Call for Participation:
Southern California’s Premier Holiday Event, the Seventh
Annual Digital Family Reunion to Honor the socalTECH 50 at
the Skirball Cultural Center on December 10
Los Angeles, Calif. -- August 19, 2014 -- Now a yearly tradition, the seventh annual
Digital Family Reunion, Southern California’s most vibrant gathering of technology
and digital media industry leaders, issues a “Call for Participation” as it returns to the
Skirball Cultural Center on December 10, and again partners with socalTECH.com to
celebrate the socalTECH 50.
Working to build community throughout the region, DFR invites professionals from
across the spectrum of technology and business to get involved in the following
ways:
- Nominate an executive for the socalTECH 50;
- Become a sponsor to help their company’s industry profile;
- Involve their organization or group as a Community Partner;
- Purchase a $20 advance ticket before October 1.
This is the second year of honoring the SoCalTECH 50 and nominations are now
being accepted at www.SoCalTECH.com. The socalTECH 50 list recognizes the
influential visionaries, entrepreneurs and others throughout the region who are most
likely to create the next breakout company, technological leap, or otherwise
influence the industry in a significant way. Nominated and selected by industry
peers, the list will be announced in mid-November and the Digital Family Reunion
will honor them in person on the night of December 10. Nominations can be
submitted through https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014socaltech50.
“The Digital Family Reunion is a perfect platform from which to introduce the socalTECH
50 to the industry,” said Benjamin Kuo, founder of socalTECH.com. “This is becoming
one of the most anticipated events of the year because it connects so many aspects of
our thriving technology economy in the Southern California region.
Companies are also invited to participate through sponsorship of the Digital Family
Reunion. With extensive industry outreach prior to and during the event, sponsorship
is a fantastic way to enhance brand image in the Southern California technology and
digital media industries. Sponsorship and media partnerships for are available by
contacting Rachel Horning at digitalfamilyreunion@gmail.com.
Each year more than 50 community partner organizations collaborate with Digital
Family Reunion to extend an invitation to the event to their members, resulting in a
unifying event like no other in Los Angeles. Organizational participation can be
arranged by contacting Tracy Bagatelle-Black at tracy@bagatelleblack.com.
In addition to the socalTECH 50, each year the DFR bestows the Outstanding
Achievement Honor on an entrepreneur whose extraordinary personal success has
contributed meaningfully to the local digital economy. Former recipients of the honor
have included Atari founder Nolan Bushnell (2008); True Car founder Scott Painter
(2009); Clearstone Ventures (formerly Idealab) leader William Quigley (2010); serial
entrepreneur Eric Pulier (2011), super-recruiter Jim Jonassen (2012) and technology
community leader and national radio host Ken Rutkowski (2013).
DFR ’14 will be held on Wednesday, December 10, from 6 to 10 p.m. A private
VIP/press event honoring the SoCalTECH 50 will take place beforehand from 4 to 6
p.m., with a brief content program to begin at 6:30 p.m. A special $20 early bird ticket
price is available now and will remain on sale through September. The Skirball Cultural
Center is located at 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049. For more
information please visit http://www.digitalfamilyinc.com/.
Social Media (Twitter and Facebook):
@digitalfamily on Facebook here
@socaltech on Facebook here
Hashtags for Twitter:
#DFR14
About Digital Family Reunion
Started in 2008 with a vision to connect the Web 1.0 community with the next
generation of digital media professionals in LA, the Digital Family Reunion has become
an annual holiday celebration for Southern California’s entire technology industry to
celebrate this vibrant community and honoring those who’ve made major contributions
to the industry. Fueled by the passion of its four co-founders (Kurt Daradics, David
Leighton, Brad Nye and Tony Winders) and the common interests of dozens of regional
trade associations and professional networking organizations, DFR has become a mustattend technology event of the year. For more information,
visit www.digitalfamilyinc.com.
About socalTECH.com
Since 1998, socalTECH.com has been providing news and information about
technology companies throughout the Southern California region. Coverage includes
venture funding, business news, a calendar of events and feature interviews with
local technology entrepreneurs and industry luminaries. The SoCal TechNews is
published daily and also offers an extensive database of technology firms in the
region, including venture capital and private equity firms, incubators, and service
providers. For more information and to subscribe to the daily newsletter, visit
socalTECH.com.
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For press information please contact Susan von Seggern on
susan@susanvonseggern.com or 213-840-0077.