VoiceSage are Platinum Sponsors of eComm Europe this Oct 28-30 in Amsterdam. We are going there as part of our commitment to bringing the CEBP message to the Telecommunications ecosystem and to hopefully find new and useful ways to make life easier and more productive for everyone. As such we won’t be “plugging our products and services” but speaking about the broader vision for CEBP.
Lee Dryburg the founder of eComm was reflecting on the San Francisco even in March of this year and it occurred to him that you didn’t really need to theme threads and modules. What you needed to do was have consistently high value engaging speakers and then let the eclectic knowledge bases “bang off each other” to create new connections and new conversations.
There are a number of different speakers at the event which might not only bring a spark to the conversation, but bring the kerosene as well:
Michael Jackson, former COO of Skype and currently a partner at Mangrove-VC, will speak about “Investing in Disruption”. As someone who has done it themselves, and who reviews and invests in opportunities, Michael is going to put forward some thoughts on common attributes of successful disrupters. There will follow a panel discussion with top Investment people who have also been entrepreneurs (CEO & President of Rebtel, Hjalamr Winbladh); and another high profile investor with extensive disruption experience (TBA) and also, Mr. Umair Haque who will hopefully discuss why current investor models are mostly broken.
Umair Haque will also bring his “New Capitalism” model to the current Telecommunications incumbents. I don’t know exactly what he will say here but it would be interesting to see what lessons can be learned from the Financial Services value meltdown.
Thomas Howe will speak about how he sees the CEBP market evolving, and he should have some great insights here as he is an advisor to the Telco2 guys, and has worked with nearly all the parties in the relevant ecosystem. The Title alone is intriguing.
Graham Brierton, VocieSage CTO will speak about “Edge as Value/ Value as Edge” where he will explore how there is a universe of “dark data” that could be repurposed to open up flows, and create new value. This will tie in to some of Umair’s research on Creating New Value, not just shifting old value along the value chain.
eComm is born out of a community and is looking to develop along those community values. To get the best deals on flights and hotels etc. I would advise you to start booking now. The event itself is relatively inexpensive as far as these things go. Have a look at the full list of speakers. I think its pretty impressive.
