Get ready for another great Radio Symposium in June!
Mid-year Radio Symposium
2007

agenda

The proposed agenda for the 2007 Radio Symposium includes twelve sessions. Please note that the agenda may change before the event.


Morning
8:00a
8:30a

Session One
Opening Remarks
David Kennedy, CEO, Interep
Victor Miller, Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns

8:30a
9:15a

Session Two
Radio - A Multi-Platform Perspective

  • Michael Weiss, President, CBS Radio Sales, Interep
  • Mike Connolly, SVP/Sales , ABC Radio Network
  • Kurt Hanson, President, Accuradio.com
  • Mark Einstein, VP/Director of National Radio, Active International
9:15a
9:45a

Session Three
Mancow Talks About Talk Radio
Mancow Muller, Radio Talk Show Host, Syndicated in San Francisco, Houston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Miami, Indianapolis, Atlantic City, and Reno

9:45a
10:30a

Session Four
Ad Spending and Inventory Trends
Phillippe Generali, CEO, Media Monitors
George Nadel Rivin, Partner/Broadcast Services, Miller Kaplan, Arase & Co.

10:30a
11:15a

Session Five
Radio Programming: Content in the New Century

  • Rick Cummings, COO, Emmis Communications
  • Frank Flores, VP/Market Manager, Spanish Broadcasting Systems
  • Tony Gray, President & CEO, Gray Communications
11:15a
11:55a

Session Six
Audience Measurements - A New Currency?
Pierre Bouvard, President/Sales & Marketing, Arbitron
Phillip Beswick, President & COO, Media Audit/IPSOS


Afternoon
12:00p
12:30p

Session Seven
Understanding Changes in the Media Economy
Brian Weiser, SVP/Director, Industry Analysis, IPG/MAGNA Global USA

12:30p
1:15p

Session Eight
The Radio Ad Effectiveness Lab's New Engagement Study

  • Jeff Haley, President & CEO, Radio Advertising Bureau
  • Mary Bennett, EVP/Marketing, Radio Advertising Bureau
  • Jim Peacock, President, Peacock Research
1:15p
2:00p

Session Nine
Radio M&A - Current Valuations, Future Trends

  • Jim Kuster, Managing Director, TMT, Royal Bank of Scotland
  • John White, Managing Director & Group Head, Wachovia Securities
  • Dave Tolley, Senior Managing Director, Private Equity Group, Blackstone
  • Lew Dickey, CEO, Cumulus Media
2:00p
2:30p

Session Ten
HD Radio Update
Bob Struble, President & CEO, iBiquity Digital Corporation

2:30p
3:15p

Session Eleven
Radio from the Agency Perspective

  • Rich Russo, Director of Broadcast Services, JL Media
  • Matt Feinberg, SVP/Director of Radio, Zenith
  • Kim Vasey, Senior Partner and Director of Radio, Mediaedge:CIA
  • Natalie Swed-Stone, U.S. Director/National Radio Investment, OMD
3:15p
4:00p

Session Twelve
A View from the Top

  • Farid Suleman, CEO, Citadel Communications
  • David Field, CEO, Entercom
  • Charles Warfield, President & COO, Inner City Broadcasting
  • Gary Stone, President & COO, Univision Radio
4:00p
4:45p

Session Thirteen
Selling Radio in New Ways

  • Bill Figenshu, Former COO, SoftWave Media
  • Janice Finkel-Greene, EVP/Director of Local Broadcast Strategy, Initiative Media
  • Sheila Kirby, President, Strategic Sales Development, Interep
  • Tricia Clarke, Director/Integrated Sales, Emmis
 
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