Loic Le Meur: Le Web 08 is all about l’amour
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008. AtDe Correspondent, Ernst-Jan serves as publisher, fostering the expansion of the platform.
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DAY 1 – DEC 9, 2008 – PLENARY ROOM
08h45 – 09h00 Opening remarks – Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur – LeWeb Founders09h00 – 09h20 Dan’l Lewin – Microsoft Corporation ,Corporate Vice President for Strategic and Emerging Business Development.09h20-09h40 Fireside Chat with Nikesh Arora – President, Operations EMEA & Vice-président, Google UK Ltd09h40-10h00 David Weinberger – Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society,Harvard University10h00 – 10h30 Chris DeWolfe Co-Founder & CEO, MySpace.com10h30 – 11h00 COFFEE BREAK sponsored By Codeur.com11h00 – 11h20 Speaker to be announced11h30 – 11h50 Linda Avey – Co-Founder, 23AndMe, Inc.12h00 – 12h45 Helen Fisher – Visiting Research Professor, Rutgers University12h45– 14h15 LUNCH BREAK14h30 – 15h10 Paulo Coelho, Author15h10 – 16h00 Loving Brands Online – PanelPanelists:• Georges-Edouard Dias, Team Leader, Internet & e-Business, L’Oreal• Matthias Lüfkens, Associate Director, World Economic Forum• Marc Mathieu, Senior Vice President, Global Brand Marketing & Creative Excellence, The Coca-Cola Company• Michael Tchao, General Manager, Nike TechLabModerator: Dan Farber, Editor-in-Chief, CNET News16h00 – 16h20 Yossi Vardi – Investor & Entrepreneur16h20 – 16h45 COFFEE BREAK16h45 – 16h50 Mike Butcher – UK & Europe Editor, TechCrunch16h50 – 17h30 Money Talks: How scared should we be of the markets crash ?Panel Panelists:• Eric Archambeau, General Partner, London Office, Wellington Partners• Jeff Clavier, Founder & Managing Partner, SoftTech VC• Mark D. Kvamme, Partner, Sequoia Capital• Fred Wilson, Partner, Union Square VenturesModerator: Ouriel Ohayon, General Manager, LgiLab, Editor, TechCrunch France17h30 – 18h00 Fireside Chat with Marc Simoncini – Founder & CEO, MEETIC and Loïc Le Meur
22h00 – 02h00 LeWeb’08 Party with MySpace.com
DAY 2 – DEC 10, 2008 – PLENARY ROOM
08h00 – 09h00 WELCOME BREAKFAST09h00 – 09h20 Opening remarks: Why Are We In Paris? Eric Besson – France Secretary of State for New Technologies Surprise Guest moderated by Loïc Le Meur09h20 – 10h00 Platform Love: Getting Along – PanelPanelists:• Travis Katz, Vice President, International Development, MySpace• Dave Morin , Senior Platform Manager, Facebook• David Recordon, Open Platforms Tech Lead , SixApart• Google Speaker TBA Moderator: Marc Canter – CEO, Broadband Mechanics10h00 – 10h20 Love of Education: A shifting paradigm Robin Good – New Media Innovator, Explorer, Independent Publisher, Master New Media10h20 – 10h40 Chris Anderson – Curator, TED10h40 – 11h10 COFFEE BREAK11h10 – 11h40 Love Entrepreneurship Your Own Way: Two perspectives on starting a business• John Buckman – Founder & CEO, Magnatune.com• Reid Hoffman – Chairman and President, Products, LinkedIn11h40 – 12h00 Dr. Brian Cox – The School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester12h00 – 12h30 Love of Entrepreneurship – Jason Calacanis – CEO, Mahalo12h30 – 13h00 Speaker to be announced13h00 – 13h30 Sharing Love – Joichi Ito – CEO, Creative Commons13h30 – 15h00 LUNCH BREAK15h00 – 16h00 Start-Up Competition Awards and Winners16h00 – 16h30 Dr. Werner Vogels, VP & Chief Technology Officer, Amazon.com16h30 – 17h15 European Originals – Start-Up Companies That Are Uniquely European –Panel Panelists:• Jacques Antoine Granjon, CEO, Vente Privee• Jonas Birgersson ,Chairman, ViaEuropa• Klaas Kersting, Gameforge• Speaker TBA >Moderator: Jennifer L. Schenker,Correspondent, BusinessWeek17h15 – 17h45 Fireside Chat with Gary Vaynerchuk – Host, Wine Library TV.com – Loic Le Meur
DAY 2 – DEC 10, 2008 – LeWeb “Deep Discussion” Stage
9h15 – 10h00 Your Mobile is Your Love Device: Nokia10h00 – 10h30 The Revenge of Email – Panel Panelists:• Nick Heys Founder & CEO, Emailvision• Jason Calacanis, CEO, MahaloModerator: Robert Scoble, Video Blogger, Fast Company10h30 – 11h10 Social Advertising: Where’s the Love? – Panel Panelists:• Seth Sternberg – Meebo• Lorenz Bogaert – Co-founder and CEO Netlog.com• Speaker TBA Moderator: Scott Rafer – CEO, Lookery, Co-Founder, Mashery, Chairman, Winksite11h10 – 11h50 Love in Motion: Mobile ubiquity and social networks Panelists:• Dr. Lai Kok Fung – CEO & Co-Founder, Buzzcity• Ewan Spence – WuBud• Antonio Vince Staybl – CEO & Co-Founder, itsmy .com (a Gofresh company)Moderator: Ferhan Cook – Co-Founder, Any Screen Productions11h50 – 12h30 Big Love: Embracing Asia’s Market Explosion – Panel Panelists:• Masashi Kobayashi• Others to be announcedModerator: Thomas Crampton12h30 – 12h50 Modesty & Shamelessness on the Web – presentation/discussion Who do we like, love and relate to online? And what are we ready to give them about ourselves?• Dominique Cardon – Sr. Researcher, Orange Labs• Daniel Kaplan – FING
