Mapping The Fundamentals '07

Speakers

		Bekkers Frank Company : City Live Function : CEO Presentation Title : Introduction

Bachelor in Economics, 20 years of management experience in public and private sector – nationally and internationally. Frank is co-founder and General Manager of the non-profit organization i-City, a project supported by the Flemisch Government and Siemens, Microsoft, Telenet, Concentra Media. Frank has been involved in the startup of 3 IT companies in the past, and is founder of City Live, a company that will deploy a City Services Platform that delivers mobile services, advertising and content, based on who you are, where you are, what you are doing and when you are doing it.



		Moerman Fientje Company : Flemish Government Function : Vice-Minister-President of the Flemisch Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade Presentation Title : /

Fientje Moerman is Vice Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade. She holds a Master of Law from the Harvard Law School USA, she did her Bar Exam in 1983 at New York State USA and began her professional career as a lawyer at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York and Brussels from 1982 to 1984. She was appointed as Deputy Editor, Economics and Finance at the “Standaard” in 1984. Assigned as spokesperson for the Liberals and Democrats at the European Parliament in 1985. She was Adviser of the former President of France, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in 1991, and became Chief Adviser for institutional reforms and relations with Israel and the Gulf States until 1995. She is a member of the Party Executive Committee of the Flemish Liberals and member of the Council of the European Liberals. In 1999 she was member of Parliament and became also Secretary General of the VLD until 2003, before being elected as Federal Minister for Economy, Energy, Foreign Trade and Science Policy in 2003.



		Le Roux Yvon Company : Cisco Systems Function : Vice President Public Sector Presentation Title : Human Network

As Vice-President of the Public Sector for Cisco Systems in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Yvon Le Roux is responsible for strategy, sales and marketing for government, healthcare, education and defence. He was appointed to head the newly-formed Public Sector team in May 2003. Le Roux joined Cisco in 1996 as Vice-President for EMEA South, which included operations in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and Africa. Prior to Cisco, he held a number of senior positions at IT companies, spanning several territories. His career began at Sperry Computer Systems before moving to Matra Informatique as President in 1984. As part of his remit, Le Roux oversees the Cisco Networking Academy Program in EMEA, a highly successful public-private partnership between business, government and educational institutions. The Program teaches thousands of students every year how to design build and maintain computer networks - skills that countries need to compete in the global digital economy. Le Roux is also responsible for helping public sector customers secure funding from different government bodies for programmes such as providing broadband to citizens and businesses. In addition, he has launched a number of research projects exploring the effects of IT on the public sector, such as Net Impact: From Connectivity to Productivity.



		Sickinghe Duco Company : Telenet Function : CEO Presentation Title : Telenet

Duco Sickinghe has worked for almost 20 years in the technology and media industry. He holds a Dutch Master's degree in Law and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University. Mr. Sickinghe started his career in finance with Hewlett Packard in its European headquarters in Switzerland. He then moved to Germany to head up the LaserJet product line for Europe. He concluded his tenure at HP Europe by building out its indirect sales channels. He served at NeXT Computer, first as Vice President Marketing Europe and then as General Manager for France. Mr. Sickinghe was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Software Direct, which later became a joint venture with Hachette in Paris. Mr. Sickinghe joined Wolters Kluwer in 1996, and as General Manager of Kluwer Publishing in the Netherlands oversaw its transition to electronic media and re?engineered the company's traditional business. He was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Telenet in the summer of 2001. Mr. Sickinghe has lived in Belgium, the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. He has acquired strong operating experience in these various countries.



		Dupont Michel Company : MTV Networks Belgium Function : VP - General Manager Presentation Title : How to connect to youth via strong entertainment brands/products

He graduated as a Licentiate Economics Sciences to the ICHEC in Brussels. Michel started his career in the media in 1994, as Account Executive at Full Page. Afterwards Michel arrived at the Vlaamse Media Maatschappij as Account Manager, and then as a Development Manager. At the end of 1999 Michel went to media agency Carat the Netherlands. He was there RTV Director and Account Director. He changed at the end of 2002 from Carat the Netherlands to MTV Networks. As Head of Operations he is responsible for all products from MTV Networks Belgium. He started there among others Nickelodeon, the communication of Nokia TMF Awards, and at the end of 2003 a new mobile network The Mobile Factory in cooperation with Base. End 2004 he was appointed as VP, General Manager MTV Networks Belgium.



		Van Gael Jan Company : / Function : PhD, MSc Presentation Title : i-City and IBBT: a strong partnership

Jan Van Gael, is currently Advisor to IBBT for the Image Processing program and Advisor to i-City for the Research Program. Previously he was Technology advisor to Siemens where several business opportunities were developed (Sinfilo, Service Oriented company a.o.). From 1999 to 2001 he was strategic advisor for corporate business development and technology strategy, in major acquisitions and projects in LHSP and Executive member of the board of LHIC (Lernout&Hauspie Investment Company: investment in 13 IT-companies worldwide of which four companies have gone IPO during this time frame. Before he was IT Executive Program Director Benelux at Gartner Group. Jan has a also a background at the Ministry of Defense in different functions such as assistant professor in Information Technology at the Polytechnic Division of the Royal Military Academy in Brussels and officer at the Para-Comando Brigade. Jan holds various academic degrees: Ph.D. from the University of Leuven, Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, Engineering degree in Telecommunications from the Polytechnic Division of the Royal Military Academy Belgium, Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Leuven, a Postgraduate degree in Business Administration and a Postgraduate degree in Finance. He is also a Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellow.



		De Waele Wim Company : IBBT Function : General Director Presentation Title : i-City and IBBT: a strong partnership

Wim De Waele obtained his diplomas in Economics and Computer Sciences in 1987 at the University of Ghent. He started his career as a scientific researcher in the area of artificial intelligence. He continued his work in the intelligent software systems at Siemens, where he worked in the R&D departments in Brussels and Munich. After that he was active as the Services Director at the Canadian software company Numetrix. Wim joined i2 Technologies as the Services Director for Europe in 1994. He was promoted to the position of vice-president for consumer goods and retail, relocating to the headquarters of i2 Technologies in Dallas. After his return to Europe in 2001 he became the Chief Technology Officer of the Real Software Group. He has been the General Director of IBBT since 1 August 2004.



		Meens Jeroen Company : City Live Function : Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, City Live Presentation Title : Mobile money making in all IP world

Jeroen is a marketeer and serial entrepreneur: through his own Professional Services and Venture Development firm Cynex, he co-founded Sinfilo (acquired by Telenet), SorryJeans.com and Navitell was also one of the inspirators of i-City. Besides his ventures, Jeroen was a strategy advisor to Telenet where he previously led the Wireless Marketing Department and Roaming Department that was responsible for Telenet’s wireless roaming strategy.



		Rasmussen Jakob Company : Living Labs Europe Function : Managing Director Presentation Title : The Need for Living Labs: Promoting Innovation and International Attractiveness through User-Driven Innovation Environments.

The current managing director of Living Labs Europe, Jakob H. Rasmussen is a specialist in information technology, diffusion of technology, technical change, knowledge economy and regional innovation and development. Jakob H. Rasmussen has worked as a senior consultant for global firms developing information technology strategies, corporate strategy and advice relating to innovation and design of information technology. After his initial years in Microsoft, Jakob H. Rasmussen has been a successful information technology entrepreneur with several successful ventures in the industry of advanced software services. Jakob H. Rasmussen holds a doctor’s degree in economics from Copenhagen Business School, where he also serves as visiting senior lecturer in innovation, information and communication technology, and international strategy.



		Joosen Wouter Company : / Function : Professor Presentation Title : Policy Driven Middleware for Service Oriented Architectures

Wouter Joosen obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the faculty of engineering of K.U.Leuven. He has been a professor of Software Engineering at the Maersk Mc Kinney Institute for Production Technology in Denmark. Since 2004, Wouter is a full professor of Distributed Software Systems at DistriNet, K.U.Leuven. His major research interests include security in software applications, distributed software systems and architectures, developments techniques for distributed applications, (currently focusing on Aspect Oriented Software Development) and software technology for product lines. Wouter has a significant track record in industry. He is a co-founder of Ubizen, a spin-off of K.U.Leuven.



		Pierson Jo Company : VUB Function : Professor, Dr. Presentation Title : The power of you? Users as Innovators

Prof. dr. Jo Pierson is Senior Researcher at SMIT (Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication) - member of IBBT (Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology) - and holds a PhD in social science (communication studies). In the past he has worked as researcher-advisor for the Dutch knowledge institute TNO in Delft. He now lectures bachelor and master courses on socio-economic issues of the information society and on qualitative research methods at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the department of Communication Studies (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy). His core expertise is situated in the field of innovation strategic research on the meaning and use of fixed and mobile media technologies at home, at work and in public settings. In this domain he is managing a range of projects. In addition he is doing research on involving users in the technological development process based on ethnographic study and Living Lab research. He also publishes on the adoption and domestication of ICT by small business (SMEs and micro-enterprises). Other research areas include e-inclusion issues and information society policy at European and national level.



		Van der Mullen Guido Company : i-City Function : Operations Manager Living Lab Presentation Title : i-City Living Lab: managing the eco system components

Started in July 2006 for i-City, he now is Director of the Living Lab. He has a Telecom background of more then 30 years. Worked, among others, for KPN and is a former Senior Consultant Voice of Intercai Consultancy Netherlands. He is not only a project manager but also has experience in process management.



		Benson Roger Company : Intel Northern Europe Function : Managing Director Presentation Title : /

Roger Benson became the managing director for the Benelux countries in July 2004 and since operates from the Intel Belgium offices in Antwerp. Early 2006 Benson expanded his management territory to include the Nordic countries as well. Benson has 16 years of experience in the IT industry, including 13 at Intel. At Intel, he has held various local and international sales and marketing positions. At the start of his career, Benson worked in the British aerospace industry for several years. He holds an engineering degree and an MBA degree of the Ashton Business School (UK). In his spare time, Benson enjoys mountain biking and skiing.



		Rotthier Marc Company : HP Function : Vice President and General Manager Communications, Media and Entertainment Business EMEA Presentation Title : Virtual Layer over the Physical City

Marc Rotthier is responsible for HP’s Communications, Media and Entertainment Business in EMEA. Previously he held the position of the Managing Director for Belgium and Luxembourg at HP since 1999. During his career of 23 years at HP, Mr. Rotthier has held different management positions in Sales, Marketing and R&D. From 1989 until 1999, he was engaged in various international assignments, including French Region Sales Manager, European Marketing Center Manager and Worldwide Marketing Manager for the Bio-Science and Pharmaceutical division of the Chemical Analysis Group. Marc Rotthier holds an Electronics Engineering degree with a focus on telecommunications and a specialization in digital techniques.



		Debackere Koenraad Company : Catholic University Leuven Function : General Administrator Presentation Title : A vision on innovation

Prof. Dr. Ir. Koenraad Debackere has been with K.U. Leuven since 1995. In 1995 he became professor at K.U.Leuven where he teaches Technology and Innovation Management. In 1993, 1995 and 1997 he has won Best Research Paper Awards from the American Academy of Management and the Decision Sciences Institute. His research has focused on the area of technology and innovation management and policy. He is also actively engaged in technology transfer activities as managing director of K.U. Leuven Research & Development and Chairman of the Gemma Frisius Fonds (the venture fund) of the K.U.Leuven. He is the co-founder and chairman of Leuven.Inc, the innovation network of Leuven high-tech entrepreneurs. He is a board member of IWT-Vlaanderen, the Flemish government agency that supports science and technology development in Flemish industry. Since 2005, he is the general manager of K.U.Leuven.



		Luotonen Olavi Company : European Commission/ European Network of Living Labs Function : Portfolio Coordinator & Community Facilitator, Scientific Officer, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General, New Infrastructure Paradigms & Experimental Facilities Presentation Title : An Initiative for Co-creative Open Innovation

Olavi Luotonen works as Living Labs Portfolio Coordinator & Community Facilitator. He is a Scientific Officer within the New Infrastructure Paradigms & Experimental Facilities unit of the European Commission’s Information Society Directorate-General. He has a special interest in co-creative, user-driven open innovation and research. He has facilitated on the Commission side the launch of the European Network of Living Labs by the Finnish Presidency and is working, together with CLOCK and CoreLabs EU Coordination Actions, for the benefit of the ENoLL 2nd and 3rd wave launch processes during the Portuguese and Slovenian Presidencies. He has worked for the Commission since 1998, most recently with New Working Environments responsibilities, including the AMI family of communities launch. Before the Commission he held ICT industry marketing and new business development positions at Nokia, Digital and Alcatel. He has an MScTech in industrial management from the Helsinki University of Technology and an INSEAD MBA.



		Vanvelthoven Peter Company : Flemish Government Function : Federal Minister of Employment Presentation Title : Opening

Peter Vanvelthoven is Federal Minister of Employment since 2005. He began his professional career in 1985 where he took his oath as a lawyer at the Court of Appeal in Gent, he registrated himself as a training student at the bar of Gent, and two years later he became a full-time assistant of Professor Doctor Spruyt in the sector Fiscal law at the Law Faculty of the V.U.B. Peter Vanvelthoven was Visiting Lecturer at the Law Faculty and at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences at the V.U.B. (1989 – 1995) In the meanwhile he was admitted to the roll of lawyers at the bar of Hasselt. His political career started in 1994 as member of the Provincial Council of Limburg until 1995, he became permanent delegate of the Limburg Province in 1995, from 1995 until 1999 (and 1999 – 2003) he was Flemish M.P. of the Limburg electoral district. From 2003 until 2005 he was State Secretary for State Computerization. Peter Vanvelthoven is member of the sp.a party committee, vice-chairman sp.a-Limburg and chairman sp.a-Lommel.



		O' Hara Michael Company : Microsoft Function : General Manager, Network Service Provider Business, Communications Sector Presentation Title : Is convergence the ultimate model for the future?

As general manager of the network service provider business within the Communications Sector at Microsoft, Michael O’Hara leads the company’s initiatives to build awareness and drive adoption of Microsoft’s solutions and services among companies in the telecommunications, hosting and media & entertainment industries. Prior to joining Microsoft, O’Hara was vice president, marketing at Sonus Networks, a world leader in packet voice communications, where he drove the company’s marketing strategy and oversaw all marketing functions. In that capacity, he spearheaded the business strategy to re-focus Sonus into the wireless communications market, and established the company as a major player in the voice over IP domain. Previously, O’Hara served as chief marketing officer at Nortel Networks in Europe. In that role, he had responsibility for Nortel’s marketing and sales operations programs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, directing functions such as public relations, advertising, government relations, analyst relations, trade shows, events, customer training, account marketing and geographic marketing. Prior to that, O’Hara was vice president of business operations reporting to the chief operating officer. From 1994 to 1998, he served in a number of positions including sales, operations and customer service with Nortel Networks in Europe. Prior to 1994, O’Hara was the manufacturing engineering manager at Nortel’s manufacturing facility in Monkstown, Northern Ireland. He holds an honors degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Queens University of Belfast.



		Burgelman Jean-Claude Company : Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Function : Directorate General JRC - European Commission-Head of ICT unit Presentation Title : Innovation and web 2.0: hype or a new technic-economic paradigma

Jean-Claude Burgelman is head of the ICT Unit at IPTS (one of the 7 research institutes of the European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre). Degrees in social sciences (Phd 1986) and in science and technology policy (MA 1991) from the Free University of Brussels (FUB), where he teaches a course on the ``Global aspects of the information society``. Till 2000 he was full professor of communication technology policy at the FUB where he chaired the department of communication studies and created the research centre Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunications, and was involved in the science and technology assessment work of this university. He has been guest professor at the University of Antwerp and the University of South Africa and is board member of some important scientific journals in IST policy (Communication and Strategies; Telematics and Informatics; Media, Culture and Society; etc.) and member of the scientific board of CPR, the Communication Policy Research Conference. He joined the DG JRC first as Visiting Scientist of IPTS where he became Head of the ICT unit in 2005.



		Steel Dirk Company : Siemens Function : CTO Siemens Enterprise Networks for Benelux and France Presentation Title : Mobile Television and his future role for City Networks

Started his carier with Siemens in Munich in 1972. Involved in R&D for Private Networks until 1998. Started Internet related activities in 1994. VOIP related activities from 1996 on. Was involved in start up from Sinfilo in Hasselt now Telenet Hotspots. Was also involved in start up of I-city as member of the technical commitee. Served as CTO for Siemens Communications Belgium until recently. Lays at the origin of a large number of IBBT projects, amongst them Crosslocis about localised mobile services.



		Lane Jon Company : BT Function : Director BT Indirect Channels Presentation Title : 12 Wireless Cities

Jon Lane is Programme Director of BT’s Wireless Cities Programme. The Wireless Cities Programme is a key strategic initiative within BT to wireless broadband enable city centres in major cities in the UK. Within his role Jon is responsible for the overall delivery of the programme, including technical design and implementation, product portfolio development and the commercial model. Jon has been with BT for 14 years, previously working as Head of BT’s Indirect Channel business unit and as Head of the BT’s mid-market business unit. As Head of the Indirect Channel business unit, Jon had responsibility for BT’s network of indirect channel partners, dealers and distributors. In this role Jon implemented a new partner tiering and accreditation approach and oversaw a substantial growth in ICT and broadband revenues through what had previously been a voice focussed set of partners. As Head of BT’s Corporate mid-market business unit, Jon had some 1,000 field and desk sales and customer service personnel across the UK with responsibility for selling and supporting the complete range of BT products and solutions. Prior to these roles, Jon was Director, Portfolio Strategy within BT’s Group Strategy team.



		Ceysens Patricia Company : Flemish Parlement Function : President of the Open Vld group in the Flemish Parliament Presentation Title : i-Flanders: The Next Step: how and why to make local authorities wireless?

Patricia Ceysens graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1998 from the law school. She also obtained a degree in Marketing Management from CMO (now Syntra) in 1991. Patricia Ceysens was a lawyer at the bar in Leuven from 1988 till 1989. From 1990 onwards she practiced law in Brussels at Loeff, Claeys, Verbeke (now Allen & Overy Belguim) where she specialised in intellectual property rights. From 1989 until 1990 she acted as an academic assistant at the law school of the KU Leuven. Patricia Ceysens started her political carrière as a town councillor in 1995. In the same year she also became provincial councillor and was elected as a member of the Flemish Parliament. In 1999 Patricia Ceysens became the president of the Health Commission. In June of 2003 she became the Flemish Minister of Economy, Foreign Policy and E-government. Since 2004 she is President of the Open Vld group in the Flemish Parliament and Vice-President of her party.



		Delvaux Koen Company : City Live Function : Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, City Live Presentation Title : 7 basic steps to deploy the mobile web in a mass market

Koen Delvaux has been active in IT and Telecommunications for more then 12 years. After reaching a Master in Engineering Science he started his professional live at Siemens. After being the youngest Software Architect in the company, he felt the desire to realize his own product concepts and became Product Manager by not only conceptualizing the first VoIP Teleworking solution worldwide, but also successfully turning it into a product. Ever since, Koen has been passionate about creating business opportunities by defining innovate solutions and putting them in the right emerging market. Whilst being a Strategic Business Development manager, Koen started a lot of new initiatives, amongst which one of the first mobile gaming companies in the industry, Minifizz. After launching Com@Work, an ASP based messaging and real time communications offering for the SME market, he assisted in the incubation of Sinfilo, an early WISP. In 2004 Koen was part of the management team that started up i-City, where he was Director of the Living Lab for 2 years. Now he is leading the Product Management, Development and ISV departments of i-City spin-off City-Live.



		Segers Bruno Company : All Together Function : Director Presentation Title : (Mobile) Blogging, a reality or a myth?
Bruno Segers is Director of All Together, a hub acting as a catalyst between several companies or initiatives focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and the creation of a real knowledge society in and outside Flanders and Belgium. Until September 2006 Bruno Segers was General Manager for Microsoft Belux and responsible for the further strategic development of the company’s business within the markets in Belgium and Luxembourg. Bruno Segers can already look back on a rewarding career in the IT industry. He has held a variety of local and international management positions for Merant (2001), Lotus Development (2000 - 1990), Oracle Belgium (1990 - 1988) and Digital Equipment Belgium (1988 - 1986), where he held various job titles. Bruno Segers began his career with Hessenatie Container Terminal in 1983 as an Industrial Engineer Electricity, with further education in Data Processing. He has also gained business experience with EBES-Interescaut and Agfa-Gevaert. Apart from his professional contribution Bruno Segers writes a daily column in www.brunosblogboek.be , the most popular and sometimes serious business blog in Flanders



		Hinssen Peter Company : Porthus Function : Chairman and co-Founder Presentation Title : Mobile web 2.0

Peter Hinssen is one of Europe's leading speakers and thought leaders on the application of Information and Communication Technologies in Society. Peter was an early internet pioneer, starting one of the first Internet Agencies in Europe in 1995, e-COM, which was acquired by Alcatel in 1999. After his first startup, Mr. Hinssen has been Entrepreneur in Residence with McKinsey & Company, where he worked for two years on Online Strategy and e-Government, and has since produced a string of serial ventures including StreamCase.com, A-cross.com and Porthus.com. Porthus was floated on the Brussels Stock Exchange in 2006. Mr. Hinssen is the author of 'The 10 things you wish your mother had told you about IT', and is a regular international speaker on internet and IT related issues.



		Van der Mullen Guido Company : i-City Function : Operations Manager Living Lab Presentation Title : i-City Living Lab: managing the eco system components

Started in July 2006 for i-City, he now is Director of the Living Lab. He has a Telecom background of more then 30 years. Worked, among others, for KPN and is a former Senior Consultant Voice of Intercai Consultancy Netherlands. He is not only a project manager but also has experience in process management.



		Leon Nick Company : Imperial College London Function : Head of Urban Programmes, Think Play Do Group Presentation Title : Key Factors: how to become a succesfull wireless city

Nick Leon joined Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London in 2005. Prior to this he worked for over 30 years at IBM where he was Director of Business Development in Europe, and led IBM's Services Business in the telecommunications industry. Today he is Head of Urban Programmes for the Think Play Do Group which provides consulting services on innovation to firms and institutions, especially city authorities and is a Visiting Fellow of Tanaka Business School. He is a member of the Imperial's Built Environment and Innovation Centre and is currently researching how new information and communication technologies and services are helping cities in their quest to become hubs of innovation.



		Aernoudt Rudy Company : Flemish Government Function : Secretary General of the Department of Economics, Science and Innovation Presentation Title : Flanders: a creative region

Rudy Aernoudt has studied Economy and Philosophy at the University of Leuven and holds a masters in European economics from the College of Europe. After a career as corporate manager in the banking sector, he became principal administrator at the European Commission dealing with enterprise policy, in particular the financing of European enterprises. He was special adviser to the Belgian President of the Industry Council during the Belgian Presidency of the European Union before becoming Deputy Head of Cabinet to the Walloon Minister of economics dealing with research, entrepreneurship and financing. Afterwards he became director of Cabinet to the Federal minister of economics, energy, external trade and scientific policy. From 2004 onwards, he became chief of staff (head of cabinet) to the Flemish Vice-president and minister of economy, enterprises, science and international trade. As of September 1, 2006, he has been promoted to Secretary General of the Department of Economics, Science and Innovation of the Flemish Government. He is also professor in corporate finance at the Business schools of Brussels and Ghent and the European University of Nancy. He is the author of twenty books and over one hundred fifty articles on the topics of finance and politics. He is a member of the editorial boards of Venture Capital, Financial Management and Entrepreneurial and Business Angel Financing. He was the responsible organiser of the yearly European symposium on financing in Louvain-la-Neuve gathering over 3000 participants and is member of the board of different enterprises.



		Rheingold Howard Company : / Function : Pioneering Thinker on the Future of Technology and Society Presentation Title : Mobile online community

Howard Rheingold has a proven record of accurate technology and social forecasting through more than two decades of syndicated columns, bestselling books, and pioneering online enterprises. Now he's on to the next and biggest thing: the marriage of mobile phone, PC, and wireless Internet, which is changing the way we meet, mate, entertain, govern, and conduct business. No armchair futurist, Howard was founding Executive Editor of HotWired, the first commercial webzine, where the web-based discussion forum and the online banner ad were invented. His most recent book, Smart Mobs, was acclaimed by The New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Boston Globe, and it was named one of the "Big Ideas" of 2002 by The New York Times Magazine. In the early 1990s, Howard wrote the first book about the social uses of cyberspace, The Virtual Community, which forecast the Internet explosion. Years earlier, Tools for Thought anticipated a remarkably accurate vision of the future of the PC and Internet in the year 2000. In 1996, Howard founded Electric Minds, one of Time magazine’s “ten best websites of 1996.” He sold Electric Minds to Durand Communications in 1997. Howard is a non-resident Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Communications and a visiting professor at De Montfort University. Currently, he is teaching a digital journalism course at Stanford and a participatory media class at Berkeley, and he is working on a new book on cooperation.



		Eyskens Mark Company : / Function : Minister of State. Prof em. economics Catholic University of Leuven Presentation Title : The mobile society: the New Challenge

Mark Eyskens, Minister of state, occupied important ministerial functions(1976-92) i.a. as prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and finance of Belgium. He is doctor in law and economics, bac. philisophy (KUL) and M.A. economics (Columbia university, New York). He is professor em. economics at the Catholic university of Leuven and former member of the Belgian Parliament (1977-2003), of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the WEU (1993-2003). He is past president of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for sciences and arts and president of the Francqui Foundation and other scientific and cultural institutions. He is member of the board of the International Crisis Group and of the board of several Belgian and foreign companies. He is the author of thirty eight books and articles and a sunday afternoon painter.


		De Keyser Greet Company : / Function : Journaliste Presentation Title : Presentatie-moderator

Greet De Keyser is an experienced radio and TV reporter. For over 20 years she travels the world as the current affairs reporter for Belgian and Dutch TV broadcasters. She covered news events in countries as South Africa, Algeria, Ethiopia, Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Iraq and the US. In the year 200 she was assigned to Washington DC as VRT’s first correspondent in the US. She still lives in Washington DC. In the US, she covered 2 elections including the recounts in 2000, 9/11, the war with Afghanistan, the war with Iraq. Greet De Keyser managed to conduct two personal interviews with President Bush and was the first international reporter allowed to film on Ground Zero in New York. During her years in the US she published two books on American politics. “Amerikanen” June 2004 Published by the House of Books. “De Nieuwe Kruisvaart” (The new Crusade) on American political reaction on 9/11. June 2002, Published by Houtekiet; She is the author of many articles on international politics and journalism in newspapers and magazines in Belgium. She received great recognition as an expert on international affairs and as public speaker. After two years of sabbatical leave, she recently started working for VRT again from her office in Washington DC.



		Demeester Piet Company : Ghent University Function : Professor Presentation Title : Advanced Home & City Services

Piet Demeester is professor at Ghent University and head of the Broadband Communication Networks group. The group is part of the recently established Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology : IBBT. His research interests include: multilayer IP-Optical networks, mobile networks, end to end quality of service, grid computing, network and service management, distributed software and multimedia applications. He published over 500 papers in these areas in international journals and conference proceedings.



		Tubée Daphne Company : i-City Function : Director Partnerships & Networking Presentation Title : i-City Living Lab: managing the eco system components

Director of Partnerships and Networking at i-City, Wireless City-Services in Hasselt and Leuven (Belgium). Recently she became a member of the Board of Directors of LRM (Flemish Investment Company). Daphne Tubée has seven years of experience as Communication and HR Manager in both the cultural sector, ICT-environments as the government sector. She holds a degree as Translator-Interpreter and a Masters in Human Resource Management.