March 27th - 28th, 2008


Venue: Telenor Expo, Telenor Headquarters, Oslo, Norway
Host: World Association of Newspapers
(WAN) and Telenor

This conference will give you a unique opportunity to gather valuable business knowledge from leading players in the digital world. Top of the line speakers will guide you through their inspiring success stories from TV, mobile and the Internet. This is a follow-up to the highly successful seminar in 2007.

Please note that the seminar is in English only. 

Hotel

Rooms, at the special discounted rate of Nok 896 (approximately 114 Euros)
have been reserved at the Radisson SAS Park Hotel, Lysaker, just a short
walk from the seminar venue. Wireless Internet access is available
throughout the hotel. To book your room, please contact Lise Langfield  -
Lise.Langeid@telenor.com


Programme

Thursday 27th March

10.00 Introduction
Moderator Erling Maartmann-Moe, Partner, Alliance Venture 

Welcome to Telenor
Morten Karlsen-Sørby, Executive Vice President of Telenor ASA

State of the Union Address: The mobile challenge challenging mobile
John Strand, CEO, Strand Consulting (DK)

Winning with games across platforms
Javier Ferreira, VP & Publishing Europe, EA (Electronic Arts)

Digital advertising, future trends and possibilities
Jessica Sandin, Head of mobile and Senior consultant at Fathom Partners

Social Networks - new fad or new economy? The Silicon Valley perspective

Hans Petter Brøndmo, CEO, Plum San Francisco (USA)

How to create a strong local player in a market dominated by globals, whilst staying true to your ideals
Espen Udland, CEO, ABC Startsiden AS

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Nokia - the new Apple or a head-to-head competitor with the telco industry?
Christophe Joyau, Business Manager, Nokia (F)

Interactive TV with mobile and Internet as response channe
Nikolai Fasting, CEO, Active Loop Television/Never.no

From Cradle to Grave - in all media
Dag Otter Johansen, CEO, Budstikka Interactive

Engaging User Experience
Gary Kovacs
, VP of Marketing and Product Management, Adobe, (USA
)

Digital Opportunities
Berit Svendsen, Vice President, Head of Product & IS, Telenor NorwayA presentation and publication of the shortlist of Digital Winner Prize 2008

A presentation and publication of the shorlist of Digital Winner Prize 2008
Digital Winners 2008

16.30 Tapas and post-conference tour of Telenor HQ and art collection

19.30 Dinner, Entertainment and Prize Ceremony

 
Friday 28th March

09.00 A better Mobile Experience - Open Handset Alliance
Rikar Steiber, Director of Product Marketing, EMEA Google

Designing the Mobile User Experience
Charlotta Falvin, CEO, TAT (S)

Digital Partnership and its impact on the Media Industry
Gunnar Stavrum, CEO, Mediehuset Nettavisen

The art of innovation - learnings from Machiavelli and the Renaissance
Kjetil Eikeset, Industrial professor Norwegian School of Management, Partner, B&I AS

The Value of News Content
Martha Stone, Strategic Advisor, WAN (USA)

The Big Digital Music Challenge: How to increase the customers willingness to pay
Eric Deugan
, VP Digital Business, Warner Music (USA)

Schibsted - moving from traditional to digital media
Kjell Aamot, CEO, Schibsted

The User Revolution - Powered by Search
John Markus Lervik, CEO, FAST (Microsoft)

Looking Ahead Conference summary and conclusions
Moderator Erling Maartmann-Moe, Partner, Alliance Venture

13.00 Lunch