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2008 Panel
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Panel – Creativity for Everyone! |
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The internet is changing how creatives distribute and monetize art and design work, blurring the line between creative professionals, hobbyists, and artists. How will the creative process change as a result of this new phenomenon? Will the increase in creative marketplaces and social communities propel the industry forward or move it backward? We will try to answer these questions, and discuss how these changing market dynamics create new business opportunities in the technology and design sectors. |
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Scott Belsky - Behance - Founder & CEO
Shanan Delp – Flickr – Senior Product Manager
Lydia Varmazis - Ning Inc. - VP Product Management and Product Design
Lorne Lanning - Oddworld Inhabitants - Co-Founder & President
Angelo Sotira – deviantART.com – CEO & Co-Founder
Yair Landau – Mass Animation - Co-Founder |
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Student
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Mohsin Afzal (MBA '10)
Hawro Mustafa (MBA '09) |
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Panel – Telecom: Embracing Disruption |
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The Telecom industry has seen unprecedented growth since the last disruption, when wire-line telephony disrupted telegraphy. This time around existing products face disruption as new services start to offer both mobility and bandwidth without trading them off. This panel aims to explore some of the red hot issues in the space, including those of cutting edge services, emerging platforms, bold new startups, and disruptive technologies. |
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Moderator
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Ben Bajarin - Creative Strategies - Director, Consumer Technology Practice
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Panelists
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Julien Decot - Skype - Principal, Strategy
Rupert C. Young - AT&T - Director, Strategic Business Development and Venture & Equity Alliances
Crick Waters - Ribbit Corporation - Co-Founder, EVP Strategy and Business Development
Tim Chang - Norwest Venture Partners - Principal
Vishal Gurbuxani - Mobclix - Co-founder |
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Student
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Arvind Krishnamoorthy (MBA '09)
Sanjit Mitra (MBA '09) |
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Panel – Brands that Break Through |
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How have the most successful brands used disruption to their advantage to get in front of the elusive consumer? From interactive micro-sites to user generated social communities, how have brand architects shifted the conversation from offline to online to break through the static and rise above the competition? Agencies and clients will discuss their perspectives on how branding with new forms of digital media presents new opportunities and challenges. |
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Moderator
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Scott Parent - MediaTrust - VP, Emerging Media & Strategy |
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Panelists
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Ashley Cole Seidman - Universal McCann - VP, Group Communications Director
Doug Chavez - Del Monte Foods - Digital Marketing
Lisa Duszak Novak - Ruder Finn Communications - EVP and Director, US Consumer Marketing Practice
Rana Cho - Gingerworks - Principal
Mike Parker - Goodby, Silverstein & Partners - Director of Digital Strategy
Laura Schuler - OMD - Digital Director, West
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Student
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Nick Jablonski (MBA ’10)
Jeff Gordon (MBA ’10) |
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Panel – TV: When, Where and How you want it
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For more than 50 years, we have all experienced TV in the same way: sitting on the couch at home, holding the remote, and flipping through channels. That is changing, however, and this panel will discuss new models for TV distribution and consumption. Is the consumer experience changing, or is it the same experience in a different package? Do consumers want to watch TV on their computers, cell phones, other devices? Will they pay more or less for TV than in the past? What modes of pricing do they prefer? |
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Moderator
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Kelli Richards - The All Access Group - President, CEO |
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Panelists
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Edward Lichty - VUDU Inc. - EVP, Strategy and Content
Justin Gunn - Current TV - SVP, Online Programming, VC2, & SF Original Production
Tim Twerdahl - Roku Inc. - VP, Consumer Products
Jack Hallahan - MobiTV - Vice President, Advertising and Brand Partnerships
Stacy Nagata - NBC Digital Entertainment & New Media – VP |
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Student
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Chris Lavin (MBA '09)
David Rutenberg (MBA '10)
Boaz Ur (MBA '09) |
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Panel – Level Up: What's Next for Gaming?
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New monetization and distribution models within the gaming business are broadening the industry's reach and bringing gamers closer to the games they love. User-generated and episodic content, community creation, and independent development are emerging as the gaming industry moves into the next generation of innovation. How will this wave of change alter the consumer experience? What separates the trends from the fads? How will existing giants react to this upheaval? |
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Moderator
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Dean Takahashi - VentureBeat - Lead Writer for Digital Media |
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Panelists
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Rajat Paharia - Bunchball - Founder, CEO
Lars Buttler - Trion - CEO
Mitch Lasky - Benchmark Capital - General Partner
Manuel Bronstein - Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business - Director, Xbox LIVE Primetime
Kevin Bruner - Telltale Games - CTO, Co-founder |
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Student
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Elad Ganot (MBA ’10)
Ahsan Malik (MBA ’10)
Will Reusch (MBA ’09)
Khan Yow (MBA ’10) |
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Panel – Digital Sports Age: New Connections Between Fans, Athletes and Teams |
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With the proliferation of digital media, sports fans are more deeply engaged than ever before. The environment is self-service and on-demand, enabling fans to consume sports media when and how they want. Fans worldwide can connect to sports through blogs, podcasts, games, fantasy sports, streaming video, and social communities. How has this changed the relationship between fans, athletes, and teams? How does it impact the business of sports? |
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Moderator
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King Kaufman - Salon.com - Sports Columnist |
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Panelists
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Pete Vlastelica - Yardbarker - CEO
Matt Bloom - Yahoo! Sports - Director, Product Management
Brian Goldfarb - Microsoft - Director, Developer and User Experience Platforms
Kevin Chou – Watercooler – CEO
DeRonnie Pitts - The Stanford Fund - Associate Director (former San Diego Chargers - WR) |
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Student
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Ryan Kindl (MBA '09)
David Schoenberg (MBA '10)
Rachel Wolan (MBA '09)
Leon Wu (MBA '09) |
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Panel – Text, Pix, IM and Flix |
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''You have a new friend request!' When dealing with the online world, the one lasting activity is always communication. How is the new face of communication changing the way we interact with our friends and loved ones? What does it mean to always be connected? Are we finally ready to move beyond traditional email and IM? Social networks are rapidly becoming the portals of the next generation – so what’s going to be our next 'free email'? |
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Moderator
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Noah Kagan - kickflip inc. - Founder and President |
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Panelists
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Bhaskar Roy - Qik - Co-founder, Vice President of Marketing
Chris Szeto - Meebo - Senior Director of Products
Touraj Parang – Jaxtr - Co-Founder and COO
John Poisson - Tiny Pictures Inc. - Founder, CEO
Andrew Trader - Zynga - EVP, Business Development |
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Uday Ayyagari (MBA '09)
Alexandra Levich (MBA '09) |
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