DTC Thought Leaders to Tackle Critical Issues Facing DTC Marketing:
How Smart Marketers Can Overcome the Challenges and Leverage Opportunities

Jenny Alltoft
Vice President, Patient and Marketing Centers of Expertise
Pfizer Inc.

Peter Sealey
Legendary Marketer and Strategy Expert

Nancy Phelan
Executive Director, Consumer Communications and e-Marketing
Wyeth

Karen Best
Director, Advertising Resources
Bristol Myers-Squibb
Bob Garfield
Author and Advertising Critic
Ad Age
Greg Stuart
Co-Author of What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Make Sure Yours Succeeds
 
Bill Schley, Co-Author Why Johnny Can't Brand, Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Big Idea Bill Drummy
CEO
Heartbeat Digital
Bill Hunt
CEO
Global Strategies International


Sean Moloney
Co-founder/Executive Producer
Dramatic Health, Inc
Plus a Panel of Experts on Media Budget Allocation:
• Mike Bloxham, Director Insight and Research Center for Media Design,
Ball State University
• Peter Knobloch, CEO, RJ Palmer
• Bob Brooks, former Director, Integrated Marketing & Media Solutions, GlaxoSmithKline
• David Hallerman, Senior Analyst, Online Advertising, eMarketer
• Mark Bard, President, Manhattan Research
The Legislative Issues and Healthcare Landscape
Jim Davidson
President
Davidson & Company
Kristin Davis, Deputy Director, DDMAC
Marci Kiester, Group Leader, DDMAC
Amie O'Donoghue, Research Team, DDMAC
John Abramson, M.D.
Clinical Faculty
Harvard Medical School
Author
Overdosed America
Thomas P. Stossel, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Steve Bodhaine
Group President
Yankelovich

Breaking Industry Market Research
David Gascoigne
VP Global Promotion Management
IMS Health
Wes Michael
Executive VP
TNS HealthCare

Fariba Zamaniyan, S VP, Healthcare IAG Research

Douglas Zabor
CEO
JZM
Beth Allan, President, Communications & Brand Analytics Division, Phoenix Marketing International

JP Beauchamp
SVP Testing and Media Sources
IRI

Plus 3 Pre-Conference Workshop Tracks for Gold Pass Attendees

DTC 2.0: 5 Trends To Capitalize On Now

Want to understand the latest digital trends in a pharma context? Not sure how YouTube & DTC really go together? Like your weather widget but unsure it really translates to your brand? This workshop is designed to cover the following trends and provide realistic & proven ways to convert them successfully to DTC.
Topics to be addressed include:
- Branded Content
- Smart ads
- Social networks
- Mobile marketing
- Branded Widgets

How To Improve Your Media Plan Efficiency And Stretch Your Dollar By 10% Tomorrow

In an atmosphere of tightening budgets, shrinking teams & expanding goals, it is imperative that a successful marketer wring every dollar out of the media plan. This workshop is designed to give you improvements that can be exercised immediately as well as demonstrate where you can cut back safely.
Topics to be addressed include:
- Optimization models
- Innovative use of traditional media
- Behavioral targeting
- Real time optimization of media plans
- Improved metrics
- ROI by channel 

 Innovations In Direct-To-Patient – Untapped Opportunities In Patient Education, Retention
And Compliance

The slower pipeline and increased competition within categories have caused experts to call even more loudly for better efforts towards retention and compliance. Find out how to take advantage of untouched potential revenue.
Topics to be addressed include:
- New innovations in persistence and compliance
- One to one marketing, case studies of making
a real difference
- Innovative Opportunities to
reach patients in the physician's
office, the pharmacy,
and hospitals

Gold Pass Attendees can select one of the three tracks, and will also receive an annual subscription to DTC INSIGHTS and the Conference Proceedings on DVD. Click here to register now.

As our Industry faces new challenges and public scrutiny, it is more important than ever to attend The Forum for DTC Thought Leaders, the DTC National 2008.
We Urge You To Register Today.

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