
The SampleCon conference is an annual event providing a collaborative environment for learning, knowledge and best practice sharing for the Insights community. Global leaders gather to share perspectives on industry issues, challenges, trends and most importantly, successes – all focused on intersection of human engagement, research and innovation.

Early Bird Registration | Regular/Onsite Registration | |
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Dates | Ends July 7, 2021 | July 8-14, 2021 |
Per Attendee [up to 3] | $1,200 | $1,500 |
Per Attendee [4+] | $1,150 | $1,450 |
End Clients/Brands | $600 | $600 |
If you are a End Client/Brands, please email rachel@samplecon.com to receive a code for your discounted registration.
Cancellation Policy:
You may cancel your registration within 48 hours of payment up until July 1, 2021. A $75 administrative fee will be deducted from your registration amount if cancelled. Registrations are transferable up to the start of the conference on July 12, 2021. There is no administrative fee for a transferred registration. If you need to transfer your registration, please email our conference team at info@samplecon.com.

Through the generous support of our sponsors, Samplecon continues to provide the opportunity for industry leaders to focus and collaboratively drive the future trajectory of Insights.
Our sponsors not only increase their branding power and visibility but become an integral part of our ongoing efforts to provide a platform for learning, knowledge and best practice sharing that drives the intersection of human engagement, research and innovation to fuel the insights community.
SampleCon 2021 provides the ideal venue to raise visibility with senior influencers across the industry in a networking focused environment at the first in-person insights event in over a year. A variety of sponsorship opportunities are available to maximize brand exposure leading up to and during the conference.
We are committed to offering our partners valuable and effective sponsorship packages. Learn how we can develop a sponsorship package to fit your company’s individual needs.
Sponsorship Opportunity Overview
Below please find examples of existing SampleCon sponsorships. Have something else in mind? Please contact the SampleCon team to explore creation of a customized sponsorship that aligns with your company’s objectives and vision.
How Do I Secure My Sponsorship?
You may secure a sponsorship for SampleCon 20210 by contacting us directly via email at rachel@samplecon.com or via phone at (703) 863-3296.
We are committed to offering our partners valuable and effective sponsorship packages. Learn how we can develop a sponsorship package to fit your company’s individual needs.
Sponsorship Opportunity | 2021 RATE | # AVAILABLE |
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Platinum Partner | $50,000 | 1 |
Gold Partner | $40,000 | 1 |
Live Opening Reception [SOLD] | $30,000 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live After Party [SOLD] | $20,000 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live Gives Back | $19,000 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live Media | $18,000 | 1 |
Live Re-charge Lounge | $15,000 | 1 |
Live Interactive | $15,000 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live Professional Headshot Station | $10,000 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live Conference Bag | $7,500 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live Room Drop | $7,500 | 2 |
Live Conference Hotel Room Key | $6,000 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live Conference Badges/Lanyards | $6,000 [SOLD] | 1 |
Live Conference Brain Breaks | $6,000 | 1 |
Live Partner | $3,000 | Unlimited |















A full agenda will be released late June but please see our high level agenda as you plan your travel!
NEW FOR 2021 – Recognizing that there is a SampleCon Live will be kicking off on Monday, July 12th at 2pm with Industry Roundtables.
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Registration & Information Desk Open
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Collaboration is the New Competition – Led by Priscilla McKinney | Little Bird Marketing
Talent & The Insights Industry – Led by Katie Gross | Suzy
3:30pm – 5:30pm
6:30pm – 9:00pm
DynataFest Opening Dinner | Sponsored By Dynata
SampleCon Running Group
Registration & Information Desk Open
Breakfast
2021 SampleCon Welcome | Corey Julseth (SampleCon Vice Chair) & Sima Vasa (SampleCon Immediate Past Chairwoman)
Future Proofing the Industry | Sima Vasa (Paradigm Sample), Mario Carrasco (ThinkNow), Rebecca Brooks (Alter Agents), Patrick Comer (Lucid), Bob Fawson (Dynata)
Market-Drive or Driving the Market: How To Win in a Multicultural America | Jake Beniflah (Center for Multicultural Science)
Networking Break
Breakouts
- Breakout 1A – The Perils of California AB 2257 & the Prospects for Other Insights Policy Initiatives | Melanie Courtright and Howard Fienberg (Insights Association)
- Breakout 1B – Quality: Exploring How We Move The Needle On This Insights Industry Challenge | Valerie Lykes (JD Power), Max Nanis (General Research Laboratories), Tim McCarthy (Imperium), Vignesh Krishnan (Research Defender), Lev Mazin (AYTM), Jim Leonick (Ipsos)
Lunch
Welcome Back
Why Amazon is the Best Panel Company | Veda Konduru (VectorScient)
Breakouts:
- Breakout 2A – Is it Qual? Is It Quant? Does It Even Matter Anymore? | Ted Pulsifer (Schlesinger Group), Matt Gaffney (Branded), Roddy Knowles (Feedback Loop), Danielle Blugrind (Roku)
- Breakout 2B – Panelist Recruitment In a Rapidly Changing Digital World | Andrew Abony (Adbloom)
The Supply & Demand Landscape | Sandy Casey (Innovate), Corey Julseth (JD Power), Bob Fawson (Dynata), Aaron Platshon (Tap Research), Matt Hynes (Cint)
Day 1 Closing Remarks | Rachel Alltmont (SampleCon Executive Director)
Networking Happy Hour | Sponsored by the SampleCon Board of Directors
SampleCon After Party | Sponsored by Paradigm Sample & SampleGurus powered by Quest Mindshare
Registration & Information Desk Open
Day 2 Opening Remarks
Play Your Part: Why Sample Buyers Need to Up Their Game | Roddy Knowles (Feedback Loop)
How to Recruit & Engage Gen Z for Your Market Research | Jamin Brazil (HubUX)
Networking Break
Respondent Engagement & Experience: Moving Beyond Incentives | Adam Jolley (Paradigm Sample), Bryan Silverman (Suzy), Mark Rasmussen (Schlesinger Group), Tia Maurer (P&G)
SampleCon Closing Remarks | Corey Julseth (SampleCon Vice Chair)
Boxed Lunches

SampleCon is pleased to offer a discounted group rate at the Langham Pasadena for all registered attendees. Nestled in the heart of Pasadena, this iconic landmark hotel offers classic elegance, serving as an exclusive getaway for Hollywood, royalty and business leaders for more than 100 years. The majority of SampleCon events will take place in the hotel.
The group rate is $259 plus tax, per night for one king bed or two double beds and is available from Sunday, July 11, 2021 through Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The group rate is only guaranteed until Friday, June 25, 2021. We have a limited number of rooms available for the 3 days prior and immediately following the conference. If you would like to extend your stay at the Langham, please contact info@samplecon.com for assistance with reserving the additional days.
If you have any questions, please contact our conference team | info@samplecon.com

First Name | Last Name | Company |
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Andrew | Abony | Adbloom |
Eli | Ackerman | Grow Progress |
Phil | Ahad | Toluna |
Rachel | Alltmont | SampleCon |
Mike | Attanasio | Schlesinger Group |
Tacie | Avedikian | Little Bird Marketing |
Jocelyn | Bayle | GMO Research |
Danielle | Blugrind | Roku |
Jamin | Brazil | HubUX |
Patrick | Brennan | Dynata |
Rebecca | Brooks | Alter Agents |
Veronica | Burman | Cint |
Matt | Butcaris | Dynata |
Patrick | Callaghan | Orchidea Research |
Mario | Carrasco | ThinkNow |
Sandy | Casey | InnovateMR |
Danielle | Chinitz | OpinionRoute LLC |
Ben | Coats | Quest Mindshare |
Patrick | Comer | Lucid |
Criss | Corchard-Keeler | Little Bird Marketing |
Melanie | Courtright | Insights Association |
Pam | Cusick | Rare Patient Voice |
Steve | Danziger | Paradigm Sample |
Olivier | de Gaudemar | ClearSwell LLC |
Krista | DeCrescenzo | Dynata |
Matthew | Delhagen | Decision Analyst |
Mary | Draper | EMI Research Solutions |
Mark | E Rasmussen | Schlesinger Group |
Mansour | Fahimi | Marketing Systems Group |
Bob | Fawson | Dynata |
Howard | Fienberg | Insights Association |
Maria | Figueras | Global Survey |
Jacob | Fike | Symmetric |
Nicolas | Flores | Imperium |
Laura | Forgione | Lucid |
Bruce | Friend | Screen Engine/ASI |
Matthew | Gaffney | Branded Research, Inc. |
Vanessa | Gershbein | TapResearch |
Garrett | Gil de Rubio | Cint |
Zachary | Grashow | Quest Mindshare |
Simon | Groner | Lucid |
Katie | Gross | Suzy |
Andrew | Harvey | Cint |
Dave | Herrman | Quest Mindshare |
Matt | Hynes | Cint |
Adam | Jolley | Paradigm Sample |
Andrew | Jones | Cint |
Corey | Julseth | JD Power |
Frank | Kelly | Ipsos |
January | Khoshnood | Screen Engine/ASI |
Roy Eduardo | Kokoyachuk | ThinkNow |
Veda | Konduru | VectorScient |
Vignesh | Krishnan | Research Defender |
Jonathan | Kurzner | Cint |
Andre | Leb | Prodege |
Joshua | Lee-Arias | GMO Research |
Alex | Leger | Disqo |
Cindy | Lemos | Toluna |
Jim | Leonick | Ipsos |
Jennifer | Levesque | Toluna |
Valerie | Lykes | J.D. Power |
Alex | Malhiot | C+R Research |
Tia | Maurer | Procter & Gamble |
Mike | Maziarz | Dynata, LLC |
Lev | Mazin | Aytm |
Mita | McAuliff | Dynata |
Tim | McCarthy | Imperium |
Priscilla | McKinney | Little Bird Marketing |
Jay | Meyers | J.D. Power |
Wes | Michael | Rare Patient Voice |
John | Mikkelsen | TapResearch |
Anne | Miller | Currant Fielding Solutions |
Mike | Misel | Cint |
Mike | Murzyn | Prodege |
Max | Nanis | General Research Laboratories |
Jaime | Oni-Mayer | C+R Research |
Steve | Orebaugh | Branded Research, Inc. |
Art | Padilla | ThinkNow |
Rossybel | Palacios | C+R Research |
Dan | Parcon | ISA Corp |
Andy | Pfau | iMAD Research |
Aaron | Platshon | TapResearch |
Aaron | Pluto | Lucid |
Clifford | Przybyl | Schlesinger Group |
Jami | Pulley | Veridata Insights |
Ted | Pulsifer | Schlesinger Group |
Angela | Quinn | Currant Fielding Solutions |
Denise | Rodriguez | Schlesinger Group |
Jacqueline | Rosales | ISA |
Karan | Sachdeva | GMO Research |
Jason | Schubert | inBrain.ai |
William | Schubert | inBrain.ai |
Dan | Seldin | JD Power |
Bryan | Silverman | Suzy |
Mike | Slagle | Imperium |
Stephanie | Smelewski | Paradigm Sample |
Ruvin | Spivak | Lieberman Research Worldwide |
Dana | Stanley | GreenBook |
Christina | Statescu | Think Now |
Jason | Thomas | Symmetric |
Brittany | Tolman | TapResearch |
Sima | Vasa | Paradigm Sample |
T.O. | Wagner | ROI Rocket |
Aaron | Walton | Paradigm Sample |
Jennifer | Weitz | Ipsos |
Greg | Wells | JD Power |
Tim | Wilson | ROI Rocket |
Jake | Wolff | Cint |
Tony | Young | Veridata Insights |
JD | Deitch | Cint |
Paul | Hudson | Dynata |
Richard | Kelly | Fuel Cycle |
Roddy | Knowles | Feedback Loop |
Howard | Ming | DISQO |
John | Taliercio | Dynata |
Steve | Ward | GutCheck |
Don | Golden | Precision Sample |
Rick | Rogers | Lucid |
Allen | Kan | Branded Research |
Elizabeth | Edouard | Lucid |
Matt | Dusig | Innovate MR |
Garik | Goldsheyd | TheoremResearch |
Katy | Mallios | Lucid |
David | Rotman | Lucid |
Jonathan | Urbina | Lucid |
Anthony | Parente | Dumbstruck |
Eric | Slone | Lucid |
Juha | Vehnia | SampleNinja |
Wenli | Wang | SampleNinja |
Monica | Voss | PureSpectrum |
Michael | Baldwin | Ipsos |
Juha | Vehnia | SampleNinja |
Todd | Costello | MFour Mobile |
Keith | Miller | MFour Mobile |
Aaron | Palmer | Lucid |
Scott | Richards | Reconnect Research |
Wenli | Wang | SampleNinja |
Bob | Ferro | Trusted Talent |
Michelle | O'Grady | Team Friday |
Cristian | Coldea | Coldea Productions, LLC |
Mendy | Orimland | Prodege |
Mitchell | Eggers | Higher Order Technologies |