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Robert Tercek’s views on innovation in the digital domain

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Public Speaking

“Robert Tercek ranks among the very best speakers I’ve ever encountered. His speeches on the topics of innovation and creativity have influenced industry leaders in many parts of the world. He is an electrifying speaker.”

- John Kilcullen, President and Publisher of Billboard, Group Publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, ShoWest

Global Exponent of the Digital Future

Robert Tercek shares his vision of innovation in the digital networks at conferences, private corporate retreats, university symposia, and workshops around the world. He has participated as a featured speaker at many industry events including 3GSM World Congress, E3 Expo, The Game Developer Conference, Billboard’s Digital Media and Entertainment Expo, the Consumer Electronics Show, CTIA MECCA, National Association of Broadcasters, National Association of Television Producers, MILIA, MIP TV, the Mobile Entertainment Forum’s MEF, Mobile Commerce and Content, Tokyo Game Fair, Digital Hollywood and many more. He has also provided strategic briefings and speeches at corporate planning sessions and sales events, including events hosted by Accenture, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, AMD, Sony, Qualcomm, NTT DoCoMo, SK Telecom, as well as academic conferences at MIT’s C3 Center, the University of Dundee and the University of California in Los Angeles.

In October 2008, Robert Tercek was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce  (RSA).

Rob Tercek’s Public Speaking Schedule.

  • June 25, 2010
    Creative Business Conference, Cologne, Germany
    Keynote speech: “Inventing the Future:  How to Survive and Thrive in a World of Constant Change.”
  • June 18, 2010
    X:Media Lab, Sydney, Australia
    Closing keynote speech and two-day workshop with innovators, entrepreneurs and media executives from Australia and Greater Asia.
  • June 17, 2010
    Australian Broadcasting Company, Sydney, Australia
    Private corporate briefing for executives at ABC television.
  • June 13, 2010
    Humanity + Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Featured speech:  ”What Geeks Can Learn From Gurus”.   This new speech focuses on the perception of transhumanist science in mass media and popular culture, putting the movement into the historical context of the struggle for social change, and offers practical advice on how to shape public perception based on examples from self-help gurus and personal development experts.
  • April 13, 2010
    National Association of Broadcasters Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
    Featured speech: “Building Audience Loyalty With Social Media
    This featured speech to an audience of broadcasters, advertisers, marketers and producers summarized 10 years of digital media trends, culminating with real examples of responsive entertainment and two-way dialog between TV programs and the audience.
  • March 10, 2010
    Business Week Media Summit, New York, New York
    Panel discussion: “Hollywood and the Digital Consumer ”
    Rapid-fire exchange of opinions and illustrative anecdotes about what works (and what doesn’t) with Greg Clayman of MTV, Lewis Henderson of  Davie Brown  and others, led by Ira Rubinstein of Marvel Entertainment.
  • February 24, 2010
    University of California in Los Angeles.
    Guest lecture on digital media and the future of television.
  • January 22, 2010
    Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah
    Panel discussion:  ”Spotlight on Social Media.  Successful Strategies for Storytellers.”   A lively and fun exchange with Jason Hirschorn of MySpace, David Eun of Google, filmmaker Ondi Timoner, and other luminaries from the digital media world, led by Kara Swisher of All Things Digital.
  • November 18, 2009
    Future of TV Conference, New York, New York
    Opening keynote speech, “Televolution:  Redefining the Television Experience in a Two-Way World” on the subject of the future evolution of television in an era of social media and activated audiences.
  • November 13, 2009
    Motorola Research Center, Schaumberg, Illinois
    Speech and seminar at private corporate meeting with Motorola marketing and R&D executives.
  • October 7, 2009
    USC Institute of Communication Technology Management Conference, Santa Monica, California
    Opening keynote speech, “Inventing the Future” to kickstart a two-day planning session for telecommunications, media and technology leaders.
  • September 15, 2009
    Arvest Bank Annual Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Opening keynote speech for annual meeting of executive leadership and senior staff.  Private corporate event.
  • April 21, 2009
    The Economic Club of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
    Private event for club members at the Petroleum Club venue.
    The debut of my most popular keynote speech, “Inventing the Future.”
  • March 23, 2009
    The Game Developer Conference, San Francisco, California
    Opening speech at GDC Mobile: “Welcome to the Next Level” and general MC responsibilities as Chairman of GDC Mobile.
  • August 1, 2008
  • X Media Lab, Melbourne, Australia
    Keynote speech: “Collaborative Creativity”
    This talk will explore the way the creative process of designing and producing multimedia programming has evolved as the distribution platform has changed.
  • September 25, 2008
    Digital Marketing Symposium, New York, New York
    Workshop: “Networked Creativity”
    This special seminar for Fortune-500 marketing executives will provide a survey of the many options for social media and social marketing, with dialog about best practices and examples of successful implementation of social media campaigns.
  • October 4, 2008
    5D Conference, Long Beach, California
    Panel discussion: “New Television: The Media Blender ”
    Live mashup of traditional TV executives with new media designers.  We’ll thrash through the issues and creative opportunities presented by digital media.  My own perspective is that TV has a lot to lose in the online environment since broadcasters compete on an equal playing field with an unlimited pool of creative people with low barriers to entry and no traditional business to defend.  Obviously a debatable point.   Join us and chime in.

Dozens of worldwide publications have profiled Mr. Tercek, including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, the Red Herring, Sony Style, Electronic Media, Asahi Shinbun, Le Monde and the BBC. In 2001, Daily Variety selected Tercek as one of the “Digital Dozen;” Hollywood’s twelve most influential digital media executives. Mobile Entertainment magazine selected him as one of the 50 most influential executives in the mobile media industry.

Contact Robert Tercek to speak at your event.