Portland Advertising Industry Events

4.18 - pdxMindShare
Join Portland's hip, Web-savvy professionals for an evening of networking and education. Enjoy an extended happy hour food and drink menu.
Where: Masu West, 406 SW 13th Ave.
When: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

4.25-4.26 - eMarketing Summit @ InnoTech
eMarketing Summit will teach both beginning and advanced techniques with best practices from professionals directly involved in the development, execution, marketing, and business of internet marketing.
April 25-26: Oregon Convention Center
Register

Forward07: 2007 AMA Conference
At this year's American Marketing Association conference the theme is "Innovation, Sustainability, Creativity," and you'll be able to meet business leaders who are changing the way business is done.
Where: Portland Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave.
When: May 25, 8:00AM-3:00PM
Cost: Visit website for costs and discounts.
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Art Shows

Meet Blue Mitchell and view the artist's digital imagery during First Thursday in the Pearl District for a wine and cheese reception. All proceeds go directly to the artist.
Where: Filter/Talent, 733 NW Everett
When: May 3rd, 5:00-8:30 PM
Admission: Free

Book launch for author Ashod Simonian's "Real Fun: Polaroids from the Landscape of Indie Music." Recommended by "Spin" magazine, this book features 100 photos of such indie bands as Death Cab for Cutie and the Shins.
Where: Office, 2204 NE Alberta St.
When: April 26, 7-9 p.m.
Admission: Free

New Events Section

The Industry Events section of this blog aims to be a fairly comprehesive, yet idiosyncratic, roundup of events that you could do worse than to scan. (After all, I can only promote events that come across my desk.) The section seems to get a bit longer each month. In the past, I lumped PAF events together with general ad inudstry events. Now, it seems best to separate them for your ease of use.

Design and advertising shops around Portland are increasingly aligning themselves with the arts community, collapsing many of the differences between their disciplines and hosting art events. I'll do my best to give these creative events a good spotlight. You find such happenings in the Industry Events section.

Joel Gunz

PAF Events

PAF Event PAF and OregonLive.com present 2007 Career Jam
This is PAF's annual extravaganza of at least a dozen of Portland's best and brightest advertising professionals speaking on the latest industry trends to the region's talented new professionals. College upperclassmen along with junior ad professionals will benefit from having access to these leaders. Held in conjunction with the AAF District XI conference at the Sheraton/Airport in Portland, there will also be "speed interviews" and portfolio reviews. All students who register online before April 20 will receive an annual student membership as part of their Career Jam registration.
When: April 21
Where: Sheraton Airport
Cost: Level I: $65 per student includes lunch and breaks Saturday only // Level II: $125 per student includes NSAC lunch and breaks for Friday and Career Jam Saturday.

PAF Event Web 2.0 Branding: Boldly Going Where Millions are Right Now
At Second Life, 5+ million members have created a visually sumptuous 3D online world where you can catch a movie, flirt with strangers, and spend, spend, spend. (Users exchanged over $1.5 million yesterday alone.) No wonder they're the poster child du jour for what has been alternatively dubbed "New Media", "Social Media" and "Web 2.0". Leaders of global brands like MGM and Coca Cola are convinced that Web 2.0 is going to change the way people interact with brands -- and they are proving it with their ad budgets. How well do you understand New Media? What are you doing to be a part of it? Catch this PAF event and learn the basics about this new phenomenon. You don't have to be a techno-geek. In fact, you'll walk away able to use tools you already have to take your brand into Web 2.0's new frontier.
When: April 25, 2007; 11:30am
Where: EcoTrust, 721 NW 9th Ave; Portland
Cost: $35 members/ $50 non-members