Web 2.0 Expo New York 2011 Keynotes

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4:00pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Opening Remarks
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Sarah Milstein (TechWeb)
Opening remarks by co-chairs Sarah Milstein and Brady Forrest Read more.
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4:05pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Road Map for the Digital City: How @nycgov is Realizing its Digital Potential
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Rachel Sterne (City of New York)
Keynote by Rachel Sterne, Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York. Read more.
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4:20pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
What Does It Mean to Be a Media Company Today?
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Alexa von Tobel (LearnVest.com)
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4:30pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
David, Meet Goliath: Infusing Major Players with Startup Culture
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Moderated by:
Anil Dash (Activate)
Panelists:
Brad Garlinghouse (AOL, Inc.), Tony Conrad (about.me, True Ventures & Sphere), Jason Shellen (AOL)
Keeping the culture of a startup alive can be challenging once it’s incorporated into a large company. Brad Garlinghouse, Tony Conrad and Jason Shellen talk about bringing start-up culture to the benefit of both parties. Read more.
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4:45pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Eric Ries (Lessons Learned)
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4:55pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
How Consumers Will Pay in the Future
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Carleligh Jaques (Visa)
With mobile payments just the tip of the digital wallet iceberg, there are new entrants emerging nearly every day. This session will examine the truths and myths of this infant category, and determine what it will take to change consumer behavior for this new technology to take hold. Read more.
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5:05pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
A Conversation with Fred Wilson and Carlota Perez
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Carlota Perez (Cambridge and Sussex Universities, UK, and TUT, Estonia), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures )
Fred Wilson interviews Carlota Perez. Read more.
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5:20pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Innovation in Open Networks and the Media Lab
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Joichi Ito (MIT Media Lab)
We know from the VC and startup scene that small companies thrive and can disrupt large incumbents with their agility and speed, but what is the role of academic institutions like the MIT Media Lab and is that an academic equivalent to the Silicon Valley startup scen Read more.
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5:30pm Tuesday, 10/11/2011
Using Data to Live in a Chaotic World
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
DJ Patil (Greylock Partners)
It's a chaotic world. With the increasing speed of business takes place and in an ever changing marker, how do you keep a competitive edge? Through data and advanced analytics. I'll walk though some example of how some of the best organizations are using data to do exactly this. Read more.
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4:00pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
Opening Remarks
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Brady Forrest (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Sarah Milstein (TechWeb)
Opening Remarks by Program Chairs, Sarah Milstein and Brady Forrest Read more.
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4:05pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
The Online Animal Economy: Examining the Cute Kitty Video
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Patrick Davison (WhatWeKnowSoFar/MemeFactory)
Patrick Davison, WhatWeKnowSoFar/MemeFactory. Read more.
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4:15pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
The Five Laws of Engagement
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Siobhan Quinn (foursquare)
In an industry where stickiness defines success, what are the fundamental principles that create an engaging application? Product Manager @ foursquare, Siobhan Quinn discusses these Laws of Engagement, including anecdotes from across the net where following these laws led to tremendous success. Read more.
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4:25pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
Go Inside the Minds of Over 1,700 CMOs
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Cindy Finnecy (IBM)
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4:35pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
Sex, Lies, and Data Mining
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
R. Luke DuBois (Polytechnic Institute of NYU)
http://perfect.lukedubois.com Read more.
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4:45pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
How the Internet is Changing the Fashion Industry
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Elena Silenok (Clothia)
Keynote by Elena Silenok Read more.
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4:55pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
Myth of the Dying Mouse: Why There is No Such Thing as Convergence in Consumer Electronics
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Moderated by:
Johnny Lee (Google)
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In this short talk, I hope to convince you why that is might be a foolish perspective to take and why our future is not one type of computing, but rather a constellation of increasingly diverse increasingly specialized computing devices. Read more.
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5:05pm Wednesday, 10/12/2011
VC Perspective
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal), Mo Koyfman (Spark Capital)
Joanne Wilson and Mo Koyfman discuss the VC perspective and introduce the Startup Showcase. Read more.
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9:00am Thursday, 10/13/2011
Opening Remarks
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Brady Forrest (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Sarah Milstein (TechWeb)
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9:05am Thursday, 10/13/2011
Blow It Up & Start Again: Redesigning Your Business for the New World Order
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Cindy Gallop (IfWeRanTheWorld)
There's a different kind of Matrix out there, and it's the way business operates in the old world order. But it doesn't have to be that way. Cindy Gallop has some provocative suggestions on how to rethink, reinvent and redesign your business for the future, for a 'world without rules and controls, without borders and boundaries. A world where anything is possible.' Read more.
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9:15am Thursday, 10/13/2011
What Computers Can Learn From Popsicle Sticks
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Nora Abousteit (BurdaStyle.com)
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9:25am Thursday, 10/13/2011
Re-thinking IT: Supporting the Business Without Getting In the Way
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Ben Fried (Google)
The growth of new technologies in the workplace and widely accessible open source software have ushered in huge potential for IT to transform its image and offer new kinds of value. Ben Fried discusses what businesses can do to position themselves well for their technology future... which may closer at hand than they realize. Read more.
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9:35am Thursday, 10/13/2011
Star Wars Uncut: Crowdsourcing the Force
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Casey Pugh (VHX.tv)
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9:45am Thursday, 10/13/2011
Crowdsourcing the Brooklyn Museum
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Shelley Bernstein (Brooklyn Museum)
Keynote by Shelley Bernstein Read more.
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9:55am Thursday, 10/13/2011
The Myth of Common Sense: Why Everything That Seems Obvious Isn't
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Duncan Watts (Yahoo! Research)
Keynote by Duncan Watts Read more.
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10:05am Thursday, 10/13/2011
How Are Brands Using Facebook Right Now?
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Michael Lazerow (Buddy Media)
Keynote by Michael Lazerow, chairman and CEO of Buddy Media, Inc. Read more.
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10:20am Thursday, 10/13/2011
A New Dimension for Google Maps
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Brian McClendon (Google)
Brian will discuss engineering efforts within the Geo product division to use WebGL, a new programming language which allows web applications to generate interactive 3D graphics with any compatible web browser while using hardware GPU acceleration. Read more.
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10:30am Thursday, 10/13/2011
Baratunde on #HowToBeBlack: From Hashtag To Hardcover
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Baratunde Thurston (The Onion)
Baratunde shares the story of how he wrote his new book, "How To Be Black" (Harper, Feb 2012) using digital interactive lessons he's learned over the years. Specific examples include "live-writing" several chapters by sharing his screen publicly during the writing process and using Facebook to beta test certain chapters. Read more.
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  • Research In Motion
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