8:00AM-1:00PM
Governor Hotel
614 SW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
AMA is excited to partner with ISITE Design, who is bringing this unique event to Portland, Oregon for a fourth straight year.
Building online communities is more important than ever in 2008 with the recent explosion of social networks and community–driven websites. The event assembles an all-star cast of web professionals who will provide unique perspectives on how to effectively leverage the power of the web to cultivate communities. Last year's event attracted more than 125 people, so be sure to reserve your seat today.
The Agenda
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am |
Registration
Hot Breakfast & Networking |
| 8:30 am – 8:40 am |
Emcee
Opening Remarks |
| 8:40 am – 8:45 am |
Lightning Talk |
| 8:45 am – 9:45 am |
Gail Ann Williams, Salon.com |
| 9:45 am – 9:50 am |
Lightning Talk |
| 9:50 am – 10:10 am |
Break |
| 10:10 – 10:15 |
Lightning Talk |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am |
Jeff Chausse, Harmonix - Rock Band 2 |
| 11:15 am – 11:20 am |
Lightning Talk |
| 11:20 am – 11:30 am |
Morning Wrap-up |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
AMA Lunch |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
AMA Panel Discussion -
Gail Ann Williams,
Jeff Chausse,
Melissa Casburn (ISITE Design) |
| 1:00 pm |
Event Ends |
Speaker Bios
Gail Williams, Director of Communities,
Salon.com
Gail works at Salon. She's a full-time online community junky with a strong affection for Salon Table Talk, and for her first love, The WELL. So mostly her attention goes to that kind of conversation. Gail also plays with photography, video, craft brewing, satire, politics and hiking.
Jeff Chausse, Web Director, Harmonix Music Systems
Jeff Chausse is the Web Director at Harmonix and is responsible for leading the interactive efforts for its Rock Band video game. Rock Band has caught the imagination of musicians and non-musicians alike – more than 3 million units have been sold since it hit the market in 2007. These passionate users have taken their voices to the web by sharing their Rock Band stories, codes and scores. Jeff will discuss the much anticipated release of Rock Band 2 and Harmonix's strategy to cultivate online community and take the franchise to new levels online. Prior to working at Harmonix, Jeff has held senior roles at Zoom Information, Hill Holliday and Groove Networks.
Melissa Casburn, Sr Information Architect, ISITE
With 12 years of experience as a project manager, instructional designer, web strategist and information architect, Melissa can get a lot done in a day. Firmly rooted in both corporate and agency environments, she's helped leading companies (including HP, Microsoft, Comcast, Cadence Design Systems and The Pampered Chef) add stickiness to their sites, and she takes great pride in creating experiences that keep users aware, informed and autonomous. Melissa holds a BA in Clothing and Textile Design from San Francisco State University and an MBA from the University of Oregon.
Scott Kveton, VP of Open Platforms, Vidoop
Kveton is a digital identity promoter, open source advocate, and Chairman of the OpenID Foundation. He has worked at Amazon, RuleSpace.com and JanRain, and founded the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University. Working closely with projects like Mozilla, Linux, Drupal and Apache led Kveton to OpenID in mid-2006. Kveton was named to Red Herring's 2007 list of 25 Titans in Waiting. Kveton speaks publicly about identity and open source and holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Oregon State University.
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