IVc2 have released the programme for their digital comics conference to be held on Thursday afternoon at the New York Comic Convention:
1:00 p.m.: ICv2 White Paper–2010 Trends
· Presented by Milton Griepp, CEO, ICv21:45 p.m.: State of the Market-Digital Publishers on Where It Is and Where It’s Going
· Dario Di Zanni, Sr. Manager, Marketing and Business Development–New Media, Disney Publishing Worldwide
· Lindsey Levinsohn MLIS, Digital Book Specialist for Libraries, Overdrive
· Michael Murphey, CEO of iVerse
· Ron Richards, head of iFanboy division of Graphic.ly
· Masaaki Shimizu, General Manager of International Business Strategy Division at Bitway
· David Steinberger, CEO of ComiXology
· Moderated by Milton Griepp, ICv23:00 p.m.: The Medium and the Message-Digital and Creativity
· Dave Baxter, Deputy Director of Robot Comics and Senior Agent at Killing the Grizzly
· Alex de Campi, Writer, Director
· Rantz Hoseley – CEO, Longbox
· Mark Siegel, Editorial Director, First Second Books
· Mark Waid, Chief Creative Officer, BOOM! Studios
· Douglas Wolk, Author
· Moderated by Heidi MacDonald, The Beat4:00 p.m.: Digital vs. Print-War, co-existence, or collaboration
· Ted Adams, CEO of IDW Publishing
· Eric Beaulieu , Vice President, Transcontinental Premedia
· Dave Bowen, Director of Digital Distribution, Diamond Comic Distributors
· David Gabriel, Senior Vice President of Marvel Comics
· Alison Hendon, Youth Selection Team Leader, Brooklyn Public Library
· John Riley, CEO, Grasshopper’s Comics
· Moderated by Calvin Reid, Publishers Weekly5:00 p.m.: Transcontinental Printing Cocktail Party!
There’s going to be a lot of news coming out of this one!
I wish I could go!!! 🙁