Innovative digital media start-up companies looking for investment are being invited to present a one-minute 'elevator pitch' at the Essential Mediatech event.

Startups.co.uk is proud to announce its media partnership for the digital media industry event, organised by innovation research firm Library House, which will be held at London’s IMAX Theatre, Waterloo, on November 20.

If you are interested in pitching at the event, download the nomination form here

Inspired by the digital media boom – increased venture capital investment, mergers and acquisitions, and online advertising spend – the conference promises to deliver unparalleled insight around the development of the industry in the UK.

It’s no coincidence that Rupert Murdoch moved fast and spent big to acquire MySpace in 2005. Since then, the sector has skyrocketed, with the social media phenomenon taking off in the UK through the rise of Bebo, Facebook and the aforementioned MySpace. Countless others have followed, fuelling a frenzy of buying and investment activity, with old media eager to ride the new media wave.

Hosted by former Dragons’ Den star and chairman of Library House, Doug Richard, who has himself created or invested in some of the most outstanding fledgling businesses in the field, Essential Mediatech will bring disruptive start-ups, incumbent media companies, advertising firms and investors together to discuss future trends.

Specifically, the event will address themes, such as:

  • Internet and IP Television: how disruptive is it?
  • Turning users into cash: comparing Mediatech revenue models
  • New advertising channels: in-game, online video and mobile
  • Marketing and public relations: using social networks, blogs, mobile phones, Second Life and more
  • Convergence: adapting content for mobile, online, television and beyond

Keynote speaker Reid Hoffman, chairman and president of enormously popular LinkedIn, will set out his vision of the future digital landscape and reflect on his success to date. The business-oriented social networking site he built has 15 million users worldwide already.

Hoffman is one of the key players in Silicon Valley having previously served as executive vice president of online payments business PayPal, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of eBay, and angel invested in other Web 2.0 ventures Facebook, Friendster, Flickr, Technorati and Digg.

Other speakers include the managing director of ITN’s online offering Nicholas Wheeler and MTV’s commercial vice president, digital media Dan Whiley as well as those representing BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and a host of outstanding British entrepreneurs.

To find out more, or to register, visit: www.libraryhouse.net/mediatech. Entrepreneurs quoting ‘mediatech’ will be entitled to a special rate of £195.