Meet the speakers

We've done a major update in the "Speaker" section of this blog.
We're happy to bring you a really exciting roster of A-List bloggers and world class speakers.
Please take some time to find out who they are and what they do when they aren't speaking at "Les Blogs" by visiting the Speaker category.

Speaker : Jian Ni

As Senior Business Development Manager of Lifeblog team in Nokia Multimedia, Jian Ni is responsible for creating new business opportunities and developing strategic partnership around Nokia Lifeblog application and services.

Jian Ni joined Nokia in February 1995. He held various positions of product development and technology management in Nokia Group’s mobile handset divisions.

Before joining Nokia, Jian Ni was a research assistant in Tampere University of Technology, Finland and worked as a software engineer in Beijing Keli Co., China.

Jian Ni received his MBA from Rutgers University, USA, and M.Sc & B.Sc. from Tsinghua University, China. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and holder of 3 patents. He is married and has one child. In his spare time, he enjoys nature photography.

Stanislas Magniant

Stanislas Magniant is the founder of Netpolitique.net, a leading French website and blog about online political communication and social mobilization created in 2000. Netpolitique.net features numerous interviews with the movers and shakers of the field worldwide, along with academic research, key resources and a collaborative weblog dedicated to online politics in and outside of France.

Speaker : Marcel Reichart

Managing Director Marketing and Communications, Hubert Burda Media
Blog : Marcel Reichart Blog

Dr. Marcel Reichart (1972, Germany) studied corporate management, political science and history in Koblenz (WHU), Lyon, Washington D.C. and Rome. During his doctorate (Stuttgart University) he acted as personal advisor to former German Federal Minister of Economy Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff and as a consultant, amongst others, for Roland Oetker. In 2000, Dr. Reichart co-built the European media incubator ‘Venturepark’ formed by Pixelpark, Goldman Sachs, Telefónica and BertelsmannSpringer as well as its investments (Sportgate).

Speaker : Joël de Rosnay

Director of strategy, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris' La Villette
Blog : Agoravox

A doctor of science and prolific writer on scientific matters, de Rosnay is a specialist in advanced technologies. Currently director of strategy at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris' La Villette, he previously worked as research associate at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and director of research applications at the celebrated Pasteur Institute in Paris. His most recently published work is "Symbiotic Man - A Look Into the Third Millennium".

Speaker : Rebecca MacKinnon

Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Blog : rconversation

Rebbecca  is currently a research Fellow at the Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Her main project there is Global Voices: an experimental effort at creating a global citizens' media index and blogging community. she also consults, speaks, and writes on global participatory media.

Speaker : Thomas Crampton

Correspondent, International Herald Tribune
Blog : en Anglais (avec Joi Ito)
Blog : en Français (avec Loïc Lemeur)

Thomas Crampton has worked as a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune for nearly a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and leading the newspaper's coverage of Asian politics, economics and culture.

Speaker : Ethan Zuckerman

Research fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Blog : "My Heart's in Accra..."

Ethan Zuckerman is an activist, blogger and geek, living in Western Massachusetts and working in Cambridge as a research fellow at the Berkman Center. As co-founder of Global Voices, he's interested in ways that citizen's media can address longstanding biases in the news media.

Speaker : Martin Varsavsky

Founder, Fon
Blog : Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine entrepreneur, founder of five successful companies in the past 20 years.

In 1984, while still in college, he started his first business, Urban Capital Corporation, a NY-based real estate developer. This was soon followed in 1986 by Medicorp Services, a Canadian biotechnology company, that quickly became a pioneer in AIDS testing. His third business, Viatel Ltd., Martin’s first venture into the world of telecom, was founded in 1991 and still runs successfully today.

Speaker : Loïc Le Meur

Executive VP, Six Apart SA
Blog : Loïc Lemeur

Loïc is a well-known French entrepreneur, Executive Vice President at Six Apart, the leading weblog software company and founder of Ublog, one of Europe's leading blogging tools providers and hosting services. Prior to joining Six Apart EMEA, Loïc founded and served as CEO for several companies in France, including Tekora, an ASP-driven website publisher for small businesses; RapidSite France, the first shared Web hosting company launched in France. Rapid Site France was sold to France Telecom and B2L, one of the first Web agencies launched in France, with clients including Chanel, 20th Century Fox, and Mars, which was sold to BBDO, a leading advertising group. Loïc is also a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.