Digital East, a major Mid-Atlantic conference, says fewer than 90 seats remain for the third annual event Oct. 2-3 just outside Washington DC at the Westin Dullas Airport, Herndon, VA.

The event includes more than 60 thought-leaders, speakers and panelists from top brands such as Google, Mashable, National Geographic, PBS, The Economist, IBM, comScore, The Travel Channel, Huffington Post/AOL, Slashdot, The American Red Cross, McAfee and many more.

Topics include social media, email, and search marketing to digital advertising, mobile apps, online fundraising, web analytics, customer engagement, online branding, ecommerce, online video, big data for marketers, design.

For just a sample of what you’ll experience, here are TechJournal interviews with a handful of the thought-leaders who will appear at this year’s event:

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Speakers at Digital East include:

• Anthony Melchiorri, Host & Exec Producer-Travel Channel’s Hotel Impossible
• Greg Robleto, Director of Community & Social Media -The Motley Fool
• Jessica End, Industry Manager, Non-profits & Religion -Google
• Criag Oldham, VP of Digital Engagement -American Red Cross
• Melanie Phung, Director of New Media -PBS
• Gadi Ben-Yehuda, Social Media Director -IBM
• Michael Aldana, Sr Manager of Mobile Design -McAfee
• Sean Murphy, EVP e-Commerce -CustomInk
• Khurrum Malik, VP Product Marketing -comScore Inc
• Steve Harris, Sr Director Web Analytics -Capital One
• Simon Heseltine, Director of SEO -AOL/Huffington Post
• Anthony Douzet, COO & Co-founder -TheLadders
• Stephen Wellman, VP & Editor-in-Chief -Slashdot
• Brian Dreseher, VP of Business Development -Mashable
• David Plotz, Editor -Slate
• James Kobielus, Big Data Evangelist -IBM
• Nick Schaper, Exec Dir, Digital Strategic Comm -US Chamber of Commerce
• Leigh George, PhD., Director of Digital Strategy -R2Integrated
• Stanton Fish, VP of Customer Insights & Analytics -The Economist
• Andy Wiedlin, CRO -BuzzFeed
• Andrea Fishman, VP of Strategy -BGT Partners
• Cory Siansky, Manager, Business Consulting -Sapient
• Jeff Allen, Director of Product Marketing, Digital Analytics -Adobe
• Miguel Monteverde, Vice President, Digital Media -Discovery Communications
• Matt Peters, Co-Founder & Creative Director -Pandemic Labs
• Daniel Maloney, CEO & Co-Founder -PinLeague
• Susan Cato, Director of Business Development -Balance Interactive
• Kevin Dando, Director of Digital Marketing & Communications -PBS
• Matthew Shevach, Director of Product Marketing -TRUSTe
• Chi-Chao Chang, President of Products & Technology -xAd
• Jed Williams, Program Director, Social Local Media -BIA/Kelsey
• Michael Renner, VP Solution Design -3Pillar Global
• Robert Hancock, VP of Sales and Marketing -Smart Online
• Jon Brendsel, VP Products -PBS
• Joe Gizzi, Senior Strategy Manager -New Media Strategies
• Bill Leake, CEO -ApogeeResults.com
• Joel Sucherman, Senior Director, Digital Products -NPR
• John Backus, Co-Founder, Managing Partner -New Atlantic Ventures
• Teresa Spangler, Founder & CEO -Plazabridge Group
• Ori Hoffer, Social Media Strategist -General Services Administration
• Leo Dalakos, Vice President of Strategy & Analytics -Performics
• Mark Cooper, Co-Founder and CMO -Offerpop
• Cameron Brain, Co-Founder -XYDO
• Stephanie Slobodian, Senior Information Architect -NPR
• Adam Landrum, President & CEO -Merge
• Matt Kaplan, Vice President, Sales -Mail Online
• Sam Kimball, Exec VP, Advertising & Brand Sales -Livestream
• Will Elliott, Vice President, Sales and Marketing -Contactology
• Marc Shull, Sr. Director, Customer Insights -YesMail
• David Favero, Southeast Sales Director -Shoutlet
• Todd Marks, Founder -Mindgrub
• Chris Brooks, Manager, Social Engagement -Hilton Worldwide
• Ryan Steelberg, CEO and Co-Founder -Brand Affinity Technologies
• Brian Dalessandro, VP of Data Science -Media6Degrees
• Devon Smith, Director of Social Media -Threespot
• Michael Goldberg, Director of Marketing Communications -Martini Media
• Mick Winters, Creative Director -Threespot
• Brandon Hess, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, ReadyTalk
• Daniel Backhaus, Vice President, Marketing -Infuz
• Eric Evans, SEO Specialist -Merge
• Adam Figueira, Product Marketing Manager -Monetate
• Alex Lustberg, Vice President of Marketing -Lyris
• Justin Freid, Director of Digital Media -TPG
• James Wong, Co-Founder & Partner -Empowered Ideas
• Virginia Johnson, Co-Founder and Managing Partner -Empowered Ideas
• Andrew Taylor, Vice President, Business Development -Grab Media
• Justin Spring, Co-Founder of BringShare.com and Adept Marketing
• Eric Shoicket, Director of Brand Partnerships -Kiip
• Andrew Beranbom, VP of Business Development & Co-Founder -Extole
• Christine Borgia, Senior Director, Email Intelligence Group -Return Path
• Andrew Ray, Partner -Bingham McCutchen
• Joseph Olesh, Emerging Media Director -Tier10 Marketing
• Saya “Sally” Behnam, Creative Director -Design 4UX
• Tom Grossi, Partner -NEA
• Josh Freeman, CEO -TeamVisibility
• Frank Reed, Director of Sales -Edgeworks Group
• Gill Haus, SVP, Technology -RideCharge
• Angela Hausman, Owner -Hausman and Associates
  

Register for the event.

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