MindTrek 2009 conference
Scandic Hotel Rosendahl
Pyynikintie 13
Tampere, Finland
MindTrek is the leading Nordic digital media and business conference, focusing on social media & Web 2.0. At MindTrek you will see the newest trends, innovations, revolutionary business phenomena and hear insights from the most high-spirited visionaries.
Last year the conference gathered together over 800 people from 32 countries, with around 150 international visitors.
The conference brings together entrepreneurs, researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and economy, to technology.
In recent years there have been speakers such as Marc Davis (Yahoo!), Chris DiBona (Google), Anssi Vanjoki (Nokia), Bob Sutor (IBM), Ashwin Navin (BitTorrent), Paula le Dieu (BBC, Creative Archive), Florence Nibart-Devouard (Wikimedia Foundation), Teemu Kurppa (Jaiku), Jim Zemlin (Linux Foundation), Monty Widenius (MySQL), Rick Falkvinge (The Pirate Party), etc.
Conference Agenda
Thursday Oct 1st
Social Media – Now What?
Social media services have zillions of users and enterprise collaboration tools are used more and more – now what?
Mind Your Community Business!
Be it users, clients, partners, developers, fans or whoever – businesses seek to build strong communities to interact and engage. How to do it in the right way?
MindTrek Launchpad
Check out the most innovative new Finnish digital media products – and the people behind them, who have the urge to make it big.
Friday Oct 2nd
Beyond Open Innovation
Open ambitions have been changing the innovation landscape. What are the prerequisites and limits for open innovation? In which areas does it work best? Can it contribute to social change?
Rebirth of Mobile Life
Phones have evolved into portable computers, the internet is coming into our pockets, and WAP-style slogans are making sense. How is mobile life going to thrive now?
Visions of Future User Interfaces
We do not control our computers by voice nor walk around wearing virtual reality helmets, but the keyboard, joystick and gamepad are no longer the only rulers of the game. What do the visions of future user interfaces look like today?
Key Speakers
Måns Adler, Bambuser, Founder & Evangelist
Peter Cheng, TargetSource Tech Ltd, Community Strategist & Open Source Evangelist
David Coleman, Collaborative Strategies, Founder & Managing Director
Ignacio Correas, eBox, CEO
Jyri Engeström, Google, Product Manager
Ryan Genz, Cute Circuit, Co-Founder
Adam Greenfield, Nokia, Head of Design Direction
Ido Guy, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Manager of the Social Technologies group
Pekka Himanen, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology / University of Oxford, Principal Scientist & Professor
Antti Karjalainen, The Finnish Institute in London, Programme Director
Leo Kärkkäinen, Nokia Research Center, Research Fellow & Chief Visionary
Inka Mero, Backstage Alliance
Chris Messina, Vidoop / OpenID
Jani Penttinen, XIHA, Co-Founder & CTO
Maria Pienaar, Finpro USA, Sr. Consultant
Kaija Pöysti, Aldanella, CEO & Co-Entrepreneur
Francesca Rosella, Cute Circuit, Co-Founder
Marko Torkkeli, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Doctor of Science & Acting Professor
Andrea Vascellari, iTive, CEO
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