NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast and Career Expo Set for October 5th

NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast and Career Expo Set for October 5th

Top Executives From Broadcast, Cable and Film Merge for One-Day Seminar In
Beverly Hills

WHAT: NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications)
will present the NAMIC West Coast Creative Summit and Career Expo,
October 5, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
The daylong seminar is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The
conference is NAMIC's signature forum focused on diversity in
content development in the entertainment industry.

WHY: EXCELLENT COVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES

9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
President's Roundtable Breakfast moderated by noted journalist and
former CNN On-air personality, Carlos Watson. Watson will lead a
panel comprised of top studio and network executives such as Chris
Fager, President, TuTv, Reginald Hudlin, President of
Entertainment, BET and Peter Liguori, President of Entertainment,
Fox Broadcasting Company.

1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Special luncheon highlighted by a conversation with Ron Meyer,
President & COO, Universal Studios on "The Future of
Entertainment."

12:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Career Expo (free and open to the public -- expected attendance is
1,000) presented by NAMIC in partnership with VarietyCareers.com,
the Career Expo is free and open to the public.

Scheduled breakout sessions will examine the future of creative development, the influence of digital media, mobile content, multicultural marketing, the synergy of music and other "hot topics. Additional speakers and NAMIC executives available for interviews include:

WHO: Nichol Bradford, Global Director of Strategic Growth, Vivendi
Games, Keith Brown, VP of Major Independents, John Cheng, Head of
Development, Rat Entertainment, Lauren Craniotes, VP, Warner
Independent, Salaam Coleman-Smith, EVP Development, The Style
Channel, Eva Davis, VP Targeted Acquisitions & Marketing, Warner
Bros. Home Video, Devon Franklin, Director of Development, Sony
Pictures, Fritz Friedman, SVP, Worldwide Publicity, Sony Pictures,
Lee Gaither, EVP of Production and Development, Simmons Lathan
Entertainment, Nely Galan, President, Galan Entertainment, Jason
Hall, SVP, Warner Bros. Interactive, Tana Nugent Jamieson, SVP,
Drama, A&E Television, Kathy Johnson, President, NAMIC, Inc., Chris
Jones, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Boost Mobile, Debra
Langford, Executive Director of Strategic Sourcing and Talent
Management, Time Warner, Pancho Mansfield, EVP, Original
Programming, Spike TV, Lucinda Martinez-Desir, VP, Market
Development, HBO, Kel Mitchell, Actor/Producer and President, God
Gets the Credit, Inc., Andrea Nelson-Meigs, Agent, CAA, David
Ortiz, Development Executive, Universal Pictures, Viviana Pendrill,
VP, Target Marketing, WB Films, Leonard Richardson, VP of Music,
CW, Janet Rolle, VP/GM, AOL Black Voices & Women's Lifestyle
Programming, Ray Stephens, VP Corporate Development, MBlox America,
Michael Stradford, VP, Sony Digital Content, Daniel Tibbets,
Executive Vice President, GoTV Networks, Kiko Washington, Senior
Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources, Warner Bros.
Entertainment, Leonard Washington, Board Member, The Digital Coast
Roundtable, Richard Wayner, CEO of Trace Media & The True Agency,
Andrea Wong, EVP, Alternate Series, Late Night & Specials, ABC and
more.

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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FOR MEDIA CREDENTIALS OR TO ARRANGE INTERVIEWS CONTACT:

Charmaine Chapman, BTB Communications - 310-902-8617; char@btbcommunications.com

PRNewswire -- Oct. 4

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Web site: http://www.namic.com/

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