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7:00p-11:00p
Tove Lo @ Tope
Rooftop Reception at Hoxton Hotel
Hosted by Republic Records with DJ Automatic
7:30a
Breakfast Delivered to Rooms
8:00a
Mimosa & Bloody Mary Bar with Blue Star Donuts Reception / Alpha Media Theater
8:30a – 8:45a
Welcome from Alpha CEO Bob Proffitt
8:45a – 9:15a
“PHILosophy” from Alpha EVP of Content Phil Becker
9:15a – 9:25a
Republic Records – Performance by R. LUM.R
9:25a – 9:45a
In2une / 300 Entertainment
9:45a – 9:55a
Elektra
9:55a – 10:05a
Caroline
10 Minute Break
10:15a – 11:15a
Greg Bell – Solutions for Lasting Change
More than just a motivational speaker and Ted Talk alum, Greg Bell is a thought leader, business consultant, and leadership coach. His famous book, Water The Bamboo: Unleashing The Potential Of Teams And Individuals, has inspired Fortune 500 companies like Nike, Disney, Comcast and The Portland Trailblazers. He is also the force behind Coaches vs. Cancer — a campaign for the American Cancer Society that has raised over $87 million for cancer research.
10 Minute Break
11:25a – 12:30p
Jeff McHugh – The Power of Storytelling
The outstanding media players of 2019 are expert storytellers. As an OM or PD, knowing how to tell a story well means you can be more effective in teaching storytelling to your on-air players. Get ready to tell your story in a fun, interactive session with talent coach Jeff McHugh. Jeff McHugh coaches presenters for on-air, on-camera, on-stage and for podcasts. At The Randy Lane Company, Jeff encourages top performance from hosts in every radio format and podcast genre across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Jeff also coaches public speaking at companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, NBC Universal and Amazon through Own The Room.
12:30p – 1:30p
Food Truck Frenzy with UpInSmoke & Twisted Gyro
1:30p – 1:50p
Epic Records
1:50p – 2:10p
Def Jam
2:10p – 2:20p
RED Music – Performance by MAX
2:20p – 2:40p
Arista – Performance by Stephen Puth
10 Minute Break
2:50p – 4:00p
The Anatomy Of A Hit – The Secret Behind Hit Records with Mike Caren, Hit Boy, Social House
Mike Caren is a producer, songwriter as well as the CEO & founder of Artist Partner Group. Working across Warner Music’s legendary labels, such as Atlantic, Elektra, and Warner Bros. Records, Mike has written or produced songs with Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Kanye West, Flo Rida and many others. Over the course of his career, Caren has signed or co-signed 19 Platinum – or Gold – selling artists.
Hit-Boy is a producer, rapper and songwriter and has worked with some of the industry’s biggest artists including Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Drake, Travis Scott and more.
Michael “Mikey” Foster and Charles “Scootie” Anderson teamed up to form the duo Social House, delivering hits for Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, Lil Yachty and are currently the opening act of the Ariana Grande World Tour.
4:00p – 4:30p
Lori Lewis – Stop Thinking What You Do Has Value
Lori will be sharing why gone are the days of touting product attributes. Today’s brand voice needs to reflect what matters to the audience. It’s no longer about how our product performs, but how the product fits and feels in their lives. Lori will share ways to redefine our competitive strategies; becoming more purposeful in the minds of the fans.
Lori Lewis’ radio career spans 25 years, starting out as an on-air talent on the nationally syndicated “Bubba the Love Sponge” show, and then to a decorated Program Director in Baltimore. Lori left day to day programming in 2008 and created the new position – VP of Social Strategies & Digital Audience Growth – for Duke Wright’s Midwest Communications. In 2015, Lori, again, forged a new position for the industry as Vice President, Social Media, for Cumulus Media and Westwood One. In 2018, Lori left Cumulus to rejoin Lew Dickey for another newly created position, Vice President, Social Media for Modern Luxury.
6:00p
Board Portland Spirit (Salmon Street Springs Dock 1020 SW Naito Parkway)
6:30p
Portland Spirit Departs
7:30p
Dinner On The Portland Spirit
8:30p-10:30p
Spirits On The Portland Spirit
7:00a
Breakfast Delivered to Rooms
7:30a
Mimosa & Bloody Mary Bar With Voodoo Donuts Reception / Alpha Media Theater
8:00a – 9:00a
Fred Jacobs – Jump Balls For Creating New Ideas
Jacobs Media celebrates its 36th anniversary this year, providing research and consulting guidance to brands throughout North America, including commercial, public, and digital media. Jacobs Media’s annual Techsurveys have been widely quoted inside radio – and out – providing fresh data about the “connected car,” smart speakers, podcasting, and other key challenges and opportunities facing radio.
10 Minute Break
9:10a-9:30a
Atlantic Records
9:30a-9:50a
Columbia Records
9:50a-10:10a
RCA Records
10:10a – 11:00a
The Mentalist Wayne Hoffman
Multi-award winning performer Wayne Hoffman is recognized as one of the top mentalists in the world with performances on Ellen, America’s Got Talent, The Today Show, CNN and countless others. He currently tours the world with his stage show “Mind Candy” and his motivational speech, “The Power and Potential of The Human Mind.” He is also the author of the best-selling book “Mind Candy.”
10 Minute Break
11:10a – 11:40p
Randi P’Pool – Promotions That Don’t Suck by Aptivada
“Alexa, build my weekend contest.” JK, but you do have Aptivada! And we’ve got you covered! We’ll build a contest in real time for you to use right now. Create any type of promotion on our platform. Give away tickets with a sweepstakes, poll your fans, survey or quiz them on their expertise, or run a pick’ em or bracket for pro or college sports. Get all of these with real time stats and engagement. 10 products, 1 platform and billions of themed templates to use. It’s easy. It’s fast. And it looks pretty sweet.
11:40am – 12:10p
Food Truck Fiesta with Pepe Caliente & Koi Fusion
12:10p – 12:30p
88Rising / Mad Decent
12:30p – 12:40p
Interscope Records
12:40p – 12:50p
ADA
12:50p – 1:10p
Lakeside Mgm / We Three
1:10p – 1:40p
Salt & Straw Ice Cream Social – 3rd Floor Lounge
1:40p – 2:20p
Dear Program Director – An Open Letter From Talent With Jubal Fresh, The Dana Cortez Show, Tino Cochino & Ebro Hosted by Jeff McHugh
2:20p – 2:50p
Sean Carrier – General Manager Triller
Triller is an entertainment platform built for creators. A social video community where you can show the world who you are by capturing flawless videos and sharing them in seconds. With over 40 Million downloads and partnerships with the biggest names in music and Social Media, GM Sean Carrier shares how radio can use the platform to engage at an even higher level.
2:50p – 3:20p
Jill Strada – Cox Media Group Miami
Jill will be discussing the biggest asset we have in our industry, the people. Whether you’re grooming the next big pop star, coaching the next big morning show on radio or developing social influencers to curate content for their blogs or podcast, people make it all happen.
3:20p – 3:50p
Hayley Jones – Nielsen Muisic / BDS
Haley spent most of her career programming radio, but has recently jumped ship to tell stories using data on the Nielsen Music team. Join us for the latest on the music consumption conversation: What the heck is this music consumption thing anyways and how does it help me? Insights from the Nielsen Music Midyear Report. Plus, be the first to see the new Custom Music Dashboard (created for Alpha) and BDSradio 3.0.
3:50p – 4:30p
Jason Garte – The MIX Group
Learn how a minimum wage employee of Power 96 Miami used one station as his launching pad to become the industries largest imaging and sound design company. Now, in their 16th year, The MIX Group has over 1,200 clients worldwide. Expect an overly passionate Jason, fluttering around on stage, elaborating on the differences between mere station identification and actual, real-life, effective audience brand washing.
4:30p – 6:30p
Adidas Field Trip
A trip to Sneaker City would not be complete without a stop at the Adidas Employee Store. This members-only store has all of the latest Adidas gear and because it is Oregon, there is no sales tax. Come kick it and maybe cop some kicks!
7:00p-10:00p
Capitol Record Dinner (Portland City Grill 111 S.W. 5th Ave 30th floor)