Friday, March 14th
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
P2P MARKET CONFERENCE - Sponsored by the DCIA
March 14th at the Princeton Club of New York.
The DCIA's day-long program focused on the unique global revenue generation opportunities available in the steadily growing universe of open and closed P2P, file-sharing, P2PTV, and social networks, as well as peer-assisted content delivery networks (CDNs).

Price: $1,169 for Media Summit Ticket Plus the P2P Market Conference -
$1,269 after March 7th

P2P MARKET CONFERENCE
DCIA Special Event
Friday, March 14
Princeton Club of New York
New York, NY

Contact Sari Lafferty for Further information - sari@dcia.info

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8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Welcome
Karen Kaplowitz, Member Services, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)
P2P Market Opportunities
Marty Lafferty,
CEO, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
User Traffic – File Sharing, Downloading, Streaming, and Communicating
What are current usage levels and demographics for key P2P and social networks? What genres of content are being created and consumed in this largest and fastest growing online distribution channel? How can this tremendous amount of traffic be translated into advertising inventory that agencies and sponsors can buy and measure? What unique characteristics of such communities of users and the technologies that connect them can yield new opportunities for interactive and other innovative advertising formats?

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Keynote Addresses

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Refreshment & Networking Break

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Units and Metrics – Player Banners, Tips, Tails, In-Stream Ads, and Measurement Techniques
What do advertising agencies need from P2P and social networks in order to monetize the enormous traffic that they generate in ways that are similar to how media planners exploit more established distribution channels? How should these networks organize their inventory of advertising and sponsorship availabilities to maximize value? What is the relative worth of the different formats and relative interactivity that this channel can support? Beyond CPM and click-through payment regimes, what are other opportunities?

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Keynote Addresses

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Approaching P2P – From Brand Awareness to Direct Response
What are the most attractive and cost effective ways for consumer products and services firms to approach the P2P and social networking distribution channel? How is the involvement of consumers different from that of other media outlets?

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Conference Luncheon

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Free-to-User, Promotional, and Hybrid Opportunities – Property Driven Models
What considerations must be made in determining how to optimize the value of P2P and social networking distribution of copyrighted works? How can each property be analyzed so that it succeeds to its fullest potential? What are the parallels in this online environment to analog sequential distribution schemes? Can multiple monetization methods be used simultaneously in offering P2P content to consumers?

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Keynote Addresses

2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Aggregating P2P and Social Networks – Common and Individual Attributes
What do online ad networks need from P2P and social networks and what do these aggregators of online traffic have to offer? How do large file-sharing user networks compare with high-traffic portals and websites and how do they differ from these and from each other? How should P2P software developers and distributors and social network operators present themselves to online ad networks? Do affiliation agreements need to be exclusive or are there more flexible alternatives?

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Refreshment & Networking Break

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Keynote Addresses

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Routing Networks – Off-Premises Service Offerings
What are the potential roles for ISPs in monetizing P2P and social networks through advertising and sponsorships? How can they add value in terms of caching, content acceleration, results measurement, and end-user validation? Can P2P distributors and social network operators partner with ISPs to streamline their offerings and improved quality of service (QoS) in ways that are valuable to sponsors, advertising agencies, and online ad networks?

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Keynote Addresses

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Networking Cocktail Reception & Live Entertainment Showcase

Speakers to be Announced

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