10:00 am        Break – Technology Showcase Open for Viewing

10:30 am        
Discussion Panel: Systems Implementation
Bob Sullivan, Mercury Online Solutions
Lisa Lemon, MCSi
Manolo Almagro, MarketForward

Customers face many choices on utilizing and implementing narrowcast networks. Hear from a panel of experts with field experience on defining business objectives, systems planning, budgeting, content management, deployment, and compliance issues.

11:15 am        
Featured Presentation: Intelligent Narrowcasting Technologies Make the Difference
Jeff Porter, CEO, Scala, Inc.

Choosing the right architecture for Narrowcasting can mean the difference between success and failure.  Learn how to deploy an end-to-end Narrowcast network with confidence from off-the-shelf components today.  Find out how leading edge companies have revolutionized their businesses by deploying intelligent dynamic signage networks to get the right message to the right people at the right time.  James Fine from Telecine Multimedia joins Jeff Porter from Scala (a leader in software solutions for dynamic signage) in sharing some real world examples that are captivating, compelling and current.

11:45 am       
Featured Presentation:
The Development of the Digital Signage Market: A Distributor’s Perspective
Brad Gleeson, President and COO, ActiveLight, Inc.

The Digital Dynamic Signage marketplace is at a critical position in its development. Several large and technically sophisticated roll-outs have occurred in the last 12-18 months which show the viability of the concept. Additionally, recent product improvements coupled with price reductions, make the potentially most costly component of these systems - plasma displays - more powerful and affordable than ever before. Hear about ActiveLight’s perspective on the next 12 months of the signage market, and how we can continue its growth.

12:15 pm        Luncheon - Technology Showcase Open for Viewing

1:45 pm          
Featured Presentation: Designing Messaging Strategies for Digital Signage in Retail Environments
Tony Dillon, Vice President Consumer Messaging, Clarity Visual Systems, Inc.

This presentation will discuss design issues for creating the right type of content for your audience. Learn about the differences between TV ads and effective retail dynamic signage. Clarity Visual Systems will also explore the nuts and bolts of designing and/or finding appropriate content. Discover how to use contrast and color as they relate to design issues within different display technologies.

2:15 pm          
Case Study:  Networked, Digital Displays Installed in All New York Waterway Terminals
Joan Gerberding, President, Nassau Media Partners

The New York/New Jersey Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), in partnership with Nassau Media Partners, have been providing news, public service announcements, train arrival/departure alerts and advertising on 227 PATHVision screens in all eleven PATH stations serving 250,000 daily commuters for the past three years.  Sounds great?  What went wrong?  Nassau Media Partners then teamed up with Clarity Visual to provide the New York Waterway with much the same content, but this time, installed their own dynamic display equipment for an exciting venture that will broadcast to more than 70,000 daily New York Waterway commuters via a system of networked digital displays installed in all the Waterway ferry terminals.  The system will also display real-time ferry schedules and emergency information.  You will hear from representatives from Nassau Media Partners and the New York Waterway in this "Tale of Two Projects."

2:45 pm           
In-Store Advertising Becomes Measured Medium

Dick Blatt, President and CEO, Point-Of-Purchase Advertising International (POPAI)

Dick will provide an eye-opening account of just some of the ways in which in-store advertising displays and signage stimulate impulse  purchases and builds brands. Those responsible for building brands at retail will benefit from hearing results from POPAI’s “Measured Medium” study, including finding on in-store advertising’s respective levels of:  proof of placement, cost effectiveness and sales effectiveness.  Also presented, results from interviews of more than 1200 consumers concerning what kinds of in-store advertising works best, and how in-store advertising can be utilized to influence up to 70 percent of all brand purchase decisions.

3:15 pm          Break – Technology Showcase Open for Viewing 

3:45 pm          
Featured Presentation: Media in Retail: One Size Does NOT Fit All
Louis D. Giacalone, Jr., Exeuctive Vice President, Product Development and Marketing Co-Founder, CoolSign by AdSpace Networks

Digital media networks in the retail environment can serve many valuable business applications. Understanding the varied goals of your network will be critical to building a successful program. Unfortunately, many of these applications have very different technical and content programming requirements. We'll discuss what the different applications are, how to support them best, and resolve conflicting goals along the way.

4:15 pm          
Discussion Panel: Network Operators and Technology Innovators
Evan Wimer, MediaPull
John Kirkpatrick, FRED Systems
Jason Kates, RMS Networks

This panel will be an interactive discussion between network operators and technology innovators regarding their systems, services and experiences. Learn about the different advertising models, branding opportunities, content, technical and hardware issues, and implementation options.

5:00 pm          
Networked Displays and In-Store TV
Norman McLeod, Associate Director, CAP Ventures, Inc.

This wrap-up session will present data on the size of t he U.S. narrowcasting industry, its growth experience and key implementations in 2002, and projected growth over the next several years. Key retail and public spaces segments will be identified and discussed. Key industry trends and key opportunities and obstacles will also be analyzed.

5:30 pm          Networking Reception

 


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