Over 300 senior level marketers, brand managers, advertising, media and online agency executives, sports marketers, and TV, film, and music executives... the decision-makers in this dynamic industry.

Attendees and speakers at "The Next Big Idea" have included executives responsible for managing the marketing and communication strategies of leading companies such as:

Allied Domecq Allstate America Online American Express Arnold Worldwide Bank One, Barnes & Noble BBDO Blockbuster Buena Vista Pictures Bunim-Murray Productions BusinessWeek Campbell Mithun Campbell Soup Company Carat USA Clear Channel Coca-Cola Export Corp. Creative Artists Agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky Davie-Brown Entertainment Delta Air Lines Deutsch DreamWorks E! Entertainment Electronic Arts EMI Music Horizon Media House of Blues IMG, Intel J. Walter Thompson Jive Records

Jose Cuervo International Kodak Korn/Ferry International Labatt USA Leo Burnett L'Oreal Los Angeles Times Mattel McCann Erickson McDonald's MediaCom Mercedes-Benz USA MGM Microsoft Miller Brewing Company Miramax Films MPG MTV Networks NASCAR National Basketball Association National Collegiate Athletic Association National Football League NBC Universal New Line Cinema Nickelodeon Octagon Ogilvy & Mather Paramount Pepsi-Cola Company Pfizer Publicis Red Bull North America

Reuters Reveille Roc-A-Fella Enterprises Roush Racing SFX Sports Sirius Satellite Radio Sony Entertainment Spike TV Sports Illustrated Starcom Entertainment TBWA/Chiat Day The New York Times Time Warner Toyota 20th Century Fox Unilever Universal Motown Records Group Universal Studios USA Today Verizon Vh1 Visa Vivendi Universal Games Walt Disney Company Warner Bros. William Morris Agency World Wrestling Entertainment Y&R Yahoo! And many more

"Everyone has been commenting on how great this was! Great framework for the day." -- Anonymous

"Liked the interaction among speakers and audience" - Susan Cowan, Senior Creative Director, Jack Morton Worldwide

"You guys pack more information into a short amount of time - and do it better than anybody else! Thanks!" - Catherine Clinch, Publisher, CS Publications

"These events are amazing b2b networking opportunities." -- Teresa Siman, VP, RPM Management/Tim McGraw