Viacom Chief Joins Media Summit Lineup

NEW YORK: Philippe Dauman, the president and CEO of Viacom, has been added to the keynote speaker lineup of the 2009 Media Summit New York, set to take place March 18 and 19.

Dauman joins previously announced speakers Jeff Zucker, the president and CEO of NBC Universal, on March 18 at 9:15 a.m., and Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft Corporation, at 9:15 a.m. on March 19. Dauman will be interviewed by Ronald Grover, BusinessWeek‘s Los Angeles bureau chief, at 3:45 p.m. on March 18.

The sixth year of Media Summit New York is expected to draw more than 1,000 attendees with the theme "Global Media + Technology Innovation = Communications Revolution."