LeWeb London Conference: 19 and 20 June 2012 ?Westminster Central Hall
The eighth LeWeb Conference held in Paris last December once again brought together over 3,500 business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers and tech enthusiasts from 76 countries to take part in Europe´s biggest event dedicated to the web industry.
Following the success of the annual Paris event, organisers Geraldine and Loic Le Meur decided to start a summer session in London. The theme : "Faster than Real Time".
Many well-known players from Silicon Valley will be on stage to share the fruits of their experience, including : Chad Hurley, Venture Advisor / Niklas Zennstrom, CEO & Founding Partner, Atomico Ventures / Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder & CEO, Instagram / Jamie Oliver, Television Personality / Eric Van Der Kleij, CEO, Tech City Investment Organisation / Brent Hoberman, Co-Founder, PROfounders Capital & Co-Founder & Chairman, mydeco, made.com / Bradley Horowitz, Vice President, Product Management, Google / Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote / Christian Hernandez Gallardo, Director, Platform Partnerships, Facebook / Tom Katis, Founder & CEO, Voxer / Jeff Clavier, Founder & Managing Partner, SoftTech VC / Tim O´Brien, GM, Platform Strategy Group, Microsoft Corp. / Robert Scoble, American blogger, technical evangelist, and author, Rackspace / Paul Davison, Founder & CEO, Highlight
Program :
Plenary 1 - Tuesday, June 19
FASTER THAN REAL TIME "´ PART I
7h30-8h45 Doors open, registration, networking time with partnersWelcome Buffet Breakfast
09h00
Lindsey Stirling, Hip Hop Violinist
09h05
Opening remarks - Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders
LeWeb London Kick-Off with Special Guests
Brent Hoberman, Co-Founder, PROfounders Capital & Co-Founder & Chairman, mydeco, made.com
Eric Van Der Kleij, CEO, Tech City Investment Organisation
09h20
Eric Hazan, Partner & Philipp Nattermann, Partner, McKinsey & Company
09h40
Jamie Oliver, Television Personality & Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder & CEO, Instagram with Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders
10h15
Bradley Horowitz, Vice President, Product Management, Google & Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb
10h45
Ben Ling, COO, Badoo & Robert Scoble, American blogger, technical evangelist, and author, Rackspace
11h05
Aaron Levie, Co-Founder & CEO, Box & Mike Butcher, European Editor, TechCrunch
11h25
Team Uber vs. Team Hailo
Travis Kalanick, Co-Founder & CEO, Uber
Shervin Pishevar, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures
Adam Valkin, Partner, Accel Partners
Jay Bregman, Co-Founder & CEO, Hailo
11h50
Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote & Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb
12h10
Jean-Louis Constanza, Founder & CEO and Giles Corbett, Head of Libon, Orange
12h15
Christian Hernandez Gallardo, Director, Platform Partnerships, Facebook & Jamillah Knowles, UK Editor, The Next Web
12h35-14h30
Lunch
14h30
Lindsey Stirling, Hip Hop Violinist
14h35
Welcome back & Check in with Hugh MacLeod, Gaping Void
14h40
Gil Hirsch, Co-Founder & CEO, Face.com
14h45
Martha Lane Fox, UK Digital Champion & Michael Bracken, Executive Director of Digital, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office with Roxanne Varza, Startup/Tech J ournalist 15h05
Joe Fernandez, Co-Founder & CEO, Klout, & Alexia Tsotsis, Writer, TechCrunch
15h25
Eric Migicovsky, Founder & Lead Designer, Pebble Technology & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founder
16h05
Tom Katis, Founder & CEO, Voxer & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founder
16h25
Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group "´
"Three themes to thrive in real time"
16h45
Jason Goldberg, Founder & CEO & Bradford Shane Shellhammer, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Fab
17h10
Martin Varsavsky, Founder & CEO, Fon
17h30
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Co-Founder & CEO, Klarna & Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times
17h45
Efe Cakarel, Founder, MUBI
17h50
Disruption in Finance Roundtable
Errol Damelin, Founder & CEO, Wonga,com
Samir Desai, CEO and Co-Founder, Funding Circle
Renaud Laplanche, CEO, Lending Club
18h20
Lindsey Stirling, Hip Hop Violinist
Plenary 1 - Wednesday, June 20
FASTER THAN REAL TIME "´ PART II
7h30-8h45 Doors open, registration, networking time with partnersWelcome Buffet Breakfast
09h05
Welcome back remarks
Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founders
09h15
Money Panel
Moderated by: Jonathan Goodwin, Lepe Partners
Roberto Bonanzinga, Partner, Balderton Capital
Jeff Clavier, Founder & Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
Michael Marquez, Partner, CodeAdvisors
Danny Rimer, Partner, Index Ventures
09h45
Paul Davison, Founder & CEO, Highlight & Milo Yannopoulos, Founder &
Editor-in-Chief, The Kernel
10h00
Riccardo Zacconi, Co-Founder & CEO, King.com
10h15
Nick D´Aloisio, Founder, Summly
10h30
Gabe Rivera, Founder, Techmeme & Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb
10h35
All-Star Entrepreneurs Discuss the Future
Chad Hurley, Venture Advisor
Kevin Rose, Angel Investor
Niklas Zennstrom, CEO & Founding Partner, Atomico Ventures
11h05
Shakil Khan, Head of Special Projects, Path & Loic Le Meur, Founder, LeWeb
11h25
Tim O´Brien, GM, Platform Strategy Group, Microsoft Corp.
11h40
Henrik Berggren, Readmill
11h45
Caroline Ghosn, Co-Founder & CEO, The Levo League & MG Siegler, General Partner, CrunchFund
12h00
Sam Shank, Co-Founder & CEO, HotelTonight
12h10
Baratunde Thurston, Comedian
12h30-14h30
Lunch
14h30
Welcome back
14h35
Check in with Hugh MacLeod, Cartoonist, gapingvoid
14h40
Michael Schneider, CEO, Mobile Roadie
15h00
Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman & CEO, Rakuten & Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent, Financial Times
15h20
Andreas Constantinou, Ph.D., Founder & Managing Director, VisionMobile
15h35
Alexander Ljung, Founder & CEO, SoundCloud
15h55
Josh Elman, Principal, Greylock Partners
16h00
Dr. DJ Patil, Data Scientist in Residence, Greylock Partners
16h15
Nick Halstead, Founder & CTO, Datasift
16h30
A Debate: Andrew Keen, Internet Entrepreneur & Broadcaster vs. Robert Scoble, American blogger, technical evangelist, and author, R ackspace 16h55
Juan Diego Calle, Founder & CEO, .CO Internet S.A.S & Loïc Le Meur, LeWeb Founder
17h00
Start-Up Competition Finals & Awards
18h00
Closing remarks
Plenary 2 "´ Tuesday, June 19
STARTUP COMPETITION "´ Schedule coming soon
Plenary 2 - Wednesday, June 20
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRACK
09h45 Welcome RemarksCédric Giorgi, LeWeb + Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group
The social businesstrack´s place at LeWeb, what to expect today, and some figures behind the importance of social for companies . 09h55
Social Media Numbers
Jan Rezab, Co-Founder & CEO, Socialbakers
10h10
Creating Business Value Through Social Media: Organization and Measurement, Maria Poveromo, Director, Social Media, Adobe Sys tems, Inc. 10h25
Q&A with Mikkel Svane, Founder & CEO, Zendesk
10h40
Q&A with Madlen Nicolaus, Senior Marketing & Community Manager, Salesforce Radian6
10h55
How non profits use social media ?
Roberto Kusabbi, Manager, Communities & Social Media, Multimedia, British Heart Foundation
Euan Semple, Director, Voice
Cédric Giorgi, LeWeb
11h35
The power of tools
Moderator: Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group
Luca Benini, Managing Director, Europe, BuddyMedia
Rebecca Quinn, Director of EU Strategy & Operations, Wildfire Interactive
12h00
Q&A - A Luxury Brand on Social Media
Carla Henny - Yves Saint Laurent Beauty & Fragrances (L´Oréal Luxe)
12h15
Q&A - How American Express use social media for service, engagement and even to drive commerce
Bradley R. Minor, Vice President of Social Media Communications, American Express & Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group
12h30-14h30
Lunch
14h30
Sandy Carter, Vice President, Social Business Sales and Evangelism, IBM Corporation
14h45
Q&A with Soraya Darabi, Co-Founder, Foodspotting & Cédric Giorgi, LeWeb
15h00
Q&A with Fraser Kelton, COO, Getglue
15h30-15h35
Closing Remarks
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For more information, please visit http://london.leweb.co/
About LeWeb:
LeWeb Paris is Europe´s number one event for the web industry.
In 2011, nearly 3500 participants from 76 countries and 400 journalists attended LeWeb. Many prestigious speakers have taken part in previous editions, including Karl Lagerfeld, Carlos Ghosn, Shimon Peres, Philippe Starck, Paulo Coelho and Rania de Jordanie.
In June 2012 will be held at Westminster Central Hall in London, the first summer edition of the LeWeb conference.
LeWeb´12 Paris will be held at Les Docks de Paris "´ Porte d´Aubervilliers - 50 Av. du Président Wilson, Saint Denis La Plaine.