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LeWeb '08 - Technology Conference From Paris - Day 1

ended Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 12:40 PM

achived URL: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3CF4A7FA9D08C658

event website URL: http://www.lewebparis.com/

start date and time: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 2:45 AM

end date and time: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 12:40 PM

categories:   technology   business & financial

event description:

video webcast -

First day of leading web 2.0 conference LeWeb '08 in Paris, France.

The schedule follows (all times in ET) -

2:45 – 3:00
am - Opening remarks - Geraldine & Loïc Le Meur – LeWeb Founders

3:00 – 3:20
am - Dan’l Lewin - Corporate VP for Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft Corporation
- Interviewed by Steve Gillmor - Founder, The Gillmor Gang

3:20-3:40 am - Nikesh Arora - SVP, Google and President, EMEA Operations

3:40-4:00
am - David Weinberger - Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

4:00 – 4:30
am - Amit Kapur - Chief Operating Officer, MySpace
- Interviewed by Michael Arrington, Co-Founder & Editor, TechCrunch

4:30 – 5:00 am - BREAK


5:00 – 5:20 am - Itay Talgam, Conductor

5:20 – 5:40
am - Linda Avey -Co-Founder, 23AndMe, Inc.
- Interviewed by Cedric Ingrand, Technology Editor & Resident Geek, LCI-TV

5:40 – 6:35 am - LUST, ROMANCE, ATTACHMENT: The Drive to Love
- Helen Fisher - Visiting Research Professor, Rutgers University

6:35 – 8:15 am - BREAK

8:30 - 8:40 am - Start-up competition update by the judges

8:40 – 9:20 am - Paulo Coelho, Author

9:20 – 9:30 am - Virtual Goods Make Real Money - Susan Wu, CEO, ohai

9:30 – 9:55 am - The way to a brand’s heart - Panel

9:55 – 10:15 am - Didier Lombard, Chairman and CEO, France Telecom - Orange

10:15 – 10:35
am - Yossi Vardi - Investor & Entrepreneur
- Interviewed by Kara Swisher - Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com; Blogger, Boomtown; Co-Executive Producer, D: All Things Digital

10:35-10:45 am - Start-up competition update

10:45 – 10:55
am - Europe’s Start-up Scene: An update - Mike Butcher - UK & Europe Editor, TechCrunch

10:55 - 11:05 am - Introduction with Morten Lund - Chief Ideologist, Lund XY Global Ventures

11:05 – 11:15 am - Pierre Chappaz, CEO, Wikio

11:15 – 11:55
am - Money Talks: Getting Financed in a Recession - Panel

11:55 am – 12:15
pm - Marc Simoncini - Founder & CEO, MEETIC
- Fireside Chat with Loïc Le Meur

sponsor's website: http://www.lewebparis.com/