AOL, Digitas, comScore, Draper Fisher, Livestation, MSNBC.com, MIT, NBC News, Taboola, Tremor, Wibbitz, Videoplaza others set for #BeetRetreat

I am pleased to update the  list of speakers for our two-day, executive retreat at the W Retreat and Spa on the island of Vieques on March 16 - 17.

Participants will include  Vivian Schiller, former CEO of NPR, now Chief Digital Officer of NBC News; Paul Kontonis, VP/Group Director, Brand Content, Digitas; Joy Marcus, former GM of Dailymotion USA, now venture partner with Draper Fisher Jurvetson/Gotham; Stokes Young, Director of Multimedia for MSNBC.com; Adam Singolda, CEO of Taboola; Luke Wolter, Director of Branded Experiences at AOL; Zohar Dayan, CEO and Yotam Cohn, VP of Wibbitz; Lippe Oosterhof, CEO of Livestation; Sorosh Tavakoli, CEO of VideoPlaza; Anthony Risicato, GM/Platforms, Tremor Video; Eli Goodman, Media Evangelist, comScore.

Helping moderate will be Jason Pontin, editor and publisher of MIT's Technology Review. Technology Review is the media partner for the conference.

The event is by invitation only. All attendees are invited to participate in the sessions, which will be published on Beet.TV and throughout our syndication network.

This event will be a deep, exclusive exploration of our fast-changing industry as well as an extraordinary networking opportunity.

If you would like to recommend a featured speaker, please contact me at andy(@)beet.tv

For more information about the conference, including registration information and travel arrangements, visit our conference site. The W is holding a small group of discounted rooms until the Feburary 10.

Above is a video I made of the island's horses eating mangoes on the beach.  Hope you can join us!

Follow us at @beet_tv - the hashtag for the event is #beetretreat

Andy Plesser