29 April - 3 May 2019

4 Future of Media Events: All focused on Data- and AI-Driven Revenue and Audience Growth

  • Conference
  • Study Tour
  • BIGGIES Awards Gala
  • Design Thinking workshop focused on product development

Data & AI for Media Week Partners:

Confirmed Speakers

Ting Cai

Partner Director
Bing & Microsoft, United States

Ed Davis

Solution Engineer
ViSenze - AI for Visual Commerce

Susan Etlinger

Industry Analyst, Data & AI
Altimeter Group
San Francisco

Alex Filipkowski

Product Manager
Applied Science and Machine Learning

Kay Firth-Butterfield

Kay Firth-Butterfield
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
World Economic Forum

Corey Ford

Managing Director
Matter, San Francisco & NYC

Dave Gehring

CEO
Distributed Media Lab

Jodie Hopperton

Conference emcee

CEO, FORE Media International

Rich Jaroslovsky

Vice President of Content & Chief Journalist
SmartNews

Rob Jonas

Chief Revenue Officer
Factual, Los Angeles

Darrell Kunken

Director of Research
The Sacramento Bee

Drew Messersmith

Partnership Development Executive
Figure Eight

Ryan Nakashima

Product Manager, Digital Subscriptions
Bay Area News Group

Ginger Neal

Senior Vice President for Advertising
San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate

Lippe Oosterhof

Head of Product
News and Interactive Tools at Oath (Yahoo!)

Tim Olson

Chief Digital Officer
KQED

Claire Peters

Senior User Experience & Consumer Researcher
Los Angeles Times

Eswar Priyadarshan

SVP, Enterprise Bot Solutions
LivePerson

Erin Quist

VP of Customer Success
LiftIgniter
San Bruno, California

Simon Rogers

Data Editor
Google

Bailey Rosser

VP of Content Strategy
Vertical Networks

Josh Siegel

GM & SVP
Subscription and Data Products Group
Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK

Shailley Singh

Head of Product
Interactive Advertising Bureau's Tech Lab

Mitchell Wade

N. American Director of Enterprise Sales
ViSenze - AI for Visual Commerce

Jennifer Williams

Regional Director
Strategic Partnerships - WEST
McClatchy

Martha Williams

CEO
Data & AI for Media, United States
United States

Anita Zielina

Director of Innovation and Leadership
Craig Newmark J-School at City University
New York

10th Data & AI for Media Conference

Thursday, 2 May to Friday, 3 May, 2019

San Francisco

The Future of Media data- and AI-driven revenue and audience growth Conference 

The global conference is for media and data executives and practitioners who are seeking to drive revenue and expand audiences by leveraging data and artificial intelligence. 

The 2-day event features a powerful format of general sessions with top-notch speakers from around the world, featuring case study formats that will inspire future strategies and innovation in media companies worldwide.

Data- & AI-driven Innovation and Product Development Study Tour

Monday to Wednesday, 29 April to 1 May 2019, San Francisco and Silicon Valley

Data- and AI-driven product development in advertising, subscriptions, automations are leading the way to a more innovative media industry in the epicenter of innovation in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The tour will give delegates a rare opportunity to visit some of the most innovative, data-driven media companies on the planet.

The delegation will visit major media companies in the Bay Area during three dynamic days of programming. The group of executives will learn about best practices in Data and artificial intelligence revenue strategy, cross-functional team organisation, product development and audience expansion through powerful case studies from top data scientists, commercial directors, data analysts, product developers, and business strategists at each company. Among the companies to visit include Matter, Microsoft, IBM Watson Experience Center, Yahoo!, Adobe, LiftIgniter, Figure-Eight, ViSenze and many more.

Hotels

The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel – Conference hotel & pickup and drop-off point for study tour.
495 Geary St San Francisco
CA 94102
(4 star – $250)

Hilton Union Square
333 O’Farrell St San Francisco
CA 94102
(4 star – $286)

Hotel Triton
342 Grant Ave San Francisco
CA 94108
(4 star – $186)


Details

Cancellations

No refunds or credits are granted after April 10.

What will the weather be like?

Expect San Francisco temperatures between 62 and 67 degrees Fahrenheit (17 to 19 degrees Celsius). Expect Silicon Valley temperatures between can be five to ten degrees warmer, on average.

Sponsorship

Contact Martha Stone here to learn more.

What is the attire?

Business casual

Registration

Conference
Until February 28
March 1 to March 30
April 1 to April 29
Onsite
Registration
1,300.00
1,400.00
1500.00
1600.00
3 Day Study Tour
Until February 28
March 1 to April 29
Onsite
Registration
4,000.00
4,300.00
4,500.00
BIGGIES Awards gala
Until April 29
Onsite
Registration
$200.00
$250.00
Design Thinking Workshop
Until April 29
Onsite
Registration
$500 ala carte
$600

Design Thinking Workshop access is free with conference or study tour registration.

Note: Conference registrations are subject to a US$250 fee for cancellations between April 1 and April 14. No refunds or credits are granted after April 14.

Groups of three or more from the same company receive a 25% discount on events. For more information, contact Martha Williams at mstone@wnmn.org

Questions? Contact us

Martha Williams

For speaker and sponsorship information:

Martha Williams
CEO, Data & AI for Media, United States

Contact

World Newsmedia Network’s Martha Williams created Data & AI for Media Week in 2013, while she was a research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Before the momentus 10th Data & AI for Media Week in the Bay Area, the conference has been held in London six times, Hong Kong once and in New York City twice.