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MOBE Co-Founder Yvette Moyo and MOBE Chair Curtis Symonds, Dorinda Walker, Prudential, and Lela Coffey, P&G.                        

Leo Hindery, InterMedia Partners &  Alfred A. Edmond Jr., SVP/Executive Editor-at-Large, Black Enterprise  

Topic: How the Advertising and Entertainment Industries Can Reclaim Relationship with African Americans

Description: Black consumers are an underestimated force in the American economy, but not for long.

Please join us as we uncover “the untold story” of black consumers, especially as they become more affluent. This panel will highlight the fact that as the black population grows, so does its economic influence and buying power.

Moderated by Pepper Miller, Author & Researcher

                          Stacey Tisdale, Mind Money Media;

                          Clayton Banks, Silicon Harlem 

Topic: How the Advertising and Entertainment Industries Can Reclaim Relationship with the African American Woman

Description: Despite making up only 14 percent of the country’s female population, the roughly 24.3 million black women are trendsetters and brand loyalists who play a vital role in influencing mainstream culture in fashion, beauty, television, music and civic engagement for women of all races, information sourced from various Nielsen analytics tools found.  Please join representatives as we examine the impact and buying power of African-American women, their roles in media and advertising and how these new empowering images reclaiming positive perception of this cohort.

Moderated by Sheila Eldridge, Miles Ahead Entertainment / Cafe Mocha 

                         Michele Thornton, BET Her; 

                         Cassandre Charles, Essence

Topic: This dynamic panel will lend insight on how to take your ideas to the next level

Description: Meet several of the industry’s most compelling entrepreneurs and ask them your roughest questions ranging from taking the leap of faith, navigating business structure, and marketing yourself to build your community. We will explore how entrepreneurs move on from their first success and create a second (and third and fourth) startup. The panel itself will consist of several "serial entrepreneurs" giving the audience a snapshot of their path to “serial success” and leaving behind tips toward balancing multiple careers and passions, techniques in time management and what it takes to be and entrepreneur. 

                    Chris Christmas, Two Hype Clothing; 

                    Louis Carr, BET & Dirty Little Secrets; 

                    Nikki Woods, Nikki Woods Media

Awards Luncheon:

                    Honorees: Carol H. Williams, Chuck Morrison,

                    Pepper Miller, Ken Smikle, Clyde Allen

                    Keynote - Leo Hindery, InterMedia Partners

Topic: How digital and entertainment industries are transforming Health and Wellness

Description: The rise of the digital age and health-tech has opened up new channels for brands to build relationships with consumers through personal health/wellness mobile and entertainment platforms. Digital technology has given rise to personal fitness devices and brands, as well as empowered existing fitness companies to become a part of consumers’ health and wellness regimens. This discussion will explore how to build a daily conversation with your audience and extend your brand equity through the context of personal wellness while making a meaning contribution to their healthy lives.

Moderated by Hope Allen 

                    Reggie Ware, BlackDoctor.org                                        

                    Crystal King, American Heart Association;

                    Samantha Granberry, AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Moderator: Michael Bellamy

                     Katie Smith, NY Liberty

                     Chrysa Chin, NBA Players Association

                     Melissa Harville-Lebron, NASCAR

Ben Alexander, Pulpo Media

Walter Geer, Verve Mobile

Melvin Wilson, Solve Innovation Group

Rev. Dr. DeForest Soaries,Jr,  dfree Financial Freedom Movement

Topic: Learn how to seamlessly integrate your brand's story within the content that makes a difference.

Description: A brand and its story are inseparable. We’re not just talking about a logo, or colors or any particular campaign. The challenge brands face now is not just finding the right stories but the right people to tell them. Who better to help communications professionals, than the ultimate experts in storytelling: filmmakers. In this conversation, you’ll hear from leading storytellers about how they are creating purpose-driven work that resonates with your target audiences.

Moderator:  Moikgantsi Kgama, Imagenation

                     Kenneth Gifford, Newark Film Festival

                     Rae Leone Allen, "195 Lewis"

                     Donna Beasley, Ka-Zoom Interactive Books

Thank you for attending. See you next year!