ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL (February 14, 2007) – Sreenath "Sree" Sreenivasan, Dean of Students at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and WNBC’s tech reporter, will give the Keynote Address at the 17th Annual ING Spring Conference set for beautiful Turning Stone Resort & Casino, a PGA Tour host site, June 3-7, 2007.
The International Network of Golf (ING) is a 17-year-old, non-profit networking organization whose mission is to enhance and promote communication and education in golf. Membership is open to anyone in the golf industry and media.
As a freelance journalist, Sreenivasan has written for The New York Times, Business Week, Popular Science, Time Digital, National Journal, India Today, Newsday, Bloomberg, Forbes.com, Sesame Street Parents, and Rolling Stone. He also writes a weekly web tips column for Poynter.org, a useful Web site for journalists and others who deal with the media.
Sreenivasan travels the world discussing new media trends such as blogs and web surfing. Most recently he has presented to the Society of American Travel Writers convention, Baruch College of Journalism, Indo American Arts Council Film Festival, Rubin Museum of Art and the editorial staff of Los Angeles Times.
In April 2004, Sreenivasan was named one of the 20 most influential South Asians in America by Newsweek magazine. He is also the co-founder and past president of the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), a group of 1,000+ South Asian journalists in New York and across the U.S. and Canada
"Is there anyone in our society today who isn’t affected in one form or another by the changing media," said ING Executive Director Mike Jamison. "Journalism has evolved over the years, and Sree Sreenivasan has been eye witness to those changes. It’s a perfect topic and speaker for a group as diverse as ING. We are thrilled to have a dynamic presenter like Sree."
Over 225 members and guests are expected to attend the annual Spring Conference, an action-packed convention full of educational seminars, product displays and various networking and golf opportunities, including
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The ING Spring Conference at Turning Stone once again will place focus on developing beneficial relationships among its members. The very popular ING One-On-One Appointment Show will return for a fourth year. The appointment show provides attendees a platform for private meetings to encourage business relationships.
Also on the diverse ING itinerary will be workshops, speakers, the Demo Lab, the Small Groups Topics Breakfast and the ING Media Awards banquet and fashion show.
Turning Stone Resort and Casino, an enterprise of the Oneida Indian Nation, has evolved into a premier four-season destination resort featuring golf, round-the-clock gaming, fine dining and live entertainment.
In addition to its three championship courses — designed by Fazio, Smith and Jones — the resort’s golf options include a par three course, also designed by Smith, and a nine-hole regulation-length course. Turning Stone also offers an indoor golf training facility housing 40 hitting stations, two putting surfaces, bunkers and two golf simulators. The dome will host the opening night Golf Expo & Orientation for the ING Conference.
The resort’s extensive menu of amenities includes 19 restaurants, more than 700 hotel rooms and suites, spa and salon, fitness facilities, an 800-seat Showroom, 5,000-seat Event Center, Business Center, and Conference Center offering several room configurations to easily accommodate any size gathering.
For more information, call 407-328-0500 or visit www.inggolf.com. For information on Turning Stone Resort & Casino, visit www.turning-stone.com or phone 1-800-771-7711.
Contact:
Jennifer S Dixon
407-328-0500 x2
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