Austin-based Engage Digital creates and produces technology-focused industry conferences and trade expositions. Since our founding in 2003, we have created and produced dozens of events in Austin, New York, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle, and London. Industries and topics have included software development, mobile technologies, games, social media, youth, virtual learning and more.
Next up:
Tech Career Expo @ SXSW – March 9-10, 2012 – Austin, TX.
Showcasing the best tech jobs and career opportunities available. Your best recruiting opportunity of 2012.
AppDev Hackathon @ SXSW – March 9-10, 2012 – Austin TX
For developers working on mobile and HTML5 apps.
Digital Kids 2012 (formerly Engage!) – April 25-26, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA.
Digital product development and marketing best practices to engage with digital kids and connected youth.
Our our lowest possible registration rate for the Digital Kids Conference ends tomorrow, January 31st. The prices are more than 60% off the onsite, so you will definitely want to register now to take advantage of the savings. The low rate is in part to celebrate our name change from Engage! to Digital Kids Conference (details here).
Digital Kids takes place April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. The show promises to deliver a robust experience to participants and conference goers alike, as growth in the digital youth market continues to skyrocket. It is already shaping up as our best event ever, with 5 full conference tracks, including: Operations, Safety, Content, Business and Market research. Coverage will include social games, mobile and tablet apps, virtual worlds, social media and marketing and more.
Our first 25 speakers have been announced. They include executives from National Football League (NFL), Mind Candy (Moshi Monsters) KingsIsle Entertainment (Wizard101), venture capital firm Mayfield Fund, The Marketing Store, magazine publisher Highlights for Children, game publisher Ubisoft, Tiny Speck, American Express, The Amazing Society and more. Each brings an expert voice to the conversation taking place in LA in April.
We are pleased to announce our first 25 speakers for the Digital Kids Conference (formerly Engage) taking place April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles. As you can see from the list below they hail from both the near and far corners of the media, entertainment and technology world. Each brings an expert voice to the conversation taking place in LA in April. Click a speaker to learn more about them and what session they are speaking on. We are 90 days out and things are taking shape fast now. The sparks and multicolored cloud you see pouring from the roof of the Digital Kids Conference factory is a byproduct of the friction created as we continue rubbing our brains together to bring you our best show yet.
Stephanie Azzarone – President, Child’s Play Communications
Eric Brassard – Chief Executive Officer, Woozworld
Jon Paul Buchmeyer – VP, Digital Engagement, Metaverse Mod Squad
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai – VP of Research, Games and Technology, Interpret LLC
Tim Chang – Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Jorian (Jori) Clarke – CEO, Circle 1 Network
Matt Cullen – Marketing Manager, National Football League
Noemie Dupuy – Partner / VP Business Development & Marketing, Budge Studios
Dan Ferguson – VP of Creative Services/Co-Founder, Blockdot
Darran Garnham – Chief Business Development Officer and Chief Licensing Officer, Mind Candy
Mike Goslin – GM Rebel Entertainment Company, Rebel Entertainment, an IAC Company
Stephane Jankowski – Producer, Ubisoft
Ed Lewis – Founder and CEO, Media Chaparone
Stacey Matthias – Founder, Insight Research Group and Insight Kids , Insight Research Group
Wanda Meloni – Founder/Senior Analyst, M2 Research
Izzy Neis – Vice President of User Engagement, Everloop
Chris Rettstatt – Director, Digital Content, Highlights for Children
Kiersten Samwell – Community Relations & Social Media Manager, KingsIsle Entertainment (Wizard101)
Nathan Sawatzky – Director, Player Support, Tiny Speck, Inc.
Ian Swanson – Vice President Serve Enterprises, American Express
Matthew Warenford – Chief-Technical-Officer, Dubit
Jo Webber – CEO, Virtual Piggy
Renee Weber – VP, Consumer Strategy and Research, The Marketing Store
Jake Witherell – Chief Operating Officer, Schell Games
Engage Digital, working in collaboration with South By Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals, today announced the Tech Career Expo @ SXSW to take place March 9-10, 2012 at the Austin Music Hall in Austin, TX. Open to the more than 20,000 SXSW Interactive attendees and non-attendees alike, the Tech Career Expo @ SXSW provides employers the opportunity to recruit top talent from across the nation and around the world and jobseekers exposure to the most innovative technology opportunities in a casual and creative atmosphere.
Tech Career Expo @ SXSW will showcase tech jobs and career opportunities at dozens of interactive companies, from startups to established firms. Professionals involved in all aspects of the technology industry, from engineering, programming and design, to marketing, sales and management are encouraged to attend.
“Engage Digital’s Tech Career Expo @ SXSW is the perfect complement to SXSW Interactive,” said Hugh Forrest, Director of the SXSW Interactive Festival. “Tech Career Expo @ SXSW provides technology professionals a highly concentrated, powerful opportunity to network with hiring companies in one centralized location. We know that lots of hiring traditionally takes place at SXSW Interactive and we think the Tech Career Expo will make that process a lot easier for all parties involved. SXSW is thrilled to help create this environment that will more efficiently bring together top tech talent and innovate companies.”
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We have opened registration for Engage! 2012. There is no event that provides you better insight into the best practices required to connect with digital kids and youth. We are providing both a 1 day pass (good for either day you choose) and a 2 Day, All Access, registration option. The earlier you register, the more you save. To celebrate the close of 2011 and the approach of 2012 we are offering our lowest rate available: $445 for an all access pass and $295 for a 1 day pass. These prices are more than 50% off the onsite, cover rates, so do take advantage of the savings. The end of the year special is good through December 31, 2011. We look forward to you joining us April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles.
The preliminary Engage! 2012 has debuted and is now online. Conference tracks include Operations, Business, Content and Safety. In the new year we will begin to announce our speakers and discuss the program in detail but we wanted to give you an early snapshot prior to the end of 2011. Of course, we welcome active speaker suggestions and additional input on the program. We look forward to having you join us April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA.
Engage Digital is pleased to announce the Tech Career Expo @ South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), taking place March 9th and 10th in Austin, TX. Open, free, to the more than 20,000 tech professionals worldwide participating in SXSW as well as regional job seekers, Tech Career Expo is an unmatched opportunity for employers to recruit top talent from across the nation and around the world. Likewise, talented professionals can easily connect with the best tech jobs and career opportunities – all in one centralized location during SXSW.
For recruiters, Tech Career Expo is singular opportunity to highlight their company and recruit top talent on a national stage. Tech Career Expo gets leading companies in front of SXSW attendees as well as regional, savvy professionals that are at the forefront of today’s technology industry. These are the innovators, the technology vanguard and creative masters eager to engineer, program and design leading edge technology solutions. Tech Career Expo is a great way to engage with these professionals in a relaxed, creative environment.
For tech professionals – from engineering, programming and design, to marketing, sales and management – Tech Career Expo @ SXSW Interactive is the ideal place to meet with and discuss employment with top companies – from startups to large businesses.
The web site is http://TechCareerExpo.com. On twitter we’re at @techcareerexpo. We’re here on Facebook and here on LinkedIn.
In this presentation from our App Conference in Oct, Jeannie Yang – VP of Product Alchemy, Smule at Smule, discusses Smule’s product development process as well as creating and designing a successful social application that fosters organic connections and communities from UI to launch. Smule is the creator of the popular I Am T-Pain, Magic Piano, Magic Fiddle, Ocarina and Glee Karaoke apps. The company’s apps not only enable music creation but allow users to showcase their talent on a world stage and connect anonymously with other musical mavens from around the globe.
Dion Almaer, VP Mobile Architecture, Walmart.com discusses Web vs. Apps in his keynote at our App Conference held last month in Santa Clara.
Once again, from our App Conference held last month we present the latest video: In this video, Donna Friedman Meir, Chief Innovation Officer at Insight Research Group, takes you on a deep-dive into the developmental, social and cultural drivers that influence the media habits of kids at ages four, seven and 11.
Thanks again to MarakanaTechTV for the recording and production.
Jennifer Wells – Senior Manager, Game and App Publishing, PBS talks about how PBS plans to educate and entertain the nation’s kids in the mobile space at our App Conference held last month in Santa Clara. Jennifer will cover how PBS approaches mobile game design for kids, where they’re at in the digital space now, and how the plan on continuing to innovate.
Tech Career Expo @ SXSW
Engage! is now Digital Kids
