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The Media Summit is just around the corner on Dec. 5, and we’re excited to announce the topics we’ll be focusing on this year. All sessions have themes of storytelling in the digital age, and we’ll be analyzing trends like big data, scalable video, global social media and more.

Stay tuned for new speaker and session announcements daily. Ticket prices increase on Thanksgiving, so make sure to secure your spot early!

The 2014 agenda

• Overview of Media and Marketing Trends for 2015 – Pete Cashmore, Founder and CEO of Mashable

• Conversation with Joanna Coles – Joanna Coles, Editor-In-Chief, Cosmopolitan Magazine

• Inspiring Change: Creating Viral Moments – Jason Harris, CEO and President of Mekanism; Kyle Lierman, Associate Director of Public Engagement of the White House Office of Public Engagement

• Talking About the Weather: Telling Extreme Weather and Climate Change Stories in the Digital Age – Andrew Freedman, Senior Climate Reporter of Mashable

• Worn Stories: Telling Tales Through Objects – Emily Spivack, Artist, Writer and Editor of Worn Stories; Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator and Director of R&D at MoMA of Architecture & Design

• Victory Over Video Woes: Creating Compelling Video Content That Scales

• Storytelling with the Real Piper and Larry from Orange is the New Black – Piper Kerman, Author of Orange is the New Black: My Year In a Women’s Prison; Larry Smith, Founder and Editor of Smith Magazine

• Storytelling Gets Visual with Imgur – Tim Hwang, Head of Special Initiatives of Imgur

• Conversation with Jill Abramson – Jill Abramson, Lecturer at Harvard

• War Stories: Covering Conflict and War in the Social Media Era – Louise Roug, Editor of Global News at Mashable; Brian Ries, Real-Time News Editor at Mashable; Emily Feldman, Journalist at Mashable

• The Power of Collaboration: Creators and Companies – Adam Block, President of Legacy Recordings of Sony Music Entertainment

• Data Driving the Next Wave of Powerful Media and Marketers – Chris Wiggins, Chief Data Scientist at the New York Times; Haile Owusu, Chief Data Scientist at Mashable

• Wha’ts Old is New Again: Lessons from Old Mediums for a New Age – Eileen Gittins, Founder and CEO of Blurb; Aaron Shapiro, CEO of Huge

• Media on Mobile – Jason Abbruzzese, Business Reporter at Mashable

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2014/11/19/mashable-media-summit-agenda-2/