Purpose: This monthly event brings together all kinds of professionals involved with internet and mobile communication, helping to create new types of collaboration and business opportunities. Each Net Nite invites presentations and discussions on timely themes of wide usefulness, and provides a unique opportunity for people from different worlds, such as engineers, content providers, designers and marketers, to share inspiring examples of their work, enjoy socializing, and together make new ideas become reality.
For Designers, marketers, hardware makers, software developers, hosting companies, content providers, agencies, services, media...
Content:Edit1) “Building a Community Site for International Musicians In Japan”- Sergii Leontiev (
http://japan4music.com) 2) TBC
Edit3/17/2008 BiZ NITE (Roppongi Fifty-Seven)
1) “The Skype Revolution Continues” Shinichi Iwata, Skype Japan Office General Manager,
ORGANIZATION: Skype Technologies SA
URL: www.skype.com
PROFILE:
After completing studies in physics at Keio University, Shinichi (Shin) Iwata joined Lotus Corporation, where he was a key member of the software development team for projects such as Domino for the AS/400 and NotesPump. He then joined Microsoft Corporation and as a project manager for network systems in the MSN Division. In 2001, he became involved in the establishment of Ariel Networks, Inc. There, he managed the overall development of peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, from planning, to design and development. During this period, he also wrote numerous articles and gave lectures on P2P technologies and applications. He joined Skype in August 2005 and is now general manager of the Japan Office. His main responsibilities are expanding Skype usage in Japan, including educating the development industry to increase the number of homegrown solutions using Skype. He has published a book ("Naruhodo Natoku! P2P Ga Wakaru Hon" ("I See! A Book Explaining P2P"), Ohmsha publishing) and is often featured in media as the Japan spokesperson for Skype.
Presentation outline: I will be speaking on how Skype can change working styles together with actual case studies in which Skype is used in business environments. I will also be introducing Skype's latest functions, particularly of interest to businesspeople.
2) “Sex, Lies and Backup Tape” - New Trends in Data Protection - The Brent and Andy Show (Blueshift
Bio: Founded in 2004 by Andy & Brent, Blueshift KK is a Tokyo based firm focused on providing cutting-edge data protection products & services to small, medium and large organizations in Japan. Both Brent & Andy are from Minneapolis, Minnesota & have been in living in Japan for over 16 years.
Edit2/18/2008 NET NITE (Roppongi Fifty-Seven)
Title:
Naviblog Technology: Innovative Mobile Marketing Solutions
Presenter (official position):
Michael Harris, CEO
Mandali Khalesi, Chairman (alt)
Outline of presentation:
Our presentation will focus on our Naviblog Mobile technology and its role in the growing mobile marketing landscape.
At Naviblog, a large part of our business revolves around providing our clients with innovative mobile marketing solutions which includes both leading-edge technology and bold, distinctive ideas. In the very near future, we see the mobile device playing an even larger role in location-based marketing and advertising, offering our clients an alternative medium which will keep them one-step ahead of their competitors.
In the future, Naviblog plans to aggressively promote the mobile marketing concept to the major players in the conventional advertising and marketing fields, while at the same time, continuing to develop leading-edge mobile device technology.
Company name:
Naviblog Corporation
Edit10/18 (Thu) Theme: LIVING IN SECOND LIFE - High touch, Music & Design, Diversity -
Main Content:
Renowned Japanese Businesswoman and Web 2.0 commentator Chika Watanabe interviews a special panel of SecondLife residents on how the emergence of virtual worlds have affected their lifestyle. After general discussion the panel will focus discussion on some key areas of interest in this emerging area, such as: Business, Community, Arts, Global vs Local environments and language communication barriers. Q&A will follow with Chika and the panelists. The discussion will take place simultaneously in real life and SecondLife. To be followed by DJ and possibly a live performance by musicians collaborating via both worlds.
Main Presenter Profile: Chika Watanabe:
Chika Watanabe is a top cross-border technology alliance specialist and renowned Web 2.0 commentator. She heads Blueshift Global Partners, and her experience includes bringing US businesses to Japan, managing international multi-company initiatives, and supporting alliance formation between US and Japanese companies. See more info at:
www.blueshiftglobal.comOther Content:
Also enjoy this evening member updates on Open Source activities, and a presentation about an innovative music-related portal & ecommerce site (
www.matchfinder.jp), with discussion about how to get more synergy from their user-generated content.
Edit9/26 (水) NET NITE @ STEREO: Theme: Open Source
9/26 (Wed) Net Nite will include a regular new section: OPEN SOURCE which will explore how this great new movement is changing all our business opportunities on the web.
Christof Wittig, a leading exponent of bringing its benefits into organizations, will be our first speaker on this theme. Topics ongoing may include: * db4objects itself (as an opensource success-story), * benefits of opensource in the comapny * "myth-busters" of opensource/opensource integration (focusing on areas such as IP, legal, control, quality, obligatons, etc which are often voiced as reasons why opensource is avoided), * survey of opensource licenses and how they can be utilized in companies...
We're also expecting to confirm soon a presentation about a high profile ecommerce site. And there will be the usual chances for members to show and discuss their current projects.
Presenter profile:Christof is Founder, CEO and President of db4objects, creator of the leading open source object database db4o, native to Java and .NET Christof brings 15 years of experience in software business, sales and marketing to his role as Chief Executive Officer of db4objects. He leads all aspects of the company's business strategy and execution as well as its marketing initiatives. Prior to db4objects, Christof was founder and Chief Executive Officer at APSIS Software, a position he held from the founding of APSIS in 1993 until its merger with conject in 2002. Christof serves as President of ODBMS.ORG e.V., a non-profit association to provide free resources on object database technology for education and research, and is an active member in the OMG's Object Database Technology Working Group (OBDT WG) to provide the 4th generation object database standard. He is also a frequent speaker on industry events on open source business and his thoughts have been featured in many publications. He is leading author of the Stanford research on MySQL's business model. Christof holds a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, where he was a Sloan Fellow in the Class of 2004. He also holds a Master of Engineering from Technical University Munich.
NET NITE - Wed August 22 ＠The Baron THEME: “COMMUNITY” 18.00 Lounge DJ (Socializing)
18.30 New Faces/ New Stuff - Freshest info from our members
19:00 Trendwatch – "Avatars: now and the future " (DC from Pikkle)
19:20 Break
19:30 Big Issues Roundtable – Portals: How to build a winner
20.00 Success Story - "PORTAL: How we built eigoTown.com" (Russell Willis)
20.30 Lounge DJ (Socializing) FEMMETASTIC. Free champagne for ladies...
NET NITE - Wed July 25 THEME: “DATA” 18.00 Lounge DJ (Socializing)
18.30 New Faces/ New Stuff - Including: "How to win investors for your site" (Paul Ford: onedegree)
19:00 Trendwatch - "Data Protection – a scary market summary…” (Brent Reichow: Blue Shift)
19:20 Break
19:30 Big Issues Roundtable - "Downloading - good or evil?"
20.00 Success Story – “Online Maps – and how to grow killer services around them” (Steven Kim:
GMAP, with guest speakers)
20.30 Lounge DJ (Socializing) FEMMETASTIC. Free champagne for ladies...