Session : Investing 2.0 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Investing 2.0 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly -  Dec. 5th - 16h - 17h

Social Media and more broadly, Web 2.0, have seen a flurry of activity over the past 18 months: startups creation, VC financing, mergers and acquisitions, established players jumping in the fray,... This panel, made up of key witnesses of the Web 2.0 phenomena, will take a retrospective, and sarcastic, look at key trends in this "frothy" market, and where it might go from there. Om Malik, USA David Hornik, August Capital, USA Tristan Nitot, Mozilla Europe, France Jeff Clavier, Softtech VC, USA

Session : Tracking/Listening to the Online World

Tracking/Listening to the Online World -  December 6th - 14h45-15h45

No one can afford to be blind and deaf in this new online world. Our panelists will discuss the current state of the art for tracking what is happening in the blogosphere, giving tips and advice on how to keep up with the rapid changes in technology. Moderated by Guillaume du Gardier Mark Rogers, CEO, Market Sentinel, UK Salim Ismail, CEO, PubSub, USA David Sifry, CEO, Technorati, USA Yann Motte, VP Product Management, Yahoo! Europe, U.K. Mark Fletcher, Founder, Bloglines, USA

Session : Podcasting, Photo & Video Blogging

Podcasting, Photo & Video Blogging - December 6th - 11h30-12h15

With the ongoing improvement in high speed bandwidth, especially the new 3G networks being deployed in Europe, early adopters are beginning to jump on the photo and video bandwagon, adding graphics and short videos to their blogs, and even creating pure video blogs. This panel will highlight some of these early uses, discuss the challenges and, as with the preceding panel, talk about ideas for future video technologies. Moderated by Neville Hobson Bertrand Lenotre, Podemus, France Jian Ni, Senior Business Development Manager, Nokia Lifeblog, Finland Olivier Dufour, Founder, Skema, France Roy Lindeman, Partner, Readspeaker, Sweden Gabe McIntyre, Xolo.tv

Session : RSS Panel

RSS Panel - December 6th - 10h-11h

RSS is the enabling technology for participatory communications, providing syndication for blogs, wikis, podcasts, videocasts, etc. This panel will discuss the best ways to use RSS, both to publish and subscribe to information. Moderated by Elizabeth Albrycht Fergus Burns, CEO, Nooked, USA Scott Rafer, Chairman, Wireless Inc, USA Dana VanDen Heuvel, Pheedo, USA Steve Olechowski, COO & Co-Founder, FeedBurner, USA Greg Reinacker, NewsGator Technologies, USA