Date: Thursday, May 3rd – Saturday, May 5th, 2012 (departure Sunday morning, May 6th)

Location: Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World® Florida (across the street from Magic Kingdom® Park)

Registration Includes

• 3 nights stay at the iconic Contemporary resort with gourmet meals and refreshments (for those who purchase passes inclusive of hotel. the hotel will be secured by Mashable for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights)
• Compelling content sessions with top level speakers
• Unique and creative networking opportunities with digital leaders including breakout sessions
• Connecting with the Mashable team
• Special events and activities within Disney Parks
• Opportunity to gain new perspective away from the traditional conference setting
• Exclusive access to pre-event and post-event online networking
• Complimentary transportation to and from Disney hotels to Orlando International Airport (MCO) via Disney’s Magical Express for those attendees who've purchased a pass inclusive of hotel stay
  

About the Event

The second year for our signature conference will bring our community together to explore the Future of Digital. Mashable Connect 2012 will feature premier speakers that will provide insight into the technologies and trends that are shaping the next era of technological and digital innovation.

Join Mashable and our community to inspire and be inspired. The conference will cover new ground, break news, feature special networking events and include some Disney magic along the way.

Mashable Connect attracts a top tier audience of executives and senior professionals in digital, tech and social media. Whether you’re a brand leader, agency, strategist, entrepreneur, creative or senior level marketer, Mashable Connect is a valuable opportunity to learn from and network with other digital leaders from across industries.

Speakers

• American Express, Leslie Berland, SVP, Digital Partnerships and Development
• IDEO, Duane Bray, Partner
• Mashable, Pete Cashmore, CEO & Founder
• Klout, Joe Fernandez, Founder & CEO
• www.IfWeRanTheWorld.com, Cindy Gallop, Founder and CEO
• Atlantic Media Group, Scott Havens, Senior Vice President, Finance and Digital Operations
• Storify, Burt Herman, Co-founder
• Soundtracking, Steve Jang, Co-founder
• Harvard University, Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
• SoundCloud, Alexander Ljung, Founder & CEO
• Sonar, Brett Martin, Co-founder & CEO
• Bit.ly, Hilary Mason, Chief Scientist
• MTV Networks Music & Logo Group, Dermot McCormack, Executive Vice President, Digital Media
• Elevation Partners, Roger McNamee, Managing Director
• Discovery Communications, Miguel Monteverde, Vice President, Digital Media
• Mashable, Adam Ostrow, Senior Vice President of Content and Executive Editor
• Mashable, Robyn Peterson, Chief Technology Officer
• Umami, Scott Rosenberg. CEO & Co-founder
• TVplus, Randy Shiozaki, Co-founder
• Joe Trippi & Associates, Joe Trippi, Founder & President
• Stamped, Bart Stein, Co-founder
• Adora Svitak, Author, Teacher, Speaker, and Activist
• Mashable,Lance Ulanoff, Editor in Chief,
• Mashable, Christina Warren, Entertainment Editor
• Shapeways, Peter Weijmarshausen, CEO

Agenda

The agenda for the event can be found here.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities are available for Mashable Connect. For more information, please email sponsorships@mashable.com.

Restrictions

Note that due to the nature of the conference and limited space, spouses and children are not permitted at Mashable Connect’s conference sessions, meals and special events. You may however have a spouse and/or children share your hotel room.

Refund Policy

All tickets are final sale and non-refundable. Name substitutions are accepted until April 2, 2012.

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Recap of Mashable Connect 2011

Check out the Mashable Connect 2011 recap, which includes photos, videos and stats from last year's conference.

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