San Fran Readies for Digital Kids Summit

Brand owners, game developers, entertainment and media executives, producers and licensing professionals are gearing up for the Digital Kids Summit, which will take place next Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco, Calif.

The event will feature a range of seminars and discussions about engaging children online and on digital devices.

New research from KidBeat, which will be expanded upon at the summit, shows that 68 percent of households with kids age 6 to 13 have a tablet in the home?and 32 percent of kids age 6 to 13 personally own a tablet,?30 percent own a cell phone (20 percent own a smartphone

DKS will provide critical information to help attendees create best-selling kids games, apps and websites, as well as provide valuable networking opportunities with entertainment, toy industry execs and app pros.

Among the speakers set to present are Henry Hsiao of HIT Entertainment, Jennifer Kotler of Sesame Workshop, Shazia Makhdumi of GooglePlay, Robert Roosa of Amazon, Teri Rousseau of Reading Rainbow, Dan Tynan of Yahoo and Kimberly Verbonitz of LeapFrog.

Registration for one day is $395, with an all-access pass for both days running $495. To register and for more information visit DigitalKidsSummit.com.