Eran Hammer-Lahav
Director of Standards Development, Yahoo!

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Eran Hammer-Lahav is an active standards developer and advocate, working for Yahoo! as Director of Standards Development. Most recently was a founding member of the Open Web Foundation and the editor of the OAuth specification. Previously the founder of Nouncer, an internet startup building social content distribution technologies, focused on scalability and performance. Prior to Nouncer, Eran headed software development teams for financial institutions and managed IT for political and governmental organizations with focus on social networks. In 1994 Eran founded ‘A Different Stage’, the first online publishing house for Israeli literature, and published a short stories magazine. Eran attended the Tel Aviv University Film School.

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Fundamentals
Location: 2001
Marshall Kirkpatrick (ReadWriteWeb), David Rudin (Microsoft Corp.), Eran Hammer-Lahav (Yahoo!), David Recordon (Facebook), Clara Shih (salesforce.com)
Success in standards requires not only great technology, but diplomacy, comprise, and even lawyers. Standards can influence your project’s features and designs. Sometimes they line up with your projects, sometimes lead the way, and other times hold you back. This panel will explore how standards are developed, how they can fit or clash with your project, and how you can get effectively involved. Read more.
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