Photos from the 40th International Internet Dating Conference taking place on January 20 - 22, 2015 in Las Vegas. The 12th Annual iDate2015 in Las Vegas is the largest collection social networking executives during the year and is the most successful event for the industry. Hundreds of internet dating industry executives, matchmakers, software providers, marketing / advertising firms, venture capitalists, affiliate managers, payment processors, background search companies and affiliates were in attendance.
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11TH Annual Internet Dating Industry Super Conference
Las Vegas
On January 20-22, 2015
OPW Interview with Andrei Bronetskiy
(CEO of Wamba / Mamba.ru)
Final Panel
Traffic DNA
(Platinum Sponsor)
Grant Langston
(VP at eHarmony and eH+)
The Audience
Business Speed Networking
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Dave Heysen
(CEO of Oasis Dating Network()
Essence Magazine Panel
(Charreah Jackson, Laurie Davis-Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Renee Piane, Julie Spira)
Tom Kershaw
(Head of Product Development @ Google)
Marcos Veira
(CEO of Namoro Online)
Audience
Audience
(Dating Affiliate Track)
Nir Eyal
(Author of Hooked)
Paul Carrick Brunson
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Charreah Jackson from Essence Magazine
(Viral Marketing for Matchmakers and Date Coaching)
Lunch
Matthew Valentines
(CEO of Personal Dating Assistants)
Business Speed Networking
Julie Spira
(Cyber Dating Expert on the Final Panel)
Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame
IDCA Certification Course
(Pre-Conference)
Steve Baker
(Regional Director of the US Federal Trade Commission)
Jonathan Crutchley
(CEO of Manhunt)
Dating Factory
(Gold Sponsor)
Maria Avgitidis
(State of the Matchmaking Business Panel)
Paul Carrick Brunson
Author Laurel House
(Speaking on Womens Empowerment and Online Dating)
Pre-Event Party
Mark Brooks
(Publisher of Online Personals Watch)
Audience of Dating Executives
Business Networking
Chargebacks911
(Exhibitor)
Lunch
Final Panel
Panel on Online Dating Fraud and Scam Methods
(Dave Wiseman, Michael McQuown, Wayne May, Alex Kirkpatrick and Brandon Wade)
Thomas Edwards
(CEO of The Professional Wingman)
Audience of Dating Professionals
CNN Panel on Content Marketing
Audience of Dating Professionals
Essence Magazine Panel
(Becoming a Brand)
Author Laurel House
(Speaking on Womens Empowerment and Online Dating)
Exhibit Hall
Lunch
Dating Events Panel for Matchmakers and Dating Coaches
(Deanna Lorraine, Mark Owen, Kimberly Seltzer, Tracy Lee and Damona Hoffman)
Verified By Cam
(Bronze Sponsor)
Dating Software Technology Panel
(HubPeople, Dating Factory and PG Dating Pro)
Lunch
Tanya Fathers
(CEO of Dating Factory on the Final Panel)
Nir Eyal
(Author of Hooked)
Panel on Online Dating Fraud and Scam Methods
(Dave Wiseman, Michael McQuown, Wayne May, Alex Kirkpatrick and Brandon Wade)
Audience of Dating Professionals
Advanced Matchmaking and Dating Coach Track
(Pre-Conference)
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
The Audience
Dating Factory
(Gold Sponsor)
Shannon Ong
(CEO of The Catch on Gamification of Dating)
Thomas Edwards
(CEO of The Professional Wingman)
BeehiveID
(Exhibitor)
Audience of Dating Executives
Justin Parfitt
(CEO of HeyLets)
The Love Tester
(Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame)
Audience of Dating Executives
Questions from the Audience
(Dating Affiliate Track)
Low Vision Assistance
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Traffic DNA
(Platinum Sponsor)
Business Networking
PaymentWall
(Exhibitor)
Exhibit Hall
Business Networking
The Audience
Exhibit Hall
Lunch
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame
Dating Software Technology Panel
(HubPeople, Dating Factory and PG Dating Pro)
CNN Panel on Content Marketing
(Carmelia Ray, David Perez, Julie Spira & Wendy Walsh)
Steve Baker
(Regional Director of the US Federal Trade Commission)
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Ugo Ezamuzie
(CEO of Bloveit on Dating Gamification)
Arthur Malov
(IDCA Certification Course)
Business Speed Networking
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Business Networking
Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame
Audience of Dating Professionals
Business Speed Networking
Stephen Liu
(CEO of Privy Groupe)
The Audience
Final Panel
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Brandon Wade, CEO of Seeking Arrangement
(Panel on Internet Dating Fraud)
Audience of Dating Executives
Matchmaker Julie Ferman
(on the State of the Matchmaking Business Panel)
Audience
(Dating Affiliate Track)
Marcos Veira
(CEO of Namoro Online)
Exhibit Hall
Investors, Funders, Mergers and Acquisitions Session
Networking Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame
Julie Spira
(at CNN Panel on Content Marketing)
Business Speed Networking
Dating Factory Partnership Conference
Grant Langston
(VP at eHarmony and eH+)
Steve Dakota Happas
(Dating Affiliates Panel)
Dimoco
(Exhibitor)
Dating Execs Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame
The Audience
Hunt Etheridge
(Co-Founder of the IDCA)
Pat Ness
(via Skype)
Shannon Ong
(CEO of The Catch)
Business Speed Networking
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Leila Benton-JonesRachel MacLynn
(State of the Matchmaking Business Panel)
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Tom Kershaw
(Head of Product Development @ Google)
HubPeople
(Silver Sponsor)
Dating Factory
(Gold Sponsor)
Tom Kershaw
(Head of Product Development @ Google on Cloud Computing)
CEO Growth Ideas for Matchmakers and Dating Coaches
(Doron Kim, Rachel MacLynn, Natacha Noel, Kristina Lynn, Lisa Darsonval)
Cliff Lerner
(CEO of SNAP Interactive on the Final Panel)
Business Speed Networking
Brandon Wade
(CEO of Seeking Arrangement on the Final Panel)
Audience of Dating Executives
Networking
OPW Interview with Andrei Bronetskiy
(CEO of Wamba / Mamba.ru)
CNN's Wendy Walsh
(Matchmaking Convention Pre-Conference)
Audience during Dating Habit Forming Session
(Pre-Conference)
OPW Interview with Andrei Bronetskiy
(CEO of Wamba / Mamba.ru)
Exhibit Hall
Justin Parfitt
(CEO of HeyLets)
CCBill
(Exhibitor)
Audience during Affiliate Track
Attorney Peter McGreevy
(Speaking on Litigation in the Dating Business)
Audience of Dating Executives
Frederick Vallaeys
(CEO of Optmyzer)
WebPurify
(Exhibitor)
Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame
Michael O'Sullivan
(CEO of HubPeople on the Final Panel)
Dating Factory Partnership Conference
Final Panel
Investors, Funders, Mergers and Acquisitions Session
Dating Technology and Behavioral Trends Panel
(Michael McQuown, Dr David Buss, Dan Winchester and Mark Brooks)
Mark Brooks
(Publisher of Online Personals Watch)
Lunch
Melissa McDonald
(International Marketing Manager at Yandex)
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Dave Heysen
(CEO of Oasis Dating Network)
Verified By Cam
(Bronze Sponsor)
PG Dating Pro
(Exhibitor)
Exhibit Hall
Lunch
Party at the Pinball Hall of Fame
Advanced Matchmaking and Dating Coach Track
(Pre-Conference)
Steve Dakota Happas
(CEO of The Professional Match)
Audience of Dating Executives
Audience of Dating Executives
Audience of Dating Executives
Mark Brooks
(Publisher of Online Personals Watch)
Exhibit Hall
Mark Brooks
(Publisher of Online Personals Watch)
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Mark Brooks
(Publisher of Online Personals Watch)
Jessica Baker
(CEO of Aligned Signs)
Business Networking
CEO Therapy Session
Lunch
Stephen Liu
(CEO of Privy Groupe)
Questions from the Audience
Business Networking
Dr. David Buss
(Professor at the University of Texas at Austin)
Business Networking
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Special Networking Party
(in one of the hotel suites for dating exectuives)
Dating Technology and Behavioral Trends Panel
(Michael McQuown, Dr David Buss, Dan Winchester and Mark Brooks)
6TH Annual iDate Awards Ceremony
At the Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel
On January 21, 2015
Tinder and Match.com
(Winner of Best Mobile Dating App and Best Dating Site)
Natacha Noel
(CEO of Absolute Bachelor)
Brandon Wade of Verified by Cam
(Winner of Best New Technology)
Cocktail Reception
Lisa Moskotova, Tanya Fathers and Jennifer Gonzalez
(Dating Factory)
Dining Room
Paul Carrick Brunson
(Winner of Best Dating Coach and Best Matchmaker)
Renee Piane and Kristina Lynn
eHarmony
(Winner of Best Marketing Campaign)
Sean Christian, Carmelia Ray and Doron Kim
Cocktail Reception
Media Wall
Dining and Ceremony Hall
PaymentWall
(Winner of Best Payment System)
Charreah Jackson
(Relationships Editor at Essence Magazine)
The 2015 iDate Award Dancers
Irina Stepanova from PG Dating Pro
(Winner of Best Dating Software & SAAS)
Cocktail Reception
Cocktail Reception
Media Wall
Traffic DNA
Cocktail Reception
Traffic DNA
Dream-Marriage
(Winner of Best Niche Dating Site)
Michael O'Sullivan and Julie Spira
Arthur Malov
(Co-Founder of the IDCA)
Natacha Noel, Mark Owen and
Carmelia Ray
PG Dating Pro
(Winner of Best Dating Software & SAAS)
Leila Benton-Jones, Renee Piane and Rachel MacLynn
Carmelia Ray
Opening Performance
Genevieve Zawada and Sarah Ryan
(CEO of ElectClub)
Match.com
(Winner of Best Dating Site)
eHarmony's Grant Langston with Mark Brooks and Marc Lesnick
Mark Brooks and Marc Lesnick
Media Wall
Svetlana Mucha and Elena Kolyasnikova
Kelly Steckelberg, CEO of Zoosk
(Winner of Most Innovative Company)
Amy Baglan
(CEO of Yoga Date)
Doron Kim won the Sean Christian Award
Dimoco
Paul Carrick Brunson
(Winner of Best Matchmaker)
Julie Spira
(Cyber Dating Expert)
Reading off the Best Marketing Campaign Nominees
Media Wall
Media Wall with Awards Dancers
Matchmakers from across the globe
Lisa Moskotova
(COO of Dating Factory)
Charreah Jackson and Carmelia Ray
Media Wall
Dream-Marriage
(Winner of Best Affiliate Program)
Media Wall
Tinder
(Winner of Best Mobile Dating App)
Michael O'Sullivan, Mark Brooks, Max McGuire and Marc Lesnick
Ken Agee and Svetlana Mucha
Cocktail Reception
Jennifer Gonzales and Ana Reed-Davies
CC Bill
Media Wall
Arthur Malov and Marc Lesnick
The Award Trophys
Max McGuire
(CEO of Red Hot Pie)
Irena Stepanova and Elena Kolyasnikova
Doron Kim
(CEO of eDating for Free)
Gloria Diez
(Business Development at Wamba)
Media Wall
Kelly Steckelberg
(CEO of Zoosk)
Genevieve Zawada and Sarah Ryan
Ana Reed Davies
(Business Development at TXT Nation)
Letsmeetup.co.uk
(Winner of Best Up and Coming Dating Site)
Zoosk.com
(Winner of Most Innovative Company)
Traffic DNA
Traffic DNA
PaymentWall
(Winner of Best Payment System)
Mark and Anna Davis
If you've never been to our events before, you will learn a lot about this industry while at the same time make a lot of friends in the business. We trust that you will find this event exciting, fun and a great learning experience. I hope to see you at our next event!
Marc Lesnick
The Conference Organizer
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