When talking about new web
events people should think of Web 2.0
Expo in the US, LeWeb 3 in
Europe and now come the first Internet event in Asia: Open Web Asia 2008 Conference.
The Conference will be held at Sheraton Grande Walkerhill 14th Oct 2008
in Seoul, Korea in association with the 9th World Knowledge Forum. This
is the first big event organized by by members of the Open Web Asia
Workgroup and friends, partners within the Asian web industry. Details
can be found on the official website OpenWebAsia.com. Confirmed
speakers include some of the most experienced and knowledgeable people
from the Asian internet industry and a selection of business leaders and
thinkers from outside the region.Kevin Day (CEO, Comsenz)
(China)
Arthur Chang (VP of Global Sales, Alibaba) (China)
Yongjoon Hyoung (CEO of StoryBlender & Founder of Cyworld)
(Korea)
Yongseok Jang (Senior Director, eBay Asia Pacific)
(Korea)
Yozo Kaneko (Director and COO of ngi group, inc.)
(Japan)
James W. Kim (CEO of Yahoo!’s Korea Region) (Korea)
Jimmy Kim (Executive Vice President, Nexon Corp.) (Korea)
Loic Le
Meur (CEO, Seesmic) (USA)
Ram Lee (Head of Communities, NHN
Corporation (Naver)) (Korea)
Kent Lindström (Senior Vice President,
Corporate Development, Friendster) (USA)
Shusaku Maruko (General
Manager, Corporate Strategy Department, Felica) (Japan)
Jean K. Min
(Communications Director, Ohmynews) (Korea)
Akio Tanaka (Partner,
Infinity Ventures) (Japan)
Bill Wang (VP of Overseas Business,
Perfect World) (China)
Andreas Weigend (Consultant & Lecturer;
Former Chief Scientist of Amazon) (USA)
Kwan Yoon (Partner, Bluerun
Ventures) (USA)