Name: LTR
Start: 2020-11-19T11:30:00-05:00
End: 2020-11-19T14:00:00-05:00
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OVERVIEW

This is our 2nd LTR online conference experience and builds on what we learned from you at the September LTR and prior IDEA SUMMITs (see below). The LTR conferences are 2 1/2 hours long and start at 11:30am EST (New York) Nov 19th. There's a half hour of networking followed by presentations and then another networking session to close things out.

LTR is designed to help you get to know other CXOs and fellow leaders of online social communities and dating companies. This event is small and focused and like no other online industry gathering you've ever attended.

There are 75 places only. You'll meet CEOs and top flight executives from a diversity of leading dating and online social communities along with brilliant people from outside our industry that can really inspire you to think outside the box, and to the future.

The Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA) and Online Social Community Association (OSCA) will host this international gathering of by-invitation-only CEOs and executives of leading Internet dating apps and online social communities.

Presentations are ~20 minutes each and will reveal a core idea. You'll hear ideas on matters currently affecting growth, user safety, challenging issues worthy of collaboration, opportunities and inspirational and informative stories that could really impact your strategy and enhance your understanding.

This will be a unique, uplifting and essential event that will help align you and your company with the best of what the dating and online social community industries will become. LTR will help you evolve and get more perspective from your peers.

This is a closed-door session and is by-direct-invite-only from your host and organizer Mark Brooks. Some of the presentations will be available online a couple of months after the virtual conference. To RSVP please simply reply to Mark's email invitation.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PRIOR SUMMIT & LTR EVENTS WERE FULL WITHIN 72 HOURS OF INVITES BEING SENT

Kindly sponsored by:
  RealMe - Making dating apps safer
  vPaaS by Meet Group - Video
  Dating Pro - Dating software
  Real Gifts - Gifts plug-in
Courtland Brooks - Consultancy/agency

christof wittig

CEO / Founder

Hornet

Is Community the Future of Dating?

Christof founded Hornet in 2011. It's now a leading gay social network with 25+ million members around the world.

Hornet started out in dating but has made a transition to becoming an online social community.

Christof is a Stanford Business school grad, and is also CEO/Founder of Strive Capital, which he also started in 2011.

In his presentation he'll cover how he's designed the community and dating blend at Hornet.

JEFF TINSLEY

CEO / Founder

RealMe

Safety Through Reputation Data

For ~20 years Jeff has dedicated his career to helping people control their information and reputation online.

His newest technology platform, RealMe, powered by MyLife is a turnkey solution to protect people using dating apps and other online marketplaces.

Prior to founding RealMe, Jeff founded several other successful business ventures, including MyLife, GreatDomains, RealtyTracker and MediaPass.

mark brooks

CEO & President

Courtland Brooks & IDEA, OSCA

A Quick Overview of IDEA & OSCA and What You Can Expect Next

Mark's team has worked with 112 dating, online social communities and best-in-class technology service providers since 2005.

He runs the niche business agency-consultancy Courtland Brooks and supports the dating and online social communities industries by heading the associations IDEA & OSCA and the daily executive news summary services Online Personals Watch, and Very Social Network.

Mark joined the dating and online social community industry in 1998.

PROfessor Robert metcalfe

Professor of Behavioral Economics

University of Southern California

Measuring Consumer Value in the Dating Industry

Professor Metcalfe works with companies to understand consumer, employee, and business behavior and has worked on projects relating to platform design, optimal pricing, the impact of technology adoption, and peak-time pricing. He's worked with Lyft, Uber, Virgin Atlantic, Oracle, and YMCA.

He is also fascinated with the dynamics of dating and online social communities and the way we can effectively measure the value we deliver.

LTR Overview

Mark Brooks - Host

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The Complete LTR Attendee List

104 Attendees

Adekunle Adeniji - Founder at 2CanPlay
Alex Leshan - Product Owner at Dating Pro
Alex Pasykov - Founder at Hily & Taimi
Andrea McKee - Mgmt Consultant at Reflex Media
Andrej Matijczak - Co-Founder at Freeletics
Anil Kumar - CEO at FreeElective LLC
Arnel Guiang - Founder/CEO at G Labs LA (ChatApp)
Benjamin Goodman - Marketing and Events at CitySwoon
Bill Alena - Managing Partner of CVC Fund at Dating.com Group
Bill Shafton - VP, Business & Legal Affairs at Grindr
Brad Boyd - CEO / Founder at SetForMarriage
Brad Wheeler - COO at SettleForLove
Brett Couston - MD and Co-Founder of CitySwoon.com at Data Pacific Pty Ltd
Bruno Mustone - Managing Director at ForcesPenpals.co.uk
Carmelia Ray - CEO at Carmelia Ray Consulting & Matchmaking
Catherine Cook Connelly - VP Brand Strategy Co-founder at The Meet Group
Christian Mercer - Founder & CEO at Positive Plus One
Christoph Reisner - Co-Founder at Koko
CJ Carter - Co-Founder at LOV App
Clark Kedziora - CFO at Superdate
Courtney Kovacevich - VP at Partnerships
Dan Kurani - CEO at Friended
Daniel Gudema - Consultant at RealConnex
Daniele Antoniani - Business Development at Skytiz Ltd
Darren Chan - Founder & CEO at Sugarbook
Darryl Mitteldorf - Founder at CancerMatch
Dave Sanguinetti - CEO/Founder at RealGifts
David Wheeler - co-Founder at SettleForLove
Didier Rappaport - CEO & Founder at Happn
Dominic Whitlock - Content Writer
Eddy Ankrett - Investor and Non-Exec Chairman
Elizabeth Flores - Business Development at realme
Fatih Gulgonul - Owner at TurkishDirect.com
Felix Hoo - Head of Subscriptions at East Meet East
Flori Dragomir - co-Founder at Sentimente.com
Garfield Wright - CEO at Rumpur
George Burgess - CEO at The Intro
Georgia Wells - Multimedia Producer at WSJ
Gloria Diez - MD Europe at Wamba at Wamba
Greg Chan - VP Sales at Global PersonalsMedia
Guillaume Asselot - Founder at Seeders
Gustav Borg - CEO at Motesplatsen
Hal Oppenheimer - CEO at Dating Service Network
Haze Deng - Chief Revenue Officer at Ruby, Inc.
Heather Dougherty - Founder / CEO at Date Evolution
Hunt Ethridge - Founder of Hunt For Advice
Isabell Springer - Founder at LovEd
Jane Ramadan - Business Development at realme
Jason Bernhardt - Founder at Levity
Jay Neves - Chief Operating Officer at First Beat Media
Jennifer Burns - Public Relations Associate
Jens Kammerer - MD at Jaumo
Jesper Akesson - Managing Director at The Behaviouralist
Jimmy Risk - CEO at Loyal Ears Digital
Joanne Ng - CEO at Dateworks
John Meuffels - CEO at MatchMedia.eu
Julie Ferman - CEO at Julie Ferman Associates, LLC
Julie Spira - CEO and Founder at Cyber-Dating Expert, LLC
Kellie Ammerman - President at Tawkify
Kevin Teman - Founder / CEO at AIMM.online
Konstantin Poltoran - CEO of Meetville
Laura Brashier - Founder at RomanceOnly
Lisa Butkiewicz - CEO at Meetpolis (formerly Navidater)
Lisa Clampitt - Matchmaker and Relationship Expert at VIP Life, Matchmaking Institute
Lluis Carreras - CEO and Co-founder at Mobifriends
Louie Felix - CEO at Matchmaking VIP
Maria Avgitidis Pyrgiotakis - CEO / Head Matchmaker at Agape Match
Mariko Tokioka - CEO at East Meet East
Marine Ravinet - Head of Brand & Communications at Happn
Maritza van den Heuvel - co-Founder at Intentions
Marius Krikstopaitis - CEO at Way of Brave, Lithuania
Mark Owen - President at Events and Adventures
Matt Pullam - CFO at Meetopolis
Matthew Pitt - CEO at Olé Dating
Meet Kanodia - co-Founder, Director at Go Gaga
Mia Wealthall - Director of Operations at Vida Consultancy
Michael Carter - President at Passions Network
Michelle Jacoby - Owner at DC Matchmaking
Mitchell Wapner - Communications Manager at realme
Neil Davis - Chief Business Officer at realme
Nichi Hodgson - Columnist at multiple outlets (i.e. The Guardian, Men's Health Magazine)
Paul Rider - CEO & co-Founder at SALT
Radha Patel - Founder at Single to Shaadi
Ross Williams - Founder & Chairman at Venntro Media Group
Ruben Buell - CTO & COO at Reflex Media Inc
Sacha Nasan - co-Founder at Blindlee
Sai Swaminathan - Chief Portal & Mobile Officer at BharatMatrimony
Sam Moorcroft - CEO/Founder at Christian Cafe
Shar Fuller - Founder at Mai Tai
Sid Klein - CEO & co-Founder at Matchmaker2Matchmaker
Simon Corbett - Managing Editor at Global Dating Insights
Spencer Koppel - CEO (+ Founder once?) at Gk2Gk.com
Steve Dean - Product Strategist and Mobile Expert at Courtland Brooks
Steve Perry - CEO at Superdate
Sunali Aggarwal - co-Founder at As You Are
Tammy Shaklee - Founder & President at H4M
Thomas Pappas - Corporate Development Director at OPG Online Personals Group AG
Timothy Sexton - co-Founder at DNARomance
Tom Sanguinetti - CEO/Founder at RealGifts
Uwe Thomas - CEO at Icony.com
Valon Asani - Founder, CEO at Dua.com
Viktor Cindric - Chief Design Officer at First Beat Media
Wendy Tse - Founder at Blindfold
Zach Schleien - Founder at Filter Off

PRIOR GATHERINGS

LTR LAUNCH

The very first LTR online conference happened September 10th, 2020 and was attended by 99 leaders and luminaries (including 72 CEO/Founders of dating and online social communities). Professor Iyengar of Columbia University spoke about the Art of Decision Making. Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group gave us the inside-track on the rise of video. The Godfather of reality TV, Jon Murray, was interviewed. Videos will go live on the upcoming LTR channel.
See invitation site here: shows speakers and attendees.

IDEA SUMMIT+WOW, NEW YORK

The third formal event took place at Harvard Club New York in early March 2020 and was hosted by Geoff Cook, the CEO/co-founder of The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET). We enjoyed a wonderful prior evening of dining and full day of idea sharing and discussion, followed by an IDEA WOW (World Officers Weekend) in New York.
See invitation site here.

IDEA SUMMIT, EUROPE

The second formal event took place in December 2019 in Berlin at the Spark Networks (NYSE: LOV) board room, hosted by Jeronimo Folgueira, the outgoing CEO and Eric Eichmann, the new CEO. An all-star group of executives from some of the top dating and matchmaking companies on the planet were present, and presented their growth ideas to the group. See photo below.
See invitation site here.

IDEA WOW+SUMMIT, INDIA

The first formal event took place in April 2019 this year in Chennai, India which is the home of Matrimony.com. The weekend prior to the event we held a WOW, World Officers Weekend, where we toured the sights and sounds and culinary delights of Chennai. Then the first IDEA SUMMIT was held in Matrimony's boardroom and was hosted by Muru, the CEO of Matrimony.com.
See invitation site here.

IDEA WOW, MALTA

IDEA mixers have been happening for the last 10 years but the first semi-formal event was in Malta in November 2018. The World Officers Weekend brought together a group of dating executives to learn and share and have a long weekend in Malta.
See invitation site here.