A crowd of some 2,000 members of the tech community, from entrepreneurs to investors, are expected to turn out for the fifth annual Internet Summit at the Raleigh Convention Center.

The event, which runs Nov. 6-8, includes a wide variety of speakers and panel discussions about all things tech as well as a “Startup Summit” focused on launching or growing new ventures.

To close the Summit, the “IS Rocks” will gather several bands for a series of concerts across multiple venues.

RTP-based Tech Media puts on the conference.

Guest speakers for the main summit include:

  • Sarah Lacy – Founder & Editor-in-Chief, PandoDaily
  • Brent Herd – Director of Southeast, Twitter
  • Frederick Townes – Sr. Technical Advisor, Mashable
  • Don Hoang – Director of Business Development, Klout
  • David Perry – Business Development Executive, Google
  • Jodi Kahn – President, iVillage
  • Duane Forrester – Sr. Product Manager, Bing
  • Tim Sullivan – President & CEO, Ancestry.com
  • Curtis Brown – Chief Technology Officer, AOL
  • Scott Calise – Director of Digital Research, MTV Networks
  • Stephen Wellman – VP & Editor in Chief, Geeknet Media
  • Liz Thorington – VP Advertising Sales, The Weather Channel
  • Sasha Norkin – VP Nook & Digital Marketing, Barnes & Noble
  • David Giambruno – SVP & CIO, Revlon
  • Loni Kao Stark – Solutions Manager, Digital Marketing, Adobe
  • Chip Kelly – Chief Security Officer, SAS
  • James Kobielus – Big Data Evangelist, IBM
  • Sharon Knitter – Sr. Director of Mobile, Cars.com
  • Bob Stohrer – CMO, iheartradio, Clear Channel
  • Eric Holt – Account Director, Product Sales, Advertising.com
  • Stuart Taylor – Managing Director for Mobiel Group, Cisco
  • Franklin Witter – Sr Principal Security Strategist, Symantec
  • Dana Todd – SVP of Marketing & Biz Development, Performics
  • Brendan Hurley – CMO, Goodwill Industries
  • Jim Tobin – President, Ignite Social Media
  • Eric Porres – CMO, Rocket Fuel
  • Kelly Townsend – Online Fundraising, The Humane Society
  • Matt Peters – Co-founder & Creative Director, Pandemic Labs
  • Matthew Shevach – Director of Product Marketing, TRUSTe
  • Brian Rich – Managing Partner & Co-founder, Catalyst Investors
  • Joan FitzGerald – VP Television & Cross-Media, comScore
  • Scott Baker – Sr Manager Virtualization & Cloud, NetApp
  • Monica Ho – Vice President of Marketing, xAD
  • Mark Cooper – Co-Founder and CMO, Offerpop
  • Rob Leathern – CEO, Optimal
  • Christopher Kobran – VP, Brands & Strategic Partnerships, Kiip
  • Jed Williams – Director, Social Local Media, BIA/Kelsey
  • Jenny Schmitt – President & Senior Spark, CloudSpark
  • Bill Leake – CEO, ApogeeResults
  • Matt McFadden – Director of Marketing, Merge
  • Vince Baskerville – VP of Product, TripLingo
  • Joey Sargent – Principal, BrandSprout
  • Nate Romance – Sr. Mgr of Global Practice Mgnt, ExactTarget
  • Jake Dolce – Director of Sales-East Coast, Jumptap
  • Giovanni Calabro -VP Design, Siteworx
  • Anil Chawla – Founder & CEO, ArchiveSocial
  • Lucas Acosta – Co-Founder, FooJee
  • Les James – Sr. Front-end Developer, Capstrat
  • Randy Brown – Director of the Virtual Heroes, ARA
  • Willie Dalton – Director of Corporate Technology, Trend Micro
  • Bruce Ernst – VP Product Management, Monetate
  • Mike Marshall – Instructor, ASPE-ROI
  • Charlene Dark – Director, Quintiles Infosario
  • Maya Harris – Director of Business Development, GetGlue
  • Steve Potash – CEO, Overdrive
  • Paul Jones – Director, Ibiblio
  • Melanie Phung -Director of New Media, PBS
  • Mark Rockett -Founder & CEO, Rockett Interactive
  • Saya Benham – Designer/Owner, Design 4UX
  • Elizabeth Johnson – Partner, Poyner Spruill
  • John Landy – CTO, IntraLinks
  • Chad Smith – CIO, 3 Birds Marketing
  • David Ravero – Southeast Sales Director, Shoutlet
  • Ben Snyder – CEO & Co-Founder, A Better User Experience
  • Kit Unger, Sr. Manager, UX Design, Three Pillar Global
  • Mick Winters – Customer & UX, Threespot
  • Sucharita Mulpuru – Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester
  • Jim Davidson – Manager of Marketing Research, Bronto
  • Alex Kutsishin – President, FiddleFly
  • Gayle Sheppard – COO, Saffron Technologies
  • Erica Chriss – SVP of Publisher Development, Mobile Theory
  • Robert Mann – Sr Consulting Engineer, Teradata
  • John Funge – CEO & Co-Founder, BrightContext

Topics for the Summit include:

  • User Experience
  • Mobile Apps
  • Customer Engagement
  • Social Media Trends
  • Analytics
  • Big Data
  • Gamification
  • Cloud
  • Search Marketing 

Panel discussions include:

  • Social Media Trends Advanced SEO
  • Usability & UX Designing for Multiple Screens
  • Disruptive Technologies Facebook & Twitter Marketing
  • Mobile & Location Marketing Digital Advertising Strategies
  • Cloud & Virtualization Social Measurement
  • Online Video & Social TV CIO Roundtable
  • CMO Roundtable The Tablet Revolution
  • Ecommerce Trends Mobile Apps & Engagement
  • Mobile Business Web Analytics & Performance
  • Email Marketing Customer Engagement Strategies
  • Gamification Internet Entrepreneurship
  • Security & Risk Big Data
  • Social, Local, & Mobile Increasing ROI with Data-Driven Decisions

Discount preregistration is still available.