Join us in Chicago for OX7
May 15-17, 2024
at the Loews Chicago Downtown Hotel
Regular Rate has ended.
Late Bird Rate | $895
Industry Sponsor | $2,500
The annual Omeda summit is back! This unique industry event is created specifically for media, content and audience professionals. Spend three days in downtown Chicago, connecting, learning, and exploring the many facets of the media landscape.
Take advantage of our group rate! Buy 4 tickets, get the 5th ticket for free. *Discount is automatically applied.
OX7 Registration
Please contact marketing@omeda.com for questions.
*Consulting Firms and Industry Sponsors are not eligible for the group discount.
OX7 Agenda
Pack your bags and big ideas and join us in Chicago. Gain insights and strategies from guest speakers, power panels, industry research, roundtables and success stories. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
Wednesday – May 15
11am – 4:30pm | OX7 Bootcamp (This is a separate pre-conference event; registration required) | |
6pm – 9:30pm | OX7 welcome reception & registration at SPIN Chicago |
Thursday – May 16
8am – 8:45am | Breakfast & registration at Loews Chicago Hotel | |
8:45am – 9am | Opening remarks & welcome – James Capo, CEO, Omeda | |
9am – 9:30am | Better together: How media brands can partner with experts to drive engagement & value in the post-traffic era – Adam Ryan, CEO & Founder, Workweek | |
9:30am – 10am | Fortune favors the bold: Lessons learned from BNP Media’s big bet on digital – Nikki Smith, Chief Operations Officer, BNP Media | |
10am – 10:10am | Success Story: Gardner Business Media | |
10:10am – 10:30am | Morning break | |
10:30am – 11am | Building the audience team of the future – Amanda Landsaw, VP of Audience Development, Endeavor Business Media | |
11am – 11:10am | Success Story: BNP Media | |
11:10am – 11:20am | Success Story: Sosland Publishing | |
11:20am – 11:30am | Partner Session: AdOrbit | |
11:30am – 11:40am | Success Story: Endeavor Business Media | |
11:40am – 11:50am | Success Story: Virginia Business | |
11:50am – Noon | Partner Session: Netline | |
Noon – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
1:30pm – 2:00pm | Dream team: How Questex combined insights and data to build a lean, mean go-to-market machine – Alexi Khajavi, President of Hospitality, Travel & Wellness, Questex, and Rhonda Wunderlin, SVP Performance Marketing, Questex | |
2pm – 2:10pm | Success Story: Fusable | |
2:10pm – 2:20pm | Partner Session: CredSpark | |
2:20pm – 2:50pm | Give them something to remember: experiential marketing for media companies – Kerry Smith, Division President, Access Intelligence, and Jeff Stelmach, Global President, Spiro | |
2:50pm – 3pm | Success Story: Questex | |
3pm – 3:10pm | Partner Session: Organic.ly | |
3:10pm – 3:30pm | Afternoon break | |
3:30pm – 4pm | Two feet on the gas: How Craig Fuller has grown Firecrown Media into a high-flying media business – Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, Firecrown Media and FreightWaves Media | |
4pm – 4:30pm | Partner breakout sessions | |
4:30pm – 5pm | Roundtables | |
5pm – 6pm | Break & networking | |
6:10pm – 6:15pm | Buses depart Loews lobby for evening party | |
6:30pm – 10pm | Evening party at the House of Blues Chicago | |
10pm – Midnight | After party at Loews Chicago Hotel lobby bar |
Friday – May 17
8am – 9am | Breakfast at Loews Chicago Hotel | |
9am – 10:15am | Omeda Year in Review, Industry Updates, Data Privacy Updates | |
10:15am – 10:30am | Morning break | |
10:30am – Noon | OX7 Awards, Product Review, and Product Roadmap |
See who’s speaking at OX7
![Adam Ryan, Workweek](https://www.omeda.com/wp-content/uploads/AdamRyan_Headshot.png)
Adam Ryan, CEO & Founder
Workweek
Better together: How media brands can partner with experts to drive engagement & value in the post-traffic era
These days, everyone from the NYT to your next door neighbor has a mic. Some publishers saw the new influencers as a threat, but Adam Ryan saw opportunity: By supporting and elevating expert voices, he could create a new kind of media company — one that gave audiences truly differentiated content while driving sustainable revenue for both creator and company.
So he and Becca Sherman founded Workweek, a creator-first B2B media company giving industry experts the support they need to promote and monetize their content.
In this session, Adam Ryan tells us how to use expert-led content to amplify new voices, find new audiences and grow your media business. How can you elevate individual voices without sacrificing your company’s brand, credibility and equity? What are the risks and rewards of tying your brand to a single voice? Ryan tackles all these questions and more during this can’t-miss keynote.
![Nikki Smith, BNP Media](https://www.omeda.com/wp-content/uploads/Nikki-Smith-Headshot.png)
Nikki Smith, Chief Operations Officer
BNP Media
Fortune favors the bold: Lessons learned from BNP Media’s big bet on digital
In 2020, BNP Media announced it would close almost all of its 40 print brands and switch to digital — and that they’d do it in 90 days. For another company, that might’ve been the beginning of the end. But since then, BNP hasn’t just survived — they’ve successfully pivoted to a digital-first, audience-centric strategy.
So how did they do it? Nikki Smith tells us how BNP navigated this transition and provides practical takeaways for anyone navigating their own digital transformation, covering everything from auditing audience health, adapting their subscription and retention strategies for the digital space, and empowering their sales and content teams. Put your seat backs in their upright position and stow your tray tables — it’s going to be a wild ride.
![Alexi Khajavi and Rhonda Wunderlin, Questex](https://www.omeda.com/wp-content/uploads/OX7-Speakers-Alexi_Rhonda_Questex-Vertical-2.png)
Alexi Khajavi, President of Hospitality, Travel & Wellness
Rhonda Wunderlin, SVP Performance Marketing
Questex
Dream team: How Questex combined insights and data to build a lean, mean go-to-market machine
Batman and Robin, Beyonce and Jay Z, Barbie and Oppenheimer. The best duos don’t just succeed — they create something even better than the sum of its parts. And that’s certainly been the case for Questex.
In this “back of the house/front of house presentation,” discover how Questex’s business and data teams worked together to create an unstoppable go-to-market machine. By combining its deep market knowledge with its audience database and off-site intent data, Questex was able to enhance its marketing segments, drive more actionable leads and ultimately, grow revenue. In this session, discover how to foster cross-functional collaboration, create a multi-dimensional go-to-market strategy and reach your revenue potential.
![Craig Fuller, Firecrown Media & Freightwaves Media](https://www.omeda.com/wp-content/uploads/CraigFuller_Headshot.png)
Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO
Firecrown Media & FreightWaves Media
Two feet on the gas: How Craig Fuller has grown Firecrown Media into a high-flying media business
Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves Media, has been busy lately: Since forming lifestyle brand Firecrown Media in 2021, the company has acquired FLYING Magazine in 2021, 25+ other aviation-related brands, and all of Bonnier’s marine-related assets. And recently it’s announced the formation of a new SaaS division called SONAR.
In this session, learn how Fuller grew FreightWaves and Firecrown Media, how he’s navigating a rapid growth phrase, and how he’s using his media assets to broaden the influence of his brands. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to ride, because Firecrown is coming in hot.
![Amanda Landsaw, Endeavor](https://www.omeda.com/wp-content/uploads/Amanda-Landsaw-Headshot.png)
Amanda Landsaw, VP of Audience Development
Endeavor Business Media
Building the audience team of the future
As VP of Audience Development at Endeavor Business Media, Amanda Landsaw has scaled from a team of one to 20+, all while helping Endeavor become one of America’s biggest B2B media brands. Now she’s telling us how she did it.
Dive deep into the dynamics of team structure, the art of finding and nurturing the right talent, and the science of evolving your team to meet the demands of different budgets and rapid expansion. Discover the roadmap to crafting a compelling audience experience, ensuring privacy and compliance, and breaking down silos across departments.
Whether you’re scaling up or starting out, this presentation will give you the insights and tactics you need to lead your audience team into a successful future.
![](https://www.omeda.com/wp-content/uploads/OX7-Speakers-KerrySmith_JeffStelmach-Vertical.png)
Jeff Stelmach, Global President, Spiro
Kerry Smith, Division President, Access Intelligence
Give them something to remember: experiential marketing for media companies
Attention is the most important currency for modern media companies. The best way to get that attention? Events. But how can you turn your one-time event attendees into long-term audience members and subscribers?
Enter Jeff Stelmach and Kerry Smith, who have each led experiential marketing for some of the world’s largest and most successful brands. Together, they’ll show us how today’s Fortune 500 brands engage, grow and monetize their audiences — and what media companies can learn from them.
![Jacob Donnelly, AMO](https://www.omeda.com/wp-content/uploads/JacobDonnelly_Headshot.png)
Jacob Donnelly, Founder
A Media Operator
Jacob from A Media Operator (AMO) will record a live podcast at OX7.
Hotel Information: Loews Chicago Downtown
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OX7 Bootcamp
Exclusive to OX7 attendees. Join us Wednesday, before OX7 kicks off, to dive into advanced topics. Separate registration is required for Bootcamp. See sessions and register:
OX7 Awards
Did your team figure out an innovative way to use first-party data, or did you build a stellar marketing automation campaign? Tell us about it for a chance to be honored on stage at OX7!
Past Attendees Include: