One of the first events taking place during the first night of the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas was hosted by Intel at the Palazzo Hotel that allowed the public to sit down and meet a group of evangelists they called “Intel Insiders”.
Complete with a photo booth and props, flowing libations and frequent hors d’œuvres streaming through the Sushi Samba restaurant, we were greeted with some old familiar faces and even got to meet some new ones. What was pretty surprising and an honor was the chance for people to meet one of the state of California’s candidates for Attorney General, Chris Kelly – the Chief Privacy Officer at the social networking giant, Facebook. But other famous names also made an appearance, including Social Media Club’s Chris Heuer & Kristie Wells, Internet famous lifestreamer Sarah Austin, host of Social Media Hour Cathy Brooks, vlogger Justine Ezarik (aka iJustine), TechCrunch’s Daniel Brusilovsky and several others.
In its second year, the Intel Insider program was created to bring certain individuals to the table to help act as an advisory board for the company on matters of social media and extending the brand. The current Intel Insiders are:
- Cathy Brooks
- Daniel Brusilovsky
- JD Lasica
- Erin Kane
- Corvida Raven
- Mia Kim
- Steve Paine
- Brian Solis
- Tom Foremski
- Frank Gruber
- Justine Ezarik
Here are some photos from the Intel Insider Happy Hour:
JD Lasica
Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer, Chris Kelly (candidate for California’s Attorney General) being interviewed by Ponzi Pirillo
Chris Kelly & Marsha Collier
Justine Ezarik (iJustine) and Cathy Brooks
Chris Heuer, Justine Ezarik, Jen Consalvo, Frank Gruber & Cathy Brooks
More photos from the event can be found by clicking here.