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OVERVIEW

When great minds meet, great ideas happen

This is the 5th edition of the LTR online conference experience. LTR is a fast-paced 2 1/2 hours and starts at 11:30am EST (New York time) Thursday 18th February with 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, and help you further perfect your masterplan.  This event is small, focused, and by-invite-only. 80 places only. 

You'll meet CEOs and top flight executives from a diverse group of leading dating and online social communities.  We'll also have some select, brilliant people from outside our industry that can help inspire you to think outside the box, and to the future.

The LTR conference is hosted and attended by the Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA) and Online Social Community Association (OSCA). 

 

Presentations are ~20 minutes each and will reveal a core idea.  You'll hear ideas on growth opportunities and user experience, challenging issues worthy of collaboration, interesting new technology and inspirational and informative stories to help enhance your understanding and sharpen up your strategy.


This will be a unique, uplifting and essential event that will help you and your company align with the best of what the dating and online social community industries will become. LTR will help you evolve and help you connect with 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.  You can simply reply to Mark's email invitation to RSVP.
 

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

Kindly sponsored by:
  RealMe - Check for real users & raise your ARPU
  vPaaS by Meet Group - Video at scale
  Utopia Analytics - Next generation AI Moderation
  Real Gifts - Real gifts plug-in for online communities
  Courtland Brooks - Internet dating and communities consultancy-agency

mark brooks

CEO & President

Courtland Brooks & IDEA, OSCA

LTR's Host
TOPIC: State of the Industry

Mark runs the agency-consultancy Courtland Brooks which is focused on serving Internet dating companies and online social communities. 
 
He supports the dating and online social community industries by heading IDEA & OSCA, hosting LTR, and publishing the news summary services Online Personals Watch, and Very Social Network. 

Mark is an HBS grad and recently completed an Exec. MSc in Behavioral Science at London School of Economics.

patti stanger

Executive TV Producer & Star of
"The Millionaire Matchmaker'


TOPIC: Interview - Thoughts On How The Dating Industry Can Improve

Patti Stanger is the world's most prominent matchmaker and starred in and was executive producer of 'The Millionaire Matchmaker' for seven years on Bravo.

She is also author of a number of dating books including the best seller 'Become Your Own Matchmaker.'

Patti is the Simon Cowell of dating.  Forthright, and incredibly insightful, she will give us her thoughts on how the dating industry can improve in this interview with Mark Brooks.

Patti runs the matchmaking firm The Millionaire's Club.

geoff cook

CEO / Co-Founder

The Meet Group

TOPIC: Inside the vPaaS Video Platform as a Service

Geoff Cook heads one of the most unique social dating community companies worldwide.  The Meet Group is focused on providing one-to-many video, and comprises industry leading brands Meetme, Lovoo, Tagged, Skout and Growlr. 

Geoff joined the dating industry in 2005 and pioneered one to many video.  This platform (vPaaS) is now available to other dating apps, like POF.  What does vPaaS do?  Who can get vPaaS?  What's in store for the future?  Geoff will answer these questions and enlighten you on one-to-many video.


ZACH SCHLEIEN

CEO / Founder

Filter Off

TOPIC: Video First Dating

Zach is a data scientist, with a passion for health coaching. In 2019 he started Filter Off, a video speed dating app and #1 product on Product Hunt with features in NY Times and BBC.


Prior to this he started BeginU to help college students find skill enhancing work opportunities. Then Zach worked with Bitly before starting the dating advice site Top Romp. which covered dating hacks and apps for the modern dater, which he sold in 2018 to start the mental health community 18percent.


He is a chapter leader for the Internet marketing community 'Online Geniuses' and is a product analyst for Johnson & Johnson health services.


 

RSVP List


* supporting sponsors of LTR

Adam Cohen-Aslatei, Founder & CEO, S'More
Adam Pogach, Director, Business Development & Partnerships, RealMe *
Adekunle Adeniji, CEO, 2CanPlay

Adryenn Ashley, co-Founder, CEO, Loly
Alex Black, Head of Marketing, Grindr
Alex Leshan, Product Owner, DatingPro
Alex Pinto, CEO, ForHimDating
Amanda Rose, Founder & CEO, Dating Boutique
Andrej Matijczak, Founder, La La Love

Andrew Fisher, CEO, The Cute Media Group

Andrew Yaroshenko, CEO & Founder, FantasyMatch
Anil S. Kumar, CEO, FeeElective
Anthony Volpe, CMO, Tawkify
Arnel Guiang, Founder & CEO, ChatApp
Arvia Few, CEO, Dottie
Ben Goodman, Marketing Manager, CitySwoon
Bill Alena, Head of M&A, The Dating Group

Bill Swartz, podcast host
Blake Barrett Kuhre, Advisor, The Dating Group
Brandon McLevis, COO, Dating Gold
Brandon Wade, Founder & CEO, SeekingArrangement
Brianna Woodward, co-Founder & CEO, ZEST Dating
Bruno Mustone, Managing Director, Forcespenpals.co.uk
Carmelia Ray, CEO, Carmelia Ray Consulting & Matchmaking
Catherine Cook, CMO, The Meet Group *

Christian Mercer, Founder & CEO, Positive Plus One
Clémentine Lalande, CEO, Once
Courtney Kovacevich, VP Partnerships, RealMe *
Darren Chan, Founder & CEO, Sugarbook
Dave Gottesmann, CEO, Perchance
Dave Sanguinetti, CEO, Real Gifts *
David Adams, CRO, White Label Dating
David Minns, Founder & CEO, Platformdating.com
David Vermeulen, Founder, Inner Circle
Eddy Ankrett, President of DatingAgencyAssociation
Erica Arrechea, co-Founder, Cinqe

Es Lee, Founder, Crushh

Felix Hoo, Head of Subscriptions, EME Hive

Gloria Diez, MD Europe, Wamba

Haley Fradkin, co-Founder, Revibe Social

Haluk Akin, co-Founder, Pembe Panjur

Hanna Kozlowska, Reporter

Harrit Diwan, Founder & CEO, Curius

Hunt Ethridge, Founder, Hunt For Advice

India Simpson, COO, Dottie

Dr Isabell Springer, Founder, LoveEd

Jamie Lee, co-Founder, Lunch Actually

Jane Ramadan, Account Manager, Business Development, RealMe *

Jennifer Burns, PR Manager, The Meet Group *

Jens Kammerer, CEO, Jaumo

Jesper Johansson, PO, Mötesplatsen

Jessica Alderson, co-Founder, SoSyncd

Julien Hamilton, Founder, Single Spot

Karima Ban Abdelmalek, General Counsel & Secretary, Happn

Katie Hartle, CEO, Friendmatch

Kellie Ammerman, President, Tawkify

Kevin Teman, CEO, AIMM

Kim Kaplan, CEO, Myth

Konstantin Poltoran, CEO, Meetville

Ksenia Droben, CEO, Ksenia Droben Partnervermittlung

Larklind Cerkezi, co-Founder, Dua

Laticia Austin, CEO, Its A Real Date

Laura Brashier, CEO, RomanceOnly

Lemarc Thomas, Founder & CEO, Lemarc Thomas Matchmaking

Leon Gomez, CEO, MyCircles

Lisa Butkiewicz, CEO, Meetopolis

Lisa Clampitt, Founder & President, The Matchmaking Institute & Lisa Clampitt Matchmaking

Lluis Carreras, CEO, Mobifriends

Maria Avgitidis Pyrgiotakis, CEO, Agape Match

Maritza van den Heuvel, co-Founder, Intentions

Martina Čakajdová, Founder, Najdi Partnera

Michael O'Sullivan, Owner, Hubpeople

Michael Carter, President, Passions Network

Michael Kaye, Global Communications & PR Manager, OkCupid

Michele Tobin, VP Partnerships, The Meet Group *

Michelle Jacoby, Owner, DC Matchmaking

Mike Bandar, Owner, ToyBoyWarehouse

Mike Carroll, VP Operations, Brotherton Holdings

Nasi Rwigema, Founder, Umwuga

Natalia Rohr, Head of PR, AIMM

Neil Davis, CBO, RealMe *

Niklas Wikblad, Senior Business Development Manager, Utopia Analytics *

Peter Weiler, President & co-Owner, Dating Central Europe Zrt

Radha Patel, Founder, Single to Shaadi

Ross Williams, Founder & CEO, Venntro Media Group

Rowen Ash, CEO, Speakeasy Dating

Ryan Surratt, CEO, Wonder

Sagi Cezana, Director of Marketing, FriendFinder Networks

Sam Moorcroft, President & co-Founder, ChristianCafe

Sanchita Saha, CEO & Founder, Citysocializer

Santiago Osorio, Business Development Manager, Utopia Analytics *

Scott Valdez, Founder & President, VIDA Select

Sid Klein, CEO, Matchmaker2Matchmaker
Simon Corbett, Owner, Global Dating Insights

Sneha Ramachandran, Head of Operations, S'More

Steve Jordan, Marketing Consultant, FindBetterLove

Sunali Aggarwal, Founder, As You Are

Tammy Shaklee, Founder & President, H4M

Thomas Nomaksteinsky, CEO, Mektoube

Dr Timothy Sexton, CEO, DNA Romance

Toby Visram, Operations Director, The Cute Media Group

Tommy Sanguinetti, President, Real Gifts *

Torab Arya, Enterprise Account Executive, Sensor Tower

Trea Tijmens, Founder, SuccessMatch.ch

Uwe Thomas, CEO, Icony

Valon Asani, Founder & CEO, Dua

Victoria Aagaard, COO, Wonder

Viktor Cindric, Chief Design Officer, First Beat Media

Vlad Savchak, CPO, Meetville

Zach Schleien, Founder, Filter Off

Zackary Lewis, Founder, SayAllo

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IDEA Members, Sponsors and Special Guests

Adam Pogach, Director, RealMe *

Adekunle Adeniji, CEO, 2CanPlay
Alex Felipelli, CEO, Veggly
Alex Leshan, Head of Product, DatingPro
Amanda Bradford, CEO, The League
Amanda Moorhouse, Director of Video, FriendMatch
Andrea McKee, M&A, Reflex Media *
Andrew Lee, Business Development Manager, Tinder
Andrew Yaroshenko, CEO/Founder, Fantasy Match
Arvia Few, CEO, Dottie
Asher Snyder, Founder, Mesh Labs
Ben Goodman, Marketing Manager, CitySwoon
Bill Alena, Head of M&A, The Dating Group
Blake Barrett Kuhre, Advisor, The Dating Group
Bill Swartz, podcast host
Carsten Boeltz, MD, Insparx
Catherine Cook, CMO, The Meet Group *
Charlyn McNamara, CMO, FriendFinder Networks
Christian Mercer, CEO, Positive Plus One
Clémentine Lalande, CEO, Once
Constance Curtis, Founder, The List
Courtney Kovacevich, VP Partnerships, RealMe *
Dave Sanguinetti, CEO, Real Gifts *
David Adams, CRO, White Label Dating
David Epstein, Co-Founder, #open
Dennie Smith, CEO, Old Style Dating
Geneviève Zawada, VP, Brotherton Holdings
Geoff Cook, CEO, The Meet Group *
Hal Oppenheimer, CEO, Dating Service Network
Harini Chakrapani, Freelance Reporter, Various
Heather Dougherty, CEO, Date Evolution
Hig Dillinger, CEO, Latin Conexiones
India Simpson, COO, Dottie
Dr Isabell Springer, Founder, LoveEd
Jason Du, Founder, MillionaireMatch
Jens Kammerer, CEO, Jaumo
Jeremy Vestbirk, CEO, Legal Geek
Jessica Alderson, CEO, So Syncd
Jim Leftwich, CEO, No Longer Lonely

John Meuffels, CEO, Matchmedia
Jonathan Buckheit, CEO, FriendFinder Networks
Katie Hartle, CEO, Friendmatch
Kevin Teman, CEO, AIMM
Laticia Austin, CEO, Its A Real Date
Laura Brashier, CEO, Romance Only
Laura Ciccone, Co-Founder, Blink Dating
Leon Gomez, CEO, MyCircles
Lisa Butkiewicz, CEO, Meetopolis
Lluis Carreras, CEO, Mobifriends
Louella Alderson, Co-Founder, So Syncd
Ludwig Schwarzmayr, Investments Manager, Russmedia
Maria Avgitidis, CEO, Agape Match
Mark Owen, CEO, Events & Adventures
Matthew Pitt, CEO, Ole Dating
Michael Blakeley, CEO, Clikd
Michael Carter, President, Passions Network
Michele Tobin, VP Partnerships, The Meet Group
Mike Ellis, Global Business Development Director, Tinder
Natalia Rohr, Head of PR, AIMM
Naza Shelley, CEO, Carpe DM Dating
Neil Davis, CBO, RealMe *
Niklas Wikblad, Senior Business Development Manager, Utopia Analytics *
Rachel MacLynn, CEO, The VIDA Consultancy
Rachel Russo, Matchmaker & Dating/Relationship Coach
Rowen Ash, CEO, Speakeasy Dating
Ruben Buell, COO/CTO, Reflex Media
Sabine Schöler, MD, LemonSwan
Sabrina Zaremba, Business Development Mgr, Latin America, Tinder
Sam Moorcroft, CEO, Christian Cafe
Sanjay Panchal, CEO, Elate
Saket Toshniwal, Head of Product Marketing & Growth, Lovoo
Santiago Osorio, Business Development Manager, Utopia Analytics *
Sarah Sloane, Director of Operations, #open
Scott Valdez, CEO, VIDA Select
Sid Klein, CEO, Matchmaker2Matchmaker
Simon Corbett, Editor, GDI
Sunali Aggarwal, Founder, As You Are
Talida Toma, Product Lead, Reflex Media
Taly Matiteyahu, Founder, Blink Date
Thomas Pappas, Corporate Development Director, Insparx
Dr Timothy Sexton, CEO, DNA Romance
Tommy Sanguinetti, President, Real Gifts
Uwe Thomas, CEO, Icony
Yaroslav Sergeev, COO, Mamba/Wamba
Zach Schleien, Founder, Filter Off


* supporting sponsors of LTR

LTR Overview

LTR's Host - Mark Brooks

This is the 5th edition of the LTR online conference experience. LTR is a fast-paced 2 1/2 hours and starts at 11:30am EST (New York time) Thursday 18th February with 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, and help you further perfect your masterplan.  This event is small, focused, and by-invite-only. 80 places only. 

You'll meet CEOs and top flight executives from a diverse group of leading dating and online social communities.  We'll also have some select, brilliant people from outside our industry that can help inspire you to think outside the box, and to the future.

The LTR conference is hosted and attended by the Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA) and Online Social Community Association (OSCA). 

 

Presentations are ~20 minutes each and will reveal a core idea.  You'll hear ideas on growth opportunities and user experience, challenging issues worthy of collaboration, interesting new technology and inspirational and informative stories to help enhance your understanding and sharpen up your strategy.


This will be a unique, uplifting and essential event that will help you and your company align with the best of what the dating and online social community industries will become. LTR will help you evolve and help you connect with 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.  You can simply reply to Mark's email invitation to RSVP.
 

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

Kindly sponsored by:
  RealMe - Check for real users & raise your ARPU
  vPaaS by Meet Group - Video at scale
  Utopia Analytics - Next generation AI Moderation
  Real Gifts - Real gifts plug-in for online communities
  Courtland Brooks - Internet dating and communities consultancy-agency

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Attendees

This is our entire rsvp list for the 4th LTR 

Able Joseph, Founder, Aisle
Adam Hoydysh, President, Osmium Partners
Adam Pogach, Director, RealMe
Adekunle Adeniji, Founder, 2CanPlay
Alex Leshan, Product Owner, Dating Pro
Alex Pinto, Chief-matchmaker and CEO, ForHimDating
Amanda Wilson, Co-Founder, #open
Andrea McKee, M&A, Reflex Media
Andrej Matijczak, Co-Founder Freeletics & LalaLove.app
Andrew Yaroshenko, CEO / Founder, Fantasy Match
Andrew Yaroshenko, CEO/Founder, Fantasy Match
Anil Kumar, CEO, Free Elective
Arnel Guiang, CEO, Chatapp
Benjamin Goodman, Marketing Director, CitySwoon
Bill Alena, Head of M&A, The Dating Group
Bill Shafton, VP Business & Legal, Grindr
Brad Boyd, CEO / Founder, SetForMarriage
Bradley Goldberg, Vice Chairman, Spark Networks
Brenden Strauss, CEO/Founder, Curtn
Brian Atwood, CTO / Co-Founder, The Round
Casey Crawford, COO, DaddyHunt
Catherine Cook, CMO, The Meet Group & vPaaS
Christian Mercer, CEO / Founder, Positive Plus One
Clark Kedzioa, Director, SuperDate
Clémentine Lalande, Co-CEO, ONCE
Courtney Kovacevich, VP Partnerships, RealMe
Dave Gottesmann, CEO, Perchance
Dave Sanguinetti, CEO / Co-Founder, Real Gifts
David Epstein, Co-Founder, #open
David Minns, CEO, Platform Dating
Deepak Kamra, General Partner, Canaan Partners
Dr Isabell Springer, Founder, Love Ed
Eddy Ankrett, President, Dating Agency Association, former
Es Lee, CEO, Crush App
Felix Hoo, Head of Subscriptions, East Meet East
Guillaume Asselot , Co-founder, Seeders
Heather Dougherty, CEO/Founder, Date Evolution
Higinio Dillinger, President/Owner, LatinConnexiones
Hunt Ethridge, Co-Founder, Matchmaking Business Academy
Jason Bernhardt, Founder, Levity Match
Jason Du, Owner, Successful Match
Jay Neves, COO, First Beat Media
Jeff Tinsley, CEO/Founder, Real Me
Jens Kammerer, MD, Jaumo
Jessica Alderson, Founder, SoSyncd
Jessica Marlow, Matchmaker, Portland Singles
Jessica Marlow, Matchmaker, Portland Singles
Jim Leftwich, Founder, NoLongerLonely
John Lewis, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Osmium Partners
John Meuffels, CEO, MatchMedia
Judith Bosire, Co-Founder, DNA Romance
Katia Loisel, CEO, Love Destination
Katie Hartle, CEO, FriendMatch
Kevin Teman, CEO, AIMM
Kris Covino, Former CTO, Matchmaker.com / Date.com
Ksenia Droben Partnervermittlung, CEO, Ksenia Droben Partnervermittlung
Laura Ciccone, Partner, BlinkDate
Leon Gomez, CEO, MyCircles
Lisa Clampitt, CEO, Matchmaking Institute
Lisa Marie Butkiewicz, CEO, Meetopolis
Lluis Carreras, CEO and Co-founder, Mobifriends
Maile Manliguis, Director of Product, #open
Mariko Tokioka, CEO, East Meet East
Mark Owen, President, Events and Adventures
Matt Pullam, CFO, Meetopolis
Matthew Milner, COO, Clikd
Meet Kanodia, co-Founder, Director, Go Gaga
Meir Strahlberg, Former CEO, Matchmaker.com & Date.com
Merle Ginsberg, Reporter, Business Insider
Michael Carter, Passions Network
Michael Kaye, Global Comms Manager, OKCupid
Michael Noonan, CFO, Reflex Media
Michelle Jacoby, Owner, DC Matchmaking & Coaching
MIGUEL LOZANO, co-Founder, My420Mate
Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO / Founder, Matrimony
Nadav Mills, Director of Product, DOWN
Natalie Chew, CEO, Levity Match
Neil Davis, CBO, RealMe
Nelly Farra, COO, Perchance
Oliver Richner, Senior Advisor, Osmium Partners
Paul Uhlig, Managing Director & COO, Lemonswan
Paula Pardel, MD, Bloom Matchmaking
Radha Patel, Founder, Single to Shaadi
Ricardo Lee, Research Analyst, Osmium Partners
Ritesh Bhatnagar, CMO, Woo
Rowen Ash, Founder, Speak Easy
Ruben Buell, COO/CTO, Reflex Media
Sacha Nasan, Co-Founder, Blindlee
Sai Swaminathan, Chief Portal & Mobile Officer, Matrimony
Sam Moorcroft, President/Co-Founder, ChristianCafe
Sam Short, SuperDate
Santiago Osorio, Business Development Manager, Utopia Analytics
Sarah Sloane, Director of Comms and Operations, #open
Scott Valdez, CEO, VIDA Select
Sidney Klein, President, Matchmaker2Matchmaker
Snehil Khanor, CEO, Truly Madly
Steve Perry, CEO, SuperDate
Talida Toma, Project Manager, Reflex Media
Taly Matiteyahu, CEO, Blink Date
Teddy Semon, Director Growth, Grindr
Thomas Pappas, Corporate Development Director, OPG Online Personals Group AG
Tim Ash, Author, Unleash Your Primal Brain
Timothy Sexton, CEO, DNA Romance
Tommy Sanguinetti, President / Co-Founder, Real Gifts
Trish Gilbert, Founder & CEO, Date My Friend
Tuukka Josefsson, Director of Sales, Utopia Analytics
Valon Asani, CEO, Dua
Viktor Cindric, Chief Design Officer, First Beat Media
Yaroslav Fahredinoff, CEO, OneWife & BeHappy2Day
Zach Schleien, Co-founder, Filter Off
Zackary Lewis, CEO/Founder, Say Allo

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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
Talida Toma - Product Manager at Reflex Media
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

Your Host & Sponsors

Starting your own business and picking the right niche in no time

This is the 5th edition of the LTR online conference experience. LTR is a fast-paced 2 1/2 hours and starts at 11:30am EST (New York time) Thursday 18th February with 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, and help you further perfect your masterplan.  This event is small, focused, and by-invite-only. 80 places only. 

You'll meet CEOs and top flight executives from a diverse group of leading dating and online social communities.  We'll also have some select, brilliant people from outside our industry that can help inspire you to think outside the box, and to the future.

The LTR conference is hosted and attended by the Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA) and Online Social Community Association (OSCA). 

 

Presentations are ~20 minutes each and will reveal a core idea.  You'll hear ideas on growth opportunities and user experience, challenging issues worthy of collaboration, interesting new technology and inspirational and informative stories to help enhance your understanding and sharpen up your strategy.


This will be a unique, uplifting and essential event that will help you and your company align with the best of what the dating and online social community industries will become. LTR will help you evolve and help you connect with 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.  You can simply reply to Mark's email invitation to RSVP.
 

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

Kindly sponsored by:
  RealMe - Check for real users & raise your ARPU
  vPaaS by Meet Group - Video at scale
  Utopia Analytics - Next generation AI Moderation
  Real Gifts - Real gifts plug-in for online communities
  Courtland Brooks - Internet dating and communities consultancy-agency

Speaker Highlights

Paul M. Patterson

CEO

Earthworks Garden

Cassandra Bernstein

Vice President

Broker Garden

Katherine Moore

Marketing Specialist

City Paradigm

Anthony Blanchard

HR Officer

Furniture Control

About

This is the 5th edition of the LTR online conference experience. LTR is a fast-paced 2 1/2 hours and starts at 11:30am EST (New York time) Thursday 18th February with 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, and help you further perfect your masterplan.  This event is small, focused, and by-invite-only. 80 places only. 

You'll meet CEOs and top flight executives from a diverse group of leading dating and online social communities.  We'll also have some select, brilliant people from outside our industry that can help inspire you to think outside the box, and to the future.

The LTR conference is hosted and attended by the Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA) and Online Social Community Association (OSCA). 

 

Presentations are ~20 minutes each and will reveal a core idea.  You'll hear ideas on growth opportunities and user experience, challenging issues worthy of collaboration, interesting new technology and inspirational and informative stories to help enhance your understanding and sharpen up your strategy.


This will be a unique, uplifting and essential event that will help you and your company align with the best of what the dating and online social community industries will become. LTR will help you evolve and help you connect with 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.  You can simply reply to Mark's email invitation to RSVP.
 

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

Kindly sponsored by:
  RealMe - Check for real users & raise your ARPU
  vPaaS by Meet Group - Video at scale
  Utopia Analytics - Next generation AI Moderation
  Real Gifts - Real gifts plug-in for online communities
  Courtland Brooks - Internet dating and communities consultancy-agency

Your Host & Sponsors

Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks is your host.

Mark heads IDEA and OSCA and is CEO of agency-consultancy Courtland Brooks and is organizing and hosting.  The LTR.us events are by-invitation-only for members of IDEA and OSCA. 

Media Sponsors

Online Personals Watch and Very Social Network are media sponsors. Subscribe for free at OPW.news and VSN.ist for the daily executive summary of the top news for the dating industry and online social community industry.

Support

Many thanks to The Meet Group for supporting this initiative.  From general encouragement, to speaker introductions and ideas, to resource backing.  Geoff, Blake and Brandyn have been our rock of Gibralter.  Thank you!

Sponsor

RealMe is our vendor-of-interest and sponsor.  Times are changing.  Users expect more from us, and safety and authentication are of paramount importance.  
RealMe is a great tool to improve consumer safety and trust in your service.


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The official hotel is Harvard Club New York
(instructions provided after RSVP)

JOHN DOE

Attendees

2 Can Play

Founder
Adekunle Adeniji
Nigerian dating app - startup

AIMM

CEO / Founder
Kevin Teman
AI dating app - startup

A Foreign Affair

CEO / Co-Founder

John Adams
Premium International Dating

Agape Match

CEO / Founder
Maria Avgitidis
New York Matchmaker

Agape Match

COO

Louie Felix
New York Matchmaking

Better Half

CEO

Pawan Gupta
India AI dating app - startup

Blued

Head of M&A
Richard Yan
China's gay dating app

Chekmate

CEO

Jimi Tele
Visual-based dating app

Christian Cafe

CEO / Co-Founder
Sam Moorcroft
Christian dating

City Swoon

CEO / Co-Founder
Brett Couston
Speed dating 2.0

ClikD

CEO / Founder
Michael Blakeley
London dating app

City Swoon

Co-Founder
Louise O'Connor
Speed dating 2.0

Coffee Meets Bagel

CEO & Co-Founder
Arum Kang
Anti-swiping app

Dating Agency Association

Chairman
Eddy Ankrett
Network of Matchmakers

Dating Gold

CEO / Founder
Allen Henning
Casual dating

Dating Gold

COO
Brandon McLevis
Casual dating

Dig

CEO / Co-Founder
Leigh Isaacson
Dog-person's dating app

Digisec Media

CEO / Founder
Sigurd Vedal
Victoria Milan, Next Love

DNA Romance

CEO

Dr Timothy Sexton

DNA Matchmaking

DOWN

CEO / Founder
Colin Hodge
Hookup app

DOWN

Director of Product
Nadav Mills
Hookup app

Dua

CEO / Co-Founder
Valon Asani
Albanian community & dating

Dua

CPO / Co-Founder
Larklind Cerkezi
Albanian community & dating

East Meet East

CEO / Founder
Mariko Tokioka
Asian dating

Executive Matchmakers

CEO / Founder

Charlee Brotherton
Executive USA Matchmakers

Executive Matchmakers

VP Operations
Mike Carroll
Executive USA Matchmakers

Filter Off

Co-Founder

Zach Schleien
Video speed-dating app

First Beat Media

COO
Jay Neves

Niche online dating network

First Beat Media

Chief Design Officer
Viktor Cindric
Niche online dating network

Forces Penpals

MD
Bruno Mustone
Forces community & dating

FriendFinder Networks

CEO
Jonathan Buckheit
Casual dating

Go Gaga

CTO / Co-Founder
Meet Kanodia

Friends of friends dating app

H4M

President / Founder
Tammy Shaklee
Gay & Lesbian Matchmaker

Insparx

MD

Carsten Böltz

Matchmaking (be2) & Casual (c-date)

Instinct Marketing

CEO

Bill Broadbent
Lead gen for matchmakers & dating

Intentions (formerly Predict)

Co-Founder
Maritza van den Heuvel
Beyond swipe dating app - startup

Jaumo

CEO / Co-Founder
Jens Kammerer
Dating apps Jaumo and Joyride

JSwipe (Spark Networks)

Founder

David Yarus
Jewish dating app

Just Kibbitz

CEO / Co-Founder

Jeffrey Kaplan
Yenta dating/matchmaking site

Kiki

CEO / Co-Founder
Manel Tomas
Experience-based dating app

Kiki

CTO / Co-Founder
Ruben Juan

Experience-based dating app

Latin Conexiones

CEO / Founder 
Hig Dillinger
Latin American dating app - startup

LOKO

Co-Founder
Vivek Jain
Video-only profiles video dating app

LovEd

Founder

Dr Isabell Springer
S
ocials, salons, singles coaching

Loyal Ears Digital

CEO
Jimmy Risk
Digital-radio fantasy sports communities

Lunch Actually

CEO / Co-Founder
Violet Lim
Asian Matchmaking, dating apps

Lunch Actually

Founding Director
Jamie Lee

Asian Matchmaking, dating apps

Match Group & Tinder

GM India
Taru Kapoor
Industry dating app leader

Matchmaking Institute

President / Founder

Lisa Clampitt
Training program for Matchmakers,

Match Media / Pepper

CEO / Owner

John Meuffels
Netherlands dating app

Matrimony

CEO / Founder
Murugavel Janakiraman
Indian Matrimony Leader

Matrimony

Chief Portal & Mobile Officer
Sai Swaminathan
Indian Matrimony Leader

Meetopolis

CEO / Founder
Lisa Butkiewicz
Dating social network

Mesh Labs

Founder
Asher Snyder
Message filtering and smarter matching

Millionaires Club

CEO
Patti Stanger
Reality TV star - The Millionaire Matchmaker

Motesplatsen & Goodones

CEO
Gustav Borg
Swedish dating app leader

Namoro Online

CEO / Founder
Marcos Vieira
Brazilian niche dating

Online Personals Group

Interim Corporate Development Director 
Thomas Pappas
Matchmaking (be2) & Casual (c-date)

ParshipMeet Group

COO
Marc Schachtel
Meet Group, Parship, eHarmony

Passions Network

President
Michael Carter
niche dating sites network

Platform Dating (DM3)

CEO / Founder
David Minns

Casual dating

Positive Plus One

CEO / Founder
Christian Mercer
HIV dating app

QED

President
Spencer Koppel
Niche social communities, Geek 2 Geek

Real Me

Chief Business Officer
Neil Davis
Solving for online trust and safety