Al Gore to Deliver Keynote Address at The Media Center's We Media Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Reston, VA -- Al Gore, chairman of Current TV and former Vice President of the United States, will deliver the keynote address at "We Media," an Oct. 5 conference in New York. The conference brings together the trailblazers, leaders, movers and shakers of the media vanguard and is organized by The Media Center, the non-profit media-technology-society think tank based at the American Press Institute.

The conference will be conducted at the world headquarter of The Associated Press in New York City.

For more details and to register to attend the conference, go to: http://www.mediacenter.org/wemedia05/

The We Media program includes a series of conversations on the phenomenon of mass collaboration, focusing on such topics as citizen journalism; activism and democracy; media gawking; culture, politics and buzz; marketing; and trust networks.

Other confirmed speakers include:

• Lex Alexander, Citizen-Journalism Coordinator, Greensboro News-Record
  
• John Bell, Senior Vice President & Creative Director, Ogilvy PR
  
• Merrill Brown, Founder & Principal, MMB Media LLC
  
• Jason McCabe Calacanis, Chairman & Co-Founder, Weblogs, Inc. Network
  
• Farai Chideya, Founder & Editor, PopandPolitics.com
  
• Jessica Coen, Editor, Gawker
  
• Henry Copeland, Founder, Blogads.com
  
• Ana Marie Cox, "Wonkette"; Editor, Wonkette.com
  
• Tom Curley, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Associated Press
  
• Susan DeFife, President & CEO, Backfence.com
  
• Rick Ducey, Executive Vice President, BIA Financial Network; President, SpectraRep
  
• Richard Edelman, President & CEO, Edelman PR
  
• Fernando Espuelas, Chairman & CEO, VOY, LLC
  
• Brad Feld, Managing Director, Mobius Venture Capital
  
• Craig Forman, VP & GM, Yahoo! Inc.
  
• Dan Gillmor, Founder, Grassroots Media Inc.; Author, We the Media
  
• Paul Ginocchio, Analyst, Deutsche Bank
  
• Seth Goldstein, Co-Founder & Chairman, Majestic Research
  
• Seth Green, Executive Director, Americans for Informed Democracy
  
• Andrew Heyward, President, CBS News
  
• Ellen Kampinsky, Senior Editor, Glamour
  
• Larry Kramer, President, CBS Digital Media
  
• Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, The New York Times
  
• Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-Founder, Global Voices Online; Research Fellow, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
  
• Susan Mernit, Senior Vice President, 5ive; Senior Fellow, The Media Center
  
• Andrew Nachison, Director, The Media Center
  
• Craig Newmark, Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslist
  
• Dale Peskin, Co-Director, The Media Center
  
• Patrick Phillips, Founder & Editor, I Want Media
  
• Scott Rafer, President & CEO, Feedster
  
• Brian Reich, Director, Mindshare Interactive Campaigns LLC
  
• Jay Rosen, Blogger, PressThink
  
• Steve Rubel, Blogger, Micro Persuasion; Vice President, Client Services, CooperKatz & Co
  
• Richard Sambrook, Director, BBC Global News Division
  
• Tina Sharkey, Senior Vice President, Networking and Community Programming, America Online
  
• Karen Stephenson, President, NetForm
  
• Dominik von Jan, Director, NextNextBigThing
  
• Watts Wacker, CEO, Futurist
  

For program details, visit http://www.mediacenter.org/wemedia05/

For more information and to enquire about sponsorships opportunities, contact Gloria Pan at gpan@mediacenter.org or at (703) 715-3301.

About The Media Center

The Media Center is a nonprofit think tank committed to building a better-informed society in a connected world. The MediaCenter helps individuals and organizations worldwide acquire intelligence and apply insight into the future role and use of media and enabling technology. Through research, education and unique learning experiences, The Media Center helps leaders in media, technology, academia, philanthropies, NGOs, nonprofit and other businesses understand the challenges of a changing multimedia world. The Media Center is a separately funded division of The American Press Institute, an independent, not-for-profit educational center with headquarters in Reston, Virginia. Through its global, multi-disciplinary network of researchers and leading thinkers, The Media Center inspires and agitates dialog and activities exploring the intersection of media, technology and society. Media Center research and programs provide knowledge and strategic insights for personal, professional and organizational growth. For more about The Media Center, go to: www.mediacenter.org.

Media Contact:

Gloria Pan
Communications Director, The Media Center at API
11690 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1498
(703) 715-3301
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