IZEAFest : Blogs & Social Media September 11, 2008

Let the fiesta begin! This three-day conference connecting bloggers and advertisers, and is open to anyone. So come join the party! Schedule is featured below. For complete event details visit IZEAFest.com. And join our Eventful Community as well -- you can interact with other attendees and speakers.

Schedule:

Thursday, September 11th
7:00 - 10:00pm : Cocktails and appetizers
Grand Bohemian sky pool

Friday, September 12th
8:00 - 9:00am : Registration, Coffee and Networking.

9:00 - 10:15am : Keynote
Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney.com

10:15 -10:30am : Break

10:30 -11:30am : Improving your content
Susie Gardner, author of Blogging for Dummies

11:30 -1:00pm : Lunch and Social
Downtown area restaurants

1:00 - 2:00pm : Panel - Big Money Bloggs
Stephanie Agresta of Internetgeekgirl.com
John Chow of JohnChow.com
Neil Patel of Pronetadvertising.com
Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney.com

2:00 - 2:15pm : Break

2:15 - 3:15pm : Panel - Growing Traffic
Lea Alcantara of lealea.net
Brian Clark of Copyblogger.com
Alexander Schek of FayerWayer.com
Steve Spalding of Howtosplitanatom.com

3:15 - 3:30pm : Break

3:30 - 4:30pm : Panel - What Advertisers Want
Michael Brito, Social Media Manager at Intel and author of britopian
Katia Adams, Interactive Marketing Manger at 1800-Flowers.com
Mark Young, Chairman at Western Creative
Additional TBA

4:30 - 5:30pm : SocialSpark Beta 2
Ted Murphy, IZEA

6:00pm - : Group Dinner and Social
Downtown Orlando

Saturday, September 13
8:00 - 9:00am : Registration, Coffee and Networking.

9:00 - 10:15am : Keynote
Merlin Mann of 43Folders.com

10:15 -10:30am : Break

10:30 -11:30am : Panel - Social Networking : What's in it for you?
Sean Bonner of SeanBonner.com
Etan Horowitz of Orlando Sentinel
Peter Shankman, author of Can We Do That and shankman.com
Lena West, CEO of xynoMedia.com
Additional TBA

11:30 -1:00pm : Lunch and Social
Downtown area restaurants

1:00 - 2:00pm : Killer Content
Loren Feldman, 1938Media.com

2:00 - 2:15pm : Break

2:15 - 3:15pm : Panel- Tools and Plug-Ins
Zach Coelius of Triggit.com
Erik Hersman, author of whiteafrican.com
Additional TBA

3:15 - 3:30pm : Break

3:30 - 4:30pm : Blog Design Makeover
Nate Whitehall, Founder of Unique Blog Designs
Christopher Schmitt, Author of CSS Cookbook, Designing CSS Web Pages and Professional CSS
Scott Allen, VP of Creative Service at MindComet

4:30 - 5:00pm : Closing and QA
Ted Murphy, IZEA

7:00pm - : Group Multimedia Scavenger Hunt
Downtown Orlando.... this is going to get MESSY!

Official Website: http://www.izeafest.com