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hi5 CEO, Bill Gossman, will be speaking at Piper Jaffray's Fifth Annual Global Internet Summit which starts tomorrow in Menlo Park, California.  Gossman will join the "Social Networks" panel, which is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10 at 2:15 PM Pacific at the Rosewood Sand Hill hotel.

The panel will be moderated by Gene Munster, managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray who specializes in Internet and Digital Media.  Other panel participants include:

• Mark Goldston, Chairman, President & CEO of United Online, Inc.
• Dan Serfaty, CEO of Viadeo S.A.
• Representatives from Ning and Friendster
  

The prestigious, invitation-only event brings together company executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and industry experts along with an exclusive group of investors, to discuss a variety of technology and Internet trends.  This year's event will include presentations by  top executives at AdMob, AudienceScience, Glam Media, ValueClick, Netflix, Boxee, TiVo, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, Kayak.com, and other leading Internet, online advertising, and digital media companies.

The Social Media World Forum, North America opened today at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.  hi5's VP of Marketing, Mike Trigg, joined speakers from MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and other leading social media sites to talk about trends in the social media category.  The panel discussion, titled "The Evolution of Social Networking", focused on how the space has evolved, and how social media can be leveraged as part of successful new marketing initiatives.

Moderated by Giovanni Rodriguez, managing partner and co-founder of the Conversation Group, the panel also included:

• Jeff Taylor, CEO of Eons
• Chris Heuer, Chairman and co-founder of Social Media Club
• Steve Patrizi, Head of Advertising, LinkedIn
• Erik Rabasca, Vice President, Converseon

ad:tech comes to New York next week with three action-packed days at the Javits Convention Center.  hi5's top sales and marketing executives will be at the show, including Mike Trigg's participation in the "Branded Entertainment in the Digital Age" panel on Wednesday, November 4 from 11:00-11:50 AM, immediately after the opening keynote.

From ad:tech's site: "This dynamic panel will focus on the evolving roles product integration and product placement are playing in content as digital transforms all media. Our panel of experts will look at how new technologies and platforms are changing the way content is created, distributed, consumed and interacted with as well as analyze the impact that digital media and platforms are having on traditional media companies as they adjust their business and advertising models. This panel will also discuss how innovative, new media companies have arrived on the scene to offer compelling and unique online branded entertainment opportunities. Join us as we solicit your feedback and discuss how and where can marketers get the best bang for their branded-entertainment buck."

The panel will be moderated by David Lang, President of MindShare Entertainment.  Panelists include:

• Mike Trigg, VP of Marketing and Business Development, hi5
• Nathan Coyle, Agent, Digital Media and Entertainment, Creative Artists Agency
• Jordan Levin, CEO, Generate
• Greg Johnson, Senior VP, Digital, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
• Bladimiar Norman, Senior VP of Marketing, 42West

The full conference schedule is available here.  To schedule a meeting with one of the hi5 executives at the event, please contact us or send an email to sales@hi5.com.

The Virtual Goods Summit 2009 starts today in San Francisco -- the city that has rapidly become the epicenter of the social entertainment market.  The two-day event is focused on the emerging opportunity for virtual goods and economies.  Once restricted to the world of online gaming, virtual goods and currencies are beginning to influence the development of social networks, community sites, and many other new and exciting markets.

Executives from hi5 will be attending the event tomorrow.  A few spaces are still available through online registration for tomorrow's session.  A full program for the event is available here.

hi5's vice president of marketing, Mike Trigg, will join a discussion on the future of social media at the Digital Media Conference West event on Wednesday, October 28 from 4:15pm - 5:00pm.

The panel, titled "What's Next in Social Media?", will feature a panel of leading experts discussing the latest developments in social media and their forecasts for the sector in the coming years.  Moderated by Michael Terpin, Founder of SocialRadius, panelists will include:

• Elizabeth Churchill, Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research
• Mary Hodder, Founder & CEO, Dabble
• Ian Swanson, Co-Founder and CEO, Sometrics
• Michael Trigg, Vice President Marketing, hi5

The Digital Media Conference has been held annually in Washington, DC since 2003, assembling the best and the brightest in digital media to discuss the hot button issues shaping the industry. DMC West kicks off with a packed day of in-depth discussions and networking focused on the top business issues impacting digital media companies, including online video, social media, digital media investments, online advertising, mobile entertainment, mobile apps, the future of news media and the relationship between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. The event will take place at Hotel Kabuki, at 1625 Post Street in San Francisco, CA.

hi5 helped pioneer a new way to localize a web site, with our crowdsourced translation program.  Later this month, hi5's translation community manager, Siko Bouterse, will share some of that expertise at the Localization World conference on October 20-22.  Siko manages localization and international community programs at hi5.

The presentation entitled Social Web Localization Panel will take place on Wednesday, October 21 from 2:30-4:00 at  the Santa Clara Convention Center.  The panel discussion will be moderated by Danica Brinton from Apple, who runs international production teams for several products, including iPhone/iPod Touch, and features representatives from several leading social sites, including:

• Regina Bustamante from Plaxo
• Ghassan Haddad from Facebook
• Joaquín Moreno from XING AG
• Nico Posner, LinkedIn

More information and registration is available here.

The Alliance of Youth Movements (AYM) summit kicks off tomorrow in Mexico City.  Part of a series of events organized by the non-profit organization, the event convenes individuals, government officials, academics, and private and public sector leaders from around the world to explore ways to advance grassroots movements seeking positive social change through 21st century technology and tools.  hi5 is one of several internet and new media sponsors of the event, along with the U.S. Department of State. 

The summit will take place from October 14-16 in Mexico City at the JW Marriott.  It will also be streamed live online at www.youthmovements.howcast.com beginning at 8:15am Central Standard Time on Thursday October 14th. More information on the event and the organization can be found here.

hi5 vice president of marketing, Mike Trigg, will speak on a panel at the Convergence 2009 Digital & Social Media Conference tomorrow in New York on Wednesday, October 15.  Hosted by LatinVision, the event brings together executive from leading media and entertainment companies with a strong presence in the US Hispanic and Latin American markets.

The panel discussion will focus on online innovation and will be moderated by Randall Rothenberg, CEO of Interactive Advertising Bureau.  Additional panelists will include:

• Demian Bellumio, President and CEO, Hoodiny.com
• Matias Perel, President and CEO Latin3
• David-Michel Davies, Executive Director, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
• Nancy Hill, President & CEO American Association of Advertising Agencies

More information on the conference and a full agenda are available here. 

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hi5's VP of Marketing, Mike Trigg, will join a panel of marketing experts from large social media sites at the Social Ad Summit in New York City on Monday, October 5.  The discussion will start at 9:00 AM, kicking off a day of sessions on the strategic issues affecting advertising on major social media platforms.

Nick O'Neill, the founder of Social Times Inc. and conference organizer, will moderate the panel -- which is billed as "A conversation with some of the largest social web publishers about differentiating yourself in a sea of content. Are large publishers the new 'Mad Men?' Is virtual currency the best monetization model or are new forms of social marketing programs the best way? What's the difference in offerings between platform owners and platform developers?"

Mike's fellow panelists will include:

• Martin Green, Meebo
• Lisa Marino, VP of Sales, RockYou
• Geoff Cook, CEO, MyYearbook

More information on the full agenda is available at http://socialadsummit.com/.  Or you can register for the conference here. 

hi5's Executive Producer, Andrew Sheppard, joined a panel of other leading experts to discuss game monetization at the New York Games Conference in Manhattan today.  The session covered a range of in-game monetization topics, including micro transactions, virtual goods, and virtual currencies.  hi5 has been a leader in this category, with the launch of a global virtual currency, hi5 Coins, in December 2008, and extending today to a wide variety of freemium content with in-game transactions.

The conference continues into the evening tonight.  For more information, visit the New York Games Conference site.