BAY AREA INTERACTIVE GROUP (BIG) PRESENTS "MEET THE MARKETERS"

BIG Rounds up the Top Media Minds in the Bay Area, February 1st
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 23, 2006 -

The Bay Area Interactive Group (BIG), a professional trade organization for digital marketers, will host a "Meet the Marketers" event on Wednesday, February 1st. This will be the first Reach event of the year and the evening will be sponsored by Google. BIG's Reach events are held quarterly and include an engaging program, lively music and hors d'oeuvres and open bar.

Panelists include Sean Connolly, Worldwide Director of Advertising at Intel, Hugo Lai, Advertising Director of Cathay Pacific and Pat Connolly, Chief Marketing Officer, Williams Sonoma. These prominent Bay Area marketers will discuss current marketing challenges, the role interactive marketing plays in addressing those challenges, how they measure the success of interactive ad spending and how they budget for and execute interactive marketing campaigns.

WHAT: "Meet the Marketers"
WHEN: Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 6:30pm-10:00pm
WHERE: Marines Memorial Club, 609 Sutter St. @ Mason
PANELISTS: Sean Connolly, Worldwide Director of Advertising, Intel Hugo Lai, Advertising Director, Cathay Pacific, Pat Connolly, Chief Marketing Officer, Williams Sonoma MODERATOR: John Durham, President, BIG
MORE INFO: www.sfbig.com

The Bay Area trade group formed in September 2004 and represents a rejuvenated interactive community seeking to reclaim San Francisco's rich interactive legacy through networking, social and educational events. Since its debut, BIG has secured over 40 corporate members and over 200 individual memberships. For membership and event information, go to www.sfbig.com

About BIG
BIG (Bay Area Interactive Group) is a non-profit professional association dedicated to championing innovation in digital marketing to brand marketers, publishers and agencies through educational, networking and association events. Since BIG's debut in September 2004, BIG has secured over 50 corporate members and nearly 1,000 individual memberships. For more information, or to learn how to become a member, go to www.sfbig.com.

Contact:
Dan Soine, PR Manager, BIG, (415) 541-2870
dan.soine@carat.com