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2010 Keynotes
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High-profile keynote
speeches will begin and conclude the conference. These discussions will
focus on what to look for next, straight out of the mouth of the people
taking us there. Join our Facebook group for 2010 Keynote announcements. Contact Dan Parker or Gina Tirado Strayer, >play 2010 Co-Chairs, with keynote speaker suggestions or referrals.
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Last year at >play
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John Lilly
CEO, Mozilla
Keynote and Interview - 9:00 am
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John is the Chief Executive Officer of Mozilla, the public benefit
organization responsible for Firefox, a Web browser used by more than
300 million people around the world. As CEO, he's responsible for
guiding worldwide organization and product development. Before becoming
CEO, John held COO and VP positions at Mozilla, with responsibility for
day-to-day operations of the organization, as well as international
operations. Prior to his career at Mozilla, John was the founding CEO,
then CTO & VP Products for Reactivity, an XML security company
acquired by Cisco Systems in 2007. He's also worked as a senior
scientist at Apple Computer Research Labs, and has held positions at
Trilogy Software, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett Packard. John is a
regular speaker at industry events and serves on the boards of
directors of TripIt and the Participatory Culture Foundation; he is a
Consulting Assistant Professor at the Stanford University d.school
(their multi-disciplinary school of design). He earned a B.Sc. and
M.Sc. in computer science from Stanford University.
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Om Malik
Founder, GigaOM Networks
Keynote Interviewer
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Om Malik has more than 15 years of experience as a journalist covering
technology and business news. He was a writer at Red Herring during its
glory days, then went on to be part of the founding team of Forbes.com
as a Senior Editor. Most recently, he was a Senior Writer for Business
2.0, covering telecom and broadband stories. His contributions have
been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and MIT
Technology Review.
Additionally,
Malik is the author of “Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom
Heist.” He is also the recipient of many industry awards, including
Excellence in Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists
in 2001 and the Gold Award from American Society of Business
Publication Editors in 2001.
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Bradley Horowitz
VP Product Management, Google Inc.
Keynote - 3:45 pm |
Bradley oversees product management for Google Apps, including Gmail,
Calendar, Google Talk, Google Voice, Google Docs, Blogger and
Picasa. Before joining Google, Bradley led Yahoo's advanced
development division, which developed new products such as Yahoo!
Pipes, and drove the acquisition of products such as Flickr and
MyBlogLog. Previously, he was Co-Founder and CTO of Virage, where he
oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding
through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Autonomy.
Bradley holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the
University of Michigan, and a master's degree from the MITMedia Lab and
was pursuing his Ph.D. there when he co-founded Virage.
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past keynotes
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Biz Stone
Co-Founder, Twitter
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Shane Kim
Corporate VP, Microsoft
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Paul Campbell
Founder, HP Gaming Business
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John Riccitiello
CEO, Electronic Arts
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Marco Boerries
Senior Vice President
Yahoo! Connected Life
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Rusty Rueff
Chief Executive Officer
SNOCAP
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