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Date: November 13, 2008
Location: Four Seasons Hotel, New York City
Sponsors:
Gold: Booz & Co. (www.booz.com); Bryan Cave (www.bryancave.com);
GE Commercial Finance (www.gemce.com)
Silver: Intralinks (www.intralinks.com)
Media: The Deal (www.thedeal.com); Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst (www.fis.dowjones.com)
Details: Starting with lunch at noon and ending with cocktails from 5:30PM to 7PM, JEGI's Growth Conference provided an extraordinary and stimulating afternoon of great content and networking with 200 senior private equity investors and c-level executives from media, information, marketing services and related technology companies. Dynamic panel discussions, case studies and presentations were given by the company executives and investors who are leading the growth and transformation of the media industry.
Host: Wilma Jordan, Founder & CEO, JEGI
Keynote Speakers: Michael Chen, President & CEO, GE Commerical Finance, MCE; Gian Fulgoni, Chairman, comScore; Tolman Geffs, Managing Director, JEGI; Erik Kahn, Partner, Bryan Cave; and Scott Peters, Managing Director, JEGI.
Moderators: Gordon Crovitz, former Publisher, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones; Martin Nisenholtz, SVP, Digital Operations, New York Times; Ernie Sander, Managing Editor, ContentNext Media; Christopher Vollmer, Partner & Leader, Media & Entertainment, Booz & Co.; and Kevin Worth, President & CEO, The Deal.
Panelists: Aaron Broder, Co-Founder & CEO, Gorilla Nation Media; Shawn Colo, Co-Founder & Head of M&A, Demand Media; Thomas Evans, President & CEO, Bankrate; Mike Galgon, Chief Advertising Strategist, Microsoft; Jonathan Hsu, CEO, 24/7 Real Media; George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer, NBC Universal; Dave Morgan, former Chairman & CEO, Tacoda and current Chairman, Tennis Company; Rob Norman, Global CEO, GroupM Interaction (WPP); Deven Parekh, Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners; Philip Siegel, General Partner, Austin Ventures; Tom Sperry, President & CEO, Acerno; Jeffrey Stevenson, Managing Partner, Veronis Suhler Stevenson; Larry Webber, Chairman, Racepoint Group; Peter Wilde, Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners; and Brad Woloson, General Partner, JMI Equity.
Presentations:
Video: Executive Interviews at the Growth Conference
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 Bob Morton and Ray Shu, Managing Directors, GE Commercial Finance, MCE (Gold Sponsor); Bill Livek, Senior VP, Experian; Tim Huban, Managing Director, GE Commercial Finance, MCE; and Wilma Jordan, Founder and CEO, JEGI '))
 speaking with Tad Smith, CEO, US, Reed Business Information at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
 Gian Fulgoni, Chairman, comScore (Keynote Speaker); Wilma Jordan, Founder and CEO, JEGI; Michael Chen, President and CEO, GE Commercial Finance, MCE (Gold Sponsor); and Scott Peters, Managing Director, JEGI '))
 Jim Kollegger, Chairman and CEO, Genesys Partners; Wilma Jordan, Founder and CEO, JEGI; John Suhler, Managing Partner, VSS; and Adi Dehejia, Managing Director, Sandler Capital at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
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 Bill Hitzig, COO, JEGI; Alan Pearce, Partner, Bryan Cave (Gold Sponsor); Mayor Ed Koch, Partner, Bryan Cave; and Wilma Jordan, Founder and CEO, JEGI at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
 Gordon Crovitz, former Publisher, WSJ (moderator), with panelists: Shawn Colo, Co-Founder, Demand Media; Larry Weber, Chairman, Racepoint Group; Dave Morgan, former Chairman, Tacoda; and Tom Evans, President and CEO, Bankrate'))
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; and Wilma Jordan, Founder and CEO, JEGI at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
 Elizabeth Satin, Managing Director, JEGI; and Jane Butler, CEO, Vendome Group at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
, with Executives Tom Sperry, President and CEO, aCerno (furthest left); and Aaron Broder, Co-Founder and CEO, Gorilla Nation Media'))
 Tim Huban, Managing Director, GE Commercial Finance, MCE (Gold Sponsor); Colin Crawford, former Executive VP, IDG; and Richard Mead, Managing Director, JEGI at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
 Kevin Worth, CEO, TheDeal (moderator), with panelists: Deven Parekh, MD, Insight Venture; Brad Woloson, GP, JMI Equity; Jeff Stevenson, co-CEO, VSS; Phil Siegel, GP, Austin Ventures; and Peter Wilde, MD, Providence Equity'))
 Mike Marchesano, Managing Director, JEGI; Phil Thompson, General Partner, Alta Communications; Scott Peters, Managing Director, JEGI; Andrew Bonanno, VP, American Capital Strategies; and Sean White, Managing Partner, Spire Capital'))
, with Executives Jonathan Hsu, CEO, 24/7 Real Media (furthest right); and Rob Norman, Global CEO, GroupM Interaction at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
 Andra Marx, VP, Sales, Intralinks (Silver Sponsor); Daniel Black, Partner, Wicks Group of Companies; and Wilma Jordan, Founder and CEO, JEGI at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
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 Mike Galgon, Chief Advertising Strategist, Microsoft; Rob Norman, Global CEO, GroupM Interaction; George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer, NBC Universal; and Chris Vollmer, Partner, Media, Booz and Co. (moderator)'))
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 Jay Hallberg, VP, Marketing and Co-Founder, Spiceworks; Seymour Sammell, Partner, ZelnickMedia; and Blake Battaglia, Principal, ABRY Partners at JEGI\'s Growth Conference on November 13'))
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