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Back To The Future - Beyond Web 2.0

Moderator
Jeremiah Owyang


Web Strategist & Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems
Jeremiah Owyang is a self-described Global Web Strategist who's a known blogger and podcaster among the Social Media industry. Currently, he maintains the title of Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara. Recently he's been tasked to understand the emerging web market on behalf of Hitachi Data Systems in the role of Business Development. He's spearheaded the corporate blogging program, which has empowered key executives to publically evangelize the corporate message, and also involved with other new media focuses as well as involvement with various Extranet and Intranet projects.
Jeremiah has held a variety of web related roles at companies such as World Savings, Cable and Wireless, and Exodus Communications. Jeremiah holds a Bachelor Degree in Marketing from San Francisco State University.
Jeremiah Owyang blogs at: web-strategist.com

Speakers
Robert Scoble

Vice President Media Development at PodTech.net & Blogger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble

Harry McCracken

Vice President/Editor in Chief, PC WORLD
Named Editor in Chief of PC World in March 2004, Harry McCracken oversees
all editorial and design for PC World, PCWorld.com, and the PC World Test
Center. His areas of expertise include the Internet, PC service and
support, digital imaging, and other aspects of technology; his "Up Front"
column opens each issue of the magazine. McCracken also authors PC World’s
Techlog, a Web log with news, opinions, and links on PCWorld.com.

McCracken has won numerous honors for his work at PC World, including Jesse
H. Neal Awards for "Best Subject-Related Series" in 1998, 2000, 2001, and
2002, a 2000 Grand Neal Award from American Business Media, was recognized
with the 2004 American Business Media’s Western Award for Editorial Courage
and Integrity, and recently won a 2005 min's Best Of the Web Award for Best
Blog. He has appeared as an industry expert on television and radio
programs on ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and the BBC. He also collaborated with
Dateline NBC on a multi-state undercover investigation into PC repair in
2000 which aired later that year. A past contributor to USA Today, Family
Circle, and other publications, McCracken was named to the Technology
Marketing Influencers list in 2002 and 2003. A 15-year veteran of
technology journalism, he served as an editor at InfoWorld and Computer
Buying World prior to joining PC World in 1994.

McCracken has been a screener for the Jesse H. Neal Awards for the past
three years, and also judged the National Magazine Awards for 2003 and
2004. In addition, he serves on the editorial board of American Business
Media, and was a judge for ABM’s Littleford Awards for Public Service in
2003.

A graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in history and a
minor in English, McCracken has lived in Massachusetts, Oregon, and London,
England, and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sean Ness


Co-Founder at STIRR.net & Business Development Manager at Institute for the Future
Sean Ness oversees Business Development for the Institute for the Future (www.iftf.org), a Palo Alto-based think tank and is a Co-Founder of the STIRR Network (www.stirr.net). Prior to IFTF & STIRR, he has served in business development roles for startups (desktopstandard & eSelf) and market research firms (Forrester Research & ComputerWire). He has a BS in Materials Engineering from Penn State University.


Jeremiah Owyang


Web Strategist & Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems
Jeremiah Owyang is a self-described Global Web Strategist who's a known blogger and podcaster among the Social Media industry. Currently, he maintains the title of Manager of Online Community Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara. Recently he's been tasked to understand the emerging web market on behalf of Hitachi Data Systems in the role of Business Development. He's spearheaded the corporate blogging program, which has empowered key executives to publically evangelize the corporate message, and also involved with other new media focuses as well as involvement with various Extranet and Intranet projects.
Jeremiah has held a variety of web related roles at companies such as World Savings, Cable and Wireless, and Exodus Communications. Jeremiah holds a Bachelor Degree in Marketing from San Francisco State University.
Jeremiah Owyang blogs at: web-strategist.com