CHATSWORTH, Calif.—As the last seminar seats for the upcoming Adult Entertainment Expo fill up, a unique schedule of first-ever topics focused on Empowering the Performer and featuring an enviable lineup of some of the biggest names in the industry, once again promises to educate as well as entertain attendees to the trade portion of AEE, taking place Jan. 21-24 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas.
The four-day AEE 2015 seminar schedule will address a spectrum of relevant subjects—from Crowdsourcing to ComicCon, from Live Radio to Live Cams, from Finding the Right Audience to Being Your Own Boss—each with a panel of speakers hand-picked because of their expertise or passion for the topic at hand. Luckily for us (and attendees), many of this year's subjects hit a nerve with many of the industry's most talented and curious performers, directors and company owners, allowing us to present a lineup of A-List talent (below) eager to take to the stage!
Even better, there may be a seat here or there yet to fill, so please keep track during the final week of the AEE trade seminar schedule, available here, for daily updates.
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
3-4pm
Studio1B
How to Develop an Effective Social Engagement Strategy
Everyone knows that a company needs to be active on social media networks. But effective social media strategies are developed differently for adult entertainment companies than they are for mainstream ones. Also, the requirements that social networks place on adult entities can change frequently and with no notice, making it necessary for adult companies to develop strategies that are nimble, current and innovative. Helping you understand how to develop and implement such a strategy is what this seminar is all about.
Moderator: Lauren MacEwen, 7Veils
Farrell Timlake, Homegrown Video
Moose, Girlfriends Films
Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals
Brian Sokel, PopPorn.com
4-5pm
Studio 1B
Mass Appeal: How to Design and Execute a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
Crowdfunding successfully is not easy, and it is especially challenging for adult projects, which have been discriminated against by some platforms. This seminar is designed to help you know how to design a viable project, devise a workable campaign and find the right platform for your needs. Bring your questions. This type of seminar only gets better with attendee participation.
Moderator: Bryn Pryor
Julie Simone
Dick Chibbles
Nyomi Banxxx
James Bartholet
5-6pm
Studio 1B
Legal Update: Perspectives on a Changing World
Legally, there is as much to review as we head into 2015 as there has been during any recent year, and maybe more. Whether you are in production, distribution, or both, if you are into as many side-lines as you can muster, and especially if you are talent looking to control your own destiny, the world has been changing quickly, with laws either keeping pace or not. Either way, however, as the very structure of adult entertainment changes, you need to be up to speed with legal developments.
Moderator: Mark Kernes, AVN
Panelists:
Marc Randazza
Karen Tynan
Paul Cambria
J. Michael Murray
Clyde DeWitt
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015
1-2pm
Studio 1B
Demographically Speaking — Is There An Audience For Your Porn?
Understanding who your audience is, always a prerequisite for master marketers of adult content, is even more important in a world in which the targeting and successful delivery and conversion of online, mobile and social media-derived traffic has become an art form of sorts, as well as the potential maker or breaker of companies. This seminar is about the proper marketing of content as well as the content itself.
Moderator: Chauntelle Tibbals
Panelists:
Dana Vespoli
Angie Rowntree
Jacky St. James
Will Ryder
Greg Lansky
Stormy Daniels
2-3pm
Studio 1B
The Rebirth of Adult Internet Radio
Adult internet radio appears to be flourishing, with new shows featuring a varied assortment of industry celebs launching all the time. The topics and guests are equally diverse, with most of the shows encouraging fans to call in and chat live. As the technology improves, so should the types of programming available to producers, allowing for more creativity and listener interaction. Are people tuning in? Are advertisers stepping up? Is the adult internet radio marketplace becoming saturated, or are we in the infancy of radio as a popular and growing form of entertainment that will continue to meet the needs of the industry and its fans? These are some of the questions our panel of internet radio experts will explore.
Moderator: Glenn King
Panelists:
Ginger Lynn
Asa Akira
Farrell Hirsch
James Bartholet
Lexington Steele
3-4pm
Studio 1B
How to Survive Google (and Other Unavoidable Mainstream Monoliths)
This is not as obscure a seminar as it may seem, and you do not have to be an SEO expert to gain from the information that will be presented during this hour-long conversation about how to be an adult company in a mainstream world. In the old days, adult was more self-contained, but in the new digital age it’s hard to completely avoid some sort of dependence on the Googles and Facebooks of the world, not to mention banking institutions! This is about successfully maneuvering those often shark-infested waters.
Moderator: Colin Rowntree, Boodigo
Panelists:
Nate Glass, Takedown Piracy
Bob Christian, Adam & Eve
Lauren MacEwen, 7Veils
Friday Jan. 23, 2015
1-2pm
Studio 1B
One in a Million: Developing an Irresistible (and Lucrative) Live Cam Personality
Live cam operators have always known that diversity is key to success, and that original cam performers can succeed beyond their wildest dreams. It’s the rest of the world that is finally catching on to the limitless opportunities available to a performer, even in a market that is increasingly crowded. Indeed, if there is any area of adult entertainment where a performer has more hands-on control to decide exactly what his or her audience will experience, it is the live cammer. That’s fun but also scary. This seminar will help lessen the fear, and focus the mind.
Moderator: Bob Raley. M Group
Panelists:
Little Red Bunny
Tamas Repa, Jasmin.com
TS Nadia
Carole Wood, IMLive
Jamie Rodriguez, Flrt4Free
Sarah Shevon
2-3pm
Studio 1B
Comic-Con Crossover: Are You Engaged?
To be sure, there is something fanatical about Comic-Con and the people who populate it, but make no mistake, the so-called alternative expo is a juggernaut of content promotion and mega-branding of projects, companies and stars for an ever-increasing array of platforms and media, including adult. The question is, do you really have to dress up funny to take part in it? This seminar will bring together Comic-Con pros who also happen to be adult pros to talk about the opportunities and challenges that come with the Comic-Con Crossover paradigm.
Moderator: Tanya Tate
Panelists:
Ela Darling
Axel Braun
Wendy Crawford or John Amatucci
April O'Neil
Nicki Hunter
Annie Cruz
3-4pm
Studio 1B
Empowering the Performer: How to Be Your Own Boss
This seminar is designed to empower individual performers, who have at their disposal more opportunities to control their professional destiny than at any time in the past. The discussion will include live cams, which have their own seminar, but also webmastering, the feature circuit and live phone sex/chat, as well as more traditional adult entertainment work. The subject of representation will also be addressed by professionals who’ve been there and done it.
Moderator: Michael Fattorosi
Panelists:
Kayden Kross
Manuel Ferrara
Chanel Preston
Lisa Ann
Jayden Jaymes
Tasha Reign
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015
12-1pm Studio 1B
A Primer on Scene Direction & Production
Making features is all well and fine, but isn’t porn really all about the individual scene? While that may have always been true to an extent, in the new reality where millions of people can only carve out time to watch a scene on the go, catching their attention with the perfectly realized scene is even more crucial. At this seminar we’ll hear from many expert creators of short-form porn, so bring your most creative ideas to kick around.
Moderator: Kevin Moore
Panelists:
Joanna Angel
Greg Lansky
Jules Jordan:
Francesca Le and Mark Wood
AEE provides an exciting and unique experience for members and fans of the adult entertainment industry. AEE trade registration includes the AEE Trade Show, the AEE Fan Fest and the AVN Novelty Expo. To register for a badge, click here.
Featuring one of the most varied mix of adult companies AEE has seen in many years, the show is on track to provide industry members (as well as fans) the opportunity to see the latest products and hottest male and female performers in the world, all under one roof at the world-famous Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas.
To secure space before it's too late, contact AVN at (818) 718-5788 or [email protected].
All fan, trade and press attendees may go to AVNShow.com for information on the 2015 AVN Show events.
