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This session on user-centric experiences features Nick Bilton (New York Times), Carlos Bhola (kikin), Tom Glocer (Thomson Reuters), Dave Moore (24/7 Media), and Tero Ojanpera (Nokia). David Kirkpatrick (The Facebook Effect) moderates.
Bio
Carlos Bhola
Carlos M. Bhola is co-Founder and CEO of kikin , delivering next-generation user-centric web and mobile experiences. Bhola was previously Managing Partner of Celsius Capital, an investment and advisory services firm focused on companies in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT); consumer goods; and real estate sectors in the U.S. and China. Current and previous portfolio companies include Vonage, EachNet/eBay China, gate5/Nokia, China Technology Realty (CTR), Chengdu RE, and Aircom.
Bhola also served as Global Head of Internet/Electronic Commerce Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston; prior to which he led Internet/Electronic Commerce and High Technology initiatives for Fortune 500 firms at the Boston Consulting Group. Bhola's most recent academic accomplishment was his pioneering post-graduate research in artificial intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University.
Nick Bilton
Nick Bilton is a technology reporter and the lead writer for the Bits blog. He writes on a range of technology topics, including the future of technology and the social impact of the Web on our culture and media. Mr. Bilton has been with The Times since 2003, both as a design editor in the newsroom and a researcher in the research and development labs. His work in the R&D Labs includes exploring and prototyping content and interaction on futuristic flexible digital displays, a vast array of mobile applications and devices, Times Reader 2.0, Print-to-mobile SMS, Semacode integration, data visualization, content in the living room and context aware sensors.
In addition to The Times, Bilton's work has appeared in Wired, Engadget, Scientific American, CNET, O'Reilly Radar and AlleyInsider. He is currently writing a book titled I Live in the Future: & Here's How It Works (Random House; June, 2010). He is also an adjunct professor at New York University in the Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Tom Glocer
Tom Glocer is Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. It combines unmatched industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. Mr. Glocer joined Reuters Group in 1993 as Vice President and Deputy Counsel, Reuters America. He held a number of senior leadership positions at Reuters, including President of Reuters LatAm and Reuters America, before being named CEO of Reuters Group PLC in July 2001.
He is a director of Merck & Co., Inc., and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City, the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, the Columbia College Board of Visitors, the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University, the Advisory Board of the Judge Institute of Management at Cambridge University, the European Business Leaders Council, the International Advisory Board of British American Business Inc., the International Business Advisory Council London, and the Madison Council of the Library of Congress.
Mr. Glocer holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
David Kirkpatrick
David Kirkpatrick, longtime senior editor for Internet and technology at Fortune Magazine, has written for two decades about the computer and technology industries, as well as the impact of the Internet on business and society. His book, entitled The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World will be published by Simon & Schuster in the U.S. June 15, 2010. The book describes Facebook's history and how this newly-dominant Internet force is changing behaviors across societies worldwide.
Kirkpatrick began writing about computing and technology for Fortune in 1991. He wrote cover stories and features about almost every major tech and Internet company. Known for his weekly Fast Forward column on a wide range of tech topics, Kirkpatrick is regularly ranked one of the world's top technology journalists.
He created Fortune's Brainstorm conference series in Aspen starting in 2001. Now, with a group of former Fortune colleagues, he is launching a new conference, Techonomy, at Lake Tahoe August 4-6.
Kirkpatrick appears regularly at conferences worldwide and on TV, radio, and Net video. He is a member of the World Economic Forum's International Media Council and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dave Moore
David J. Moore is Chairman and Founder of 24/7 Real Media, Inc., a leading global digital marketing company that offers award winning ad serving, targeting, tracking, and analytics platforms, along with powerful search marketing capabilities and a global alliance network of Web sites. As Chairman of 24/7 Real Media, Mr. Moore focuses on strengthening the company's industry position, strategic relationships, recruitment and business development. Mr. Moore also works closely with WPP Digital to support the development and implementation of WPP's digital initiatives.
Mr. Moore has led 24/7 Real Media's growth from start-up to its current position as a leader in digital marketing. He is a respected industry veteran with over 30 years experience in new media property development. Throughout his career, he has consistently distinguished himself as a pioneer and leader. When the bubble burst on the dotcom industry, taking his company with it, Mr. Moore was determined that his company would survive. He held true to his vision that if his company survived it would emerge stronger, with a larger market opportunity and fewer competitors. With a series of bold moves, he succeeded.
Tero Ojanpera
Tero Ojanpera is the head of Nokia's entertainment business, covering music, games, video and TV, online communities and more. As Executive Vice President, Services, Ojanpera is at the forefront of Nokia's push into delivering compelling, interactive entertainment that gives consumers the opportunity to connect with each other to discover and share a wide range of media.
A sought-after industry commentator, author and speaker, he has played a defining role in driving Nokia's evolution as a company since joining in 1990. Ojanpera has held a number of senior roles at Nokia, including Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, as well as head of the Nokia Research Center.
Ojanpera has also been a member of the Nokia Group Executive Board since 2005. He has a master's of science degree from the University of Oulu, Finland and a Ph.D degree from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Digital life for media has serious impact to its integrity of the content,due to easily to manipulate ,clone,forgery and any engineering of the content.
Digital life will change the way businesses,professionals as well as punlic at large to get data and information easily at anywhere.
I believe,the credibility and integrity of the provider of the digital content is the inportant element as well as its corporate governance.
Reuters ,the 151 year-old,was aquired in 2007 by Thomson Corp (Toronto),delisted at LSE and NAsdaq in 2009,questionabe based territory global news services.Thomson Reuters.
in 2007,The Reuters Founder Share Company and its chairman Pehr Gyllenhammar waived Reuters'independence, genuinely Reuters to be "non-independence"
This is happened,due to Reuters close to collapse due to corporate malfeasance.
Further more,Tom Glocer signed and filed false and fake annual reports at UKLA,SEC.,and dit it as well as at Sedar by Thomson Reuters .
This issue to shows questionabe Reuters'integrity,genuinely BIAS.
Honestly,Tom Glocer destroyed Reuters journalism as well as undermine jounalist profession at large.
Genuinely, The current picture of the Reuters ethos and culture with its underlying on what it calls trust principles as follows"BIAS,non-independence and freedom from integrity"in the gathering and dissemination of news and information.
If you are facing seriours matters,there is money should be paid to Reuters whether to run or to kill the story.(monetize content for personal interest)
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