Sitecore Announces Speaker Line-Up and Opens Registration for Sitecore® Symposium 2016 in New Orleans

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Apr 15, 2016, 08:30 ET

SAUSALITO, Calif., April 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sitecore®, the global leader in experience management software, today announced three keynote speakers and the opening of official registration to its Sitecore Symposium 2016 which will take place at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, Louisiana from September 14 through 16, 2016 accessible via this link.

"Building on our 15-year heritage as the leader in Web Content Management (WCM), we launched the Sitecore 8.1 Experience Platform late last year, to deliver on the promise of the next stage of marketing technology -- context marketing," said Scott Anderson, CMO, Sitecore. "There's a newfound sense of urgency for marketers today to engage consumers by creating connected, meaningful and truly personalized brand experiences. No other platform on the planet today does what Sitecore does."

Kicking off the event with the opening keynote will be CEO, Michael Seifert, who founded the company 15 years ago in Denmark and built Sitecore into a global powerhouse. Seifert who was instrumental in defining the very category of content management and later introduced the notion of "experience management," will discuss the current fractured state of the marketing technology landscape and why Sitecore's organic, built-from-the-ground-up platform has been winning customer and partner loyalty for years.

Joining Seifert and the rest of the Sitecore team from around the globe will be more than 1,500 experts, marketers, developers, partners, and customers. They'll converge on New Orleans to learn about Sitecore products and technologies and how they can get the most out of the Sitecore platform. The event promises to deliver unparalleled networking, brainstorming and technical knowledge-sharing opportunities.

EXTERNAL SPEAKERS
Sitecore announced that Jason Silva will be a keynote speaker at the event. Silva is a media artist, futurist, philosopher, keynote speaker and TV personality. He is the Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic Channel's hit TV series Brain Games, airing in over 100 countries. And he is the creator of Shots of Awe, a short film series of "trailers for the mind" that serve as philosophical espresso shots exploring innovation, technology creativity, futurism and the metaphysics of the imagination. Shots of Awe has received more than 13 million views.

Jane McGonigal PhD will also deliver a keynote speech at Symposium. She is a world-renowned expert on the engagement economy and designer of alternate reality games or games designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. Her two books, Superbetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient and Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World were both New York Times bestsellers. Jane is the inventor and co-founder of the SuperBetter project which includes a mobile app and web-based game that currently helps nearly half a million individuals tackle real-life health challenges such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and traumatic brain injury.

Additional keynote speakers are to be announced.

REGISTRATION

Ticket type	Available dates	Price
Early bird	April 14 through May 31	$995 (a $500 savings over on-site pricing)
Advance ticket	June 1 through August 30	$1,295
On-site/regular ticket	September 1 through September 15	$1,495

SPONSORSHIPS AND PROMOTIONS
For information on sponsorships and promotional opportunities at Sitecore Symposium 2016, please send an email to the sponsorship team at [email protected].

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IS NOW OPEN
Share your expertise at Sitecore Symposium 2016 and be a critical part of Sitecore's premier community event. If you have Sitecore know-how, insights, and best practices to educate and inspire your peers, we invite you to submit a paper for a Symposium session. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 29, 2016. For more information, review the call-for-participation submission form here.

For more information and a complete speaker and agenda schedule, please visit our site here.

About Sitecore
Sitecore is the global leader in experience management software that enables context marketing. The Sitecore® Experience Platform™ manages content, supplies contextual intelligence, and automates communications, at scale. It empowers marketers to deliver content in context of how customers have engaged with their brand, across every channel, in real time. More than 4,600 customers—including American Express, Carnival Cruise Lines, easyJet, and L'Oréal—trust Sitecore for context marketing to deliver the personalized interactions that delight audiences, build loyalty, and drive revenue. For more information, follow us at @sitecore or visit sitecore.net.

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