agenda overview NY2008

The agenda for WidgetWebExpo London will be posted soon. To see the types of topics we cover have a look at the agenda from the recent New York conference below:

WidgetWebExpo New York Agenda Overview

Day 1: Monday - June 16th, 2008
8:30-9:00 Registration - Grand Ballroom Foyer E
9:00-9:15 Welcome - Grand Ballroom FG
9:15-10:00 Keynote – Open Special
Hooman Radfar, Clearspring
Grand Ballroom FG
Track1: Platforms & Distribution
Grand Ballroom FG
Track2: Tools & Technology
Grand Ballroom HI
10:00-10:45 Show us the money!
Chris Cunningham, Appssavvy
Towards a long term widget strategy
Ivan Pope, Snipperoo
10:45-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15 Media Transformative
David Cushman, Bauer Consumer Media
Promotional widgets for the masses
Carnet Williams, Sprout
12:15-1:00 The Value of open social networks for widgets
Marc Canter, Broadbandmechanics
Widget Platforms Panel
Chair:
Richard J. Krueger, AboutFaceDigital
Rooly Eliezerov, Gigya
Steve Banfield, Mixercast
Matthew McNeely, Sprout
Mike Berkley, SplashCast Media
Marcia Kadanoff, MuseStorm
1:00-2:30 Lunch
2:30-3:15 Micro Interactions: Can portable experiences go mainstream? (Panel)
Chair: David Armano
David Malouf, Motorola Enterprise Mobility
Matt Dickman, Fleishman-Hillard
Steve Rubel, Edelman Digital
Ian Schafer, DeepFocus
Stephanie Agresta, InternetGeekGirl.com
Widgets to Features: Leveraging Widgets and Apps to Provide Cross Domain Functionality
Lawrence Coburn, RateItAll
3:15-3:45 Micro Interactions: Can portable experiences go mainstream? (continued)
Chair: David Armano
David Malouf, Motorola Enterprise Mobility

Matt Dickman, Fleishman-Hillard
Steve Rubel, Edelman Digital
Ian Schafer, DeepFocus
Stephanie Agresta, InternetGeekGirl.com
Are widget standards an oxymoron
Chad Catacchio, ZoomProspector.com
3:45-4:10 Break
4:10-5:00 What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? What does a widget campaign look like from an agency perspective
Michael Leis, Emerge Digital
Can widgets save display advertising?
Jonathan Mendez, RAMP Digital
5:00-5:30 Agency Case Study: Distributing widgets from banner ads increases ROAS, GUARANTEED
Anthony Zito, mediaFORGE
Open Standards or How the Community Got It’s Groove Back
Chris Saad, Faraday Media, DataPortability Project
Khris Loux, JS-Kit
5:30-7:00 Networking Drinks
Day 2: Tuesday - June 17th, 2008
8:30-9:00 Registration - Grand Ballroom Foyer E
9:00-9:15 Welcome - Grand Ballroom FG
9:15-10:00 Keynote: Startups with widgets, widgets as startups
Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
Grand Ballroom FG
Track1: Platforms & Distribution
Grand Ballroom FG
Track2: Tools & Technology
Grand Ballroom HI
10:00-10:45 Social Meaning In A Fragmented World: Can We Come Together In A Web That’s Exploding?
Stowe Boyd, The /Messengers
How we built a widget that can really interact with the users
Chris Thorpe, Mindcandy
Michael Smith, Mindcandy
10:45-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15 Widgets bring more value to mobile than desktop
Craig Cumberland, Nokia
Using Widgets To Accomplish Business Goals
Josh Bernoff, Forrester Research
12:15-1:00 Widgets as Adverts: how do we go from here to there?
Scott Rafer, Lookery
Widgets and SEO: Guiding principles of widget promotion
Patrick Sexton, SEOish.com
1:00-2:30 Lunch
2:30-3:15 Widgets promoting widgets
Fraser Kelton, AdaptiveBlue
Creating an ecosystem for widgets on mobile
Chair: Khris Loux, JS-Kit
Ganesh Sivaraman, Nokia
Srinivas Mandyam, Plusmo
Chris Brozenick, WeatherBug
Ilicco Elia, Thomson Reuters
Matt Gross, uLocate Communications
3:15-3:45 Tracking widgets in the wild
Linda Boland Abraham, comScore, Inc.
The Future of Online Branding, Content and Advertising on the Web
Jeff Nolan, NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
3:45-4:10 Break
4:10-5:00 Exploring the Web and Desktop Widget Dichotomy
Danny Espinoza, AmnestyWidgets
The What, Why, Where and How of Widget Metrics
Jodi McDermott, Clearspring Technologies
Albert Lai, Kontagent
5:00-5:45 Hands On Workshop: The Top 10 Widget Mistakes
Ori Soen, MuseStorm
Platform-A: Putting widgets to work
Brent Halliburton, Platform-A
Joel Fisher, Advertising.com

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