Conférence LeWeb10

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La 7^e édition de la conférence LeWeb, se déroulera les 8 et 9 décembre aux Docks de Paris – Porte d’Aubervilliers.

Organisée par Géraldine et Loïc le Meur, LeWeb réunit chaque année 2 500 entrepreneurs, professionnels, bloggeurs et passionnés d’Internet d’une soixantaine de nationalités venus échanger avec ceux qui font le web.

Le thème central de l’édition 2010 est « les plateformes », quelles soient dédiées à la téléphonie mobile, aux jeux en ligne, à la télévision, aux réseaux sociaux etc. Le programme entend répondre à des problématiques concrètes telles que : pourquoi et comment utiliser les réseaux sociaux pour doper son business, comment construire sa propre plateforme, quels sont les prochains bouleversements technologiques attendus etc.

Durant ces deux jours, de nombreuses personnalités et dirigeants viendront partager leur vision: Marissa Mayer - Google, Vice President, Location & Local Services / Charlie Kindel, GM, WP7 Developer Ecosystem, Microsoft Corporation / Ethan Beard, Director, Facebook Developer Network, Facebook / Jason Goldman, VP of Product, Twitter / Stephane Richard, CEO, France Telecom-Orange / Osama Bedier, Vice President of Platform, Mobile and New Ventures, PayPal / Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder, foursquare / Xavier Niel, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Strategy Officer, Iliad

Invités spéciaux : Carlos Ghosn, Chairman & CEO, Renault S.A. & Nissan Motor Co., Ltd et Bertrand Piccard, Aventurier scientifique

Compétition StartUp : les jeunes entreprises à l’honneur

Comme chaque année aura lieu La Startup Competition qui mettra en avant de jeunes sociétés talentueuses venues du monde entier. Organisée avec TechCrunch elle permet à ces entreprises de présenter leur solution à des acteurs et influenceurs parmi les plus importants du marché des nouvelles technologies.

Sur 400 dossiers de candidatures, 16 sociétés ont été retenues : Badgeville Inc (Pays Bas), Cauwill Technologies (Irlande), City M (France), Desk i.o GmbH (Allemagne), Fiddme (Israel), Garmz (Autriche), Greendizer (France), Green Pocket GmbH (Allemagne), Nuji (Grande-Bretagne), Praized Media Inc (Canada), Smallrivers (Suisse), Super Mamite (France), Tagattitude (France), Tinypayme (Suisse), Waze (Israel), et Work4 labs (France, Amérique).

Les 3 lauréats de la compétition seront officiellement présentés en conférence plénière le 9 décembre lors de la remise de prix.

A noter cette année, des espaces dédiés aux Workshops partenaires. Le 8 décembre : Google,Microsoft, Nokia et Paypal. Le 9 décembre : BlackBerry, Facebook, Ixaris, Orange et Linked[In]

A propos de la conférence LeWeb :
LeWeb est le premier événement en Europe de l'industrie du web, deuxième dans le monde.
Cette conférence a rassemblé en 2009 des participants venus de 60 pays et 300 journalistes. Des orateurs prestigieux ont participé aux précédentes éditions, parmi lesquels Shimon Peres, Philippe Starck, Paulo Coelho ou bien encore Rania de Jordanie.

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LeWeb10 se déroulera aux Docks de Paris – Porte d’Aubervilliers - 50 Av. du Président Wilson, Saint Denis La Plaine.

Le programme est disponible à l'adresse : www.leweb.net/agenda/2010/program

Au programme de cette nouvelle édition de la conférence LeWeb (soumis à changement) :

DAY 1 - DEC 8, 2010 – Pullman PLENARY ROOM

08h00 - Welcome Buffet Breakfast
sponsored by Cabinet Cotty Vivant Marchisio Lauzeral

09h10 - Opening remarks
Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders

09h25 - Welcome Keynote and Q&A with Loïc Le Meur
Carlos Ghosn, Chairman & CEO, Renault S.A. & Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

State of the Industry: Platform Thought Leaders

09h50 - Charlie Kindel, GM, WP7 Developer Ecosystem, Microsoft Corporation
Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

10h10 - Ethan Beard, Director, Facebook Developer Network, Facebook
Q&A

10h30 - Jason Goldman, VP of Product, Twitter
Q&A with MG Siegler, Writer, TechCrunch

10h50 - Mike Jones, President, MySpace
Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

11h10 - Dr. Bertrand Piccard, Initiator & Chairman, Solar Impulse
Keynote & Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

11h35 - Stephane Richard, CEO, France Telecom-Orange
Q&A with David Barroux, Companies News Editor in Chief, LesEchos

Let’s Play - Game Talk

11h55 - Sebastien de Halleux, Co-Founder, Playfish & VP, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, EA Interactive
Q&A with Veronica Belmont, Host, Tekzilla

12h15 - Mikael Hed, CEO, Rovio behind the best selling mobile app Angry Birds
Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

Mobile and Innovation

12h35 - Marko Ahtisaari, SVP Design, Nokia
Q&A

12h55 - Osama Bedier, Vice President of Platform, Mobile and New Ventures, PayPal
Q&A

13h15 - 14h30 - LUNCH BREAK

14h30 - Ignite @ LeWeb
Host: Jared Goralnick, Founder & CEO, AwayFind
10 fast paced 5 minutes talks by the LeWeb participants, look for the call for applications in a few days.

15h30 - Fireside Chat with Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Location & Local Services, Google and Michael Arrington, Editor, TechCrunch

Get Mobilized

15h55 - Fireside chat with Tomoko Namba, CEO, DeNA and Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

16h15 - Christopher Smith, Senior Director, BlackBerry Development Platform, Research In Motion Ltd.
Q&A with Ryan Block, Co-founder & Editor Emeritus, gdgt & Engadget

16h35 - Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder, foursquare
Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

The Media Platforms

16h55 - Media Panel

Moderated by: Adrian Monck, Managing Director, Head of Communications & Media, World Economic Forum
Panelists:
Julio Alonso, Founder & CEO, Weblogs SL
Pierre Chappaz, CEO, Wikio
Kenneth "KC" Estenson, Senior Vice President & General Manager, CNN.com
Gabe Rivera, Founder & CEO, Techmeme

17h40 - Kevin Rose, Angel Investor & Founder, Digg & Matt Williams, CEO, Digg
Q&A with Alexia Tsotsis, Writer, TechCrunch

18h00 - Leo Laporte, Author, Speaker & Broadcaster

18h30 - Closing Remarks
Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders

19h30 - 22h00 - Official Cocktail Reception
Mairie de Paris welcomes LeWeb
Reception rooms of the City Hall - Entrance: 3 Rue Lobau Paris 4
LeWeb Badge will be required at the entrance - Reserved for LeWeb Participants only.

Jean-Louis MISSIKA,
Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Innovation, Research and Universities
Eric BOUSTOULLER,
President of Microsoft France
have the pleasure of inviting you to a unique cocktail experience
with Herve THIS
« Explore the science of flavors »

22h00 - 2h00
“15/15”, 32,34 Rue Marbeuf - 75008 Paris
Reserved for LeWeb Participants only (LeWeb participant wristband required@entrance)

Global DJ Bob Sinclar will DJ
The Wall Street Journal Europe LeWeb'10 Party
Drinks sponsored by BuddyMedia

DAY 2 - DEC 9, 2010 – Pullman PLENARY ROOM

08h00 - Welcome Buffet Breakfast

09h00 - Welcome Back
Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders

09h05
“Wisdom of Crowds”
Yossi Vardi, Investor & Entrepreneur

Money Talks

09h25 - Money Roundtable
Moderated by: Travis Kalanick, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor
Philippe Botteri, Vice President, Bessemer Venture Partners
Bernard Liautaud, Partner, Balderton Capital
Barry E. Silbert, CEO & Founder, SecondMarket, Inc.

09h55 - Thomas H. Glocer, CEO, Thomson Reuters
Q&A with Jeff Clavier, Founder & Managing Partner, SoftTech VC

10h15 - Alexander Tamas, Partner, DST International
Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

10h35 - From a Simple Idea to a Global Success
Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote

Browsing the Platforms

10h50 - Matt Mullenweg, Founder and Toni Schneider, CEO, Automattic
Q&A with MG Siegler, Writer, TechCrunch

11h10 - Mitchell Baker, Chairperson, Mozilla Foundation
Q&A with Robert Scoble, American Blogger, Tech Evangelist & Author

11h30 - Fireside chat with Nikesh Arora, President, Global Sales Operations & Business Development, Google and Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

11h50 - Keynote
David Ko, SVP of Mobile, Zynga

Making a Difference…..

12h10 - Shai Agassi, Founder & CEO, Better Place

12h30 - Jack D. Hidary, Chairman, SmartTransportation.org

12h50 - Mel Young, Co-Founder, Homeless World Cup

13h10 - 14h30 - LUNCH BREAK

Tech & Innovation

14h30 - Thought Controlled Computing
Ariel Garten, CEO, Interaxon

14h50 - Salim Ismail, Executive Director, Singularity University

15h05 - Henri Seydoux, Founder & CEO, Parrot
Q&A with Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

Start-Up Competition Finals

15h25 - Introduction
David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital

15h30 - Start-Up Competition Finals
Hosted by Michael Arrington and David Hornik
3 companies, 9 minutes total each (5’demo & 4’ Q&A)
Featuring Panel of Judges:
Jean-David Blanc, Entrepreneur/Business Angel (Founder of AlloCine)
Brent Hoberman, Founder & Executive Chairman, mydeco
Xavier Niel, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chief Strategy Officer, Iliad
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Founder & CEO, PriceMinister

16h20 - Panel How to get acquired?
Moderated by: Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb
Anil Hansjee, Head of Corporate Development, Google EMEA
Fritz Lanman, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
Jessica Verrilli, Strategic Initiatives & Corporate Development, Twitter

16h50 - Startup Competition Awards Ceremony

17h05 - Ustream Contest Announcement
John Ham, Founder, Ustream

17h15 - Keynote
Dave McClure, Startup Investor & Troublemaker

17h30 - Keynote
Social Media And Big Business: Trends for 2011
A forward looking view by industry analyst Jeremiah Owyang, partner at Altimeter Group based off recent research on how large global brands are organizing, and spending on social media.
Jeremiah Owyang, Industry Analyst and Partner, Altimeter Group

17h45 - Keynote
Howard Lindzon, Co-founder & CEO, Stocktwits.com and Founder, Social Leverage

18h00 - Gary Vaynerchuk, Host, Wine Library TV, Author, CrushIT,
Q&A with the LeWeb participants and Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb

18h30 - Closing Remarks, Geraldine & Loic Le Meur, LeWeb Founders

Day 2 - DEC 9, 2010 – Eiffel Plenary II Stage

09h30 - "Lean Analytics for Startups: what every founder (and VC) needs to watch"
Alistair Croll, Founder, Bitcurrent

09h50 - "Asia: Digital Life, Real Billions"
Moderated by: Benjamin Joffe, CEO, +8* Plus Eight Star
Panelists:
Naoki Aoyaki, Senior Vice President, Business Development & CFO, GREE
Yiqun Bo, Vice-President & Co-Founder, Great Wall Club
Steven Goh, CEO, Mig33
Chang Kim, ex-CEO of TNC, Product Manager, Google Blogger
Jimmy Kim, CEO, Nexonova
Takuya Miyata, Senior Vice President, Global Business, mixi

10h30 - How Social is Changing the Gaming Industry
Moderated by: Cedric Ingrand, Broadcaster, Podcaster and Resident Geek at LCI/TF1 in Paris
Panelists:
Jens Begemann, Founder, wooga
Jimmy Kim, CEO, Nexonova
Mike Kerns, Vice President, Social Games & Personalization, Yahoo!

11h00 - Keynote
How to Grow Your Business through Platforms and APIs
Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery

11h20 - How to leverage social networking in your business
Moderator by: Martin Duval, Founder & CEO, bluenove
Panelists:
Steve Apfelberg, VP, Marketing, Yammer
Carlos Diaz, Co-Founder & CEO, blueKiwi
Kevin Eyres, Managing Director, Europe, LinkedIn
Jason Rosenthal, CEO, NING
Dan Serfaty, Co-Founder & CEO, Viadeo

12h00 - How to build your own platform
Moderated by: Paul Papadimitriou, VP & Principal Analyst, Constellation Research
Panelists:
Peter Biddle, Head of AppUp Products & Services (APS), Software & Services Group, Intel
Corporation
Patrick Chanezon, Google Developer Relations Manager, Cloud & Tools, Google
Julien Codorniou, Director, Business Development & Partnership, Microsoft France
Marco Kaiser, Director, Desktop Platform , Seesmic

12h40 - Hackathon Award Ceremony by Alcatel Lucent

13h00-14h30 - LUNCH BREAK

14h30 - The Social OS and the Human API
Moderated by: Brian Solis, Digital Analyst, Sociologist & Futurist
Panelists:
Cedric Hutchings, Co-Founder & General Manager, Withings
Jason Jacobs, Founder & CEO, RunKeeper
Tony Conrad, Co-Founder, about.me & Founding Venture Partner, True Ventures
Other Panelists to be announced.

15h00 - Photography: From Analog Artists to Digital Mainstream
Moderated by: Rodrigo Sepulveda, Internet Entrepreneur & Business Angel
Panelists:
Ted Forbes, Designer, Multi-Media Producer, Photographer & Film Director
Jean-Marie Hullot, Founder & CEO Fotopedia
Madlen Nicolaus, Social Media Manager EMEA, Kodak
Oleg Tscheltzoff, Founder & CEO Fotolia

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6519432&lang=fr