We've corralled up some of the greatest and most inspiring orators in the digital sphere. Check out our roster from this year and years past:
Chris Anderson
Editor in Chief
Wired Magazine,
and author, The Long Tail
Date: November 1, 2006
Kurt Andersen
Author, Editor,
Radio Host
Date: June 17, 2004
David Apicella
Vice Chairman, Creative,
Ogilvy North America
Date: November 1, 2006
Simon Assaad
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Heavy
Date: November 1, 2006
Lisa Baird
Vice President, Worldwide Integrated Marketing Communications, IBM Corporation
Date: June 17, 2004
John Battelle
Founder and Chairman,
Federated Media Publishing
Date: September 28, 2005
Brek Benson
Partner, Global Practice Executive, Customer Experience Consulting,
IBM Global Services
Date: June 17, 2004
Joanne Bradford
Vice President and Chief Media Revenue Officer,
MSN, Microsoft Corporation
Date: June 17, 2004
Stuart Bogaty
Managing Director,
mOne New York
Date: June 17, 2004
Andy Berndt
Senior Partner,
Creative Director,
Ogilvy New York
Date: September 28, 2005
Lloyd Braun
Head of Yahoo! Media Group
Date: September 28, 2005
Richard J. Bressler
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Viacom
Date: June 17, 2004
Julian Brodsky
Founder, Director and Vice Chairman, Comcast
Date: June 17, 2004
Stewart Butterfield
Co-founder, Flickr
Date: November 1, 2006
Arthur Ceria
Senior Partner, Executive Creative Director,
Ogilvy San Francisco
Date: September 28, 2005
Brian Collins
Executive Creative Director, Brand Integration Group,
North America, Ogilvy
Date: June 17, 2004 and September 28, 2005
Beth Comstock
President, Digital Media & Market Development,
NBC Universal
Date: November 1, 2006
Kevin Delaney
Staff Reporter,
The Wall Street Journal
Date: September 28, 2005
Nick Donatiello
President and CEO, Odyssey
Date: June 17, 2004
Cammie Dunaway
Chief Marketing Officer, Yahoo! Inc.
Date: June 17, 2004
Brian Fetherstonhaugh
Chairman & CEO, Ogilvy Worldwide
Date: September 28, 2005 and November 1, 2006
Tom Gerace
Founder & CEO, Gather.com
Date: November 1, 2006
Emma Gilding
Executive Director Worldwide, Ogilvy Discovery Group
Date: June 17, 2004
Shawn Gold
SVP, Marketing & Content, MySpace.com
Date: November 1, 2006
Marc Goldstein
President & CEO, Mindshare North America
Date: June 17, 2004
Philip Greenfield
CEO, OgilvyOne EAME/Vice Chairman, Ogilvy EAME
Date: June 17, 2004
Nick Grouf
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, Spot Runner
Date: November 1, 2006
Seth Haberman
Founder & President,
Visible World
Date: November 1, 2006
Alan Hallberg
Senior Director, Worldwide Advertising and Demand Generation, Cisco
Date: September 28, 2005
Steve Hayden
Vice Chairman,
Ogilvy Worldwide
Date: June 17, 2004
John Hayes
Chief Marketing Officer, American Express Worldwide
Date: June 17, 2004
Carolyn Heath
Director, Retail Digital Solutions, Telstra
Date: June 17, 2004
Carla Hendra
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy North America
Date: June 17, 2004, September 28, 2005 and November 1, 2006
Todd Herman
Director, Advertising and Business Strategy,
MSN Entertainment
Date: September 28, 2005
Jason Hirschhorn
Senior Vice President, Digital Music and Media,
MTV Networks
Date: September 28, 2005
Peter Hirshberg
Chairman & CMO, Technorati
Date: November 1, 2006
Chad Hurley
Co-founder & CEO, YouTube
Date: November 1, 2006
Manish Jha
Senior Vice President,
ESPN Mobile
Date: September 28, 2005
Birathon Kasemsri
Senior Vice President & Managing Director,
Walt Disney Internet Group, Asia-Pacific
Date: June 17, 2004
Mike Kelly
President,
AOL Media Networks
Date: November 1, 2006
Dennis Kneale
Managing Editor, Forbes
Date: November 1, 2006
Chip Lange
Vice President, Marketing, EA Sports and EA Games Online, Electronic Arts
Date: September 28, 2005
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman and CEO, Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide
Date: June 17, 2004, September 28, 2005 and Date: November 1, 2006
Jan Leth
Vice Chairman, Global Digital Creative, Ogilvy Worldwide
Date: June 17, 2004 and November 1, 2006
Edward Lichty
Vice President, Business Development, TiVo
Date: September 28, 2005
Nicholas Longano
Chief Sales Officer,
Yahoo! Inc.
Date: September 28, 2005
Marilyn Mersereau
Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Cisco Systems
Date: June 17, 2004
Jim Manis
Senior Vice President, m-Qube and Global Chairman, Mobile Marketing Association
Date: September 28, 2005
Scot McLernon
Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales, CBS Digital Media
Date: September 28, 2005
Linda Mignone
Vice President, Director of Marketing, DHL
Date: September 28, 2005
Wenda Harris Millard
Chief Sales Officer,
Yahoo! Inc.
Date: June 17, 2004
Staci Miller
Vice President of Operations and Brand Strategy, Warner Bros. Online
Date: September 28, 2005
Mike Morley
Executive Director, International Programming & Licensing, Endemol
Date: June 17, 2004
Martin Nisenholtz
CEO, New York Times Digital
Date: June 17, 2004
John O'Rourke
Senior Director, Consumer Strategy Division, Microsoft Corporation
Date: June 17, 2004
Dr. John Ricketts
Strategy Director Asia Pacific, B2B Practice Group, Ogilvy Worldwide
Date: June 17, 2004
Kathy Riordan
Vice President, Global Digital Consumer and Relationship Marketing, Kraft Foods
Date: September 28, 2005
Ann Rubin
Director, Worldwide IBM Software Group, Integrated Marketing Comm., IBM
Date: September 28, 2005
J. Walker Smith, Ph.D
President, Yankelovich Partners, Inc.
Date: June 17, 2004
Judy Smolski
Vice President, Marketing, Small and Medium Businesses, IBM Americas
Date: September 28, 2005
Joshua Steiner
Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group LLC
Date: June 17, 2004
Bill Stone
Vice President, Market Strategy, Planning and Segmentation, Verizon Wireless
Date: September 28, 2005
Rory Sutherland
Vice Chairman, Ogilvy U.K.
Date: June 17, 2004 and November 1, 2006
Don Tapscott
Founder & CEO, New Paradigm
Date: November 1, 2006
Michael Tchao
General Manager, Nike Techlab Group
Date: November 1, 2006
Vince Thompson
Regional Vice President, AOL
Date: September 28, 2005
Chris Wall
Vice Chairman, Creative, Ogilvy New York
Date: November 1, 2006
Richard Welch
Trend Analyst and Managing Director, Crystal
Date: June 17, 2004
David Wheldon
Global Director, Marketing and Brand Communications, Vodafone
Date: June 17, 2004
Mike Windsor
CEO, OgilvyInteractive Worldwide
Date: June 17, 2004
Michael Wolff
Author & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
Date: November 1, 2006
Martin Yudkovitz
President, TiVo
Date: June 17, 2004
Annie Zehren
President of Sales & Marketing, Current
Date: September 28, 2005
Andrew Zolli
Forecaster, Design Strategist and Author
Date: June 17, 2004
If you want to get a feel for the kind of vibe you'll get at Verge, check out the agendas of some our past events.
