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		Speakers Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Caroline H. Little Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Tim Ruder American Advertising Federation (AAF) Wally Snyder AKQA Brendan DiBona Avenue A \| Razorfish Brian Crooks Discovery Channel Stefan Poulos Fleishman-Hillard David Wickenden ID Society Adam Berkowitz Interactive Strategies Bruce Namerow Ketchum John Ryan Modem Media Laura Agostini Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide John Bell Pappas Group Anthony Pappas Q-Industries Tim Neill R/GA Kip Voytek Sapient Bill Goldstein Threespot Media David Belman
		Pappas Group is a multidisciplinary creative agency focusing on interactive, print, broadcast and brand strategy. Not just an ad agency. Not just a brand consultancy. Not just an interactive shop. We cross paths with every discipline, creating value by taking client relationships deeper, influencing consumers' brand perceptions and most importantly by creating solutions that say and do more. Because we believe great creative work can't be truly great without being smart, we are constantly evolving, always questioning. Creative people. Big ideas. Bigger results. Partial client list: Discovery Channel, Discovery Education, Blackboard, Toyota, Nike, Geico, Mazda, Corcoran College of Art + Design, ObjectVideo, DBC, and Gridpoint. Pappas Group accolades include The Addys Awards, American Graphic Design Awards, Webby and Print Magazine Interactive Award. www.pappasgroup.com Anthony Pappas, President, Creative Director As the founder of the Pappas Group, Anthony Pappas defines the overall creative direction and most recently led the rebranding initiatives of Blackboard, Inc. and Discovery Education. Prior to starting Pappas Group in 2003, Anthony held the position of Senior Vice President/Executive Creative Director of Proxicom's Brand & Experience Group from 1996-2003; during this tenure he was responsible for leading, developing and executing creative strategy and interactive marketing/design initiatives for Proxicom's global client roster. His accomplishments at Proxicom included being appointed Executive Creative Director after Proxicom was named "interactive agency of record" for Mazda North America, producing the interactive campaign for the launch of MCI's national "IP Telephony over the Web" initiative as well as concept creation, identity development, information design and multimedia work for more than 50 Fortune 500 clients such as NIKE, General Electric, Timberland, Merrill Lynch, Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation, Cole Haan, Liz Claiborne, PepsiCo, MCI, Marriott, Gap Inc, Intel, Microsoft, Marriott, Quikbook.com and the Intel Travel prototype. Prior to Proxicom, Anthony had seven years of traditional creative/advertising experience working with such organizations as Saatchi & Saatchi and Grey Advertising as well as extensive work in the film industry, where he was responsible for art direction in the television, film and commercial industries. Clients include: McDonalds, Pepsi, Mellow Yellow, Warner Bros (Batman). He also worked as a senior multimedia producer developing interactive multimedia simulations and presentations. As an independent contractor to film production companies, Anthony designed and created sets, props and product displays for television shows, commercials, movies, and music videos. Anthony has instructed students at the Berkeley Training Center on design fundamentals, and color theory. He has also played instrumental roles in interactive multimedia work, user interface creation, information design, and simulation projects for the United States Government. Anthony earned a B.F.A. from the Long Island University in graphic design and a minor in advertising.