2010 Speakers

Please note that presenters and topics are subject to change without notice.

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Mohamed Alkady

Born in Egypt in 1985, Mohamed Alkady and his family immigrated to California in May of 1995. An intense passion for computers and an unparalleled drive early on led to Mohamed entering college at the young age of 15.

By 18, Mohamed was working as the Chief Technology Officer of a California firm. There, he began developing the types of applications, software creations and other cutting edge business enhancements that would later garner the attention of some of the world’s largest companies.

In 2005, at the age of 19, Mohamed started Konneckt, his first business foray out on his own. Initially, the primary aim of Konneckt was to provide small-to-medium-sized businesses with enterprise-level applications at an affordable cost. It wasn’t long before the company was a major success, eventually expanding its offerings to also include interactive media.

Mohamed’s snowballing success with Konneckt led to him founding After10Studios in the latter part of 2007. With After10, Mohamed began concentrating on interactive, creative projects, allowing him and his growing client list to truly excel outside the box.

Today, Mohamed’s After10 firm boasts such iconic clients as Microsoft, Dell, Intel and the National Football League. Mohamed even became a part of American pop lore when After10’s Viper SmartStart creation, an iPhone car starter application, was featured in a national Apple iPhone commercial.

Today, the companies that Mohamed oversees are responsible for millions in annual sales and some of the mostavant-garde interactive media creations.

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Your business values Social Media: Does your media provider?

DJ Newson is a social media consultant, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and industry commentator.

D J Newson

Currently, he is CEO and President of Newson Consultants located in San Ramon, California, United States of America. Newson Consultants is a firm of executive consultants dedicated to fulfilling the Social Media Marketing goals and objectives of corporations and independent entrepreneurs.  Newson Consultants has the knowledge and expertise to answer the most difficult and burdensome questions related to maximizing Social Media Marketing revenue generating opportunities.

Prior to founding Newson Consultants, DJ was an adverting sales account executive manager/account executive/business development manager for several leading media companies throughout a seven (7) year span.  He created and inspired the current Social Media advertising plans and processes for Cox Enterprises across all of their independent media businesses: television and radio broadcasting, cable systems, online, direct mail, and newspaper publishing.  DJ Newson also provided advertising sales consultant expertise for Knight Ridder and Harte-Hanks within their online, direct mail, and print business divisions.

DJ Newson’s career also encompasses eight (8) years experience in servicing a diverse set of Silicon Valley high tech sector clients within the following markets: retail, medical, computer, semiconductor, networking, and communications. In turn, these clients provided their end customers with hardware & software products and/or consulting, educational, and technical services. These clients achieved these goals through the various sales and marketing positions DJ held at Analog Devices, Computer Associates, and Motorola, Inc.

For testimonials, please refer to the Newson Consultants website:

http://newsonconsultants.com/testimonials/

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“Building your brand through a social media plan”.

Building your brand through social media is only as good as the plan you put forth to execute.  Alicia will present a simple plan that you or your staff can execute on for maximum impact.  Alicia will also show you how to outsource your tasks if you don’t have the time to manage social media yourself or internally in your business.

Alicia Lyttle

With her roots in the Caribbean (her mother is from Guyana and her father is from Jamaica), Alicia Lyttle brings passion and purpose to teaching Social Media and Internet Marketing in the Caribbean.

She has been working in the internet marketing industry for over 10 years. She’s been on the front line as a trainer and speaker as well as and running the back office of a multi-million dollar internet enterprise.

Within the internet marketing community she is known as the go to person for resources, networking and connections.

Alicia has traveled the world, from Asia, to the United Kingdom, and the Caribbean, as well as all over the United States teaching people how to leverage the power of the internet.

She excels at teaching about social media, turning your knowledge into profits, affiliate marketing, membership sites and much more. Alicia is a sought after teacher to the newbies in Internet Marketing. Her passion is in helping people to monetize their knowledge and brand and turn it into cash.

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Wayne C. Chen

“Should staff be allowed to use social networking sites such as Facebook at work, or should they be banned? Social Networking and Corporate Culture and How they are changing the Balance of Power Within”

Wayne Chen holds an LL.B (Hons.) degree from the University of the West Indies and is the Chief Executive Officer of Super Plus Food Stores, the largest retailer in Jamaica. He is the recipient of several national awards including the Jamaican Institute of Management Young Entrepreneur for1997 and the Jamaica Observer Business Leader of the Year in 1998.

Mr. Chen is the Chairman of NCB Insurance Company Limited and West Indies Trust Company Limited. He is also a Director of NCB (Cayman) Limited, AIC (Barbados) Limited and the Christiana Town Centre Limited.

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Social Media and Your Business

This Session is an exclusive by invitation event that teaches and introduces senior company executives how to use social media to gain exposure and engage with quality customers. Whether they are a small business looking to develop a social media plan, or a corporate marketer needing tips for taking your social media strategies to a new level, this session is for you. Learn to create a social media plan, build loyal communities, supercharge your SEO efforts, engage customers in conversation, and much more.

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Moderator

Elaine Bryan

Elaine Bryan is a Media Consultant and  Director of NEX-G Media Services, an agency  providing consultancy services to local and international media entities, developing new media content and distributing Caribbean content within the region and internationally.

<!–[if gte vml 1]> <![endif]–>Prior to this Elaine served as Programming Consultant and Programme Manager at CVM Television. She also served as Programme Consultant at the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) in Barbados, in the development of its regional channel CaribVision, working closely with Caribbean media entities and independent producers in harnessing quality content for regional and international distribution. Elaine’s wide ranging experience spans television programming, television productions, radio and television presentations and media Management – and she is passionate about the development of quality Caribbean content.

She holds an MBA, from Manchester Business School where she completed her thesis on “The Impact of Cable Television on Terrestrial Television Broadcasting in Jamaica.”, a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the University of Technology, and certificates in Media and Communications from the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communications (CARIMAC).

Elaine produces and co-hosts Your Business, a radio programme focusing on the Small & Medium Business Sector in Jamaica and the Caribbean. She is an executive Member of Pacesetters Toastmasters, and serves on the Board of Superbrands Caribbean.

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Media.Technology.The New Economy

Cordel Green

Mr. Cordel Green is an Attorney-at-Law, a former Assistant Attorney-General of Jamaica and a former broadcaster. His experience spans civil litigation, constitutional and legislative reform, public sector management, media regulation and spectrum management.

He is currently the Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, which regulates radio, television and cable in Jamaica. He also serves on the Technical Committee of the Spectrum Management Authority of Jamaica.

Mr. Green is a fellow of Telecommunications Executive Management Institute of Canada (TEMIC), member of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council (Washington D.C.) and more recently member of the UNESCO International Working Group on Media Statistics.

He continues to be actively involved in the arts and entertainment, mainly by performing the role of MC at select events such as “Rebel Salute”, and “Western Consciousness” – two of Jamaica’s most established reggae concerts. His theatrical side is revealed in the annual “Powerful Men and Women” concert where he plays comedic roles.

Mr. Green holds Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degrees from the University of the West Indies, a Master of Laws Degree with distinction, from the University of Sheffield in England, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Mona School of Business.

He is married to Her Honour Marcia Dunbar Green and they have a daughter, Pia-Milan.

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“How the rise in smartphone technology within the Caribbean workplace is impacting company productivity.”

Francis Wade

Francis Wade is President and CEO of Framework Consulting Inc. a Caribbean firm focused on helping companies with severe people issues and problems with custom-design organization-wide interventions that impact the status quo. He is a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.

The rapid rise in smartphone technology in the Caribbean workplace, and the negative habits that are arising as a result are destroying company productivity.

If you have ever seen someone take their smartphone into the
bathroom… well, you know what I mean!  (I know that YOU have
NEVER done that!!)

While there is an individual problem, the presentation  is focused on
what happens when a critical mass in people in Caribbean companies
pick up these habits, and the impact it might have on overall
company productivity (let alone hygiene!)
Francis Wade

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“The Dangers of Playing ‘Catch-Up’ in The World of Social Media”.

Dr. Leahcim T. Semaj

Leahcim T. Semaj & Company Limited is a limited liability company with Leahcim Semaj and Cecile Johnson Semaj as the directors. The company has sought since its inception to provide services designed to meet the changing needs of the Jamaican and Caribbean workplace. Our work has given us the opportunity to serve a very wide range of entities providing them with diverse services.

“Government workers in St Lucia are being blocked from accessing social networking websites on work computers. The government says the move, which takes effect from today, is aimed at raising productivity. In the memorandum to ministries and departments, the country’s ministry of finance said the blocked sites include Facebook, Yahoo Chat, and Windows Live Messenger.”

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Should staff be allowed to use social networking sites such as Facebook at work, or should they be banned? Social Networking and Corporate Culture and How they are changing the Balance of Power Within”

Marcia Forbes

Marcia Forbes, a communications specialist and media veteran, is co-owner of Phase Three Productions Ltd., a 25 year old multi-media company which services the entertainment and television industries in Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean.

 

She successfully blends business with academia, having presented at several academic as well as media-related conferences regionally and internationally.

Her first book, Music, Media & Adolescent Sexuality in Jamaica, is now available in bookshops throughout Jamaica as well as via Amazon.com.  Forbes is assiduously working on her second book, youths online, and is currently in data gathering mode using a triangulated methodology which includes focus group sessions, surveys and diaries.  The use of social networking by 10 to 35 year olds is of special interest to her, as too issues relating to the digital divide and productivity.

Forbes successfully transformed the 40 year old Government owned Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) into the privately owned Television Jamaica (TVJ), a fully-owned subsidiary of the RJR Communications Group.  Lester Spaulding, Group Chairman, recently described her leadership as “capable and sure-footed” and attributes the station’s continued success to “the solid foundation laid by Marcia” (July 2010).

Among her charities, the United Way of Jamaica holds pride of place, with Forbes serving on its Board of Directors for over the past decade.  She is a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative and of the Women Business Owners of Jamaica. Forbes has also served at the Board level of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (Barbados) and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (UK).  Marcia Forbes is a UNESCO Commissioner and Jamaica’s representative to the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).

Marcia is a self-confessed workaholic, a mother, a wife and mentor to several young adults.  Her website, www.marciaforbes.com, is hosted especially to serve as an educational resource.  She can be contacted via marcia@marciaforbes.com, followed at Twitter.com/marciaforbes and ‘friended’ at Facebook.com/MarciaAForbes.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment & Media Outlook  2010-2014

Gordon S Webster

Gordon is a Director in the Information Technology Effectiveness (ITE) Practice of the Jamaican firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.  He has over 22 years experience in IT applications and he has been involved in numerous and varied consulting engagements covering designing, constructing and implementing business application systems, program/project management, package reviews and selection, software/hardware support, software contract negotiation and user training.

Gordon was the Managing Director a financial services company where he guided the wholesale transformation to automated data capture systems for corporate lending services as well as automated aspects of treasury management.  He was also the General Manager the Jamaican operations of a regional IT infrastructure provider where he sat on the regional board, giving significant input to the strategic direction of the organisation.

Gordon will present an overview of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment & Media Outlook  2010-2014, which is the 11th annual edition of the publication and contains in-depth analyses and forecasts of 13 major industry segments across four regions of the globe:  North America (USA, Canada), EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific and Latin America.

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Challenges for International Business: cross-cultural, business and social media

Cindy King

Cindy King is a cross-cultural marketer and international sales strategist who specializes in social media marketing with over 25 years of field experience in international sales & marketing and international business development. She operates out of Paris, France.

And  a very particular expertise related to the cross-cultural skills honed over the years.  She is the person friends and former colleagues call as a last resort when things turn sour in their international business deals. She is sort of a cross between a peace envoy and a SWAT commando; bringing people back together, but totally focused on the business goals at hand.  People also come to her for ideas because she’s usually able to see a good first step or two in the right direction to get through their biggest business challenges.

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Moderator

Klao Bell-Lewis is a communications specialist with training and experience in public relations, advertising and journalism.  As a consultant, one of her key objectives is helping small and medium sized businesses tap into the power of the market, tools and activities available online.

Klao Bell-Lewis

She specializes in communication projects, interim management, and leading workshops and seminars in a range of communications areas including crisis management, social media for business, and media relations.

Klao is a graduate of the University of Cardiff where she earned a Masters with distinction in International Public Relations.  She is a director of Caribbean Management Consultancy Partners Ltd.

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Legal Developments Impacting E-Commerce and New Media – A Perspective
Roderick Gordon, Attorney-at-Law

Roderick Gordon

Roderick Gordon is the founder of Gordon|McGrath, Attorneys-at-Law. 15 years in practice, Roderick has managed to develop expertise in both commercial and contentious matters involving Intellectual Property, the Internet and legal issues related to E-commerce and new media.

Roderick has been involved in a number of firsts and landmark legal matters.

• He was part of the team that first used information found on the internet as an exhibit in an Affidavit in the Supreme Court of Jamaica in the famous McDonalds trademark case in 1996;
• In 1999 he represented two financial institutions in the legal audit and contingency preparations that were required by the Regulator in preparation for Y2K;
• His firm successfully represented its client in the first case in the Supreme Court that considered the application of the Electronic Transactions Act;
• Most recently his firm has acted for a local start-up that is launching two entirely virtual businesses;
• He has advised businesses and IP rights holders in several negotiations involving new media issues, and the legal considerations of click meeting mortar.

Roderick has been a sought-after Presenter both locally and internationally. For 2010 he has presented at the Caribbean ICT Roadshow (Kingston) as well as the Annual General Meeting of ICT4D Jamaica on related topics. He was also invited earlier in the year to present at Harvard University on developments in the Law, Sport and Entertainment in the Caribbean.

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Social Media and your brand. Where does traditional media fit in?

Gary Allen, was appointed managing director of the RJR Communications

Gary Allen

Group, in October 2008 taking over the reins from Lester Spaulding who was retiring after 30 years in that post.  Within a year of taking over He reshaped the organization and reported stellar profits while media companies both at home and abroad found their revenues and audiences dwindling.

He is unique in that he began as a journalist back in 1987 (a freelance reporter at the Gleaner) and then became the boss of Jamaica’s largest media entity thus giving him perspicacious insight into the dynamics and practices of a media operation, not to mention a certain empathy with those that drive the business.

RJR is one of the nation’s longest-established and most-respected media group. The group includes Television Jamaica, RJR 94 FM, FAME FM, HITZ 92 FM, and cable television stations JNN, RE TV and TVJ Sports.

Gary Allen is also the Chairman of the Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ).

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Social Media and your brand. HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS?

Sandor Panton

Sandor Panton has been riding the wave of computer technology and the Internet straight to the bank. Here is the brain behind one of the pioneering Jamaican websites – Top5Jamaica.Com – a search portal that been online since 1998, becoming a well-known staple of the Jamaican Internet community.

In 1999, Sandor Panton’s part-time hobby of designing websites led to a full-time job, as he was hired by the Gleaner to handle the design and day-to-day maintenance of their website – what was then the English-speaking Caribbean’s largest and most popular web portal. Then, after an almost five year stint in Canada as an Internet Marketer (specializing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)) for a guerilla marketing company, he returned home to Jamaica in 2005 where he immediately began consulting (locally and internationally) in the areas of SEO and Internet marketing in general. This was later expanded to include social media marketing as this new channel quickly became a key marketing medium.

Additionally, since 2004, Sandor Panton oversaw the growth, development and monetization of his own extensive network of International and Jamaica-related websites covering a wide variety of topics, and driving traffic in the form of tens of thousands of unique visitors every day. He is also an active buyer and seller of domain names. Follow him on Twitter @top5jamaica – http://twitter.com/top5jamaica.

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Panorama 2.1 – Social Media and your brand. What’s next?

Ingrid Riley is the CEO of ConnectiMass a digital marketing agency that helps Caribbean Brands integrate the Internet and Mobile Phone in how they connect with customers and do business.

Ingrid Riley

She’s an Internet Pioneer having being in the industry for 10 years. As an entrepreneur, with her Company she helps companies successfully and profitably target Caribbean, Caribbean Diaspora and Generation Y audiences online and with the mobile phone.

She has worked with over 30 startups and major Jamaican and Caribbean brands (including Jamaica Tourist Board, Flow Jamaica, Geejam Group, Digicel Group, JMMB Group, eCaribbean Ltd, Jamaica Stock Exchange,TeenCaribbean.com and CaribbeanWorldNews.com).

She’s been called Jamaica’s Tech Queen by online media as she’s a professional blogger and publishes the 5 year old blog SiliconCaribe.com the number one Caribbean technology Blog.

She also developed Jamaica’s first Internet Guide in 1999 which won a National Press Association of Jamaica award for Innovation in Media; has written over 200 articles on Caribbean Internet Trends, Internet marketing and Internet Startups; has been a Dow Jones syndicated technology columnist and has created and produced Tech Talk Live, a weekly Technology radio show.

Ingrid is also the founder of Kingston Beta, which is the Bimonthly Networking and Startup Pitch event for Jamaican & Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurs and Professionals – a first for Jamaica and the Caribbean.

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Get your social media strategies going

Knolly Moses describes himself as the Team leader for a group of young designers, web developers, and advertising and communications professionals at Panmedia.

Knolly Moses

Panmedia is a digital agency with special interests in online marketing, advertising and communications. We develop for clients highly effective strategies and messages to engage their target groups. We bring a deep understanding of the strength of client resources, the depth of knowledge and experience of their team, and the framework in which they operate.

We understand how technology can extend a client’s reach, empower messages and reduce the costs of communications and advertising. Our competitive edge comes from our close personal service, a wide palette of skill sets from internal and external professionals and our broad outlook. We begin with research and requirements and take our campaigns right through to the analytics.

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“YES! Using Social Media can enhance your business profitability”

Wayne Marsh: Wayne’s background is in Operations and Information Technology. Wayne’s path to becoming a WSI Internet Consultant began while working with web developers on behalf of his Clients. During this period he noticed that there was always a factor missing with these website projects; that is, no return on investment (ROI). He then decided to enter the Internet Consulting business and came across WSI in an edition of Entrepreneur Magazine.

Wayne Marsh

He began full time operations in June 2006 with his primary target market being SMEs and Large Corporates. Wayne has also worked with local charity organizations.

Wayne and his team has worked on a number of website and Internet marketing projects for companies in many Industries including Finance, Travel, Retail, etc.

Wayne Marsh’s Specialties:

Internet Marketing, Social Media Optimization, Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click Marketing, Copywriting, Multi-Lingual websites

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Social Media and Your Brand

Stephanie Frasco

Stephanie is a leading social media marketing consultant. Over the past 5 years, she has worked closely with clients from all over the world to help each of them get more results from online social networks. Through personal experience, personal branding, and client consultations, Stephanie has mastered some of the most powerful social media websites — YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and many more!

Today, Stephanie provides exclusive social media consulting services to a handful of global clients. She is also a regular contributor to blogs, social media communities, social networking conferences, and a variety of high-profile online marketing venues.

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“Digital Revenue Opportunities for Caribbean Content Owners” with a focus on the opportunities for video and print

David Mullings is an entrepreneur, presenter and digital marketing expert who has been helping companies and individuals learn how to leverage digital channels to connect with people and to generate revenue.

David Mullings

He is the co-founder of Random Media, an integrated media and entertainment firm focused on Caribbean entertainment and culture, as well as Kaizen Interactive, a digital marketing agency.

David secured the deal for Random Media to become YouTube’s first Caribbean media partner and now it is part of YouTube’s new rental programme. Random Media is also embarking on distributing e-book versions of Caribbean books in the Amazon Kindle and Apple iBooks stores.

The full bio is available at http://whatiskaizen.com/about/

Facebook: facebook.com/DavidPMullings

Twitter : @davidmullings

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Social Media and your brand. What’s next?

Tyrone R Wilson

Tyrone R Wilson is the Managing Director of eZines Limited

He is the founder and publisher of  Your Money eZine business magazine a weekly PDF publication  emailed to a subscriber base of 25,000 readers and available for download at no cost. Your Money will bring diverse and relevant news in a highly engaging format, guaranteed to make subscribers click to read each time it appears in their inbox.

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Panorama 2.1 – Social Media and your brand. What’s next?

Panorama 2.1 – Social Media and your brand. Where does traditional media and advertising fit in?

Kim-Marie Spence

Kim-Marie Spence is Co-Director of  a social media communications and brand management outfit, Endz of the Earth. Endz of the Earth was inspired by Kim-Marie’s 2009 Antarctic trod – when she realized the ability of social media to allow direct interaction with her supporters. Endz of the Earth, a part of Zanders Harrison and Associates, has worked with a number of traditional and non-traditional brands, advising on social media strategy and presentation. Endz of the Earth is also a content provider, given its research component.  Kim-Marie is also Jamaica’s Film Commissioner and is passionately committed to the development of the creative industries in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. She is the former Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI). As a Rhodes Scholar, she is a graduate of Oxford University, where she specialized in Development Studies (Anthropology).  Kim-Marie Spence is also a twitter-holic. Follow her  @endzoftheearth.

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Panorama 2.0 – What’s next? Connecting Social Engagement to Business Results

Ronnie Sutherland

Ronnie Sutherland is the VP of sales & marketing at CVM-TV