LeWeb'08 Program
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During the 2 days of conference, our speakers will be interviewed on stage by the following reporters, bloggers:
- Michael Arrington, Co-Founder & Editor, TechCrunch
- Steve Gillmor, The Gillmor Gang
- Jennifer L. Schenker, Correspondent, BusinessWeek
- Robert Scoble, Video Blogger, Fast Company
- Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com; Blogger, Boomtown; Co-Executive Producer, D: All Things Digital
We also have this year during LeWeb a workshop area (50 seats) which will hosted by Google on Dec 9 and welcoming a Facebook Developer Garage on Dec10 : Agenda here
DAY 1- DEC9,2008 - PLENARY ROOM
08h00 – 09h00
WELCOME BREAKFAST sponsored By Cabinet Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral
08h45 – 09h00
Opening remarks - Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur – LeWeb Founders
09h00 – 09h20
Dan’l Lewin
Corporate Vice President for Strategic and Emerging Business Development,
Microsoft Corporation
Interviewed by Steve Gillmor - Founder, The Gillmor Gang
09h20-09h40
Nikesh Arora
SVP, Google and President, EMEA Operations
09h40-10h00
David Weinberger
Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
10h00 – 10h30
Amit Kapur
Chief Operating Officer, MySpace
Interviewed by Michael Arrington, Co-Founder & Editor, TechCrunch
10h30 – 11h00
COFFEE BREAK sponsored By Codeur.com
11h00 – 11h20
Itay Talgam, Conductor
11h20 – 11h40
Linda Avey
Co-Founder, 23AndMe, Inc.
Interviewed by Cedric Ingrand, Technology Editor & Resident Geek, LCI-TV
11h40 – 12h35
LUST, ROMANCE, ATTACHMENT: The Drive to Love.
Helen Fisher
Visiting Research Professor, Rutgers University
12h35– 14h15
LUNCH BREAK
14h30-14h40
Start-up Competition Update by the judges
- Roberto Bonanzinga – Partner, Balderton Capital
- Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet – Founder & CEO, PriceMinister
- Freddy Mini – CEO, Netvibes
- Marc Samwer – Founder, European Founders
14h40 – 15h20
Paulo Coelho,
Author
15h20 – 15h30
Virtual Goods Make Real Money
Susan Wu, CEO, ohai
15h30 – 15h55
The way to a brand’s heart - Panel
Panelists:
- Georges-Edouard Dias - Team Leader, Internet & e-Business, L’Oreal
- Stéphanie Hospital -Vice President Marketing and Business Development, Orange Audience and Online Advertising Division
- Matthias Lüfkens - Associate Director, World Economic Forum
15h55 – 16h15
16h15 – 16h35
Yossi Vardi - Investor & Entrepreneur
Interviewed by Kara Swisher - Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com; Blogger, Boomtown; Co-Executive Producer, D: All Things Digital
16h35-16h45
- Philippe Collombel – Partner, Partech International
- Olivier Creiche – Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa, SixApart
- Simon Levene – Partner, Accel Partners
- Gary Shainberg – Vice President, Global Technology & Innovation Support, BT Group, Chief Technology Office British Telecom
16h45 – 16h55
Europe’s Start-up Scene: An update
Mike Butcher - UK & Europe Editor, TechCrunch
16h55-17h05
17h05 – 17h15
17h15 – 17h55
Money Talks: Getting Financed in a Recession - Panel
Panelists:
- Eric Archambeau - General Partner, Wellington Partners
- Jeff Clavier - Founder & Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
- Martin Varsavsky - Founder & CEO, Fon
- Fred Wilson - Partner, Union Square Ventures
- Moderator: Ouriel Ohayon - General Manager, LgiLab, Editor, TechCrunch France
17h55 – 18h15
Marc Simoncini - Founder & CEO, MEETIC
Fireside Chat with Loïc Le Meur
18h30-21h00
Cocktail Reception hosted by NetVibes
LeWeb participants are invited to the Netvibes Cocktail.
Le 25 Est - 10, Place de la Bataille de Stalingrad -75010 Paris - Metro : Stalingrad
22h00 – 02h00
LeWeb’08 Party with MySpace.com
Palais Maillot
2, Place de la Porte Maillot
75017 Paris
Metro : porte maillot
DAY 2 - DEC 10, 2008 – PLENARY ROOM
08h00 – 09h00
WELCOME BREAKFAST
09h00 – 09h20
Eric Besson
France State Secretary for Prospectives and Evaluation of Public Policies and Internet
09h20 – 10h00
Platform Love: Getting Along - Panel
Panelists:
- David Glazer - Director of Engineering, Google
- Jeff Hansen - General Manager, Services Strategy/Live Mesh, Microsoft Corporation
- Dave Morin -Senior Platform Manager, Facebook
- David Recordon - Open Platforms Tech Lead , SixApart
- Max Engel, Head of Data Availability Initiative, MySpace
Moderator: Marc Canter - CEO, Broadband Mechanics
10h00 – 10h20
Love of Education: A shifting paradigm
Robin Good
New Media Innovator, Explorer, Independent Publisher,
Master New Media
10h20 – 10h40
Chris Anderson - Curator, TED
10h40 – 11h10
COFFEE BREAK
11h10 - 11h20
We all love surprises!
11h20 – 11h40
Love Entrepreneurship Your Own Way
John Buckman - Founder & CEO, Magnatune.com
11h40 – 12h00
Dr. Brian Cox
The School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
12h00 – 12h20
Maurice Levy - Chairman & CEO, Publicis Groupe
12h20 – 12h50
Marissa Mayer
Google, Vice President, Search Products and User Experience
Interview by Michael Arrington, Co-Founder & Editor, TechCrunch & Loïc Le Meur
12h50 – 13h20
Sharing Love
Joichi Ito
CEO, Creative Commons
13h20 – 15h00
LUNCH BREAK
15h00 – 16h00
Start-Up Competition Awards and Winners
Panel discussion will occur throughout session with the 3 winning start-ups giving their demos in between.
Panel:
- Ola Ahlvarsson, cofounder and CEO, Result
- Laurent Chiozzotto, Sun Startup Essentials Program Manager, Sun Microsystems France
- Julien Codorniou, Global Business Development Manager, Microsoft Corporation
- Megan Smith, VP, New Business Development, Google, Inc
- Pascal Thomas, VP, NeXT.com, Orange
- Moderator: Robert Scoble - Video Blogger, Fast Company
16h00 – 16h20
Dr. Werner Vogels
VP & Chief Technology Officer, Amazon.com
Interviewed by Kara Swisher - Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com; Blogger, Boomtown; Co-Executive Producer, D: All Things Digital
16h20 – 17h00
European Originals - Start-Up Companies That Are Uniquely European - Panel
Panelists:
- Jacques Antoine Granjon - CEO & Co-Founder, vente-privee.com
- Jonas Birgersson - Chairman, ViaEuropa
- Klaas Kersting -Co-Founder & CEO, Gameforge AG
- Lukasz Gadowski - Founder, Team Europe Ventures Ltd.
Moderator: Jennifer L.Schenker - Correspondent, BusinessWeek
17h00 – 17h30
Gary Vaynerchuk - Host, Wine Library TV.com – on stage show
17h30 – 18h00
The Gillmor Gang LIVE
- Michael Arrington, Co-Founder & Editor, TechCrunch
- Hugh MacLeod, Cartoonist and Professional Blogger gapingvoid.com
- Robert Scoble - Video Blogger, Fast Company
- Doc Searls, Senior editor Linux journal
- others may join
- Moderator: Steve Gillmor - Founder, The Gillmor Gang
22h00 – 02h00
TechCrunch LeWeb'08 Closing Party
Plaza Madeleine
8, Boulevard de la Madeleine
75009 Paris
Metro : madeleine
DAY 2 - DEC 10, 2008 - Stage 2
9h15 – 10h00
Your Mobile is Your Love Device:
Aapo Bovellan – Director, Product Management, Nokia
10h00 – 10h30
The Revenge of Email - Panel
Panelists:
- Catherine Barba, Founder & President, MALINEA
- Nick Heys - Founder & CEO, Emailvision
- Olivier Mathiot, Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Price Minister
10h30 – 11h10
Social Advertising: Where’s the Love? - Panel
Panelists:
- Philip J. Kaplan - Founder & Chairman, AdBrite
- Travis Katz - Managing Director, International, MySpace/ Fox Interactive Media
- Lorenz Bogaert – Co-founder & CEO, Netlog.com
- Seth Sternberg – Co-founder & CEO, Meebo
Moderator: Scott Rafer - CEO, Lookery
11h10 – 11h50
Love in Motion: Why are Mobile Social Networks booming?
What makes them tick? Who is using them? A global look at the developments , demos and a convivial chat with the pioneers.
Panelists:
- Dr. KF Lai - CEO & Co-Founder, BuzzCity
- Ewan Spence - WuBud
- Antonio Vince Staybl - CEO & Co-Founder, itsmy.com (a Gofresh company)
Moderator: Ferhan Cook - Publisher www.mobiadnews.com & President, Any Screen Productions Ltd., UK
11h50 – 12h30
Big Love: Embracing Asia's Market Explosion - Panel
Panelists:
- Taewoo Danny Kim -Senior Editor, TechnoKimchi
- Masashi Kobayashi - Co-Founder & Managing Partner,Infinity Ventures
- Kaiser Kuo -Group Director, Digital Strategy, Ogilvy China
- Frederick Henry Saurat - CEO & Co-founder The TMS Way Ltd. HK
Moderator: Thomas Crampton - www.thomascrampton.com
12h30 – 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?
- Stéphane Distinguin- Founder & CEO, faberNovel
- Daniel Kaplan - CEO, Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération (FING)
Updated version on dec 4,2008
LeWeb'08 is the #1 Web conference in Europe with more than 1300 participants from 25 Countries on Dec 9-10th in Paris 2008. Our theme this year, LOVE! 30 Startups will also present in the startup competition room and there will be plenty of networking space, likely with a few beds, like last year...
