Conference and Exhibit Hall: Tuesday, September 1 Wednesday, September 2 Details on the 2009 event will be released in Spring. Please join our email list, or follow us on twitter to get updates on ad:tech Chicago as we have them. Be an Exhibitor: Get all the details here. Play it again. You can still download presentations and podcasts of the 2008 event! KEYNOTES Welcome to The Age of Performance Branding Kevin Kells, Industry Development Director, Consumer Packaged Goods, Google       Here Comes Every Customer: The Former Audience is Talking Around You Clay Shirky, Author, Here Comes Everybody       The Big Idea Strikes Back Brad Jakeman, Former Executive VP, Marketing, Federated Department Stores SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS Brad Santeler, Director of Media and Relationship Marketing, Kimberly- Clark Corporation Kevin Doohan, Director, Interactive Marketing, ConAgra Foods Chris Allen, VP, Director of Video Innovation, Starcom USA Andrew Markowitz, Director, Digital Marketing and Media, Kraft Scott Howe, VP and GM, Advertiser & Publisher Solutions Group, Microsoft Richard Binhammer, Senior Manager, Social Media/Blog Outreach, Dell, Inc. Joe Megibow, VP, Customer Experience and Online Marketing, Hotels.com Michael Moore, Worldwide Director, Purina Interactive, Nestle BRANDS WHO PRESENTED IN CHICAGO:   Power Panels: These presentations were packed with top level executives from companies like ExactTarget, Kraft Foods, Abbott, ConAgra Foods, Digitas, JupiterResearch, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, NBC Universal, Leo Burnett North America, Cramer-Krasselt, MindShare, Microsoft, and Starcom MediaVest Group. Session titles included: Master Class CPG Roundtable: Growing Online Brand Advertising Dollars The New Media Economy: Defining the New Media Currency Developing the Big Idea – Creative Strategy and Execution in the Digital Era Strategic Media Planning 3.0 The State of Search – A Maturing Marketplace or Poised for More Growth? Widgets and Applications – The New Media Network   Plus, general sessions with intriguing topics like: Making Mobile Work: Real-World Examples The Consumer Experience in a Multi-Platform World, Parts I & II Deal Quality: Planning, Negotiating and Securing Online Ad Buys that Make Sense Tactical Search: Local and Mobile The Role of Email in a Web 3.0 World eCommerce Marketing: The Art of Customer Acquisition and Building Lifetime Value The 2009 ad:tech awards program is now open! Recognizing the most talented online designers and strategic thinkers in interactive marketing, the ad:tech awards are your opportunity to be recognized as the best, by the best. Submit Now!