9 and 10 December – at 104 – Paris 19th District; LeWeb’09
PARIS – -The 2009 LeWeb conference, organised by Géraldine and Loïc Le Meur, will be held on 9 and 10 December at the 104 venue in Paris. www.leweb.net
The real-time web is this year’s true revolution. The meteoric success of Twitter has ushered in the age of immediacy and promises to send shockwaves through society and the economy.
In light of the growth of the Facebook and Twitter ecosystem and the new ways in which mobile phones are being used, start-up companies and major enterprises alike are gearing their services towards this new environment and the new ways of consuming content, such as applications, games, news, reading, services and leisure.
Program :
DECEMBER 9 – PLENARY ROOM
8h00
Welcome Breakfast Buffet, sponsored by Cabinet Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral and coffee by Nespresso
09h30
Opening remarks – Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders
09h45
Fireside chat with Jack Dorsey, Inventor, Founder & Chairman, Twitter & Loic Le Meur, Founder, Le Web
10h05
Fireside Chat with Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International, Microsoft Corporation & Loic Le Meur, Founder, Le Web
10h30
Iphone apps contest presentation
Ouriel Ohayon, Co- founder, Appsfire.com and Topify
10h40
Mobile Apps Roundtable
Moderated by Jeff Clavier, Founder & Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
Panelists:
Andrew Fisher, CEO, Shazam Entertainment
Andrew Lacy, Co-Founder & COO, Tapulous
Shervin Pishevar, Founder & CEO, Social Gaming Network, SGN
Christophe Francois, Vice President Mobile Multimedia, Orange
11h20
Ethan Beard, Director, Facebook Developer Network, Facebook
11h40
Ryan Sarver, Director of Platform, Twitter
12h00
Mike Jones, COO, MySpace
12h20
Platform Roundtable
Moderated by: Michael Arrington, Editor, TechCrunch
Panelists:
Ethan Beard, Director, Facebook Developer Network, Facebook
Cristian Cussen, Director of Business Development, Ning
Kevin Eyres, Managing Director, Europe, LinkedIn
John Ham, Co-founder & CEO, Ustream
David Jacobs, Vice President, SixApart, Inc.
Mike Jones, COO, MySpace
Ryan Sarver, Director of Platform, Twitter
13h00 – 14h30
LUNCH BREAK
14h30
Fireside Chat with Patrice Lamothe, CEO, Pearltrees & Robert Scoble American blogger, technical evangelist, and author, Rackspace
14h40
Special announcement by Christophe Francois, Vice President Mobile Multimedia, Orange
14h45
Chris Pirillo, Founder, Lockergnome
15h05
Niklas Zennstrom, Partner, Atomico Ventures
15h25
Chad Hurley, Co-Founder & CEO, YouTube
15h45
Best of Europe Roundtable
Moderated by: Brent Hoberman, Founder & Executive Chairman, mydeco
Panelists:
Bernard Charles, President & CEO, Dassault Systemes
Marten Mickos, Entrepreneur in Residence, Benchmark Capital
Marc Simoncini, Founder & CEO, MEETIC
Martin Varsavsky, Founder & CEO, FON
16h25
Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products and User Experience, Google
16h55
Daniel Eck, Founder & CEO, Spotify
17h15
Support the Dot Paris
Jean-Louis MISSIKA
Deputy Mayor of Paris responsible for Innovation, Research and Universities
17h20
Jennifer Corriero, Co-Founder and Executive Director, TakingITGlobal
17h40
Middle East Panel
Moderated by Joi Ito
Panelists to be announced
18h20
Closing remarks Loic & Geraldine
DECEMBER 9 – Startup Competition – Salle 400
Program : www.leweb.net/startupcompetition/schedule
DECEMBER 9 – Workshops by :
Google, Nokia, Twitter, Seesmic, Danone Communities
Program : www.leweb.net/program/workshops
DECEMBER 10 – PLENARY ROOM
08h00
Welcome Breakfast Buffet
sponsored by PriceWaterhouse Coopers France, coffee by Nespresso
09h15
Welcome Back, Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders
09h20
Money Roundtable
Moderated by: Dave McClure, Startup Investor & TroubleMaker
Panelists:
Eric Archambeau, General Partner, Wellington Partners
David Hornik, August Capital
Dan’l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft Corporation
Christopher Sacca, Founder, Lowercase Capital LLC
Fred Wilson, Partner, Union Square Ventures
10h00
Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com
10h25
Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs, Author, Trust Agents
10h45
Russia Roundtable
Moderated by Jennifer L. Schenker, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Informilo.com
Panelists:
Sasha Galitsky, Almaz Capital Partners
Bernard Lukey, CEO, OZON.ru
Edward Shenderovich, Managing Director, Kite Ventures -invited
Arkady Volozh, CEO, Yandex
11h25
The rise of emotional Web
Yossi Vardi, Investor & Entrepreneur
11h40
Danah Boyd, Researcher at Microsoft Research New England, Fellow at Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society
12h00
Osama Bedier, Vice President of PayPal Platform and Emerging Technology
interviewed by Om Malik, Founder, GigaOM Networks
12h20
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
12h35
What LeWeb participants say on Twitter with Tweetmeme
12h40
Timothy Ferriss, Author, The 4 Hour Workweek
13h00 – 14h30
LUNCH BREAK
14h30
Pearltrees Mapping results
14h35
Fabrice Grinda, Co-CEO, OLX, Inc.
15h10
Start-Up Competition Awards Ceremony
15h40
Gary Vaynerchuk, Host, Wine Library TV, Author, CrushIT
16h05
Violet Blue, Author, Columnist, American Blogger and Futurist
Open Source Sex
16h30
Tariq Krim, Founder & CEO, Jolicloud
16h40
European Gang Live
Moderator: Paul Carr, British Writer & Columnist
Tariq Krim, Founder & CEO, Jolicloud
Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb
Brent Hoberman, Founder & Executive Chairman, mydeco
Michael Jackson, General Partner, Mangrove Capital Partners
Martin Varsavsky, Founder & CEO, FON
Cyril Zimmermann, CEO, Hi-Media
Freddy Mini, CEO, Netvibes
17h20
Gillmor Gang Live
Steve Gillmor, Editor, TechCrunchIT
Michael Arrington, Editor, TechCrunch
Andrew Keen, Author, Cult of the Amateur
Gabe Rivera, Founder, Tech Meme
Hugh McLeod – GapingVoid
18h00
Closing Remarks, Geraldine & Loic Le Meur, LeWeb Founders
DECEMBER 10 – Workshops by :
Nokia, Facebook, PaypalX, Seesmic, Six Apart
Program : www.leweb.net/program/workshops
DECEMBER 10 – LeWeb “Deep Discussion” Stage – Salle 400
Host of second stage: Ben Metcalfe, Founder & CEO, Swordfish Corp.
09h25
Future of Video Roundtable
Justin Kan, Founder & President, Justin.tv
Axel Schmiegelow, CEO, sevenload GmbH
Rodrigo Sepulveda, VPOD.TV
09h55
Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group
When Real-Time Isn’t Fast Enough: The Future Of the Web
10h15
Sean Percival, Director of Content, Tsavo Media
10h30
Twitter Apps Panel
Moderated by: Louis Gray, Managing Director, Paladin Advisors Group
Panelists:
Iain Dodsworth, Founder & CEO TweetDeck, Inc.
Laura Fitton, Founder, Pistachio Consulting & oneforty
Barak Hachamov, Founder & Chairman, My6sense
Marco Kaiser, Director of Engineering, Seesmic
Sean McCullough, Co-founder & CEO, Ping.fm
Daryll McDade, Platform Strategy Advisor, Microsoft Corporation
Mario Menti, Founder, Twitterfeed
Evan Prodromou, CEO, StatusNet, Inc.
11h30
ecommerce Roundtable: “How has the real-time web changed your ecommerce business? What is the concrete impact on shopper’s behavior and profit”
Moderated by Catherine Barba, Founder & President, MALINEA
Panelists:
Thilo Bendler, VP, OTTO
Xavier Court, Co-Founder & VP of Marketing Europe, Vente-Privee
12h35
Real Time Search Roundtable
Moderator: Andrew Keen, Author, Cult of the Amateur
Panelists:
Nick Halstead, Founder & CEO, TweetMeme & Founder, Favorit Limited
Freddy Mini, CEO, Netvibes
Jack Moffitt, CTO, Collecta
Kimbal Musk, CEO, OneRiot
13h55
How brands and marketing have to adapt to this new worldwide real time “word of mouth”.
Moderated by Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs, Author, Trust Agents
Panelists:
Richard Binhammer, Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs, Involved in Dell’s Social Media Efforts, Dell
Matthias Luefkens, Associate Director, Media, World Economic Forum
Fred Raillard, Founder, Fred & Farid
Steve Rubel, SVP, Director of Insight, Edelman Digital
Brian Solis, Founder & President, Future Works
Seth J. Sternberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Meebo
14h35
Mobile Apps Opportunities: How to generate revenue?
Moderator: Mattias Ljungman, Atomico Ventures
Panelists:
Lukasz Gadowski, Co-Founder & Partner, Team Europe Ventures
Ouriel Ohayon, Co- founder, Appsfire.com and Topify
Marc Rougier, Co-founder & President, Goojet
Gary Shainberg, Vice President, Global Technology & Innovation Support BT Plc , Office of the Chief Scientist, BT
To watch live conferences with Ustream :
Plenary room
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/le-web-main-stage
StartUp Competition & Deep Discussion Stage
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/le-web-salle400
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LeWeb’ 09 will be held at 104
5, rue Curial – 75019 Paris
Media partners : TechCrunch, LCI, La Tribune, Business Wire, Goom Radio, The Next Web.com, IAB France, France Info and 20 minutes.fr
About LeWeb conference: LeWeb is Europe’s number one event for the web industry, and number two in the world. The 2008 conference was attended by participants from 40 countries and 300 journalists. Previous keynote speakers include Shimon Peres in 2006, Philippe Starck in 2007 and Paulo Coelho in 2008.
