Deutsche Messe organizes CeBIT, the world’s largest annual trade fair for technology, communications and digital business.
In 2009, Deutsche Messe engaged emediaSF to develop a number of programs in support of its partnership with the State of California. emediaSF organized and led a 5 day press tour of innovative Silicon Valley companies for German journalists, and produced enterprise innovation panels on web-based Digital Media, Social Networks & Virtual Worlds:
- Social Network Application Session – Tapping into New Users and Customers through Open Social Networks (Business Value of Leveraging Major Social Networks)
Moderator: Thomas Kaspar, Director Portal, CHIP Xonio Online GmbH
Panelists:
– Sean Kane, Head of Mobile, Bebo
– Stefan Zilch, Sales Director, MySpace
– Jason Goldberg, Vice President, Xing
– Limvirak Chea, EMEA New Business Development, Google
- Enterprise Mashup Session – Cheaper and Faster Software Based Business Solutions with Enterprise Mashups
Moderator: Mike Ogrinz, Author, Mashup Patterns
Panelists:
– John Crupi, CTO, JackBe
– Ludmila Radzevich-Vorobiova, VP of Business Development, Apatar Inc.
– René Bonvanie, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Information Technology, and Serena On Demand, Serena Software Inc.
– Mark Heid, Program Director Web 2.0, Information Management Division, IBM
– Susan Haimet, Co-Founder and VP Marketing and Sales, Dreamface Interactive
- Enterprise Social Networks Session – The Power of Social Networking in the Enterprise
Moderator: Henning Behme, Heise Verlag, Deputy Editor-in-Chief – iX
Panelists:
– Vassil Mladjov, Founder and CEO, Blogtronix
– Steve Bjorg, Founder and CTO, Mindtouch
– Devan Batavia, Vice President, Sales and Business Development EMEA, Jive Software
- Enterprise Virtual Worlds Session – The Value of Virtual Worlds and 3D Web for Companies
Moderator: Steve Prentice, VP & Gartner Fellow, Gartner
Panelists:
– Greg Nuyens, CEO, Qwaq
– Ron Edwards, Managing Director, Ambient Performance (representing Forterra Systems)
– Clare Rees, European Marketing Director, Linden Lab
– Dirk Wittkopp, Director Portal and Workflow Development, Research & Development, IBM