Shelly Palmer
Tuesday, January 22 | 8:45-9:30 a.m. OPENING
KEYNOTE
Named LinkedIn’s #1 Voice in Technology, Shelly Palmer is CEO of The Palmer Group, a strategic advisory, technology solutions and business
development practice focused at the nexus of media and marketing with a special emphasis on machine learning and data-driven decision-making.
On the air, Shelly is Fox 5 New York’s tech and digital media expert and a regular commentator on CNBC and CNN. Behind the scenes, he is the
patented inventor of the underlying technology for Enhanced Television used by programs such as ABC’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and
ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” and response-based advertising systems.
As an award-winning composer, producer, writer and director, Shelly has worked with hundreds of brands, agencies, broadcasters, publishers
and tech platforms on advertising and marketing campaigns such as, Meow Mix, Burger King and The City of Las Vegas.
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Shelly is a popular speaker and moderator at technology and media conferences hosted
by industry organizations like: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), The National
Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB), PromaxBDA, The National
Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), CTIA – The Wireless
Association, and other major trade events. He is a guest lecturer at the MIT
Media Lab, Stern Graduate Business School at NYU, The Columbia Institute
for Tele-Information (CITI) at Columbia University, Tsinghua University,
Rutgers Business School and other top-tier colleges and universities.
A prolific author, Shelly writes a daily newsletter and a weekly column for
AdAge. His books include, “Television Disrupted: The Transition from
Network to Networked TV,” the seminal book about the technological,
economic and sociological forces that are changing everything, “Overcoming
the Digital Divide: How to use Social Media and Digital Tools to Reinvent
Yourself and Your Career” and “Digital Wisdom: Thought Leadership for
a Connected World.”
Shelly is a past president of the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards
and currently serves on the boards of several
philanthropic organizations.