BCCA Media Credit Seminar - New York


  General Information

Overview: The BCCA Media Credit Seminar will focus on high level credit related issues for the media industry including magazine, print, newspaper, television, radio, cable, outdoor, interactive and digital. It is an opportunity to meet with media credit professionals and executives from across the country.

Date: Tuesday, November 6
Time: 8:00am - 6:30pm

McGraw-Hill Building
Signature Room & James McGraw Hall
1221 Ave of the Americas – 50th Floor, New York City
(Midtown between 48th and 49th/between 6th and 7th)

Features...

Sessions for today's credit professionals. Topics from agency processes to dealing with and identifying troubled companies will be discussed.

Exhibitors & Sponsors with products and services you need to know about.

Exhibitors:

ABC-Amega (www.abc-amega.com)
The Andersen Group (www.theandersengroup.com)
BASYS Processing, Inc. (www.basyspro.com)

BCCA & Commercial Credit Reports (www.bccacredit.com)
Brown & Joseph (www.brownandjoseph.com)
STRATA (www.stratag.com)
SunGard AvantGard (www.sungard.com/unlockyourreceivables)
Szabo Associates (www.szabo.com)

....more coming soon

Networking/Food events include: continental breakfast, buffet lunch, morning and afternoon breaks and an evening cocktail reception.
 

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Preliminary Agenda (may change without notification)
8:00am Registration Desk Opens
at James McGraw Hall-50th Floor

Attendee Bags sponsored by Brown & Joseph

 

       
 
8:00am - 8:50am Continental Breakfast...Meet the Exhibitors
(James McGraw Hall-50th Floor)
 

 

 

8:50am - 9:00am Introduction by Co-Chairs:  Anthony Besaw, Accounting Manager, ESPN; and Michael Denson, VP, Network Credit & Collections, Katz Media Group

(Signature Room - 50th Floor)

 

                 

9:00am - 9:50am

Keynote Speaker: Richard Hastings, Macro and Consumer Strategist Global Hunter Securities, LLC

Topic: An Overview of the U.S. and International Economies [presentation]

sponsored by ABC-Amega

(Signature Room - 50th Floor)

 


 

 

9:50am - 10:30am

Understanding the Agency/Media Vendor Relationship
(Signature Room - 50th Floor)

Speaker: Lori Nicholson, EVP, Financial Services, Viacom Media Networks

A discussion about the agency/media vendor relationship and how you can use this information in your day to day processes.

 

 

10:30am - 10:50am Break in Exhibit Area sponsored by CCR
Drop your business card in to each Exhibitor's bowl to be entered to win $50. Drawing to take place starting at 5:00pm.

(James McGraw Hall)
 

 

10:50am - 12:00am Digital Advertising Invoice [Presentation]
(Signature Room - 50th Floor)

The digital advertising industry is known for its ability to achieve massive scale when it comes to the serving of ads. So, if our product is digital, and we deliver it digitally at huge scale, why do we still fax, sign and email our business documents?

A brief history of the IAB’s attempt to bring an old concept, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to a new industry.

Speaker: Ramona Gonzales, IAB Advertising Technology Group and Romona Gonzales Consulting

 

 

12:00am - 1:00pm Lunch in Exhibit Area
sponsored by
Szabo Associates

(James McGraw Hall)

             

 

 

1:00pm - 2:15pm Legal Aspects of Doing Business in the
e-World, Electronic Signatures, Accepting Credit Cards and Other Hot Issues

(Signature Room - 50th Floor)

Speakers: Wanda Borges, principal, Borges & Associates; and Bruce Nathan, member, Lowenstein Sadler

Borges presentation

Nathan presentation


 

 

 

2:15pm - 2:30pm Break in Exhibit Area

Last Chance to meet Exhibitors and enter drawing for $50 from each Exhibitor at 5:00pm

(James McGraw Hall)

 

 

 

2:30pm - 3:30pm Agency Process...how to get paid faster!
(Signature Room - 50th Floor)

Speaker: Kevin McEvoy, CFO, PHD USA

 

 

 

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Collection Agency Panel: Collection Tips & Tricks
(Signature Room - 50th Floor)

Moderator: Anthony Besaw, Accounting Manager, ESPN

Panelists: Robin Szabo, President, Szabo Associates; Tammy Osborne, Director of Operations, The Andersen Group Worldwide; George Stella, President, CCR; and Alan Steinhart, SVP Global Customer Care, ABC-Amega
 

 

 

   

4:30pm - 5:00pm EMCAPP Update

Speakers: Mary Collins, President & CEO, MFM & BCCA; Michael Denson, VP Network Credit & Collections, Katz Media Group

 

5:00pm - 6:30pm Cocktail Reception & Raffle Drawing in Exhibit Area
(James McGraw Hall)

Attendees have chance to win $50 from each of the Exhibitors - Bring Business Cards to enter drawings (winners must be present to win)

Enjoy drinks and light appetizers while networking and relaxing with other attendees.

Sponsored by Katz Media Group and Cox Reps
 

 

 

  MORE INFORMATION:

RAFFLE DRAWING
Attendees have a chance to win $50 from each of the Exhibitors. Bring business cards to give to each exhibitor and at 5:00pm each exhibitor will draw from their entries. Winners must be present to win!

SECURITY CHECK-IN
Upon arrival at the McGraw-Hill Building all attendees will need to be cleared through security by providing a photo id. Look for the BCCA table in the McGraw-Hill Building Lobby to receive your pass.

DRESS ATTIRE
The dress attire for the seminar is business casual. Suggested attire for men is the following: sports jacket, slacks, collared shirt, and/or turtleneck. For women: business suit (skirt or slacks with jacket) or relaxed casual (skirt or slacks with blouse, sweater set or turtleneck). Casual footwear items such as tennis shoes, sneakers, clogs, boating shoes or flip-flop style sandals are not appropriate.

Questions? Please contact Jamie Smith at jamie.smith@mediafinance.org or 847.716.7000 x105.

 

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