This event was a collaborative venture between the Web Science Trust and Intellect. This wass a follow on event from the Discussion Meeting "Web Science: A New Frontier" which took place at the Royal Society in September 2010. http://royalsociety.org/Web-science-a-new-frontier/
What was talked about?
The Web has transformed your relationships with stakeholders, their interactions with each other and their regard for your brands. This transformation couldn't have been foreseen just a decade or so ago. Imagine what the New Web promises for the future.
The New Web is already here, and the early adopters have begun to put it to work. The sooner your organisation understands what it is, what's possible and what's happening today, the sooner you can pursue the opportunities and secure competitive advantage. This was a unique event bringing together the key players in the technology industry which helped us to discover new and better ways to do business, run our countries, and lead fulfilling and sustainable lives via the intelligent, innovative and diligent development of the New Web.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and a host of experts, brought delegates up to speed and helped attendees to find how these new technologies can improve internal processes as well as public relations.
Agenda Topics:
Unlocking the Value in Open Data Open data is a term describing the philosophy and act of making certain data freely available to everyone, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other control mechanisms. The panel debates the wider benefits of organisations beginning to open their data.
Open for Business What further opportunities and challenges, beyond today's norms, will the Web hold for business? The panel discusses the opportunities and threats which increasing web openness and mobility will present to agile businesses.
Driving Business Success through Social Analytics Leading organisations listen actively to the social Web for clues about their performance and reputation; and that of their competitors. Moreover, they're adept at translating this intelligence into competitive advantage. The panel reviews best practice to date, and takes a look at what's expected in the next year or two.
Is every Company now a Media Company? The media has always played a role in connecting organisations with stakeholders, but how have new media and disintermediation changed this landscape? The panel discusses social media, citizen journalism, brand journalism, and the ramification of device convergence and divergence – PCs, netbooks, mobiles, smartphones, TVs and tablets.
Who spoke?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Web Science Trust
Philip Sheldrake, Intellect
Andrew Stott, Cabinet Office
Bill Thompson, BBC
Nigel Shadbolt, Web Science Trust
Dame Wendy Hall, Web Science Trust
Jonny Bentwood, Edelman
Martin Moore, Media Standards Trust
JP Rangaswami, Salesforce
Ralf Herbrich, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Mike Galvin, BT
Charlie Beckett, London School of Economics
Graham Spittle, IB
Ian Davis, Talis
Phil Tetlow, IBM
Victor Henning, Mendeley
Paul Taylor, Radian6
Lesley Cowley , Nominet
Prof. Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University
Sudarsham Murthy, The Else Institute
Hector Arthur, The Times
What did I miss?
Delegates were drawn from Intellect members, CEOs and Business Development Directors of companies wanting to exploit new opportunities of the new web. Technology companies, IT solution providers, infrastructure providers, marketing and public relations organisations etc.
When and where was it?
Monday 23 May 2011
08:30-17:30 followed by a drinks reception
The Royal Society, 6-9, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
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