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Timing is everything, right?

For sheer, perfect topicality, MMF 2008 is going to be seriously hard to beat. Take your pick: an epic, media-saturated US election barely a week before, financial markets melting down and big swathes of the media landscape in earthquake mode. In other words, the perfect time to get together the best, brightest and most creative minds in the mediasphere to start looking for opportunities down the road ahead 


So perfect, in fact, that we can't resist doing it all over again--Monaco Media Forum 2009, 11-13 November, back again at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, the best venue on the Med. We'll be announcing formally in February, including some brand new media tricks of our own, courtesy our new friends at SixApart. Plus we'll have a fresh crew of co-chairs to keep pushing the MMF envelope in unexpected dimensions.

In the meantime you can check the links below for highlights from November, including YouTube's special Monaco Media Forum Channel.  Thanks one more time to all our terrific 2008 sponsors--Google, Accel Partners, Vivendi, Lenovo. Thanks particularly to Accel's Joe Schoendorf and his crack team of Napa sommeliers for pulling off one of the best American invasions since D-Day. Special props to the MySpace London team, for pulling out the stops with an eye-popping Cote d'Azurean after party at Monte Carlo's Moods music bar. And above all, thanks to HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, without whose enthusiastic support MMF simply would not happen.
 
Once more, we're locked in for MMF 2009, 11-13 November, same great location. Save those dates if you're already on our list, or drop us a line if you think you should be. Fire away also with ideas about people we should be hearing from or things you think we should be talking about in November--program@monacomediaforum.org. Meantime, watch this space.
 
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Now in its fifth year, MMF brings together leaders of new and old media for two and a half days of high-level discussions about the future of online, broadcast and print communications. Hosted by HSH Prince Albert II, the invitation-only event focuses on emerging opportunities in technology, distribution and content, along with related developments in marketing and finance.

MMF 2009 Program

MMF Chairman

  • His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco

2009 Co-Chairs

  • Nikesh Arora/President, Global Sales and Business Development
    • Google
  • Mathias Döpfner/Chairman
    • Axel Springer AG
  • Lucian Grainge/Chairman & CEO
    • Universal Music Group International
  • Arianna Huffington/Founder & Editor-in-Chief
    • Huffington Post
  • HE Mohammed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei/Chairman
    • Abu Dhabi Media Company
  • Alexandre Lebedev/Chairman
    • National Reserve Corporation
  • Maurice Lévy/Chairman & CEO
    • Publicis Groupe
  • Didier Lombard/Chairman & CEO
    • Orange/France Telecom
  • Paul Sagan/President & CEO
    • Akamai
Past Co-Chairs

Partners

MMF 2010 PROGRAM - Monaco Media Forum

MMF 2010 PROGRAM

Mobilization 
Aux Apps, Netoyens!


WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 

from 13:00  Registration 
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort 

17:00 Welcome - HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco  
Sporting Monte-Carlo  


Keynote - "Internet 2.0" 
Mobile changes everything 
Hans Vestberg/President & CEO, Ericsson 

Roundtable - "Media Unbound" 
New screens, new software, new platforms--who rules the new game? 
Robert Bakish/President, MTV Networks International 
David Kenny/President, Akamai Technologies 
Hans Vestberg/CEO, Ericsson 
Moderator: Emma Barnett/Digital Media Editor, Daily Telegraph


Opening Cocktails hosted by Booz & Company 

Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel

  

Nightcaps
Smart thinkers. big ideas

Blue Gin Bar   

Rahul Sonnad/Founder & CEO, Geodelic Systems

Alain Lévy/CEO, Weborama talks with Max Colchester, The Wall Street Journal

Gerd Leonhard/The Futures Agency & Dwight Witherspoon/Ericsson sneak preview "Press/Pause/Play"

Saad Mohseni/Founder & CEO, Moby Group 

Terry Kawaja/President & CEO, LUMA Partners   
 

THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER 

09:00  "New Waves" 
From the leading edge 

Opening Panel - "Air War" 
Is the Web passé? 
Hugo Barra/Director, Mobile Product Management, Google 
Christian Hernandez/Head of International Business Development, Facebook 
Ilja Laurs/Founder & CEO, GetJar 
Raoul Roverato/EVP New Growth Businesses, Orange 
Moderator: David Rowan/Editor in Chief, WIRED UK 


Roundtable  - "Out of the Box"    
TV absolutely everywhere 
Presentation: Thomas Künstner/VP, European Media Practice, Booz & Company
Daniel Heaf/Digital Director, BBC Worldwide
Michael Comish/CEO, Blinkbox
Patrick Walker/Director of Video Partnerships EMEA, Google/YouTube 
Giles Wilson/CTO, Ericsson Television

Moderator: Staci D. Kramer/Editor & EVP, ContentNext Media  


11:00  Coffee break


Panel  - "Cloudy, with Apps"
Making content pay 
Chris Ahearn/President, Media, Thomson Reuters 
Scott Dinsdale/EVP Global Digital Operations & New Technology, Sony Music Entertainment 
Eric Hippeau/CEO, Huffington Post 
Sara Õhrvall/Director, R&D, Bonnier 
Moderator: Michael J. Wolf/Founder & MD, ACTIVATE

 

Panel - "Audience Factories"
Where's the money? 
Kate Burns/SVP, Sales and Operations, AOL Europe 
Carolyn Everson/CVP - Ad Sales Global Consumer & Online, Microsoft 
Curt Hecht/President, VivaKi Nerve Center
Dev Patel/VP, Advertiser & Publisher Solutions, Yahoo! 
Moderator: Brian Morrissey/Digital Editor, Adweek  


13:00    Lunch 


14:30    BREAKOUTS 1 

"Tablet TV" Medium cool? 
Ian McClelland/Head of New Media, RTL Group
Bruno Patino/Director General, Digital & Strategy, France Televisions
Emil Rensing/CDO, Studio 3 Partners/Epix
Adam Valkin/Accel Partners
Paul Wehrley/COO Clicker
Ido Wiesenberg/Co-Founder & VP Business Development, Tvinci
Moderator: Rodrigo Sepúlveda Schulz


"My Marketing" Mining the social graph 
Reggie Bradford/CEO Vitrue
Werner Brell/Chief Digital Officer, Red Bull Media House
Eric Hippeau/CEO Huffington Post
Mike Jones/CEO MySpace
Mike Lazerow/CEO Buddy Media
Jenny Zeszut/Chief Social Strategist, Lithium
Moderator: Greg Stuart/Global CEO, Mobile Marketing Association


"Musical Chairs" Vision, SVP?
Scott Cohen/Co-Founder & VP International, The Orchard
Fred Davis/Founding Partner, CODE Advisors
Ulrich Jaerkel/SVP Digital & Commercial, Sony Music
Faisal Galaria/Head of Global Business Development Spotify
Moderator: Mike Masnick/Founder, Techdirt & Floor64

"Planet of the Apps" Going mobile 
Alistair Crane/CEO, Grapple Mobile 
Rajeev Goel/CEO Pubmatic
Paran Johar/CMO JumpTap
Jon Vlassopulos/CEO Skyrockit
Nick Wiggin/Head of Advertising Strategy & Partnerships, Ericsson
Moderator: John Gauntt/MD Media Dojo


"The New New Journalism" 
Luca Ascani/Co-Founder & Chairman, Populis
Jim Bankoff/CEO SB Nation
Len Brody/President, Clarity Digital Group/Examiner.com
Burt Herman/CEO Storify
Upendra Shardanand/Founder & CEO, Daylife
Darian Shirazi/Founder & CEO, Fwix   
Moderator: Jenny 8 Lee/Knight News Challenge



15:30 BREAKOUTS 2


"Channel Busters" Video unleashed  
Raj Amin/Co-Founder & CEO Healthination

Alex Blum/CEO KickApps 
Allen DeBevoise/CEO Machinima.com
Jon Goldman/CEO Qlipso
Ran Harnevo/CEO 5MIN 
Jim Louderback/CEO Revision3 
Moderator: Andy Plesser, Beet.tv


"Kinect for Xbox360" Future of the living room  
Bella Archaya/International Director, Xbox Advertising, Microsoft


"Socialism" Soul in the machine 
Immad Akhund/Founder & CEO Heyzap
Gilles Barbier/CEO Tellmewhere
Jyri Engeström/Founder & CEO Pingpin
Andrej Nabergoj/CEO Outfit7
Ory Okolloh/Founder & Executive Director, Ushahidi
Shervin Pishevar/Founder & Executive Chairman, SGN
Moderator: Sarah Szalavitz/CEO 7Robot


"The Privacy Bomb" What to do about data? 
Vincent Ducrey/Special Adviser for New Technologies, Ministry of Education, France
Joelle Firijters/CEO & Co-Founder, Improve Digital
Alex Kelleher/Founder & CEO, Cognitive Match
Alain Lévy/CEO Weborama
Randy Nicolau/CEO & Co-Founder, Demdex
Amiad Solomon/Foundr & President, Peer39
Moderator: John Clippinger/Berkman Center for the Internet & Society, Harvard University


"Apps, Walls & Windows" Up from paid vs free?
James Bilefield/President, Digital, Conde Nast International
Nancy Cruickshank/Executive Director, Digital Development, Telegraph Media Group
Richard Titus/MD Octavian Ventures
Michael Wolff/Editorial Director, Adweek Group
Moderator: Larry Kramer, Author, "C-Scape"


17:00  Keynote - "Going Mobile"
Think different
Darren Huston/CVP, Global Consumer & Online, Microsoft

Conversation - "Social Capital"
Betting big on brave new worlds
Yuri Milner/CEO and Founding Partner, Digital Sky Technologies talks with Michael Wolff/Editorial Director, Adweek Media Group 


20:30 Gala Dinner & MMF Prize Award

Salle Empire, Hotel de Paris

After-Party hosted by Yahoo!
Grimaldi Forum


FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

09:00   "New Waves"
From the leading edge
Sporting Monte-Carlo 


Panel  -  "Analyze This" 
What do we know & when do we know it? 
Magid Abraham/CEO, comScore 
Steve Hasker/President, Media Product Leadership & Advertiser Solutions, The Nielsen Company 
Jeff Levick/President, Global Advertising & Strategy, AOL
Eran Shir/Founder & CTO, Dapper

Moderator:  Dave Morgan/Founder & CEO, Simulmedia  

Keynotel - ""Mobile First"
What do we know & when do we know it? 
Carlo d'Asaro Biondo/VP Southern & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa with Hugo Barra/Director, Mobile Product Management, Google


Conversation - "Faster Track"
The view from Europe
Neelie Kroes/Vice President for the Digital Agenda, European Commission talks with Patience Wheatcroft/Editor in Chief, Europe, The Wall Street Journal


Coffee break


Conversation - "Ones & Zeros"
Making digital work
James Murdoch, Chief Executive, Europe & Asia, News Corp talks with Aryeh Bourkoff, Vice Chairman - Global Head of TMT, UBS

Roundtable - "Sky Writing"
Building brands in a mobilized world
Cathy Davies/VP, Brand & Communications Global Marketing, Sony Ericsson
Babs Rangaiah/VP Global Communications Planning, Unilever
Greg Stuart/Global CEO, Mobile Marketing Association
Moderator: Michael Kassan/Chairman & CEO, Media Link


Panel  - "Silicon Envy"
Will Europe ever build the next new media giant?
Mike Butcher/Editor, TechCrunch Europe
Esther Dyson/Chairman, EDventure Holdings
Jonathan Knee/Senior MD, Evercore Partners
Erel Margalit/Founder & Managing Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners
Moderator: John Gapper/Associate Editor, Chief Business Commentator, Financial Times

13:00 Closing Lunch

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