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Glimpse: the Social Discovery Conference Announces Agenda

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 05/16/12 —

Glimpse, the first conference on social discovery, today announced the with 23 confirmed speakers who are leading CEOs, founders and senior executives in social discovery:

Banjo, Damien Patton, CEO and founder

BlogHer, Jory Des Jardins, co-founder and president of strategic alliances

BlueRun Ventures, Jay Jamison, partner

Color, Bill Nguyen, founder and CEO

CouchSurfing, Tony Espinoza, CEO

Facebook, Andy Mitchell, manager of strategic partnerships

Felicis Ventures, Aydin Senkut, founder

foursquare, Holger Luedorf, VP, head of business development

Greylock Partners, Josh Elman, principal

Highlight, Paul Davison, founder and CEO

MeetMe, Geoff Cook, co-founder

Pandora, Tim Westergren, founder

Pulse, Akshay Kothari, founder

Squrl, Mark Gray, co-founder and CEO

StumbleUpon, Marc Leibowitz, VP of business development and marketing

Tagged, Greg Tseng, co-founder and CEO

theicebreak, Christina Brodbeck, co-founder and angel investor

Ticketfly, Dan Teree, co-founder, president and COO

Wavii, Adrian Aoun, founder and CEO

Weotta, Grant Wernick, CEO

Yelp, Vinco Sollitto, VP of corporate communication and government relations

Zappos, Will Young, director – San Francisco

Zite, Mark Johnson, CEO

San Francisco Chronicle-s Casey Newton joins as emcee for the day-long conference.

Examining the future of how we live, decide and buy, Glimpse-s agenda includes panels on:

Investing in Discovery

Consumer Discovery (Products and Services)

People Discovery

News Discovery

Location Discovery

Rising Stars of Discovery

Lifestyle and Entertainment Discovery

Future of Social Discovery

Tickets are available at

Glimpse will bring together experts to uncover what social discovery is today, where it is headed and why it matters. The goal: to fuel innovation in the space and assist the community in uncovering and building new social technologies.

: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (registration/breakfast begins at 8 a.m.; cocktail reception begins at 4:35 p.m.)

: , 480 Sutter Street, San Francisco; Directions and parking information available

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Glimpse: the Social Discovery Conference is the first conference focused on the future of social discovery. Companies and products in the social discovery space aim to connect people with new places, people and products that they will enjoy based on their social interactions and existing interests. The day-long event will be held at the Union Square Marriott in San Francisco on June 6, 2012. Glimpse will bring together leading experts in social discovery to discuss the future of how we live, decide and buy. For more information on Glimpse, go to .