TBEX '10 SPEAKERS & SCHEDULE

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - June 23rd thru 25th, 2010

NYC CityPass Pickup - Registered TBEX '10 bloggers can stop in to the city of New York's newly redesigned Official NYC Information Center in Times Square to pick up an NYC CityPass and chat with representatives from the City's tourism office. 810 Seventh Ave. (between W. 52nd and W. 53rd Sts.) Wednesday, June 23 through Friday, 25 from 8:30am to 6pm.

Context Walking Tours - Context Travel will be offering complimentary walking tours of New York City on Thursday and Friday to registered TBEX '10 attendees.

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Friday Night

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Speakers Dinner hosted by Vail Resorts. Details will be emailed to speakers.

8:00 - 10:00 pm
TBEX '10 Kickoff Party - Cocktails Around the World hosted by Weber Shandwick Travel & Lifestyle at the Omni Berkshire Place - 21 E. 52nd St. Open to registered attendees who RSVPed by email.

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Saturday - June 26th, 2010

9:00 am
Doors open, check-in & swag bag pickup

9:30- 9:40 am
Welcome, Opening Remarks & Prize Giveaway
TBEX '10 host Kim Mance of Galavanting.tv

9:40- 10:00 am
Morning Talk
Jim Benning - “Passion and Wanderlust”

10:00- 10:50 am
Travel Writing: Upping Your Game
Michael Yessis, WorldHum (moderator)
Jim Benning, WorldHum
Alison Stein Wellner, freelance travel writer
Donald George, legendary travel writer
David Farley, food & travel writer and author of An Irreverent Curiosity

11:00- 11:50 am
Travel Video for the Web - live demo of story development & video editing
Kim Mance, Galavanting.tv (moderator)
Robert Reid, Lonely Planet & 76-Second Travel Show
Kelley Ferro, Trip Films
Brett Rounsaville, Amtrekker
Lori Rothschild Ansaldi, television producer


- NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK -
Please join Australia’s Outback Northern Territory for lunch where Gadling’s Mike Barish will share his stories about his meal of Water Buffalo and other escapades in the lush green of Kakadu National Park and the Red Centre of Australia’s outback.


1:30 - 1:45 pm
Travel Pop-Quiz Prize Giveaways

1:45 - 2:45 pm
Working with PR
Angela Berardino, Emerging Media Director, Turner PR (moderator)
Janice Greenwood-Fraser, Manager, Travel Media Relations, Tourism British Columbia
Pam Mandel, Nerd's Eye View & freelance travel writer
Andrew Hickey, Brooklyn Nomad & freelance travel writer
Amy Kemp, Director of Corporate Communications, Vail Resorts
Rene Mack, President, Weber Shandwick Travel & Lifestyle

3:00 - 3:50 pm
Branding, Finding a Niche & Relevant Self-Promotion
Debbie Dubrow, Delicious Baby (moderator)
Mike Richard, Vagabondish
Jessica Spiegel, Italy Logue
Annemarie Dooling, Frill Seeker Diary
Heather Poole, Gadling & book author
Evelyn Hannon, Journeywoman

3:50 - 4:00 pm
Prize Giveaways
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Saturday Night

4:00 - 6:00 pm
Trip Advisor Happy Hour hosted at Bar 13 on the rooftop deck, 35 East 13th Street. Come for drinks, snacks and the chance to win one of two iPads.

7:00 - 10:00 pm
The BootsnAll & Eurocheapo Afterparty hosted at The Professor's Loft in the East Village. Party details & RSVP here.

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Sunday - June 27th, 2010

9:30 - 10:00 am
Bagels & Coffee in the TBEX Lounge
Presented by Tourism Vancouver

10:00- 10:30 am
Welcome Back & Prize Giveaways
TBEX '10 host Kim Mance of Galavanting.tv

10:30 - 10:50 am
Morning Talk
Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere - "Travel Porn"
Creating engaging imagery to draw in subscribers vs. one-time visitors.

11:00 - 11:45 am
Travel Writing Ethics - Freebies and Disclosure
New FTC rules on disclosure and best-practices with examples for bloggers & tweeters
Mary Engle, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Julie Schwietert Collazo, Matador Network
Spud Hilton, San Francisco Chronicle
Kim Mance, GoGalavanting.com (moderator)
Susan Getgood, BlogWithIntegrity.com


- NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK -
Go grab a sandwich with some folks and hang out.

1:30- 1:35 pm
Destination Prize Giveaway
Maren Hogan of Galavanting.tv

1:35- 2:15 pm
Community Keynote
Emceed by Pam Mandel & Mike Barish of
Gadling: a reading of excerpts from selected
bloggers' narrative blog posts, which pull together a cohesive
message as our "Community Keynote".

2:15- 2:30 pm
TBEX '11 Dates & Location Announcement
Kim Mance of Galavanting.tv & TBEX '11 presenting sponsors

2:30- 3:30 pm
SEO for Travel Blogging & Monetizing Strategies
Sean Keener, BootsnAll Travel Network (moderator)
John E. DiScala, Johnny Jet
Pete Meyers, EuroCheapo
Christina Tunnah, World Nomads
Sheila Scarborough, freelance travel writer & consultant
Jen Miner, The Vacation Gals
Matt Kepnes, Nomadic Matt
Andy Hayes, Sharing Travel Experiences

3:30- 4:15 pm
Podcasting Demo - live recording of "This Week in Travel"
Chris Christensen, Amateur Traveler & This Week in Travel (moderator)
Gary Arndt, Everything-Everywhere & This Week in Travel
Craig Martin, Indie Travel Podcast
Show Guest: Wendy Perrin, Conde Nast Traveler & Perrin Post