Past Conferences

LEADING IN LOCAL: The National Impact (formerly ILM East) took place in Boston, March. 18-20, 2013.

Interactive Local Media West (ILM West) took place in Los Angeles, Dec. 4-6, 2012. Over 500 attendees came together to discuss what it means to “lead in local.” Local leaders from companies like Facebook, Google, comScore, YP, Idealab, Ticketmaster, CityGrid, Cox Target Media, NBC-Universal, Wanderful Media shared their perspectives on what’s shaping digital media and marketing in 2013.

EASDP Annual Congress
Sept. 19-21, 2012
Hilton Buenavista Hotel
Toledo, Spain

BIA/Kelsey joined forces with the EASDP to produce a full day of sessions for this event, focused exclusively on the emerging social, local, mobile opportunity in Europe.

SMB Digital Marketing 2012 took place in Chicago, Sept. 17-19, 2012. Nearly 400 attendees came together for this event to hear about the latest developments in SMB digital/online media, local sales strategies, merchant outreach, social media, local search, mobile strategies and customer retention business solutions.

Commerce is at the intersection of mobile, local and social. And MLM San Francisco is where it all came together. This packed one-day event featured the industry’s top strategists, excellent networking and valuable industry research from BIA/Kelsey’s Mobile Local Media and Social Local Media research programs.

BIA/Kelsey worked with the Local Search Association on its 2012 annual conference. Speakers from around the world were on hand to discuss industry trends, lessons learned, success stories, new technology applications, and useful innovations in the local search industry.

Interactive Local Media East (ILM East) took place in Boston, March 26-28, 2012. Nearly 500 attendees came together for this event to hear about the latest developments in the local online media space. Local leaders from companies like American Express, AOL, The Boston Globe, CityGrid Media, Constant Contact, Google and The New York Times, shared their perspectives on what’s working and where the space is heading. Even if you were not among those who came to Boston for ILM East, you can still soak up much of the knowledge, ideas and tremendous energy that emanated from the stage and exhibit hall, and throughout the hallways.

Interactive Local Media West (ILM West) took place in San Francisco, Dec. 12-14, 2011. Nearly 600 attendees came together for this event to hear about the latest developments in the local online media space. Local leaders from companies like AT&T Interactive, Belo, CBS Local Media, Clear Channel Media Holdings, Comcast Ventures, comScore, Cox Target Media, Deseret Digital Media, Digital First Media, Facebook, Google, Pandora, PayPal and Yahoo shared their perspectives on what’s working and where the space is heading.

ILM Asia: Defining the Local-Social-Mobile Ecosystem took place in Singapore, Oct. 25-26, 2011. BIA/Kelsey and ADPAI gathered the local media and marketing leaders and innovators from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond to examine the trends, opportunities and best practices of the region’s emerging local-social-mobile marketplace.

DMS ’11: The Summit for Small-Business Advertising Solutions took place in Denver, Sept. 20-22, 2011. Nearly 400 attendees came together for this event to hear about the latest developments in SMB digital/online media, performance-based commerce and customer retention business solutions. SMB solution leaders from companies like AT&T Interactive, Facebook, Groupon, Infogroup, Microsoft, Telmetrics, Urbanspoon and Yellowbook shared their perspectives on what’s working and where the space is heading.

Deals 3D: The New Local Value Chain took place in San Francisco, July 18-19, 2011. More than 300 attendees came together for BIA/Kelsey’s first one-day-plus event focused on the latest developments in the daily deals and group buying space.

Interactive Local Media East (ILM East) took place in Boston, March 21-23, 2011. Nearly 500 attendees came together for this event to hear about the latest developments in the local online media space. Local leaders from companies like AOL, AT&T, Constant Contact, Facebook, Foursquare, Gilt City, Google and LivingSocial shared their perspectives on what’s working and where the space is heading.

Interactive Local Media 2010 (ILM:10) was the breakthrough event of the year for the local media and advertising space. Held in the heart of Silicon Valley, ILM:10 featured the true innovators of local media, local directories, local search, local mobile, local social and local direct marketing. The event also offered the deepst and most strategic dive ever presented in the mobile local space.

Digital Strategies for Broadcasting 2010 is BIA/Kelsey’s annual conference focused on the latest developments and trends for enhancing the traditional media business and creating the progressive change television and radio companies must make to ensure long-term success.

Marketplaces 2010 is the one and only conference for companies looking beyond today’s local ad mix of Yellow Pages, search, classifieds, coupons and direct marketing. Marketplaces 2010 leads the way in local interactive marketing as all the key players converge to network and learn from the leaders how to leverage the Internet and mobile for better lead generation, conversion and customer engagement.

Interactive Local Media 2009 (ILM:09) is BIA/Kelsey’s annual conference devoted to digital media with a local focus. This event provides a 360-degree view of the local marketplace, covering a range of important topics, including local search, Internet Yellow Pages, vertical directories, Internet video, online classifieds, social media and mobile search.

DDC2007, BIA/Kelsey’s annual Yellow Pages conference, attracted publishers, technology partners, vendors and suppliers from across the global Yellow Pages community. Speakers and attendees considered the future of the business, eagerly sharing strategy and candid commentary and absorbing the latest research and analysis.