Thursday. September 15
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ADCOLOR® Awards & Industry Conference Registration
The Beverly Hilton Lobby (in front of the Wilshire Ballroom)
Friday, September 16
Dress Code: Business Casual
All panels and lunch will take place in the Beverly Hills Ballroom
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast provided by The ADCOLOR Industry Coalition
9:00 AM ADCOLOR® Town Hall on Mentorship & ADCOLOR® Reach Back Panel presented by Interpublic Group, améredia, inc., TBWA\, RAPP, Wieden + Kennedy, Deutsch Inc., BBDO and Arnold Worldwide
“Inside The Mentor’s Studio” an ADCOLOR® Town Hall on Mentorship
Moderated by Antonio Neves, Founder, THINQACTION Inc.
Panelists:
Marc Stephenson Strachan, Vice President, Multicultural Marketing USA, DIAGEO NA
Tiffany R. Warren, SVP, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom Group
Christena J. Pyle, Interactive Producer, Wieden + Kennedy
“ADCOLOR® Reach Back Panel”
Moderated by Toni Thompson, Talent & Diversity Manager, McCann NY & Chair, AAF Mosaic Alumni & Friends Alumni Association
Participants:
Singleton Beato, SVP, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy and Talent Development, 4A’s
Eric Buchanan, President, The Multicultural Advertising Training Program (MAT)
Julius Dunn, II, Industry Education Liaison, The High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media, 4A’s
Peter Drakoulias, Founder, The TORCH Program
Tiffany Edwards, Education and Diversity Director, The One Club - 2010 ADCOLOR® Rising Star
Dr. Rochelle Ford, Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs at the School of Communications, Center for Excellence in Advertising at Howard University
Constance Cannon Frazier, Chief Operating Officer, American Advertising Federation
Kim Hunter, Founder and President/Chief Executive Officer, LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS and Founder and Chairman, The LAGRANT Foundation – 2010 ADCOLOR® Change Agent
Stosh Mintek, Development Director, The Ghetto Film School
David Porter, Jr., Executive Director, Walter Kaitz Foundation
Lincoln Stephens, Co-Founder, The Marcus Graham Project - 2011 ADCOLOR® Change Agent
Dorothy Thompson, Founder, Streetlights
11:15 AM ADCOLOR® Industry Panel #1
” Just Say No To Exclusion” presented by Draftfcb
While many espouse the diversity and inclusion mantra, many business leaders have yet to implement the best practices they preach. Distinguished ADCOLOR® honorees and alumni from the advertising, media and marketing industries join D&I champion Laurence Boschetto in a no-holds-barred conversation designed to investigate how some trailblazers continue to move the D&I needle.
Moderated by: Laurence Boschetto, President & CEO, Draftfcb – 2011 ADCOLOR® Advocate
Panelists:
Esther “E.T.” Franklin, EVP, Director of Cultural Studies, Starcom Mediavest Group – 2011 ADCOLOR® Legend
Pawan J. Mehra, EVP, améredia, inc. – 2011 ADCOLOR® Change Agent
Aldo Quevedo, President, Dieste – 2011 ADCOLOR® Legend
Steve Stoute, CEO and Founder, Translation – 2010 ADCOLOR® Innovator
12:15 PM ADCOLOR® Industry Conference Networking Lunch sponsored by Deutsch
1:30 PM ADCOLOR® Industry Panel #2
“The Digital Culture of Change”presented by Google
The African American consumer is expected to have a buying power $1.2 trillion in 2012. This panel dives into the behaviors of African Americans as they become a target for advertisers across new medias. Leveraging the diverse experiences of experts in the field, the goal is to spark an industry wide conversation of the behaviors of African Americans online and to distinguish between how advertisers have spoken to this demographic in the past and best practices of reaching them in the future across multiple media platforms.
Moderated by Torrence Boone, Managing Director, Agency Business Development, Google
Panelists:
Keith Clinkscales, Senior Vice President of Content Development & Enterprises, Head of Publishing and Head of the Magazine, ESPN, Inc.
Ron Franklin, Vice Chairman, Global Hue
Andrea Hoffman, CEO, Diversity Affluence
Guy Primus, COO, Overbrook Entertainment
Kierna Mayo, Digital Editorial Director, Ebony Magazine
2:45 PM ADCOLOR® Industry Panel #3
“Everywhere: Increasing Access and Choice” presented by Time Warner
Media consumers have a vast, and constantly increasing, number of options to access content. Television programs are available live and on-demand on PCs, tablets, mobile devices and of course televisions. Magazine articles can be accessed on many of the same devices. Research shows that “multicultural communities” are out pacing the general market in consumption of this information. Given the breadth of content Time Warner creates and the range of audiences we reach, it is imperative that we deliver on all of these platforms while simultaneously maintaining the sanctity of the actual content creation process that is the cornerstone of what we do. This discussion will feature a combination of creative leaders and business executives from across Time Warner’s divisions, sharing key insights and best practices for you to leverage and grow your business”
Panel Introduction provided by Michele Thornton, Senior Director of Multicultural Sales, CNN – 2009 ADCOLOR® Change Agent
Moderated by Michelle Ebanks, President, Essence and People en Espanol
Panelists:
Lisa Gregorian, Chief Marketing Officer, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros.
Eva Davis, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Warner Premiere, Warner Bros.
Christina Miller, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NBA Digital (NBAD) and Senior Vice President, Turner Sports Strategy, Marketing, & Programming
Janet Rolle, Executive Vice president and Chief Marketing Officer for CNN Worldwide, CNN
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CAA & ADCOLOR® All-Star Reception hosted by Soledad O’Brien, CNN (CLOSED TO PUBLIC, GUEST LIST STRONGLY ENFORCED)
Dress Code: Cocktail
CAA
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Saturday, September 17
Dress Code: Black Tie Sexy
The International Ballroom of The Beverly Hilton
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM The ADCOLOR® Awards Red Carpet Reception
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM 2011 ADCOLOR® Awards presented by The ADCOLOR Industry Coalition and sponsored by Google, Microsoft Advertising, The Home Depot, DIAGEO, GLAAD, The One Club, Publicis USA, PepsiCo, The American Advertising Federation, CNN, and Omnicom Group, Inc. For more sponsors, click here
Performance by NBC’s “The Sing Off” Season 2 Champions Committed
Music by DJ Vikter Duplaix of BET’s “Master of the Mix”
10:00 PM – 1:00 AM The Official ADCOLOR® Awards After-Party presented by GTM, Inc., DIAGEO NA, Grab Networks, The Results Driven Agency
The International Terrace of The Beverly Hilton
All events will take place at The Beverly Hilton unless otherwise noted