Steven RosenbaumSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Rosenbaum is known as the father of UGC (user-generated content) as the creator of the groundbreaking series MTV News Unfiltered.

A sought after speaker, Rosenbaum’s passion for the emerging content ecosystem has had him presenting to audiences across the US and Abroad.  Talks include SXSW, TED,  BBC, VidCon, IEEE Globecom,  DLD, IAB,  Pivot, Digital Now, DevLearn, Tools Of Change and the Monaco Media Forum.

As a thought leader and writer,  Rosenbaum’s books include his first book Curation Nation - How To Win In A World Where Consumers Are Creators (curationnation.org) published by McGrawHill Business in March of 2011. The book explores the emerging phenomenon of human organization and publishing of content. His second book "Curate This!”published in October, 2014. Said reviewer Brian Solis, "Rosenbaum's vision has shaped a new wave of technology startups, platforms and media channels that would empower everyday experts to create and curate content for networked audiences around the world.”

His weekly writing includes a column for Forbes.com and Huffington Post Technology.  As well as regular contributions to Fast Company,  Columbia Journalism Review,  Business Insider, Mashable and The Atlantic.

As an inventor, Rosenbaum's passion for curation and content discovery innovation resulted in two foundational inventions, and the awarding of two patents in the areas of video curation and advertising technology. Just a year after YouTube was founded, Rosenbaum filed Patent No. 8,117,545 "Hosted video discovery and publishing platform" which was granted in 2012. And in 2014 Patent No. 208,812,956 " Video curation platform with pre-roll advertisements for discovered content”