Acclaimed Advertising & Entertainment Industry Executive Linda Kaplan Thaler Featured Speaker This June At Philadelphia's Marketing Expo & Executive Conference.

PHILADELPHIA -- Linda Kaplan Thaler, who has been responsible for some of the most touching, relevant and famous commercials in the advertising and entertainment business of the past 25 years, is a featured speaker this June at Philadelphia's second annual Marketing Expo & Executive Conference.

Marketing Expo & Executive Conference 2005 will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Monday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 14. This total marketing experience, where executives in advertising, communications and technology meet, has attracted one of the strongest speaker lineups in the Mid-Atlantic region. It is the Mid-Atlantic region's top showcase of the latest developments and technologies, providing marketers and business professionals with special networking opportunities.

Thaler is acclaimed within the advertising and entertainment industries for her innovative and topical approach. Much of her work has become part of the American pop-culture landscape. She is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer of The Kaplan Thaler Group, Ltd., which she founded in 1997. KTG has been ranked by industry publications as the fastest growing New York agency and touted for its breakthrough creative and immediate results. Its blue-chip clients include Procter & Gamble's Clairol Herbal Essences global brand, among other Procter & Gamble hair care brands, P&G's Dawn and Swiffer, AFLAC Insurance, Continental Airlines, Pfizer, Foxwoods Resort Casino, the American Red Cross, Coldwell Banker, Panasonic, Revlon and US Bank.

As the co-author of "BANG! Getting Your Message Heard In A Noisy World," Thaler has created a savvy marketing book with counter-intuitive insights and proven strategies for selling any product or service. "BANG!" debuted as a Wall Street Journal Best-selling business book and received rave reviews from authors and critics including James Patterson, James Carville, Publisher's Weekly and the Miami Herald. She will also host the reality show "Making it Big" on the Oxygen Channel.

Prior to starting The Kaplan Thaler Group, Thaler was Executive Vice President/Executive Creative Director at Wells Rich Greene BDDP where she led the creative team, which won the Heineken business with the edgy "True Conversations" campaign. She was Senior Vice President/Group Creative Director at J. Walter Thompson, where she spent 17 years. In this position, she ran major accounts like Burger King, Kodak, Northwest Airlines, Pepsi and Clairol.

She has authored and composed campaign jingles that are among the industry's gold standard. Some examples are: "I Don't Wanna Grow Up, I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid" (Toys 'R' Us). "Kodak Moments" (Eastman Kodak), and "The Heart of Communication" (Bell Atlantic). Of her 13 Clio Awards, two were for Best Original Music and Lyrics.

Marketing Expo & Executive Conference 2005 is the creation of a talented team of business conference executives led by Charles Cavanagh, who was previously the founder of DM Days New York and Roseanne Scully, who handled the operations of the highly successful New York trade show and conference.

Last year's inaugural Marketing Expo & Executive Conference brought together scores of exhibitors and over 3,000 marketers representing more than 1,000 companies from the Mid-Atlantic region. A two-day ticket, which includes all sessions, all keynotes, exhibit hall and all activities on both days, is available in advance for $295. Preferred discounts are available through promotional partners/coordinating organizations. Registration, as well as additional information on tickets, sponsorship and exhibit opportunities, is available at http://www.mktexpo.com, or by phone at 610-989-1715.