20th Annual NAMIC Conference Features More Than 80 Business Leaders

20th Annual NAMIC Conference Features More Than 80 Business Leaders

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Multi-ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC) today announced its line-up for the 20th Annual NAMIC Conference scheduled for September 10-12 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria. Kicking off Cable Diversity Week, the 2006 presentation boasts a roster of more than 80 business leaders.

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"We are honored to feature such an illustrious speaker line-up, which is among the strongest presented in conference history," said Kathy Johnson, president, NAMIC, Inc. Joining a core group of cable and telecommunications executives will be professionals from the technology, finance, media and the literary arenas. The expansive roster of speakers and keynoters will facilitate a conference program focused on four educational tracks: Corporate Diversity, Digital Media, Leadership Development and Multi-ethnic Markets. Two dynamic general sessions will anchor the planned track sessions: Town Hall Meeting: Multiple Views on Diversity and Ad Sales Add Up When Diversity is Multiplied.

Designed to stimulate dialogue on multi-ethnicity in a rare, open setting, the Town Hall Meeting has evolved into a highly anticipated conference event. Honorary Co-Chairs, Dinni Jain, president & COO, Insight Communications and Joshua Sapan, president & CEO, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC will be joined by guest speakers Redia Anderson Banks, Chief Diversity Officer, National Principal, Diversity & Inclusion, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc., Johnathan Rodgers, President & CEO, TV One, Henry Schleiff, Chairman, Court TV, and Luke Visconti, Partner & Co- Founder, DiversityInc and Antoinette Alfonso Zel, SVP, Network Strategy, Telemundo. Scheduled for Monday, September 11, the event is sponsored by Court TV. Roland D. West, president, Roland D. West & Associates, Inc. will moderate.

Tuesday, September 12, the general session, "Ad Sales Add Up When Diversity is Multiplied" will open with comments from NCTA President and CEO, Kyle McSlarrow. Moderated by Paul Maxwell, columnist, CableFAX Daily and Cable World, speakers will share their views on workforce diversity in advertising sales, multicultural advertising sales revenue opportunities and strategies for representing emerging markets that result in maximized profits. Panelists include Sean Cunningham, president & CEO, Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau, Wendell A. Scott, Vice- President, Multimedia Sales, ESPN ABC Sports Customer Marketing & Sales, Eglon Simons, EVP, Advertising Sales Operations, Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation, Phillip Woodie, Director, Multicultural Sales, Comcast Spotlight, Mark Walton, EVP, Sponsorship & Corporate Development, The Africa Channel and Vimal Verma, Chairman & CEO, American Desi TV.

Among the many session highlights and "hot topic" events planned for the 3-day conference are a Mentoring Breakfast sponsored by The Walter Kaitz Foundation, the 9/11 Commemorative Luncheon sponsored by Univision and TuTV, presentation of the Excellence In Multicultural Marketing Awards sponsored by Cable World and ESPN Deportes, a Career Expo presented by NAMIC in conjunction with VarietyCareers.com and a Supplier Diversity Workshop sponsored by the Walter Kaitz Foundation.

Additional speakers confirmed for the 20th Annual NAMIC Conference include:

* Ronald Andrews, Corporate Vice President, Prudential Financial
* Simon Applebaum, Editor-At-Large, CableFAX Daily and Cable World
* Paxton Baker, EVP & GM, BET J
* Lucia Ballas-Traynor, General Manager, MTV Español
* Clayton Banks, President, Ember Media,
* Monica Bertran, World Financial Report, Bloomberg TV
* Steven Boyd, VP, Northeast Business Unit, The Coca-Cola Company
* Eric Brown, SVP, Western Division Operations, Charter Communications,
Inc.
* Alan Buckman, VP, Sales & Marketing, KSCI-TV, L.A. 18
* Ann Carlsen, Founder, CEO, Carlsen Resources, Inc.
* Kevin Carroll, Founder, The Katalyst Consultancy
* Shannon Cassidy, Executive Director, Bridge Between, Inc.
* Art Chang, President, Tipping Point Partners
* Albert Cheng, EVP, Digital Media, Disney/ABC Television Group
* Maida Chicon, Director, Multicultural Marketing, Time Warner Cable
* Matthew de Ganon, VP of Broadband & Consumer Applications, The Weather
Channel
* Lucinda Martinez-Desir, VP, Market Development, HBO
* Nusrat Durrani, General Manager, MTV World, MTV Networks
* Steve Edelman, Former Area Director, Adelphia Communications, Buffalo,
NY
* Sue Etkin, SVP, Harris McCully Associates, Inc.
* Michael Ewing, President, KAZN-AM 1300
* Jami Floyd, Anchor, Court TV
* Lino Garcia, General Manager, ESPN Deportes
* Michael Gartenberg, VP & Research Director, Jupiter Media
* Bill Georges, SVP, Affiliate & Advertising Sales, AZN Television
* Robert J. Gerrard, EVP & General Counsel, Scripps Networks
* Miguel Gomez Winebrenner, Senior Consultant, Cheskin
* Isabel Gonzalez, Editor-In-Chief for Hearst Magazines and Author, Latin
Chick
* Susan Grant, EVP, CNN News Services, Turner Broadcasting System
* Will Griffin, Founder & CEO, h20: HipHop OnDemand
* Alan Harris, CEO & President, Harris McCully Associates, Inc.
* Marsha Haygood, Consultant
* Mark Hess, SVP, Business & Product Development, Comcast
* Douglas Holloway, President, Cable Investments, NBC Universal
* Reginald Hudlin, President of Entertainment, BET
* Julia Huang, CEO interTrend Communications
* Michael Huh, VP, Marketing & Strategic Development, ImaginAsian TV
* Manish Jha, SVP & GM, Mobile ESPN
* Dr. Robin Johnson, Ph.D.
* James Jones, Director of Education, NAMIC
* Pat Kiernan, anchor, NY1 News
* Tonia Lee, VP of New Products, Turner Broadcasting
* Edward Leon, SVP, Programming & Production, SiTV
* Jennifer Lewis-Hall, Author, The Journey Productions, LLC
* Daren J. Mallard, C.P.A., Manager, Scientific-Atlanta
* Ramon Marmolejos, Consultant, FutureWorks Institute
* Kim Martin, EVP & GM, Women's Entertainment, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
* Antonio Martinez, anchor, Univision
* Adam Mayer, Director, Strategy & Business Development,
Scientific-Atlanta
* Raleigh Mayer, Founder & Principal, MK Coaching
* Kiran Merchant, Director
* Martez Moore, VP, Strategy and Business Development, BET Holdings, Inc.
* Flavio Morales, VP Programming, Mun2
* Mary Murano, EVP, Affiliate Sales, Oxygen Media
* Ariela Nerubay, VP, Sales & Marketing, TuTV
* Glen Oakley, SVP, Business, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
* Mauro Panzera, Senior Multicultural Marketing Director, Comcast Cable
* Ajit Prabhu, Principal, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Practice, Deloitte Consulting LLP
* Tuffy Questell, CEO, T.E.C. Casting pka, Tuffy's Eye Candy, LLP
* Jose Luis Rodriguez, President, HITN-TV
* Robert Rose, CEO, AIM Tell-A-Vision
* Verma Sangita, CEO, TV Head
* Joseph Schramm, President, Schramm Sports & Entertainment, Inc.
* Michael Schwimmer, CEO, SiTV
* Wendell A. Scott, VP, Multimedia Sales, ESPN ABC Sports Customer
* Eric Sherman, General Manager, VH-1 Soul, MTV Networks
* Ina Siler, Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness, HBO
* Diana Smith, Diretor, Division Marketing, Time Warner Cable
* Felice Standifer, Producer, Sony Computer Entertainment America
* Kent Takano, VP, Programming, FINE LIVING, Scripps Network
* Winston Warrior, Director of Marketing Services, Cox Enterprises Inc.
* Sandra Weber, VP, Multicultural Market Development, Turner Broadcasting,
Inc.
* Scott A. Wendell,
* Roland D. West, President & CEO, Roland D. West & Associates
* Herb Wilkins, Jr., Chairman, Syncom Management Company
* Eric Yoon, CEO, Korean TVK 24
* Stephen Young, Founder & President, Insight Education Systems

Register for the 20th Annual NAMIC Conference and view the full agenda by logging onto http://www.namic.com/. Day passes, ala Carte event tickets and special student rates are available. The final date to register online is Wednesday, September 6. Corporate sponsorship inquiries should be directed to Danny McGlone, Director of Development, 212-594-5985.

About NAMIC

NAMIC is the premier organization focusing on ethnic diversity in the communications industry. Founded in 1980 as a non-profit trade association, today NAMIC is comprised of nearly 2,000 professionals belonging to a network of chapters nationwide. Through initiatives that focus on education, advocacy and empowerment, NAMIC champions equity and inclusion in the workforce, with special attention given to ensuring that the leadership cadres of our nation's communications industry giants reflect the multi-ethnic richness of the populations they serve.

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