Adding to an already stellar collection of geniuses in the Web, Creative and Marketing fields, is Jim Riswold, former Creative Director with Wieden+Kennedy in Portland. He is our third and final keynote speaker for the Bend WebCAM Conference, October 15-16 at the Riverhouse Convention Center. 

Conference registration is available now through Friday, October 9. For more information, visit www.bendwebcam.com.

Riswold is a legend in the advertising world. His award-winning work on the Nike account is one reason he is commonly considered one of the best copywriters ever. His TV commercials featuring Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, among others, revolutionized the way athletes and celebrities endorsed products. These days, he applies his offbeat humor as a contemporary artist and satirist, and also serves as an instructor for W+K12, an experimental ad agency housed at Wieden+Kennedy.

 
W+K12 is a group of diverse designers, writers and strategic thinkers who will also be speaking at the Bend WebCAM. (Yes, the entire group!) This unique artistic collective is named W+K12 because it selects 12 new members every 12 months. The group collaborates on client projects under the guidance of a managing director and two creative directors. W+K12 seeks to discover different ways to create together, while serving as a laboratory for the advertising industry's best practices and newest thinking.  

“W+K12 is an experiment, a school, a mini ad agency, and an idea factory,” said Riswold. “Above all, at W+K12, they learn to solve problems.” 

Riswold completes a keynote triumvirate that already includes Tim Girvin, Principal of Girvin/Seattle & NYC, and Chris Winfield, President & Co-Founder of 10e20 in New York City.  

Founder of GIRVIN Inc., Tim Girvin is recognized internationally as a strategist, designer, blogger, writer, photographer, illustrator and calligrapher. As an explorer, commentator and arbiter of trends, he has spoken all over the world on issues affecting business communications, branding, corporate identity and the integration of emotional and holistic sensory content into all aspects of marketing.  

Winfield co-founded 10e20 in 2001 in New York, which has evolved into a full-service search marketing company that is able to provide total Internet marketing solutions to small and mid-sized companies. As its president, Winfield is considered one of the leading social media marketing experts in the world today. 

The following industry experts have been tapped to speak, present, or serve as panelists at Bend WebCAM 2009: 

• David Snyder, Co-Founder of Search & Social, Salt Lake City,UT
• Rhea Drysdale, Co-Founder and COO of Outspoken Media, Troy, NY
• Matt Peterson, Principal and Creative Director of Creature, Seattle, WA
• David Mihm, a Local Search Consultant, Portland, OR
• Laura Lippay, Director of Technical Marketing, Yahoo!, San Francisco, CA
• Deb Weekley a Business/Personal Effectiveness Consultant, Portland, OR
• Todd Friesen, VP Search with Position Technologies, Seattle, WA
• Scott Polk, Director of Operations with Search & Social in Los Angeles, CA
• Adam Audette, President of Audette Media and Lead SEO Strategist at Zappos.com, Bend, OR
• Doug Zanger, Founder, Xhang Creative, Portland, OR
• Marshall Simmonds, Co-Founder and CEO, Define Search Strategies and Chief Search Strategist, New York Times Company/About.com, Bend, OR
• Bill Leake, President and CEO, Apogee Search Management, Austin, TX

Altogether, Bend WebCAM will offer a choice of 15 breakout sessions, a reception party, and an SEO Hot Seat Website Review session, where a panel of experts will critique a number of websites submitted by conference attendees. Conference registration is available now through Friday, October 9. For more information, visit http://www.bendwebcam.com. 

Bend WebCAM is the first conference of its kind in the country, combining an exploration of the latest trends in the Web world with a focus on the dynamic world of Creative and Marketing. Attendees can explore topics such as web marketing, search marketing, social media and SEO on the Web side, as well as brand management, marketing communications and employment branding on the Creative & Marketing side. 

About WebCAM 2009:

Attracting some of the most innovative thinkers from across the country, Bend WebCAM, presented by StreamiT, allows attendees to explore topics on three separate tracks: Web marketing, search marketing, social media and SEO on the Web side, and brand management and marketing communications on the creative & marketing side. WebCAM will enrich anyone involved in the Web and Creative & Marketing industries; especially those who realize the inseparability of the two in a successful 21st Century business plan. Set amidst the fresh air and stunning natural beauty of Bend, OR, it all clicks.