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Update on Future of Media Summit 2007

Ross Dawson, July 4, 2007 5:22 AM US PT

The Future of Media Summit 2007 is rapidly approaching. Lots of exciting developments lately on this – it promises to outdo the great success of the inaugural event last year.

In particular, some recently confirmed speakers at both the Sydney and San Francisco sides of the event include:
Anne-Marie Roussel, Director - Strategic and Emerging Business Group, Microsoft. Anne-Marie is responsible for Microsoft’s entertainment portfolio, including Xbox, Zune and video. Anne-Marie has a great blog.

Mitch Ratcliffe, a doyen of the online world, who among other claims to fame co-founded Buzzlogic, and has now moved on to establish Tetriad LLC, which is shortly coming out of stealth mode.

Martin Hoffman, CEO of Loop Mobile, which has a very interesting mobile social network Kink Kommunity with an international presence. Martin used to be CEO of Australian online giant NineMSN.

Hugh Martin, who has recently been appointed General Manager of APN Online Australia, will be the chairman of the Sydney side of the event. Hugh was formerly Editor of News.com.au, and has won a Walkley award for journalistic excellence.

The full list of speakers is here.

Time is running out, so register now for the Sydney of San Francisco events, whichever is more convenient for you!

Lots of associated content coming soon, including the Future of Media Report 2007.

Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies, future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network, leading events firm The Insight Exchange, and influence ratings start-up Repyoot.

Ross is author most recently of Implementing Enterprise 2.0, the prescient Living Networks, which anticipated the social network revolution, and the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships (click on the links for free chapter downloads). He is based in Sydney and San Francisco with his wife jewellery designer Victoria Buckley and two beautiful young daughters.