Schedule: Web 2.0 at Work sessions

This track looks not at building and leveraging Web 2.0 applications and businesses, but at using Web 2.0 in your company to drive communication, collaboration, productivity and cost savings. Lightweight hosted applications and software as a service can give you a significant operating advantage. Blogs and wikis aren’t just fun consumer toys, but can instead be used internally to keep your teams in sync and your projects on time. Come learn how real companies are using real products and services to do business quicker, cheaper, and more effectively.

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9:00am Tuesday, 03/31/2009
Economics 2.0: Highly Effective Strategies for Putting Your Business on a Recession Diet
Location: 2009
Dion Hinchcliffe (Dachis Group)
Average rating: ****.
(4.14, 14 ratings)
The business landscape has changed dramatically over the last year and Web 2.0 concepts have only become more important factors for driving business survival and success. This informative session takes a deep dive into practical and potent techniques that can be used to rapidly energize every organization with new innovative techniques for cutting costs, driving growth, and spurring innovation. Read more.
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10:50am Wednesday, 04/01/2009
Smart Work: Embrace Change & Empower Your Teams to Drive Growth and Innovation - A Panel Discussion
Location: 2016
Kathy Mandelstein (IBM Software Group), Ryan Boyles (IBM Software Group), Tom Deutsch (IBM Software Group), Ted Stanton (IBM)
Average rating: *....
(1.25, 4 ratings)
In today’s global business environment, the only constant is change. Organizations who can respond quickly by leveraging agile business models and dynamic business processes are uniquely positioned to win. IBM Web 2.0 software can help your organization be more effective and innovate in challenging times. Sponsored by IBM. Read more.
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2:40pm Wednesday, 04/01/2009
The Open Enterprise: How Web Tools and Culture Are Remaking Business
Location: 2001
Stowe Boyd (Microsyntax.org), Oliver Marks (Oliver Marks & Associates)
Average rating: *....
(1.90, 21 ratings)
Web 2.0 technology has had a direct impact on media and society with blogs, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and others. Now, we are seeing adoption of Web 2.0 tools and culture in the business context as companies seek to harness these forces. What will the impacts be? How quickly will companies adopt new tools, and which ones? What can we expect in ten years? What should businesses do now? Read more.
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3:50pm Thursday, 04/02/2009
Enterprise Assets are Going Virtual
Location: 2009
Denis Browne (SAP Labs, LLC), Sebastian Steinhauer (SAP Labs)
Average rating: ***..
(3.25, 4 ratings)
This session will show enterprise scale solutions to manage high resolution sensor networks and high accuracy location and asset data in a virtual environment. Read more.
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11:00am Friday, 04/03/2009
Putting Web 2.0 to Work: Social Software in the Enterprise
Location: 2010
Ross Mayfield (SlideShare, Inc.)
Average rating: ***..
(3.67, 6 ratings)
Organizations shape society more than any force, and social software has demonstrated the ability to create sweeping change throughout the organizational culture. Due to the changes in technologies, demographics and business, the participation in new forms of mass collaboration is changing. Read more.
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1:30pm Friday, 04/03/2009
Collaboration at Scale: Why Technology Alone Doesn’t Work
Location: 2010
Doug Solomon (IDEO), Gentry Underwood (Orchestra, Inc)
Average rating: ****.
(4.75, 12 ratings)
Innovative companies increasingly want to collaborate across time, space and organizational structure restrictions. Web 2.0 technology holds great promise, but in practice often comes up short. This session focuses on how to maximize the value of technology, by systematically understanding human behavior, motivations, and organizational design to build optimal solutions. Read more.
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2:40pm Friday, 04/03/2009
Applying the Social Dimension to the Lockheed Martin Mission
Location: 2010
Steve Wylie (Techweb), Shawn Dahlen (Lockheed Martin), Christopher Keohane (Lockheed Martin)
Average rating: **...
(2.00, 1 rating)
In this session, Lockheed Martin will share the details behind their new methodology and explain their roadmap to assist the IT community in rapidly developing mission-specific applications that leverage our social media investment. Read more.
  • 3Tera, Inc
  • Ascentium
  • Awareness
  • HiveLive, Inc.
  • ImageSpan
  • Jive Software
  • Juniper Networks
  • Kapow Technologies
  • Keynote Systems
  • LithiumTechnologies
  • Nokia
  • nomee
  • Qtask
  • Rackspace Hosting
  • Remy
  • TamTamy
  • Vignette
  • Yola (fka SynthaSite)
  • Znak
Sponsors
  • IBM
  • eBay
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Salesforce.com
  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • EffectiveUI
  • Germany Trade & Invest
  • NeuStar
  • ONEsite

Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities

Natalia Dugandzic
415-947-6709
ndugandzic@techweb.com

Media Sponsor Opportunities

Matthew Balthazor
949-223-3628
mbalthazor@techweb.com

Speaker / Program Ideas

Have a suggestion for a speaker or topic at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco? Send an email to: sf-idea@web2expo.com

Press/Media Inquiries

Maureen Jennings
707-827-7083
maureen@oreilly.com

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Natalia Wodecki
415-947-6762
nwodecki@techweb.com

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