Jimmy Wales,
Founder and Chair Emeritus, Wikipedia
'Re-imaging the way we will access knowledge on the internet'

In this presentation, Jimmy explains the significance of the internet on our culture, and the importance of open standards and editorial processes in areas such as Search, encyclopedia and other information sources. Jimmy discusses what leadership in a virtual, open world means, the effect of mobile technology, and innovation that is spawning new disruptive technology that will again shape industries as we know them.

Sharon Greene,
Managing Director of RISC International
'Society in Technology or Technology in Society : unravelling the next challenge...'

In this important presentation, Sharon sets the context for how consumers across different industries and geographies are shifting to use technology more now than ever before, shaping, driving and adopting new technology innovation. Sharon shares insights into how consumers are evolving their methods of adoption, buying practices, and advocacy of brands, predominantly through the ever-increasing use of the internet.

An interview with Steve Wozniak,
Co-Founder, Apple
'How a great technology company was built - looking at the future through the lens of Woz...'

For the first time in the UK, the inventor of the PC as we know it, and co-founder of one of the most influential companies on our society and culture, discusses what it takes to build a great company, leadership choices, innovation approaches, how to get the best out of people, the impact of the digital revolution and insightful predictions on where it will go.

Warren East,
Chief Executive Officer, ARM
'Innovation in business models and low power technology fuels tomorrow's consumer experiences'

Warren reviews the impact of low power technology and device miniaturisation across PC-based devices, mobile devices, infrastructure and other platforms. He will also share his views on how products will evolve over time in both the consumer and enterprise markets and the impact they will have on business models.

Charles Giancarlo,
President and CEO, Avaya Inc
'Advancing communication in a virtual world'

This important presentation explores how communication is changing across industry, bringing together voice and data technologies to enable communication to drive intuitive business processes. Lou highlights how communications companies are transforming from hardware to software and services business models in order to enable this important convergence of technology to evolve and benefit all industries.

Harpal Kumar,
CEO of Cancer Research UK
'Technology in the progress against human disease - can we make it a higher priority?'

Harpal discusses the progress and importance of technology in fighting human disease such as Cancer. He shares some important statistics and trends on how technology has helped make incredible leaps forward, and an outlook of what must be done to continue the fight.

An interview with Peter Guber,
Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment
'Balancing the buyer's heart with technology innovation to deliver great consumer experiences'

This legendary Hollywood producer discusses the shape of the transforming entertainment industry, the impact of the internet and how the consumer experience is changing across different formats and over different platforms. Peter shares his leadership views, his role in pioneering new technologies and in identifying opportunities to build the next generation entertainment company.

John Swainson,
President and COO, Symantec Corporation
'Technology Natives: turning IT Inside out'

John shares his vision of how IT organisations will evolve and manage themselves in the future. This important presentation focuses on new innovation, technology convergence and business model shifts in order to ensure the IT function can make a credible difference to the business.

Suranga Chandratillake
Chief Executive Officer, Blinkx
'Advancing Search to revolutionize the way we use video content over the web'

Suranga is a highly regarded expert on the convergence of the Web and TV, including the future of television, interactive TV and online advertising. In this key presentation, Suranga will explore how video content is evolving on the web, focusing on what types of content will be available in the future, the challenges of piracy and regulation, and on how Search will play a key role in making this accessible for the global audience

Enrique Salem,
President and COO, Symantec Corporation
'Technology Natives: turning IT Inside out'

This presentation tackles IT security risks both inherent in your business and at home, and how the behaviour of individuals changes by generation from the old to the new. Enrique shares with us some important insight into how these behaviours manifest themselves inside our business and what can be done to indentify and tackle IT security risk.

4.55pm

Russel Daniels,
VP & Chief Technology Officer, Hewlett-Packard
'The Intuitive Internet: Technology that anticipates our needs'

Russ discusses how Cloud Computing lays the foundation for dynamic web services that anticipate and respond to individual and business needs. These services will allow organizations to scale up and address millions of customers in new ways that were previously unavailable. Russ will describe the business, social, and technological innovations needed to capitalize on this opportunity.

A rare interview with Sir Richard Branson,
Chairman of Virgin Group
'Creating new consumer experiences for the next generation'

In a highly anticipated interview, Sir Richard shares with us his leadership style, risks that he has taken that have helped shaped his endeavours, his passion for new disruptive technology, smart bets on creating new consumer experiences and how he intends to transform two key industries and take on the global clean technology challenge.

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