The Coroflot Creative Confab is a combined panel discussion and networking event, in which creative professionals and hiring directors come together to hear a panel discussion on the state of creative employment, and find out who is hiring and what they're looking for. The first installment in Austin, which posted video footage recently, was an excellent start, featuring an instructive hour-long talk with design pros from Dell, frogdesign and California College of the Arts, and plenty of post-talk business card passing.

So we're happy to announce that the second Confab, in New York City, has officially released its schedule and panel list. In a nod to the tremendous presence of interaction, new media and marketing-related design that goes on in the city, the panelists consist of four designers sitting comfortably at the forefront of these fields. They are:

Liz Danzico, chair of the MFA Interaction Design program at the School of Visual Arts

Michael Lebowitz, CEO of digital media studio Big Spaceship

Johnny Vulkan, partner at innovative branding agency Anomaly

Judy Wert, founder and executive recruiter at creative hiring agency Wert & Co.

The event will once again be moderated by Coroflot Editorial Director Carl Alviani; topics will be similar to those from Austin -- the state of creative hiring, the changing requirements for career advancement in the creative professions, and plenty of first-hand anecdotes -- but with a greater focus on design for interaction and digital media. A wide array of representatives from some of New York's most creative companies will be on hand as well, to answer questions about their own talent needs and make contacts with local designers.

The Confab will take place at the beginning of NYC Design Week, on Friday, May 15th, from 2 to 5 pm at the Art Directors Club in Manhattan. For further information and to purchase tickets, check out the Confab page on Coroflot.