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Dec 11 & 12 : LeWeb3 Program

Yet another great last minute addition to the program of LeWeb3 - now merely a week away! It is with great pleasure we announce a session on December 12 with Delia Cohen, Executive Director of the groundbreaking event - Pangea Day.

And of course, other huge news is that Janus Friis will be making a very rare on-stage appearance at LeWeb3 2007!

And we can't forget another superb addition - the renowned Doc Searls - who will take to the LeWeb3 stage, also on December 12!

So make sure you plan your schedule to stay through the very end of LeWeb3 so you don't miss these very special conversations.

Now to the program ...

STARTUP DOCK - DECEMBER 11&12 2007  

On December 11 - StartUp Competition

 On December 12 - The Workshop Track

PLENARY DOCK - DECEMBER 11, 2007  

08h30 - 08h40   
Welcome to the Evolution/Revolution - Loic Le Meur

08h40 - 09h25    
Web 2.0 - The Dark Side
Dan Rose - Facebook
Laurent Haug - LIFT Conference (moderator)
Michel Jaccard - attorney
Jaewoong Lee - Daum Communications 
Chris Alden - SixApart

09h25 - 09h40
Persistent communication and its impact on being social:
Evan Williams - Twitter/Obvious  

09h40 - 10h00    
Making your information social
Kevin Rose - DIGG in conversation with Sarah Lacy - Author

10h00 - 10h20
Why books and school lectures still exist
Hans Rosling

10h20 - 11h00    Coffee Break 

11h00 - 11h20 
What is social about design
Philippe Starck

11h20 - 11h50   
The Internet's impact on design
Mattias Luefkens - World Economic Forum (moderator)
Brent Hoberman - mydeco
Rafi Haladjan - Nabaztag
Iris Ben David - StyleShake.com 

11h50 - 12h05
Technology's impact on corporate culture
Nelson Mattos - Google

12h05 - 12h20
Storytelling and technology - evolution of society
June Cohen - TED Conference

12h20 - 12h35
Personalization 2.0 ...3.0 ... the projection of personal image
Jonathan Medved - Vringo

12h35 - 14h30    Lunch

14h30 - 14h55   
Social Media: Is it killing our society ?
Eric Archambeau - Wellington Partners (moderator)
Andrew Keen - Author
Emily Bell - The Guardian

14h55 - 15h40   
Bringing social to software: Radical change is coming. Are we ready ?
Marc Canter - Broadband Mechanics (moderator)
Tariq Krim - Netvibes
Hans Peter Brondmo - Plum
Patrick Chanezon - Google
Susan Kish - European Energy Forum

15h40 - 16h00   
Beyond compression and access to discovery - the new frontier
Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg - Fraunhofer Society

16h00 - 16h35
A Music 2.0 Debate: Where do we go from here?
Ralph Simon - Mobile Entertainment Forum/Americas (moderator)
Eric Baptiste - CISAC
Gerd Leonard - The Media Futurist

16h35 - 17h20  Coffee break

17h20 - 17h30
Who needs musicians?
Tal Chalozin - Garage Geeks ... and a special guest

17h30 - 17h55
Digitized Worlds
Joi Ito - Neoteny

17h55 - 18h30
A Debate: Casual vs. Serious Games
Jeff Clavier - SoftTechVC (moderator)
Mathieu Nouzareth - Boonty/Cafe.com
Hubert Thiblot - Curse

18h30 - 18h45
Disruption and Innovation
Hugh Macleod - Gaping Void

18h45 - 19h30
Is there reality to a virtual world economy?
Sasha Frieze - Virtual Worlds Forum (moderator)
Clay Shirky - New York University
Marc Samwer - European Founders Fund
Mattias Miksche - Stardoll

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PLENARY DOCK - DECEMBER 12, 2007  

08h30 - 08h40   
Opening Remarks
Loic Le Meur

08h40 – 08h55
Mobility, Multimedia and the Consumer's Impact
Ari Virtanen – Nokia

08h55 – 09h30
Making things personal...investing
Danny Rimer - Index Ventures (moderator)
Mark Read - WPP
Oliver Jung - Angel Investor
Jean-David Chamboredon - 3i
Morten Lund – Angel Investor

09h30 - 09h45
Why we need to blow things up
Dan Dubno

09h45 – 10h00
Why Enterprise 2.0...isn't
JP Rangaswami - British Telecom

10h00 – 10h45
Defining today's innovation: A recap of the start-up competition
Cathy Brooks - LeWeb3 Content Curator (moderator) and including our start-up judges:

• Scott Rafer - Lookery
• Mark Oiknine – 3i
• Julien Codorniou – Microsoft
• Eric Archambeau – Wellington Partners
• Andreas Schlenker – Partech International
• Ouriel Ohayon – Lightspeed Gemini Internet Lab
• Thomas Crampton – Journalist
• Rodrigo Sepulveda – Vpod.TV
• Simon Levene – Accel Partners
• Martin Duval – Orange
• Ola Ahlvarsson – Result
• Steffi Czerny – Hubert Burda Media/DLD
• Erik Stuart – eBay
• Mattias Ljungman – Atomico Investments
• Alex Vieux – Red Herring
• Saul Klein – Index Ventures/SeedCamp
• Cecile Moulard – Badiliz
• Guillaume Buffet – Singapour
• Olivier Abecassis – TF1
• Om Malik - GigaOM
• Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet – PDG PriceMinister
• Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf –YL Ventures
• Michael Arrington – TechCrunch
• Christian Lindholm – Fjord
• Frederic Court – Advent Ventures

10h45 – 11h00
Evolving innovation
Dave Winer - Scripting News; In conversation with Loic Le Meur

11h00 - 11h40    Coffee Break

11h40 - 11h55
Evolving entrepreneurship
Martin Varsavsky – Fon; In conversation with Loic Le Meur

11h55 - 12h15
Internet pollution and how to stop it
Jason Calacanis - Mahalo

12h15 – 12h30
Interface Design and user Experience
Shahram Izadi – Microsoft Research

12h30 – 12h45
New and improved biological methods for data transfer
Yossi Vardi

12h45 - 13h00
Turning the tables: What happens when the users are in charge
Doc Searls

13h00 – 14h45    LUNCH

14h45 - 15h45
Television Reborn
Jeff Pulver - Pulver.com (moderator)
Nir Ofir - BlogTV
Robert Scoble – PodTech
Cyrille  de Lasteyrie "Vin-Vin" - Seesmic

15h45 – 16h15
Rattling the Cage - a conversation with a disruptive entrepreneur
Janus Friis - Joost 

16h15 - 16h35
An environmental rift - where technology fits in
Tom Raftery

16h35 – 16h50
A generational rift - What's happening with technology leadership?
David Weinberger - Author

16h50 – 17h00
A Big Idea: Connecting the world through film
Delia Cohen - Pangea Day

17h00 - 17h45
Social networks tackling social issues - a session in partnership with UNHCR
Craig Johnstone - The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
LeWe3 Digital Champions and some very special guests.

Dec 12 - StartUp Dock Program : Workshop track

Since new posts have gone up about the main stage program and the start-up competition judges, it couldn't hurt to provide the final program update for the track of sessions taking place on the start-up stage on day two of LeWeb3 2007.

Without further ado, here it is!

Competition Stage Panel Sessions -€“ December 12, 2007

08h45 - 09h30
The technology that makes it all work - a showcase of Google Maps & Analytics
Jean-Francois Wassong - Google
Alan Boydell - Google

09h30 -€“ 09h50
The Digital Society - Towards Participatory Culture
Nimrod Kozlowski - PLYMedia

09h50 -€“ 10h10
Digital Media: The Future, a workshop discussion
Gerd Leonard - Media Futurist

10h10 -€“ 10h55
Evolution of social networks -€“ how old school is becoming new
Moderator: Jeff Clavier - SoftTechVC
Alexander Diehl - BMW
Lisa Sounio - Dopplr
Marko Ahtisaari - Blyk

10h55 -€“ 11h10
Virtual worlds: Real infrastructure
Gilbert Reveillion - PMC LaSer

11h10 -€“ 12h00
Breaking the status quo - building a business designed for disruption
Moderator: Jeff Clavier - SoftTechVC
Tim von Torne - Cellity
Jan Andresen - Weblin
Daniel Ek - Spotify
Zvi Schreiber - G.ho.st

12h00 -€“ 12h15
User generated content - an asset to drive disruptive technology adoption
Christophe Camborde - Steek
Thierry Mayette - Orange
Olivier du Besset - Neuf Cegetel

12h15 - 12h30
The small screen goes big time - television evolved
Jeff Pulver - Pulver.com

12h30€ - 13h00 
Monetization in the Web 2.0 world
Moderator: Ouriel Ohayon
Frederic Montagnon -€“ Nomao
Jeremie Berrebi - Zlio

13h00 -€“ 14h30     LUNCH

14h30 -€“ 15h30
Mobile and web convergence
Moderator: Ouriel Ohayon
Scott Beaumont - RefreshMobile
David Marcus - EchoVox
Daniel Appelquist - Vodafone
Florent Pitoun - Webwag
Jean-Louis Constanza - Orange

15h30 - 16h00
Citywide Wi-Fi - The Challenge and the Promise
Moderator: Esme Vos - MuniWireless
Philippe Llau - TDF France
Jean-Bernard Magescas - FON France

16h00 - 16h30
Open talk about OpenSocial - presented by Google and some of their partners
Eric Tholomé - Google (moderator)
Marc Mayor - MySpace
Eric Didier - Viadeo

LeWeb3 - a little history and an overview

In my wanderings of Silicon Valley events, there's a fellow whose path I've crossed many times.  After our last connection at the most recent STIRR event, he asked if we could sit down to do an interview for his video podcast about the evolution of media (specifically the blogging/journalism dynamic). So yesterday afternoon he and I sat down to chat.

What, you might ask, does this have to do with LeWeb3? Good question.

In the time between our agreeing to talk and actually sitting down this fellow, Zennie Abraham, had done a bit of digging and found out about my work with LeWeb3. So after a few minutes of chat about media we dove into a deep conversation about LeWeb3 - primarily focusing on the event's history and talking a bit about this year's event.

So as the calendar days whip quickly towards this year's event on December 11 and 12, I wanted to share this little history lesson for those of you who might not know from whence this great event came.

 

LeWeb3 2007 - Final workshop track program!

We've had a few minor adjustments to our second track of sessions for the second day of LeWeb3 2007. These sessions will take place on December 12 on the same stage as the start-up competition, which will have taken place the previous day.

Competition Stage Panel Sessions -€“ December 12, 2007

08h45 - 09h30
The technology that makes it all work - a product showcase by Google

09h30 -€“ 09h50
The Digital Society - Towards Participatory Culture
Nimrod Kozlowski

09h50 -€“ 10h10
Digital Media: The Future, a workshop discussion
Gerd Leonard - Media Futurist

10h10 -€“ 10h55
Evolution of social networks -€“ how old school is becoming new
Moderator: Jeff Clavier - SoftTechVC
Alexander Diehl - BMW
Lisa Sounio - Dopplr
Marko Ahtisaari - Blyk

10h55 -€“ 11h10
Virtual worlds: Real infrastructure
Gilbert Reveillion - PMC LaSer

11h10 -€“ 12h00
Breaking the status quo - building a business designed for disruption
Moderator: Jeff Clavier - SoftTechVC
Tim von Torne - Cellity
Jan Andresen - Weblin
Daniel Ek - Spotify
Zvi Schreiber - G.ho.st

12h00 -€“ 12h15
Now it's personal -“ building a business on the personalization trend
Dan Cohen - Pageflakes 

12h15 - 12h30
The small screen goes big time - television evolved
Jeff Pulver - Pulver.com

12h30€ - 13h30 
Monetization in the Web 2.0 world
Moderator: Ouriel Ohayon 
Frederic Montagnon -€“ Nomao
Jeremie Berrebi - Zlio

13h30 -€“ 14h30     LUNCH

14h30 -€“ 15h30
Mobile and web convergence
Moderator: Pending
Scott Beaumont - RefreshMobile
David Marcus - EchoVox
Daniel Appelquist - Vodafone
Franck Poisson - Webwag

15h30 - 16h00
Wireless  - the municipal challenge
Moderator: Esme Vos - MuniWireless
Philippe Llau - TDF France
Jean-Bernard Magescas - FON France

Start-up Competition Contestants Selected!!!

This was hard.

More than 120 companies submitted applications for our competition, and the vast majority were really  good. But there were only 30 slots to offer, so we had to make some tough decisions.

Here's how it worked:

The process began with a review of the applications themselves. Applicants submitting to the competition found that every field was "required". This was done to ensure that we had the same set of data to review for each company. The form asked for background on the company, details about the technology/product and even a field that asked why they felt they deserved to be chosen.

While everyone put text into all the fields (because it was required to submit), there was a strong differentiation among candidates at this first level. Quite a few companies failed to provide the critical details that would allow us to consider the application in any depth, offering merely a few words or a short sentence in explanation and saying nothing whatsoever about what their technology did, what problem they solved and how they were differentiated in the market.

Without complete data it was impossible to consider these companies. That narrowed our list of competitors from about 120 companies to around 65-70 companies.

From there, a number of things were weighed:

• What was the problem the company was trying to solve? Is it a big existing market, a growing market or an emerging market?
• Does the solution the company offers merely echo other solutions on the market or is it truly differentiated?
• If it's in a crowded market, does the company clearly differentiate itself or its product, explaining how they will rise above the noise?
• Do they have a clearly delineated plan for revenue?
• Will they have something they can physically show in a demo?
• Will the company be either announcing itself or launching a brand new product or solution at LeWeb?
• Also in an attempt to give as many companies opportunity as possible, we also considered if the company was one that had participated at LeWeb last year and tried to give a chance to newcomers.
  

As we considered those factors, the list narrowed to 50.

It was at that point we reviewed again whether the company had someone registered for the conference. More than half of them did not. As explained in detail on the application as well as on the various posts we published about the competition, a key requirement for companies in this competition is that to be considered, someone from the company must be registered to attend the conference. There is no charge to enter, but the competition it is only open to registered attendees for LeWeb3.

All 50 of the companies selected at this point were sent an email stating clearly that they had to ensure at least one person from the company was registered to attend. They were asked to reply and provide the name of the person who had been registered (especially if it was different than the name of the contact on the application that had been submitted).  This email gave a deadline for completing that registration.

After the deadline for that registration passed, we reviewed the list again and checked it against registration. A number of companies opted to withdraw from the competition at this point, and others failed to respond or register.

This narrowed our list to 38 companies for consideration. 

We then reviewed the balance of market sectors and broke down the final 38 into groups -  B2B/enterprise, video, mobile, consumer - as we wanted to try for a fairly balanced representation across categories. Going back through the applications again, we considered the companies against each other in each of the categories and some of the companies slipped lower on the list against their category peers. We also at that point reviewed the geographic balance as we wanted to ensure representation from many countries.

After much deliberation and review, we narrowed the list further, and have now come to our final list of 30 competitors for the 2007 LeWeb3 Start-up Competition.

Thanks to all who submitted and congratulations to our finalists.

The selected companies will be contacted separately with details about the criteria for their presentations, explanations of the process, and information about a pre-conference rehearsal day that will hosted by one of our sponsors on December 10.

With that, we present to you, this year's competing class and the schedule for presentations:

Start-up Competition Schedule - December 11, 2007
11:00 - 11:10    Zyb
11:10 - 11:14    Wichro
11:20 - 11:30    Erepublik
11:30 - 11:40    Yooplus
11:40 - 11:50    RTGI
11:50 - 12:00    Yoowalk

12:30 - 12:40    Siteheart (Walk2Web)
12:40 - 12:50    Creative Ions
12:50 - 13:00    Semingo
13:00 - 13:10    Floobs
13:10 - 13:20    Adpay.tv
13:20 - 13:30    PLYMedia
13:30 - 13:40    Screenvision
13:40 - 13:50    SplitGames
13:50 - 14:00    CTXGames

14:30 - 14:40    LouderVoice
14:40 - 14:50    WooMe
14:50 - 15:00    WaveStorm
15:00 - 15:10    Wixi
15:10 - 15:20    Zoomorama
15:20 - 15:30    Alenty
15:30 - 15:40    DIGICorp
15:40 - 15:50    Holistis
15:50 - 16:00    CodaSystem

16:30 - 16:40    Babelgom
16:40 - 16:50    Caleido
16:50 - 17:00    eXo Platform
17:00 - 17:10    G.ho.st
17:10 - 17:20    BlueKiwi
17:20 - 17:30    SaleMiner

Start-up Competition Contestants to be announced later this week

The good news is that we got some great applications.

The bad news is that it's taking us a touch longer than anticipated to narrow the field.

We will have our list posted in a day or so and appreciate your patience!

LeWeb3 2007 - Workshop session track added!

Per the previous post, we had such great response to the program with much interest in additional subjects and topics that we have developed a second track of sessions for day two of LeWeb3.

The sessions outlined below will take place on the Startathalon Stage at LeWeb3 2007 on December 12. Unlike the main stage program, these sessions are a bit longer in duration and will allow for Q&A with the audience.

Startathalon Stage Workshop Sessions at LeWeb3
December 12, 2007

09h30 – 10h00
Technology and Democracy
Nimrod Kozlowski

10h00 – 10h30
Digital Media: The Future, a workshop discussion
Gerd Leonhard – The Media Futurist

10h30 – 11h15
Monetization in the Web 2.0 world
Moderator – Ouriel Ohayon
Pierre Chappaz
Pascal Rossini – AdsClick
Frederic Montagnon - Nomao

11h15 – 11h45
Virtual worlds: Building a real infrastructure
Gilbert Revillion - PCMC at LaSer

11h45 – 12h45
Breaking the status quo – building a business designed for disruption
Moderator – Jeff Clavier
Cellity – Tim von Torne CEO
Weblin - Jan Andresen: CEO
Spotify - Daniel Ek:  Co-founder
G.ho.st – Zvi Schreiber

12h45 – 13h15
Municipal wireless: What's taking so long?
Moderator– Pending
Esme Vos – MuniWireless
Philippe Llau - TDF France
Jean-Bernard Magescas - FON France

13h15– 14h15 
Mobile and web convergence
Moderator – Ferhan Cook – any screen productions
RefreshMobile - speaker TBD
EchoVox – David Marcus
Daniel Appelquist - Vodafone
Webwag – Franck Poisson, Co-founder & CEO

14h30 – 15h15
Now it’s personal – building a business on the personalization trend
Moderator: Ouriel Ohayon
Jonathan Medved, Vringo
Dan Cohen, Pageflakes

Start-up application process closed!

A quick note to let you all know that the start-up competition deadline has now officially passed and we are no longer accepting applications.

In the next week we'll be reviewing applications and if there are any questions or we need further information from you we'll be in touch.

We intend to screen the applications and make our final selection to be announced on November 5.

Thanks to all of the great companies that took the time to submit their companies and products for consideration ... We have a GREAT pool of candidates. It may sound cheesy to say, but even on a brief first read, you're all winners and we only regret that there's only room for 30 of you.

Important update on start-up competition

As we near our deadline for the start-up competition applications, there's a very important reminder for all companies that have submitted. In order for your company's application to be considered, at least one person from your company must be registered to attend the conference.

Companies whose applications are submitted and who do not have a registered attendee will not be considered.

The form to register an attendee for the conference is here.

Bringing our theme to life - version 2 of the LeWeb3 2007 conference program

Stuffing a great volume of content into two mere days is a daunting task. Invariably subjects get left out in the programming process, and so we have done our best to compile a wide range of topics, perspectives and voices for this year's conference.

It bears mentioning that this is not the final version of our program. Some sessions will change, a few may shift times, a couple may drop off and there is certainly room to add some more. So if there are session topics or speakers you have mind that fit within our theme ("Evolution in Technology ... Revolution in Behavior") by all means, send them along.

We also are still coordinating with several speakers for sessions that, because they are still only partially baked, have been left off the program at this stage. But from here on out things will start moving fast and furious so fasten your seat belts and get ready for rapid acceleration with updates on the program - including audio and video interviews with some of our speakers - as well as details of our evolving start-up competition.

With that, I give you version 2 of our conference program for LeWeb3 2007.


DECEMBER 11, 2007  

08h30 - 08h45   
Welcome to the Evolution/Revolution - Loic Le Meur

08h45 - 09h15    
The global village reconstructed: Evolution of social networks and changes behavior
Matt Cohler - Facebook

09h15 - 10h00    
Web 2.0 - The Dark Side
Laurent Haug - LIFT Conference (moderator)
Michel Jaccard - attorney
Jaewoong Lee - Daum Communications
Joanna Shields - Bebo

10h00 - 10h30    
Making your information social
Kevin Rose - DIGG in conversation with Sarah Lacy - Author

10h30 - 11h15    Coffee Break 

11h15 - 11h45 
What IS social about design
Philippe Stark

11h45 - 12h10   
The Internet's impact on design
Brent Hoberman - MyDeco.com
Rafi Haladjan - Nabaztag
additional speakers TBD

12h15 - 14h30    Lunch

14h30 - 15h00   
Social Media: Is it killing our society ?
Andrew Keen - Author
Emily Bell - The Guardian

15h00 - 15h45   
Bringing social to software: Radical change is coming. Are we ready ?
Marc Canter - Broadband Mechanics (moderator)
Tariq Krim - Netvibes
Hans Peter Brondmo - Plum
Patrick Chanezon - Google
additional speakers TBD

15h45 - 16h00   
Ripping a new music standard
Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg - Fraunhofer Society

16h00 - 16h30   
Music 2.0: Where do we go from here?
Ralph Simon - Chairman Emeritus & Founder Mobile Entertainment Forum - Americas (moderator)
Eric Bauptiste - CISAC
Gerd Leonhard - Media Futurist

16h30 - 16h45   
Who needs musicians ?
Tal Choizen - Garage Geeks ... and a special guest

16h45 - 17h30    Coffee Break  

17h30 - 18h00  
Digitized Worlds
Joi Ito

18h00 - 18h30   
Casual vs. Serious Games
Mathieu Nouzareth - Boonty/Cafe.com
Hubert Thieblot - Cursed

18h30 - 19h15   
Is there reality to a virtual world economy ?
Sasha Frieze - Virtual Worlds Forum (moderator)
Clay Shirky - NYU
Marc Samwer -  European Founders Fund
Mattias Miksche - Stardoll
additional speakers TBD

LeWeb3 Party ....with

 

DECEMBER 12, 2007

09h00 - 09h10   
Opening remarks  - Loic Le Meur

09h10 - 09h30   
Things that go bang
Dan Dubno

09h30 - 10h15   
Making things personal ... investing
Danny Rimer - Index Ventures (moderator)
Mark Read - WPP
Oliver Jung - Angel Investor
Jean David Chamboredon - 3i

10h15 - 11h15    
What is innovative today ?
The Start-up Competition judges talk about the contest and we reveal the winners   
Start-up judges and top three companies from the competition

11h15 - 12h00    Coffee Break  

12h00 - 12h15    
Internet pollution and how to stop it
Jason Calacanis - Mahalo

12h15 - 12h30    
Personalization 2.0 ...3.0 ... the projection of personal image
Jonathan Medved - Vringo

12h30 - 13h00   
Taking flight: Personalized travel in the air
Esther Dyson in conversation with Vern Raeburn, Eclipse Aviation

13h00 - 14h30    Lunch   

14h30 - 14h50   
Digital Media: The future
Gerd Leonhard - Media Futurist

14h50 - 15h30    
TV Reborn
Jeff Pulver - Pulver Media (moderator)
Benjamin Bejbaum - Daily Motion
Nir Ofir - BlogTV
Joost (speaker TBD)

15h30 - 16h00   
Rattling the Cage
a conversation with a disruptive entrepreneur
Joost (speaker TBD)

16h00 - 16h20   
An environmental riff - where technology fits in
Tom Raftery

16h20 - 16h40   
Technology and Democracy - social behavior in social networks
David Weinberger - author

16h40 - 17h30   
Social networks tackling social issues - a session in partnership with UNHCR   
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the LeWe3 Digital Champions and some very special guests

Start-up competition update

The applications continue to come in for the 2007 Start-up Competition at LeWeb3.

Please note that we will be closing the application process on October 19, 2007. Applications received after that date will not be eligible for the competition, but may have the opportunity to participate in an open session for start-ups on December 12.

Keep your eyes on this space for a more detailed update on the Start-up Competition - including an introduction to our illustrious panel of judges - in the next few days.

Start-up competition update

It's been a couple of weeks since we opened the application process for the start-up competition at this year's LeWeb3 conference and we have had great response!  This year's competition will have space for 30 companies on the start-up stage. All of those companies will present in front of our panel of judges, which to-date includes: Saul Klein, Index Ventures; Erik Stuart, eBay; Chris Shipley, Guidewire Group; Jason Calacanis, Mahalo; Julien Cordornieu, Microsoft as well as Om Malik and Michael Arrington. We will be confirming a slew of additional judges in the next several days so keep your eyes on this space for more details.

Each of the 30 companies will get 7 minutes to present. They will be restricted to showing only 5-7 slides (if they use Powerpoint at all), and unless it's impossible to do so, the session also should include a demonstration of the product/service. If you miss the company presentation on stage, you can visit them in a small exhibit area that we will set up in the LeWeb3 networking lounge.

After the day of competition on December 11, the judges' scores will be tallied and we will select three winners. Those winners will be announced from the main stage on the morning of December 11 during a session in which the judges will discuss the trends and themes they saw from the presentations the day before.

In terms of the criteria for submitting an application, it's pretty simple. If you have an early-stage start-up that will have some news to share in early December - that can be a product launch or a company launch - you're welcome to apply. And it's simple to do so. Go to this form, fill it out, and you're on your way!

If you have any questions, please email Cathy Brooks, LeWeb3 co-producer and content curator.

Evolution in technology ... Revolution in behavior

The hardest part of putting together an event like LeWeb3 is that there are so many incredibly smart people doing so many exciting things in technology that deciding who and what to select proves a daunting challenge.

Thanks to great input from the LeWeb3 Facebook group, feedback through this blog, and of course the sage perspectives and suggestions from our superb long-time friends and advisors, we have crafted what we feel is a stellar first pass for this year's program.

In evaluating the market, we realized that we are facing incremental adjustment in technology but, in some cases, rather mercurial shift in its use. And so we have decided that the theme for this year's LeWeb3 conference will be:    Evolution in technology, revolution in behavior

Before saying more, I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge several long-time LeWeb3 supporters who are once again, stepping up to assist us with LeWeb3, helping in various ways to address our key topics. Among them:

• Jeff Clavier
• Ouriel Ohayon
• Thomas Crampton
• Yossi Vardi
• Rodrigo Sepulveda and Ivan Communod
• all our partners and so many more friends...

About the program itself - We have divided our sessions into five main categories. Those categories and some of the current topics we're planning to address under them are listed below along with a complete list of confirmed speakers, as well as people and companies with which we are ironing out scheduling now.

There are some very important things to note about this edition of the program - You'll note that this does not indicate times for the sessions and that is because this is not a final version. Some topics may move from one day to the next and/or change a bit. We also will add topics and some topics may come off. This is a working draft and we look to you - our audience - to help further shape and guide the content with your input. We welcome suggestions for additional subjects and speakers that fall within our overall theme. Feel free to post comments about the agenda here, or email me directly.

Also, there is a strong chance that some of you were confirmed for the conference through a conversation with Loic. If that is the case and you don't see your name here, please don't take offense. It is an oversight on my part. Should this be the case, please just email me.

DAY ONE - December 11, 2007

Social Networks

• The Power of social networks: Examples of "real" use - a Facebook executive presents case studies
• Making your information social - a fireside chat with DIGG founder, Kevin Rose - in conversation with Business Week writer and Author, Sarah Lacy
• Web 2.0: The dark side - Panel discussion moderated by Laurent Haug, LIFT conference including Joanna Shields of Bebo
• Social Media: Is it killing our society?  - Andrew Keen, Author of "Cult of the Amateur" debates Guardian columnist Emily Bell
• Personalization 2.0 - Jonathan Medved, CEO of Vringo on projection of personalization

Virtual worlds, gaming and music

• The creator of the MP3 file format talks about what's next - a talk by Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg
• Digital music: the future - Gerd Leonhard, Media Futurist
• Digitized worlds - a presentation by Joi Ito
• Virtual world economics - Sasha Frieze of Virtual World Forum moderates a discussion with Clay Shirky, NYU; Marc Samwer, European Founders Forum; with others to be announced
• The power of gaming - Chris Mellissinos, Chief Gaming Officer for Sun Microsystems demonstrates next generation gaming for business
• Casual v. Serious games   - Mathieu Nouzareth, Boonty debates with Kevin Slavin, area/code

DAY TWO - DECEMBER 12, 2007

Products and design and technology

• Gadgets and gizmos - Dan Dubno, Garage Geeks and special guests
• Personalization in investing:  Different investors discuss strategy and purpose
• Startup competition winners
• Life and design - a talk by design guru, Philippe Stark

Entertainment 2.0

• Television reborn - the new generation of video content a panel discussion led by Jeff Pulver, Pulver Media including Benjamin Bejbaum, Daily Motion; Nir Ofir, BlogTV and others.
• High performance cars go green - special presenter pending
• Taking flight: Personalized travel in the air - Esther Dyson in conversation with Vern Raeburn (pending)

Technology and society: looking out into the World

• Internet Pollution and how to stop it - Jason Calacanis, Mahalo
• Technology and Democracy: social behaviour in social networks - David Weinberger, Author "Everything is Miscellaneous"
• An example of social networks tackling major social issues - a session in partnership with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
• Is anything really open any more? - Marc Canter, Broadband Mechanics, tackles the topic with a panel of open source experts

A more detailed list of confirmed speakers/companies to-date:

Sarah Lacy - Business Week
Andrew Keen - Author, "Cult of the Amateur"
Emily Bell - Columnist, The Guardian
Jonathan Medved - Vringo
Tal Chozin - Garage Geeks
Joi Ito - Digital Garage
Gerd Leonhard - The Media Futurist
Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg - Fraunhofer Society
Laurent Haug - LIFT
Dave Winer - technology pioneer
Sasha Frieze -Virtual World Forum
Clay Shirky - New York University
Marc Samwer - European Founders Forum
Mathieu Nouzareth - Boonty
Kevin Slavin - Area/Code
Chris Mellissinos - Sun Microsystems
Philippe Stark - Life and Design guru
Esther Dyson - EDVenture Holdings, Flight School
Dan Dubno - Gizmorama, Gadgetoff
Danny Rimer - Index Ventures
Mark Read - WPP
Nir Ofir - BlogTV
Oliver Jung - Angel Investor
Chris Shipley - Guidewire Group
Jason Calacanis - Mahalo
Jeff Pulver - Pulver Media
Benjamin Bejbaum - Daily Motion
Joanna Shields - Bebo
David Weinberger - Author, "Everything is Miscellaneous"
UNHCR - speaker TBD
Jean David Chamboredon - 3i
Michael Arrington - TechCrunch
Om Malik - GigaOM
Marc Canter - Broadband Mechanics

Pending speakers
Klaus Schwab - World Economic Forum
Chris Pirillo - Lockergnome/Gnomedex
Dave Winer
Ben Hammersly
Ben Metcalfe
Niall Kenedy
John Kennedy - IFPI.org
Sabine Anger - Vivendi
Eric Daugan - Warner Music Group
Nikesh Arora - Google
Vern Raeburn - Eclipse Aviation
Microsoft - TBD
Morten Lund - angel investor

Other companies with which we're speaking about confirming participation include:
Habbo Hotel
BMW
Heineken
Joost
Ustream
Virgin Galactic
Nokia

LeWeb3 program

This program is still subject to changes. Any display error can be reported to Yannick.

version 1.1  - Main room This program is subject to changes.
Monday, December 11th
09h00 - 09h20	Opening remarks
Loïc Le Meur	EVP Six Apart		fr
09h20 - 09h40	A conversation on the future of the Internet
Niklas Zennström	Founder Skype and Kazaa		se
09h40 - 10h00	The future according to Google
Lorraine Twohill	Marketing Director EMEA Google		uk
10h00 - 10h30	The real world and why it matters
Hans Rosling see Hans at TED	Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet,Co-founder  of Gapminder, Stockholm		se
10h30 - 11h00	Networking & coffee break
11h00 - 11h40	The giants' outlook on Web 2.0
Thomas Crampton	IHT Moderator		us
Dominique Vidal	MD Europe, Yahoo!		uk
Antonio Anguita	Orange		fr
Mikko Pilkama	Nokia Multimedia		fi
Phil Holden	Director Windows Live		us
11h40 - 12h10	Is open source turning commercial ?
Gil Penchina	Wikia		us
Tristan Nitot	Mozilla Europe		fr
12h10 - 12h40	Will there be a Web 2.0 bubble ?
Jeff Clavier	SoftTech VC		us
Ouriel Ohayon	TechCrunch		il
Danny Rimer	Index Ventures		uk
David Hornik	August Capital		us
12h40 - 14h00	Lunch
14h00 - 14h20	The state of the blogosphere
Dave Sifry	Founder & CEO, Technorati		us
14h20 - 14h40	The impact of blogs and user generated content in Europe
Alexis Helcmanocki	IPSOS		fr
14h40 - 15h00	The future of business
Reid Hoffman	LinkedIn		us
15h00 - 15h30	Enterprise 2.0 : distributed capitalism
Lee Bryant	Headshift		uk
Ross Mayfield	SocialText		us
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal	Founder & CEO, 23		dk
15h30 - 16h00	Ecommerce 2.0
Brent Hoberman	co-founder LastMinute		uk
Bjorn Kvarby	Shopping.com		se
Lukasz Gadowski	Spreadshirt		de
Jérémie Berrebi	Zlio.com		il
16h00 - 16h30	Networking & coffee break
16h30 - 16h50	The challenges of getting Spaniards to build a global company.
Martin Varsavsky	Fon		es
16h50 - 17h20	Old Europe Vs Silicon Valley
Alexander Straub	www.chezimelda.com powered by Pixsta & Truphone		de
Ola Ahlvarsson	Result		se
Georges Nahon	Orange		us
Marc Canter	Broadband Mechanics		us
17h20 - 17h30	What can we learn from Netvibes viral growth ?
Tariq Krim	NetVibes		fr
17h30 - 17h50	Succeeding at going global from Europe
Cedric Maloux	AllPeers		cz
Bernard Liautaud	Business Objects		fr
Tariq Krim	NetVibes		fr
17h50 - 18h10	Lost In Translation (why the US companies usually fail in Europe and have to make acquisitions)
Marc Simoncini	Meetic		fr
18h10 - 18h40	Have communities replaced the Media ?
Guido Van Nispen	Moderator		nl
Stephanie Booth	Cocomment		ch
Scott Rafer	MyBlogLog		us
Yossi Vardi			il
18h40 - 19h00	Education 2.0
Mario Asselin	Opossum		ca
Enrique Dans			es
22h00	ALL NIGHT LEWEB3 NETVIBES PARTY - Le Paris Bodega – 23 Rue Taitbout – 75009 Paris – Métro: Chaussée d’Antin Lafayette
Tuesday, December 12th
09h00 - 09h20	The new dawn of media
Pierre Chappaz	Chairman Wikio, co-CEO Netvibes		fr
09h20 - 09h50	Is old media dead ?
Fabrice Grinda	co-founder & CEO OLX		fr
Oleg Tscheltzoff	Citizenbay		ru
Marc Samwer	European Founders Fund GmbH, co-founder Jamba		de
Gilles Babinet	Eyeka		fr
09h50- 10h10	Is radio dead ?
Felix Miller	Last.fm		uk
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach	Europe 1		fr
10h10 - 10h40	How TV may die through distribution
Rodrigo Sepulveda	Vpod.tv		ch
Stefan Lechère	Google Video		fr
Benjamin Bejbaum	Dailymotion		fr
Suranga Chadratillake	Founder & CEO Blinkx		us
10h40 - 11h00	Networking & coffee break
11h00 - 11h30	How TV may die through content
Gabriel McIntyre	XoloTV		fr
Anil de Melo	MobuzzTV		es
Cyrille de Lasteyrie	Vinvin Entertainment		fr
Valérie Lescable	I>télé		fr
11h30 - 12h00	Young generations 2.0: Web & mobile communities
danah boyd	Phd student in SIMS at Berkeley & social media researcher at Yahoo		us
12h00 - 12h30	The future of gaming
Bruno Bonell	CEO Atari		fr
Mathieu Nouzareth	CEO Boonty		us
Jonas M Luster	World Of Warcraft demo		us
12h30 - 12h40	Love & fashion 2.0
Hugh Mc Leod	Gaping Void		uk
Anina	Anina.net
12h40 - 14h00	Lunch
14h00 - 14h20	What we've learned from personal bloggers
Mena Trott	Co-founder Six Apart		us
14h20 - 14h40
Glenn Fisher	Marketing Director Linden Lab Second Life		us
14h40 - 15h10	When will virtual life better than our real life ?
Kevin Slavin	Virtual games in the real world - area/code		us
Claus Dahl	Imity - prototyping real life in Second Life		dk
Neville Hobson	VP New Marketing, Crayon, a company headquartered in Second Life		uk
15h10 - 15h30	Where is mobile going ?
Olivier Marcheteau	Director of Consumer Internet Division Microsoft		fr
15h30 - 15h50	Mobility 2.0. : "always on" and always "on the move"
Charlie Schick	Nokia		fi
Marko Ahtisaari	Blyk		fi
15h50 - 16h20	Mobile networking objects and people
Jyri Engeström	Jaiku.com		fi
Felix Petersen	Plazes		de
Ulla-Maaria Mutanen	Thinglink		fi
16h20 - 17h00	Networking & coffee break
17h00 - 17h20	Blogging our way to democracy
David Weinberger			us
17h20 - 17h30	Internet censorship and democracy
Hossein Derakhshan			ir
17h30 - 18h00	The 5th power: can the Internet change politics ?
Thierry Crouzet	"Le 5ème pouvoir"		fr
Matthias Lüfkens	World Economic Forum		ch
Phil Noble	Politics Online		us
JP Rangaswami	BT		uk
18h00 - 18h30	The Dragon's web : what can we learn from Internet in China ?
Bo Y. Shao	Serial entrepreneur		cn
Netanel Jacobsson	Partner & SVP Maxthon		il
Pierre Haski	Liberation Journalist, author of 5 years in China		fr
18h30 - 18h50	Best startups of LeWeb3
Presented by :	Guidewire, Partech International & Advent Ventures
18h30 - 18h50	What are the latest start-ups doing with web2.0 ?
Michael Arrington	Techcrunch		us
18h50 - 19h00	Closing remarks
Loïc Le Meur	Six Apart		fr

Startup room planned schedule

,Startup room version 2.0 - Below is the final program for the room.

We're pleased to announce that the presentations will be managed by the GuideWire Group.

Guidewire Group is a global research firm focusing exclusively on emerging information technology markets. Guidewire Group analysts meet with hundreds of innovative companies each year and share their insights, connections and instincts with leading investors, technology strategists, business development executives, service providers and journalists who rely on Guidewire Group to identify the products and trends that will matter most - now and in the future.

The Guidewire Group analysts will also be responsible for the introduction and selection of start-ups running presentations in the left-over slots. 

You can still contact Yannick (yannick @ ionis-group.com) if you need some help.

Note : startup sponsors Netvibes, Wengo, SMSConnect, Sky-Click and vpod.tv get double time and will present 100% sure. Of course should there be a prize the jury would not take sponsorship into account !

This program is subject of change.
Monday, December 11th
09h00 Judges and "wrangler" to start-up room for set-up
10h00-10h10 Libcast.com
RSS Generator for Companies and Institutions
10h10-10h20 Yoono
Instant people-rated web
10h20-10h30 MuseStorm
Cutting edge widget engine and distribution service
10h30-10h40 Feedback2.0
Consumer feedback community
10h40-10h50 Jobmeeters
eRecruitment 2.0: community-based recruiting
10h50-11h00 Ulik
Virtual Library
11h00-11h20 Wengo
Talk, chat and share for free
11h20-11h40 SMSConnect
Taking mobile to the next stage
11h40-12h00 Sky-click
Skype call center with Saleforce's CRM
LUNCH BREAK : Judges score the morning presentations
14h00-14h20 vpod.tv
video publishing on demande
14h20-14h30 Podmailing
peer to peer service for large email
14h30-14h40 Quintura
New see & find visual find engine
14h40-14h50 Synthetron
Blending online conversations
14h50-15h00 Wantuno
Online "secret" catalog shopping
15h00-15h10 1-Click Media
15h10-15h20 Touristr
Travel community 2.0
15h20-15h30 Jamendo
Free, unlimited and legal music
15h30-15h50 BREAK & scoring time for judges
15h50-16h00 Submate
Making commuting fun
16h00-16h10 Ormigo
Helping local businesses grow
16h10-16h20 SoloTV
Personalized TV content distribution
16h20-16h30 Vozavi
New community shopping 2.0
16h30-16h40 PutPlace
Find, organise, secure and share your digital life
16h40-17h00 Netvibes
user-based internet portal
17h00-17h20 Google
17h20-18h00 Judges meet to score afternoon presentations
Tuesday, December 12th
8h30 Judges and "wrangler" to start-up room for set-up
09h00-09h10 Wrike
Online collaboration tool
09h1-09h20 Kerpass
Mobile phone strong authentication as a service ,
09h20-09h30 Mabber
web and mobile InstantMessaging
09h30-09h40 Weebly
Online AJAX-based website creator
09h40-09h50 Gaspanik.tv
Live interactive webTV solution
09h50-10h00 Muniwireless.com
Blog that became a vertically integrated business
10h00-10h20 BREAK
10h20-10h30 Paperblog
Editing existing blogs for online and offline media
10h30-10h40 Codeur.com
Find the best freelance for your projects
10h40-10h50 E-box
Automated postal facilities for e-commerce
10h50-11h00 yaadz
User-Generated Video Advertising
11h00-11h10 Tractis
Online contract negotiation and execution
11h10-11h20 b-r-ent.com
RSS & Enterprise blog
11h20-11h30 Pixenate
The Online Photo Editor
11h30-11h40 Blastfeed
Select RSS feeds to monitor
LUNCH BREAK Judges score the morning presentations
14h00-14h10 bliin
Real-time social network service
14h10-14h20 IMINENT
Services & social network over IM
14h20-14h30 Tablefinder.com
Restaurant Reservations Revolutionized
14h30-14h40 Songsong
3-D multimedia convergence platform
14h40-15h00 Orange
Explanation of their start-up program
15h00-15h10 Qloud
Social Search for music
15h10-15h20 BREAK
15h20-15h30 Fleck.com
Fleck the web, share your vision
15h30-15h40 Wikierp
Next generation ERP
15h40-15h50 Swoot
Giving the Internet a new face
15h50-16h00 Splashcast
New generation media syndication
16h00-16h10 Ubiplanet
Next generation communication portal
16h20-16h30 Coldbrook
Customizable content tools
16h30-16h40 Youvox
online user-generated webzines
16h40-16h50 Presspack
web-based password management svc.
17h00-18h00 Judges score the afternoon presentations
18h30-18h50 Main stage presentation - Best startups of LeWeb3 presented by : Guidewire, Partech International & Advent Ventures

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