Speaker at "Web 2.0 Strategies 2008" in London on Thursday 12 June

I will speak at the Web 2.0 Strategies 2008 conference in London on Thursday 12 June. The event will be chaired by Euan Semple, ex BBC and social computing expert.

My boss, and fellow blogger, James Gardner asked me to replace him. I will take part to the keynote conversation: Innovators on the spotlight, with Jeremy Gould from the Ministry of Justice, and Salvatore Reina from PWC.

Speakers
I look forward to meeting the other speakers, and in particular:
* Salvatore Reina, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
* Paul Tarantino, Web 2.0 & eGaming Sector Manager, Sun Micro.
* Stuart Townsend, Startups and Emerging Markets Manager, Sun Micro.
* Jeremy Gould, Head of Internet Communication, Ministry of Justice
* Greg Marsh, Associate, Index Ventures
* Julie Meyer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ariadne Capital
* Jeff Schick, Vice President of Social Software, IBM Lotus
* Ran Shribman, Vice President Sales, Europe & Asia Pacific, WorkLight

Please check the full list of speakers.

Advisory Committee
I look forward to meeting the committe members, and in particular:
* Richard Dennison, Intranet and Channel Strategy Manager, BT
* Ross Mayfield, Chairman, President & Co-founder, Socialtext
* Roo Reynolds, Metaverse Evangelist, IBM

Please check the full list of Committee members.

If you are a startup, a VC firm, a bank, or a major vendor in the online finance space, please do not hesitate to send me an email (cm_langlois[AT]yahoo[DOT]co[DOT]uk) to organize a meeting and shoot a video interview.
 
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Comments

[Ed Charvet]

Have just come out of Web 2.0 strategies '08, having only been able to see the first session. Dion Hinchcliffe's key note followed by the panel discussion which Christophe started was invigorating. I did not see anyone trying to convince themselves of the value of the programmes they are all involved with. Confidence of conviction is allowing these organisation to let the "value" self define as adoption grows. That said, how clear too that early phase adoption requires a minority of people in the organisation to share that conviction - and how to find and engage those people seems to be the significant challenge. Regardless of role, status or profession, surely people who naturally collaborate are the stars of the future, companies just need to be able to see who these people are and give them the encouragement to start.