Major Marketing, Entertainment Symposium Set For This Weekend In Buckhead

ATLANTA, GA -- A major marketing and business conference aims to connect movers and shakers with the next generation of innovators, leaders and influential brands across a spectrum of disciplines in Atlanta in August, Patch has learned. The Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment (MOBE - pronounced "moe-bee")Symposium 2017 will be held in Atlanta this weekend, August 17-20 at The W Hotel in Buckhead.

Started by Yvette Moyo, MOBE co-founder and president, is putting on the event, which include workshops, mixers and panels by marketing, sports, business and entertainment industry experts. (To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the Buckhead Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Symposium speakers will include these prominent national personalities:

James Bronner, SVP Trade Show & Operations/Part Owner Bronner Bros.

* Tirrell D. Whittley, Principal and CEO of Liquid Soul Media

* Patrick Esser, President Of Cox Communications

* Detavio Samuels, President of iONE Digital & One Solution

* Kevin Merida, ESPN Senior VP and Editor In Chief, Theundefeated.com

* Wendell Haskins, Director of Sports & Entertainment PGA

* Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, Social Justice Activist; Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church Of Christ

* Patricia Shields, Partner of Black Dot LLC

* Shante Bacon, Founder & CEO of 135th Street Agency

* Nzinga Shaw, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Atlanta Hawks

* Jamie Dukes, Host, NFL Networks

Events on tap include the MOBE Golf Outing on Thursday August 17, followed by a kickoff reception and "Night on the Town" patronizing some of Atlanta's leading venues owned and/or managed by people of African-Americans.

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