Conference Event : Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
The Emerging Real-Time Social Web
- 24 Sept 08 16:20-17:30
With ubiquitous internet connections and a surge of connected mobile services, slices of reality can be saved that people could not capture before. Saving and sharing our presence, we can feel those of others as well. We are on the verge of a reality with ‘social peripheral vision’, in which ambient friendships flourish and life stories and life’s details are stored, shared and searchable.
Moderator Linda Stone, a lecturer and writer, is widely recognised as a visionary thinker and thought leader focused on trends and their strategic and consumer implications.
Jyri Engestromis a social scientist as well as the founder of Finnish mobile presence service Jaiku, which was acquired by Google in 2007; his subsequent move to Silicon Valley resulted in his renewed attention to social processes in new media platforms.
Philip Rosedale is the founder of the 3D online world Second Life and a pioneer in virtual worlds.
Matt Jones is a creative director and user experience designer who worked a Sapient and the BBC before founding travel service Dopplr.
Addy Feuerstein is the co-founder and CEO of AllofMe, a service that allows you to create digital personal timelines from digital assets such as pictures, videos, and blogs.
