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 STEWART BUTTERFIELD
Founder of Flickr.com
Stewart Butterfield was a co-founder of Flickr and was the president of Ludicorp, Flickr's parent company, before its acquisition by Yahoo! in the spring of 2005. Until July of this year, he oversaw the development of Flickr.com as part of Yahoo! where it has grown to one of the largest web sites in the world with over 50 million unique visitors a month.
In over a decade of working on the web, he has had a distinguished career as a designer, entrepreneur, and technologist. He has been honored with awards ranging from being named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine in 2006 to BusinessWeek's Top 50 Leaders for 2005 and MIT Technology Review's "TR 35" award for technology innovators under 35. He has been featured in interviews and articles by over 100 publications and broadcasters including the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, The New York Times, CNN, the Financial Times and has appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine.
Butterfield graduated from the Universities of Victoria and Cambridge, with degrees in philosophy and retains academic interests in cognitive science, the history and philosophy of science and economics. He lives in San Francisco. |
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 MARTIN LINDSTROM
Youth Marketing Futurist
According to the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Lindstrom, who's still in his early thirties, is one of today's most respected branding gurus. He sits on several boards globally including Yellow Pages in the United States, and his blue-chip client list includes Mars, Pepsi, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, Reuters, Visa, Pepsi, McDonald's, Kellogg's, Ericsson, Yellow Pages, Microsoft, McDonald's, Mattel, LEGO and Disney. Lindstrom publishes his observations on branding in a weekly column, which reaches a global audience of more than one million people in thirty countries. His last four books on branding written with industry icons such as Don Peppers, Martha Rogers, Patricia Seybold and Philip Kotler are sold worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty languages. Lindstrom’s latest highly acclaimed book is BRANDsense, written in partnership with Philip Kotler. |
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 IVANKA TRUMP
Vice President ,Trump Organization
Ivanka Trump is scion of Trump Inc and magna cum laude of the prestigious Wharton School of Finance, Vice President of Real Estate Development and Acquisitions at the Trump Organization. She is expanding the organisation's interests by managing the development of new Trump buildings in the Americas and bringing the highly acclaimed Trump International Hotel & Tower brand to the world market including Europe and Asia. An accomplished speaker, Her inimitable style has shone in fashion, television and boardrooms. She makes appearances on behalf of the Trump Organisation and acts as an advisor on the television programme, The Apprentice. This one-time model has also recently gone into the diamond business with her own jewellery line and boutique. |
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 JOANNE OOI
Creative Director of Shanghai Tang
China’s first luxury brand did not have a smooth ride until Joanne Ooi joined Shanghai Tang. She helped boost sales, up almost 50% since 2003, and doubled the number of stores to thirty worldwide in the next three years. To reinvigorate the brand, she created bold design statements that combined Chinese cultural references and sleek, contemporary clothes.
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 JIM STENGEL
Former Global Marketing Chief Officer , Procter & Gamble; President & CEO of the Jim Stengel Company
As the former #1 man of USD83 billion company, he oversaw an USD8billion advertising budget and had organizational responsibility for nearly 7,000 people. His leadership was recognized when his company was, for the first time in its history, honoured as the Advertiser of the Year at 2008 Cannes International Advertising Festival. He is known for guiding brands and marketing efforts to make an impact on the lives of consumers. |
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 OLIVER STONE
Legendary Hollywood Director
He has won three Academy awards and has written, directed and produced many popular and controversial masterpieces. A veteran of the Vietnam War, much of his experiences were brought to the big screen in the famous trilogy, *Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July *and* Heaven and Earth*. In 1991, his film *JFK*, about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, was shown to the US Congress which led to the passage of the Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992. As one of the loudest voices in the film industry, he is also one of the most prolific filmmakers alive today. |
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 RIZ KHAN
Moderator for the Global Brand Forum 2007-2008
Riz Khan is an international journalist based in Washington DC, in the USA, and Dubai in U.A.E.
In February 2005, he joined the world-renowned Al Jazeera network to set up its English-language channel and to host its flagship programme, "Riz Khan" – a daily, live, interactive global show featuring the world's top newsmakers.
He also hosts and produces a weekly profile show - "Riz Khan's One on One".
Riz's departure from CNN International in May 2001, after 8 years as one of the network's highest profile personalities, led him to found and run an independent production company, and work as an author, media consultant, and moderator of high-profile international conferences and conventions. He is also a founding Director and creative force of a company producing high-end 3D video games for niche markets such as the Middle East. |
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