An opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. A monthly gathering for friends of #140conf to get together and discuss issues of the day.

Schedule:

6:00 Registration / Networking
6:45 Speakers
8:00 Networking

Speakers -

Warren Bobrow is the food editor of the Wild River Review where he writes bits of visual poetry, terroir, and food commentaries.

In addition to Wild River Review, Warren writes for NJMYWay.com, NJ Monthly, Edible Jersey, NJ Savvy Living, Chutzpah Magazine and NJ Life Magazine. Warren continues to traverse the print-scape and is now writing for the Morris Cty., NJ Daily Record for their restaurant and their features column.

He just appeared at the Roger Smith Food Writing Conference in NYC where he gave a talk on Twitter, Food Writing and Zen. Warren is a contributing author for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America and was recently named to the Saveur Magazine’s 100 list for 2010.

A graduate of Emerson College with a degree in Film, he spent his senior year as a research assistant in visual thinking at CAVS / MIT.

Follow his moving about and drinkin’ ’round on Twitter @WarrenBobrow1

Ken Grant is the Sales and Marketing Director for Analtech, Inc., a position he's held since 2007. Prior to that he worked in Delaware politics and media.

Ken is proud of the fact that his company's video - "The Adventures of Ana" has been inducted into the Viral Marketing Hall of Fame along with Disney and Microsoft. Ken's been experimenting with social media for the past year, helping to coordinate training events, tweet-ups, and the occasional Newark Freeze where 200 people froze on Main Street for five minutes while confused U of D students got on their cell phones to tell their friends something "freaky" was going on. In recent months, Ken has been featured in social media articles from Life Science Leader, The Delaware Business Ledger, The Newark Post, and a few other publications.

In February, Ken helped Delaware Governor Jack Markell get started with Twitter at DelTweet 3.0. In the past year, Ken has spoken before groups as small as two and as large as 500 about how Social Media is changing the way we live, work, play, and engage as citizens in our communities. Ken lives in Newark, Delaware with his lovely bride and his two teenagers.

Connect with Ken @kengrantde

Valeria Maltoni built one of the first online communities associated with Fast Company magazine. A brand strategist with 20 years of real-world corporate experience, 10 of which online, she’s worked with Fortune 500 and small start up companies in 5 industries. She specializes in taking companies to what’s next in their business cycle through marketing communications, customer dialogue, and brand advocacy.

Conversation Agent is ranked among the top 25 marketing blogs in the world on AdAge Power150. Handpicked by Fast Company as Expert blogger, Valeria is on the Advisory Board of SmartBrief on Social Media and a co-author of The Age of Conversation, a groundbreaking eBook collaboration by 103 of today’s top marketing writers. An active member of the Social Media Business Council, the American Marketing Association (AMA), and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Valeria is an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) and a Board Member at large of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

Connect with Valeria at @ConversationAge