Media in Transition

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The Media in Transition 2006 Conference, hosted on September 7-8 2006 in Munich, Germany, discussed the structural transition in the media industry – how the Internet is modifying the way media is produced, distributed and consumed.[1] We have invited innovative Internet media companies, researchers and strategists from U.K., U.S.A. and Europe.

[edit] Participating Speakers (2006)[2]:

  • Genevieve Kunst

European Head of Business Development for Digital Media of Amazon, London Santiago de la Mora, Google, Strategic Partner Manager for Google Booksearch in Europe, Afrika and the Middle East. London

  • Simon Willison

Yahoo! Technology Development group, co-founder of web framework Django, London

  • Martin Stiksel

Founder of Last.fm - "The Social Music Revolution", Online Community and personalized Internet Radio, London

  • Ernst Hecht

Director Industry & Multimedia at GEMA, the largest European music-rights organization, Munich

  • Joachim Graf

CEO of HighText Publishing, publisher of iBusiness, Speaker of the Board of FIWM (Munich Network for IT & Media), Munich

  • John Buckman

CEO and Founder of Magnatune, Online Media Licensing, Lyris, Email Marketing Software, San Francisco and London

  • Steve Turnidge

Founder of SML Inc., Weedshare Media Distribution, Seattle

  • Tom Dyson

R&D Director at Torchbox, XML Expert (PostgreSQL XML Integration) and Python Developer (including Django), London

  • Björn Behrendt

Senior Manager Platform Solutions, eBay, Berlin

  • Christian Ehl

CEO Hillert & Co Interactive & Mobile Marketing GmbH, Mobile Marketing Strategies, Munich

  • Horst Weidenmüller

CEO !K7 Records GmbH, Chairman of the Board of PopKomm, Board Member of Impala, Committee Member on A.I.M. Digital UK, Berlin

  • Umair Haque

Principal at Bubblegeneration Strategy Consultants, London

  • Werner Starz

Director of Marketing & Communication Eurosport, Munich

  • Ibrahim Evsan

CEO of sevenload GmbH, the Web 2.0 pioneer of video and photo-sharing sites in Germany, Cologne

  • Andy Bell

Founder of Mint Digital and BloomBox.tv - User-Generated Content, London

  • Chris Dumke

Principal at Xymmetry Consulting, Waterloo, Canada

  • Matthias Köhler

Founder of Oszillation Records, Online Music label and Distribution, Munich

[edit] Notes And References

  1. ^ Media in Transition Conference 2007 - International Media Conference in Munich, Germany
  2. ^ Media in Transition Conference 2006 - International Media Conference in Munich, Germany

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