Office 2.0 Conference, October 11-12 2006, San Francisco
I will be one of the speakers at the upcoming Office 2.0 Conference, scheduled for 11-12 October 2006 in San Francisco, joining a stellar list of speakers and companies:
- Rod Boothby, Manager, Ernst & Young
- Stowe Boyd, Managing Director, A Working Model
- Avi Bryant, co-CEO, Dabble DB
- Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO, Atlassian
- Andrew Catton, co-CEO, Dabble DB
- Jeff Clavier, Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
- Nik Cubrilovic, CEO, Omnidrive
- Jnan Dash, CTO, Foldera
- Anil Dash, Vice President, Evangelism, Six Apart
- Scott Dietzen, President and CTO, Zimbra
- Ismael Chang Ghalimi, CEO, Intalio
- Konstantin Guericke, Vice President of Marketing, LinkedIn
- Bruno Hald, Head of Strategy, System One
- Kaliya Hamlin, Network Director, Planetwork
- Eric Hoffert, CEO, ShareMethods
- Joe Kraus, CEO, JotSpot
- Jason Lemkin, CEO, EchoSign
- Ivaylo Lenkov, CEO, SiteKreator
- Matt Marshall, Columnist, The Mercury News
- Ross Mayfield, CEO, Socialtext
- Michael McDerment, CEO, FreshBooks
- Jeffrey McManus, CEO, Approver
- Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery
- Vassil Mladjov, CEO, Blogtronix
- Rafe Needleman, Category Director, CNET
- John Newton, Chairman and CTO, Alfresco
- Jeff Nolan, Evangelist, SAP
- Greg Olsen, CTO, Coghead
- Marc Orchant, Vice President of Marketing, Foldera
- Jason Roberts, CEO, Preezo
- John Roberts, CEO, SugarCRM
- Narendra Rocherolle, Principal, 83 Degrees
- Ken Rudin, CEO, LucidEra
- Dylan Schiemann, CEO, SitePen
- Rajen Sheth, Product Manager, Google
- Tom Snyder, President, iNetOffice
- Bob Sutor, VP, Standards and Open Source, IBM
- Sridhar Vembu, CEO, Zoho
- Charlie Wood, Principal, Spanning Partners
- Jason Wood, Principal, Rothschild Capital Partners
- Ray Wu, Director, Venture Management, HP
- David Young, CEO, Joyent, [Blog]
It looks like a great event, and several of my clients will also be speaking. The guy behind all this is Ismael Ghalimi, an inveterate entrepreneur, and the principal author of IT|Redux, the blog that was the staging ground for Office 2.0 as a concept, and now, as a conference. As the conference website states,
The first Office 2.0 Conference is organized by IT|Redux, and brings together Office 2.0 companies, early adopters, investors, industry analysts, and journalists. The goal for the event is to collectively build the foundation for Office 2.0, investigate technical challenges, and showcase practical applications. Most importantly, it will be an opportunity for like-minded people to meet and network with an elite group of visionaries and industry leaders.
/Message readers can get a $30 discount by registering before 1 September and using the promo code "Stowe Boyd" in the "how did you hear about the conference" field on the registration page.
What is this, an Estrogen Anonymous meeting?
Posted by: jeneane | August 26, 2006 at 08:48 PM
Dear Anonymous,
Good point. We would love to have more female speakers at the event. Any suggestions for candidates?
Posted by: Ismael Ghalimi | August 27, 2006 at 07:20 AM
Stowe, looking forward to it the conference and your presentation. The whole Office 2.0 idea is gaining traction and the conference line-up is impressive. I was speaking with a business reporter recently at the Wash Post and was surprised when I was asked (out of left field) my thoughts on Office. 2.0. Referred him to directly Ismael...
Posted by: Brian Solis | August 27, 2006 at 09:16 AM
Brian,
Thanks for the plug. Much appreciated!
Posted by: Ismael Ghalimi | August 27, 2006 at 01:15 PM
Holy wow...Jeneane is right. One woman? Am I reading it right? A gazillion speakers and one woman?
Shelley is right...we are far from equality.
Posted by: Tara 'Miss Rogue' Hunt | August 31, 2006 at 03:24 PM
"Good point. We would love to have more female speakers at the event. Any suggestions for candidates?" - Ismael Ghalimi
Yes, I have a suggestion - Do your own damn research.
It's not that hard. Just step out of your little bubble for a minute and you'll see that there are hundreds of talented women that could speak at this conference.
Meanwhile I'm encouraging clients and colleagues to avoid this conference. Sorry you had to be the last straw, Ismael, but there it is.
Posted by: please | September 21, 2006 at 02:06 AM