by Chi Ibe

Now  in its second edition, the Youth Marketer Converge Conference (YMC 2.0) is scheduled to take place in Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos between 27 and 28 March, 2012.

This year’s team is: ‘What are Young People really searching for?’ and will be the largest gathering of marketing professionals focused on the youth demography in Nigeria. It will also feature Founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales who will lead a line up of speakers at the other professionals from the African continent and Europe, UK and the USA for peer reviews and best practices.

The impressive speakers list includes: His Excellency, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Executive Governor of Lagos State; Tolu Ogunlesi; Arts Manager, British Council, Enioma Anaba; Group Head of Marketing, Interswitch, Bisi Awoyemi; Project Director, L.E.A.R.N. (Lagos State Empowerment & Resources Network), Lanre Aina; Business Development Analyst, Google Nigeria, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo; CEO, CNSSL/President, Royal FM , Mike Saunders; CEO, Digitlab South Africa, Japheth Omojuwa; Curator, Omojuwa.com , Lade Adeyemi; CEO, Negotiation Pros and Chiekezie Dozie; CEO, Persnickety.

Beyond the conference, YMC will continue to exist through the year as an information and resource portal with updates on the Youth Marketing scene across the continent and a reference source for data on Youth Marketing and Research.

The International Conference Date: Tuesday 27 March 2012

Time: 8 AM – 5 PM

Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos

The Mega Youth Panel Date: Wednesday 28th March 2012

Time: 8 AM – 5 PM

Venue: Indoor Sports Hall, Rowe Park, Yaba

Contact: For more info and general enquiries Call 08191881892, 08191881893 Email [email protected] Visit their Website http://fbinitiatives.com/ | http://ymc.fbinitiatives.com/