Thank you for a great Building Our Future Conference

This year’s Building Our Future Conference 2009 – New York came to a conclusion last night and, after spending two days with this phenomenal group of industry thought leaders, I can tell you this: We have some incredibly smart, articulate and forward thinking people in this industry. 

We shot film of the entire event and did interviews which will be included in a documentary. In addition, we took photographs of the action and took copious notes on what people had to say so we will be sharing with you, at a later date, much of what we learned.

In the mean time, my thanks to TAP Marketing, Engage! Digital Media, the Strong National Museum of Play, the TIA and Playthings magazine for their great support in putting on this year’s event. Most of all, I want to thank those who took time from their busy schedules to participate in this great discussion. Here they are in alphabetical order:

Andrea Barthello
Founder, Chairman of the Board
ThinkFun, Inc.

 Patti Becker
President and Founder
Becker Associates LLC

Gina Beebe
President/Owner
G. Beebe & Associates, Inc.

Chris Bensch
Strong National Museum of Play
Vice President for Collections

Dr. Cynthia Breazeal
Associate Professor
MIT Media Lab

Peggy Brown
Peggy Brown
Author, Inventor, Designer, Artist, Consultant and more

Tracy Dudkiewicz
President
TAP Markting

Randy Horn
President
Zobmondo

Gerrick Johnson
Equity Research Analyst
BMO Capital Markets

Carter Keithley
President
Toy Industry Association

 Rick Locker
Attorney
Outside Counsel Toy Industry Association
Locker Greenberg and Brainin
 
Bruce Lund
Lund and Company Invention, L.L.C.

Brian Maggio
Principal
Revenew Sales & Marketing

Kathleen McHugh
President
American Specialty Toy Retailing Association

Lisa Orman
President
Kidstuff PR

Arete Passas
Consultant

Laura Rangel
President and Co-Founder
KidsGive, LLC

Christopher V. Sherman
Executive Director, Founder
Engage Digital Media

Ron Solomon
President/CEO
The Credit Collective, LLC

Kim Vandenbroucke
Innovator, Game Inventor & Developer

Sibley Verbeck
Founder and CEO
The Electric Sheep Company

If you would like to be considered for next year’s conference, let us know.