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conferences and events
HPX DIGITaL CONFeReNCe OCTOBeR 17-19, 2012 10am - 5Pm atLantIca hoteL 1980 roBIe street
For the most up to date list of speakers, sessions and full schedule visit hpxDigitaL.coM or download the hpx MobiLe app for iphone or android.
WeB – mOBILe – GamING – STaRTUPS – DeSIGN – maRKeTING HPX Digital is an interactive event for digital creators and industry enthusiasts. Organized in partnership with the leading design and technology event producers FITC (Future, Innovation, Technology and Creativity). Through an exciting panel of speakers and an interactive Digital Lounge, HPX Digital will deliver on trends such as: gaming, mobile, web, marketing, start-ups and design. Register today to avoid disappointment as it is limited to 300 attendees total. See our box office page (p35) for full box office details. More information is available at www.hpxdigital.com or by following @hpxdigital on Twitter.
HPX DIGITaL ReGISTRaTION $350 (PLUS TaX & TICKeT Fee) BeFORe OCT 16 $425 (PLUS TaX & TICKeT Fee) WaLK UP
INCLUDES: • All HPX Digital sessions, workshops, keynotes and parties Oct 17-19 • HPX Digital Lounge • Guaranteed NO COVER at ALL HPX shows (Subject to venue capacity. Does not include Rebecca Cohn) • Zine Fair and Record Fair Access • Insider festival communications and special offers For group sales of 5 or more please contact digital@halifaxpopexplosion.com to take advantage of a group discount.
HPX DIGITaL KeYNOTe SPeaKeRS
aLeXIS OHaNIaN CO-FOuNDER OF REDDIT AND STARTuP INVESTOR
amBeR maC SOCIAL STRATEGIST AND TECHNOLOGY HOST
@aLeXISOHaNIaN
@amBeRmaC
Alexis Ohanian is a startup founder and investor in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from UVA in 2005, Alexis and his co-founder Steve Huffman started reddit, which has become one of the most popular social news websites online. After leaving his full-time position at reddit, Alexis focused on his social enterprise Breadpig. Described as a “Newman’s Own for nerds,” Breadpig publishes books featuring some of the most popular webcomics in the world (like XKCD and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal), and produces other geeky novelties like Awesomesauce and LOLmagnetz. In 2010, Alexis helped launch Hipmunk, the most agony-free way to search for a flight or hotel. He ran the marketing/PR/community for Hipmunk’s first year before moving to an advisory role and joining the fight against SOPA and PIPA. These days, Alexis is an investor with over 50 tech startups in his portfolio, he sits on the board of reddit inc., is Y Combinator’s ambassador to the east, co-founder of the non-profit IHAS, and he’s writing a book called Without Your Permission, set to launch in 2013. Along the way, Alexis spoke at TED, spent three months living in Yerevan, Armenia as a Kiva Fellow, and was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30.
Amber Mac is a technology host, journalist, and strategist, with experience both online and offline. She writes a regular column for The Globe and Mail, Yahoo! Tech, American Express Open Forum, among other outlets. She has worked as a technology TV host with tech guru Leo Laporte on G4TechTV, hosting/producing more than 500 episodes of a popular how-to call in show. She has hosted a live TV show called Webnation on Toronto’s number one news station and is now firmly entrenched in the mobile world hosting App Central on BNN. In the online space, she has spearheaded two successful podcasts: net@night on the popular San Francisco TWiT.tv network and commandN.tv. Both shows have been featured in Wired magazine and have won a number of podcast awards (and are still in production, reaching approximately 100,000 viewers and listeners a week). She maintains a popular blog [here] and speaks at keynotes across North America about how to use social media to build community and customer loyalty online. In June 2010, Amber launched her first book about how to use social media to grow your business. Power Friending was published by Portfolio/Penguin in New York (Globe and Mail bestseller.). Amber currently manages a production and new media company called MGImedia. Her clients include world-renowned speaker Tony Robbins, Rogers, Discovery Channel, Microsoft, Canada Goose, American Dental Association, among others.
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HPX 2012 Program guide