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Conference Keynotes
Room B3

Critical Insight From A Venture Capital Point of View
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Wednesday September 23, 2009
Jeremy Liew, Managing Director, Lightspeed
Join us for critical insight from one of the leading venture capitalists in the space. In an onstage interview with Engage Digital's Curt Feldman, Jeremy Liew, Managing Director of Lightspeed Venture Partners, will discuss the current social media and virtual goods landscape, how the venture community views the marketplace and where trends are leading. This session is a must for all entrepreneurs, developers and business professionals.

A New Approach To Virtual Goods
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Wednesday September 23, 2009
Trip Hawkins, Chairman and CEO, Digital Chocolate
The game industry is undergoing an exciting period of disruption from innovative products. Trip Hawkins, Chairman and CEO, Digital Chocolate and the founder of Electronic Arts, will announce and explain a new game service that gives a virtual item “platform power” across a variety of games, networks and devices. Trip has been a new media pioneer for 30 years. Join us at Engage! for an exclusive look at what's next.

Implementing Best Buy's Social Media Strategy
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Thursday September 24, 2009
Gina Debogovich, Community Manager, Best Buy Co, Inc.
Jason Parker, Community Analyst, Best Buy Co, Inc.
Best Buy is leveraging social media across the entire corporation, rallying hundreds of employees across the country to engage with consumers online. The most recent activity: Twelpforce, a collective force of Best Buy technology pros offering tech advice on Twitter. Twelpforce is the latest addition to Best Buy Connected, which is billed as the voice of the Best Buy Employee. Find out what's working and why in this broad social media deployment from the major retailer.

An Interview with Mark Pincus, Founder and CEO, Zynga
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Thursday September 24, 2009
Mark Pincus, Founder and CEO, Zynga
Mark Pincus is a leading Internet entrepreneur, having founded and established four successful companies. His latest venture Zynga, founded in 2007, is the largest social gaming network, and marries his knowledge of social networks with his desire to create the next mass market video game phenomenon. Zynga has received $39 million in funding to date and has 32 million daily active users playing their online social games.

3DTLC Keynotes
Chevron, IBM, ThinkBalm
to Keynote 3D Training Conference @ Engage!
We are also pleased to announce a series of keynotes for the 3D Training and Learning Conference taking place at Engage. These include: Erica Driver, Principal, ThinkBalm; Sam Driver, Principal, ThinkBalm; Chuck Hamilton, Center for Advanced Learning, IBM and Kevyn Renner, Sr. Technology Consultant, Chevron Global Manufacturing. Please visit http://www.3dtlc.com for details.