CMP Technology's Enterprise 2.0 Announces Keynote Lineup
DeBeer, Tapscott, Rhodin, Weinberger, Burney, Polese, Mayfield, Schueller, Moore and McAfee Among List of Executives and Visionaries to Speak at This Year's Event
BOSTON, May 25 / -- CMP Technology today announced the keynote lineup for Enterprise 2.0 2007 taking place June 18-21 at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston. This year's featured speakers will discuss the impact of new technology on the future of business, not only from a technical and financial standpoint, but from a social and cultural point as well. More information regarding keynote speakers, conference content, and registration can be found at: http://www.enterprise2conf.com/.
"Making the shift to a 2.0 organization is no longer an option," said Steve Wylie, Enterprise 2.0 Conference Chair. "In order to remain competitive, it is imperative to integrate new technologies and organizational best practices. We are thrilled to present such an esteemed group of keynote speakers who will set the tone for the conference, provide insight into how and why integrating these processes is important, and to empower the audience with the knowledge to put these practices to work."
Enterprise 2.0 2007 featured keynotes include:
o Marthin De Beer, Senior Vice President, Emerging Markets Technology
Group at Cisco, will discuss the effect of user generated content, mass
collaboration and social networking on how employees want to work,
collaborate, and exchange ideas in the workplace.
o Andrew McAfee, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, will
review some of the most interesting developments since the phrase
"Enterprise 2.0" was coined just over a year ago.
o Dennis Moore, General Manager, Emerging Solutions, SAP Labs, will focus
on the intersection of Web 2.0 technologies with enterprise data and
services as well as some of the future interesting and impactful uses
of Web 2.0 technologies.
o Michael D. Rhodin, General Manager at IBM Lotus, will discuss how
social software and end user mash-ups are adding a new dimension of
imagination and innovation to unlock and leverage skills within
organizations.
o Donald Tapscott, Author of Wikinomics, explores a new age where people
participate in the economy like never before, reaching a tipping point
where new forms of mass collaboration are changing how goods and
services are invented, produced, marketed, and distributed on a global
basis.
o David Weinberger, Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society will
discuss the radical changes taking place in business as employees make
more direct connections and all information is available, readily
assembled and reassembled on demand.
o Other keynote presenters include Derek Burney, General Manager,
SharePoint Platform and Tools, Microsoft; Kim Polese, CEO, SpikeSource;
Joe Schueller, Innovation Manager, Procter & Gamble Global Business
Services and Ross Mayfield, CEO and Co-Founder, Socialtext.
Enterprise 2.0 will also include more general sessions and keynotes, six conference tracks, tutorials and a demo pavilion, featuring the top names in the industry. Enterprise 2.0 offers attendees the knowledge and insight needed to leverage new tools and technologies hand in hand with culture and processes, to increase innovation, productivity and agility. The technologies covered in this conference include everything from large scale enterprise application suites and communications infrastructure to lightweight web-based applications.
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