Ira Matathia and Marian Salzman Profiles Ira Matathia has a distinguished 25+year career in advertising agency account management. Former president of Chiat/Day New York and former chairman and CEO of TBWA Italia, he is CEO of the Brand Futures Group, a company within Y&R Inc. BFG's mandate is to create products and services that spur employee and client thinking on issues, trends and events affecting consumer markets worldwide. BFG publishes actionable intelligence for global marketers and disseminates this information on- and offline, and in a range of formats, from simple bytes to best-selling books. Marian Salzman is a "marketer with vision" who makes it her business to keep abreast of current trends and forecast future realities. She forged her reputation as a strategic thinker as president of entrepreneurial consultancy BKG Youth, which pioneered youth 'Generation X' research for such clients as Levi's, Reebok, Nike and Kodak. She is the author of 13 books and worldwide director of Brand Futures Group. Marian Salzman and Ira Matathia, both of whom now live in the greater New York area, have appeared as keynote speakers at such events as the annual meeting of the International Newspaper Marketing Association (Salzburg, Austria), the Swedish Marketing Association (Stockholm), and Global Management Forum (London). Proposed themes Topics handled by Marian Salzman and Ira Matathia include: He Says, She Says - The Future is Now (Salzman and Matathia). Segments include: 10 Trends to Watch, Premillennial Tension, The Truth and Consequences of What's Next at Home and at Work, Living and Loving in 2001. The Family of the Future: Parenting in the Millennium, Families Go High Tech, The Virtual Parent, Preparing One's Children to Meet the Needs of the New Millennium, Ageing in Flux, An examination of Life's New Rhythms, The Pampered Pet. The Changing Face of the Internet: Globalisation of the Net, E-Commerce, Cyberbiz, Finance in the Information Age, Technology & Tradition, Voice of the New Consumer, The Power of Cyberpersuasion. Women in the Workplace: An Office of Her Own, Women in the Workforce, Technofemmes, Femme Phenoms, The Virtual Parent. Kids Go High Tech: The Edutainment Market: Trends in Edutainment Retail, Families Go High Tech, Preparing One's Children to Meet the Needs of the New Millennium, The Girls' Edutainment Market. Generations X & Y: Youthful Insights: The Global Youth Market, Generation Brands, Extreme Sports, and Cybergroovin'. Name: Title: Organisation: Address: City: Country: Zip/Code: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: Please use textbox to request additional details: Send: