Dallas Lawrence
Chief Global Digital Strategist, Burson-Marsteller
Dallas Lawrence counsels companies and organizations on effective reputation management solutions. Burson-Marsteller’s global digital capability includes more than 100 social and digital media strategists throughout the world. Dallas is a recurring commentator for CNN on emerging media. His columns on social and digital issue advocacy, crisis communications and public affairs appear regularly on Forbes.com and he is a contributor to Mashable.com.

Before joining Burson-Marsteller, Dallas chaired the social and digital media practice for crisis communications firm Levick Strategic Communications. Previously, Dallas served as the first Vice President for New Media for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and he served for more than four years as a trusted member of President Bush’s communications team, representing the White House in more than a dozen countries as the director of the Office of Community Relations and Public Liaison for the United States Department of Defense for Secretaries Rumsfeld and Gates. Prior to his Pentagon service, Dallas was appointed by the President as the Director of Regional Media Outreach and spokesperson for Ambassador L. Paul Bremer and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, Iraq. Dallas spent several years managing state and local political campaigns, working on Capitol Hill as a communications director, and advising dozens of House and Senate candidates on effective campaign and message strategies.

Patrick McLean
Vice President, Digital Marketing, Capital One
Patrick McLean is Vice President, Digital Marketing at Capital One. He is responsible for Capital One’s digital brand strategy and bringing the brand’s personality to life through social, mobile and web channels. Patrick joined Capital One from Verizon Communications where he led the interactive marketing organization for the consumer and small business segments. Patrick also spent 7 years with Sympatico, Canada’s largest internet service provider where he led their marketing organization. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was a pioneer in the digital media industry having launched and served in senior marketing roles for a number of start up/early stage technology and media companies.

Rick Robinson
Contributing Editor, The Social Media Monthly magazine
Rick Robinson is a founder, entrepreneur, writer and former executive with AOL/AOLTW, Webs.com, Sprint, XOHM and YES 4G. He was a founder of Digital City (AOL Local) in the mid-1990s after several years as editor in chief of BBS Magazine where he chronicled the early online movement. Through the years Robinson has led product, content, innovation and consumer experience groups in areas such as mobile, local and social. Recently his site locl.ly, which focused on hyperlocal and geosocial companies, was purchased by Street Fight where he now serves as adviser and columnist. Currently Robinson advises startups such as Urgnt.ly, is contributing editor to The Social Media Monthly magazine, and is head of emerging technology for Blue Beacon Consulting.

Liz Strauss
Co-Founder, SOBcon, LizStrauss.com
Liz Strauss is a business strategist, product analyst, and master teacher who works with international corporations small business, and entrepreneurs to create high-growth strategy based on influence, impact, and irresistible difference. She's a dynamic speaker and a maven at engaging with the people who help a business thrive. Liz is co-founder of SOBCon the business strategy workshop event that grew out of her popular Successful-Blog.com - a online publication which carries 4300 articles and 94,000 reader comments. She has built strategies and products with a international network of businesses on four continents and teaches a yearly course session at the Masters Degree Level for Digital Publishing Program at City University of London.

In 2011, Liz Strauss was the awarded the prestigious title of Titan of Web 2.0 at the World Forum “Communication on Top” in Davos, Switzerland and is the highest ranked woman on Dun and Bradstreet's 68 Most Influential Small Business People on Twitter. Liz has been named twice to the Top 100 Social Media & Internet Marketing Bloggers the Top 100 Most Influential Marketersand to Top Social Media Strategists To Watch In 2010 You can find Liz on Twitter as @LizStrauss

Mark Sabec
Product Marketing Manager, YouTube
Mark Sabec is a YouTube Product Marketing Manager focusing on agency and large advertiser outreach and education. Approaching his fourth year at Google, Mark has lead several successful high-profile product launches and campaigns, including the launch of Google Chrome, Chrome Artist Themes,ChromeExperiments.com, and most recently the launch of YouTube Show & Tell. Mark is a graduate of Stanford University, where he received a B.A. in Psychology and a M.A. in Digital Media Studies in the Department of Communication. He recently moved from San Francisco to NYC and currently lives in the West Village.