2008 Advertising Week DC session attendance topped 4,789

2008 speakers:

- Steve Forbes, President/CEO, Forbes
- Jim Donald, Former CEO, Starbucks
- Tim Ellis, VP, Marketing, Volkswagen
- Chris Matthews, Hardball Host, MSNBC
- Nancy Hill, President/CEO, AAAA
- Robert Wong, Executive Creative Director, Google
- Kathleen Matthews, EVP Global Communications, Marriott
- James Surowiecki, Journalist, The New Yorker
- Mark French, SVP/General Manager, NBC-Universal
- Scott Levine, VP, Platform A, AOL
- Tom Arrix, VP Sales, Facebook
- Marian Salzman, CMO, Porter Novelli
- Tim Kenyon, Sr. Market Analyst, GfK Roper
- Stuart Elliott, Advertising Columnist, New York Times