
Barely a day after getting back from the Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival in Whistler, we’re packing our bags again and heading to San Francisco for Ad:Tech.
Ad:Tech is the event for digital marketing. All the who’s who of the Internet advertising world will be there. The keynote speaker is George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer at NBC Universal. If you’re wondering what a “Digital Officer” does, George oversees the distribution of digital products across multiple platforms (on-demand, interactive TV, broadband, wireless, IPTV), digital innovation, product development, portal and partner relationships. That’s what it say on the bio page anyway. As a great a guy George is, I’m more interested in the keynote from Digg founder, Kevin Rose. Maybe I can ask him why I’m on auto bury.
This is our first Ad:Tech and I’m really looking forward to checking out the show and San Francisco. Joining Sarah and I for this little adventure to the bay are Bob Buskirk, Greg Morgan, Ian Lee and Ms. Danielle. If you see me on the show floor, make sure you say hello!
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