Val-Pierre Genton is the Head of New Business Development at BrightTALK®. In 2002, he pioneered the e-Symposium online conference format, which has today become the de facto benchmark for half-day and full-day online conferences. In 2005, e-Symposium Ltd was bought by BrightTALK® Ltd (www.brighttalk.com), a world-leader in audio & video webcasting solutions and online events. Val-Pierre is an authority on rich and streaming media and is often consulted on his views of the digital marketing landscape as the Internet Advertising Bureau's B2B Council Chair.