My trip is on, the transit strikes in France died down and also, the Final Program for LeWeb3 is set - here it is (and I'll highlight in Pink the sessions I will focus on and provide press coverage of as well as some video footage):

DECEMBER 11, 2007  

08h30 - 08h40   
Welcome to the Evolution/Revolution - Loic Le Meur

08h40 - 08h55    
Persistent communication and its impact on being social:
Evan Williams - Twitter/Obvious

08h55 - 09h40    
Web 2.0 - The Dark Side   (sounds intersting - I wonder if they're going to have Darth Vader or something like that there).
Laurent Haug - LIFT Conference (moderator)
Michel Jaccard - attorney
Jaewoong Lee - Daum Communications
Joanna Shields - Bebo
Dan Rose - Facebook
Chris Alden - SixApart

09h40 - 10h00    
Making your information social
Kevin Rose - DIGG in conversation with Sarah Lacy - Author  (been wanting to connect with Kevin - given everyone is speaking 15 or 20 minutes - I'm wondering just what is going to be said about Digg).

10h00 - 10h20
Why books and school lectures still exist
Hans Rosling

10h20 - 11h00    Coffee Break 

11h00 - 11h20 
What IS social about design (I'm more interested in the speakers than the subject, based on what I can tell, so far),
Philippe Stark

11h20 - 11h50   
The Internet's impact on design
Mattias Luefkens - World Economic Forum (moderator)
Brent Hoberman - MyDeco.com
Rafi Haladjan - Nabaztag
Iris Ben David - StyleShake.com
Alexander Casassovici - Wavestorm

11h50 - 12h05
Technology's impact on corporate culture
Nelson Mattos - Google

12h05 - 12h20
Storytelling and technology - evolution of society
June Cohen - TED Conference  (I'd love to be invited to the next TED Conference - so I would like to hear what June has to say -though the 4K to attend might be a problem for me).

12h20 - 12h35
Personalization 2.0 …3.0 … the projection of personal image
Jonathan Medved - Vringo

12h35 - 14h30    Lunch

14h30 - 14h55   
Social Media: Is it killing our society ? (this should be pretty interesting - I wonder how it's going to be spun?  How can anyone say Social Media is killing society ….. I'm  curious about that comparison ….I'll let my readers know what Eric, Andrew and Emily have to say - and see if I can get any good footage. 

Besides, my commitee at the WAA is Social Media - so I have to examine people saying that Social Media might be killing society)
Eric Archambeau - Wellington Partners (moderator)
Andrew Keen - Author
Emily Bell - The Guardian

14h55 - 15h40   
Bringing social to software: Radical change is coming. Are we ready ?
Marc Canter - Broadband Mechanics (moderator)
Tariq Krim - Netvibes
Hans Peter Brondmo - Plum
Patrick Chanezon - Google
Susan Kish

15h40 - 15h55   
Beyond compression and access to discovery - the new frontier
Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg - Fraunhofer Society

15h55 - 16h20   
Music 2.0: Where do we go from here?
Ralph Simon - Chairman Emeritus & Founder Mobile Entertainment Forum - Americas (moderator)
>Eric Bauptiste - CISAC
Gerd Leonhard - Media Futurist

16h20 - 16h45
The beat goes on - and so does the debate (with some more participants)
Ralph Simon - Chairman Emeritus & Founder Mobile Entertainment Forum - Americas (moderator)
Gilles Babinet - Eyeka
Eric Bauptiste - CISAC
Gerd Leonhard - Media Futurist

16h45 - 17h30  Coffee Break

17h30 - 17h40  
Who needs musicians ?
Tal Choizen - Garage Geeks … and a special guest

17h40 - 18h10  
Digitized Worlds
Joi Ito

(I wonder if this will be about Virtual Worlds like Second Life?)

18h10 - 18h35   
Casual vs. Serious Games
Jeff Clavier - SoftTech VC (moderator)
Mathieu Nouzareth - Boonty/Cafe.com
Hubert Thieblot - Cursed

18h35 - 18h50  
Disruption and Innovation
Hugh Macleod - GapingVoid
Ben Metcalfe - DotBen

(I guess I have to sit through and listen to what Hugh has to say - met him earlier this year in NYC)

18h50 - 19h45  
Is there reality to a virtual world economy ? (yep, I'll be really interested in what what is being said here)
Sasha Frieze - Virtual Worlds Forum (moderator)
Clay Shirky - NYU
Marc Samwer -  European Founders Fund
Mattias Miksche - Stardoll
Gilbert Revillon - PCMC at LaSer
Joerg Reimann - BMW

LeWeb3 Party ….with

 

 

 

I'm wondering if the LeWeb Party is going to be like the one they had last year….. Here's a clip from it - Yah, Paris ….. I hope it's as good, and they can even pull my up on stage, but I bet I'll be grinning if they do:

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I'll let my readers know if it's as good as it looks from here.

 

DECEMBER 12, 2007

08h30 - 08h40   
Opening remarks  - Loic Le Meur

08h40 - 08h55
Mobility, multimedia and the consumers' impact
Ari Virtanen - Nokia

08h55 - 09h10   
Why we need to blow things up  (I want to hear the arguments for this)
Dan Dubno

09h10 - 09h45   
Making things personal … investing
Danny Rimer - Index Ventures (moderator)
Mark Read - WPP
Oliver Jung - Angel Investor
Jean David Chamboredon - 3i
Morten Lund - Angel Investor

09h45 - 10h00
Why enterprise 2.0, isn't
JP Rangaswami - >British Telecom

10h00 - 10h45    
What is innovative today ?
Cathy Brooks - LeWeb3 Content Curator (moderator)
"Startathalon" judges
Top three companies from the competition

10h45 - 11h00
Evolving innovation
Dave Winer - Scriping News - in conversation with Loic Le Meur

(I met Dave Winer briefly, earlier this year at MobileBarCampNYC about 7 months ago - that's my only direct contact with him).

11h00 - 11h40  Coffee Break  

11h40 - 11h55
Evolving entrepreneurship
Martin Varsavsky - FON - in conversation with Loic Le Meur

11h55 - 12h15    
Internet pollution and how to stop it
Jason Calacanis - Mahalo

Is Jason going to insult another group of people?  I know he already insulted the SEO Community (they deserved it, btw) but …who is he going to go after today?

12h15 - 12h30
Interface design and user experience
Shahram Izadi - Microsoft Research

12h30 - 12h45    
New and Improved methods for biological data transfer
Yossi Vardi

12h45 - 13h00    
Is there a Web 3.0 and where do social networks fit in?
Reid Hoffman - LinkedIn

13h00 - 14h45    Lunch   

14h45 - 15h45        
Television Reborn
Jeff Pulver - Pulver.com (moderator)
Benjamin Bejbaum - Daily Motion
Nir Ofir - BlogTV
Robert Scoble - PodTech
Anthony Rose - BBC
Conrad Riggs - Mark Burnett Productions (LonelyGirl15)

15h45 - 16h00   
Rattling the Cage
a conversation with a disruptive entrepreneur
Joost (speaker TBD)

16h00 - 16h20   
An environmental riff - where technology fits in
Tom Raftery

16h20 - 16h40   
A generational rift - Is trouble brewing with technology leadership?
David Weinberger - Author

16h40 - 17h30   
Social networks tackling social issues - a session in partnership with UNHCR   
The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, the LeWe3 Digital Champions and some very special guests.