Open Web Asia Conference ‘08 Announced

Open Web Asia Conference ‘08

The OWA Workgroup today announced the Open Web Asia conference ’08 (http://www.openwebasia.com) which will be held on October 14th, 2008 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill in Seoul, Korea.

The conference will be the first pan-Asia web technology event bringing together technology executives, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from throughout Asia. It was spurred by a desire to create a high quality, informative and practical conference focused on the Asian internet industry which to date has been lacking.

Open Web Asia will be held in association with the World Knowledge Forum (http://www.wkforum.org). The WKF has established itself as one of the most prestigious conferences in Asia with speakers and attendees such as Bill Gates, Colin Powell, Jack Welch and Michael Dell.

The theme of the OWA 2008 conference is ‘The Social Web’. Social has been a game changing development of the internet industry and the social web is an area where Asia has its own strength and vibrancy. The one day conference will be divided into four sessions focusing on the following key areas: Insights and Best Practices, Innovations in Asia; Collaboration – An Introduction to Asia’s Social Web; and East meets West – The challenges of internationalization to and from Asia.

Confirmed speakers include some of the most experienced and knowledgeable people from the Asian internet industry and a selection of business leaders and thinkers from outside the region such as
Keven Dai (CEO, Comsenz, China)
Arthur Chang (VP Global Sales, Alibaba, China)
Yongseok Jang (VP, Ebay Asia, Korea)
Yozo Kaneko (COO, NGI Group, Japan)
Jimmy Kim (Nexon, Korea)
Loic Le Meur (CEO, Seesmic, USA)
Ram Lee (Head of Communities, Naver, Korea)
Kent Lindström (Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Friendster, USA)
Shusaku Maruko (GM, Felica, Japan)
Jean K. Min (Director International, OhMyNews, Korea)
Akio Tanaka (Partner, Infinity Ventures, Japan)
Bill Wang (VP, Perfect World, China)
Andreas Weigend (Consultant; Former Chief Scientist of Amazon, USA)
Kim James Woo (CEO, Yahoo Korea)
Kwan Yoon (Partner, Bluerun Ventures, USA)

This premier conference will offer web professionals from inside Asia and those from outside with an eye on the Asian web market and opportunity to learn, network and create business connections that will benefit both the regional and global internet industry. For more information and registration please visit http://www.openwebasia.com.

Contacts

Open Web Asia Workgroup
Mr. Andrew Shuttleworth, +81-90-7428-0928
media {at} openwebasia(.)com
http://www.openweb.asia