Rodrigo A. Sepulveda Schulz about why it is not easy publishing some video.

In my case (= the things I recorded during the conference) it is more the very usual flu thing which knocks me out ;( But after christmas I do have some free days which will be filled with a lot of podcasting! :))

As Loic has written that I will do a during podcasting (which I won't so much),, some people come here for the links. So let me collect what I have found / got mailed to, so the visitors are able to find them.

• soon (when I am back from London): some recordings from the days
  
• new: Rodrigo from the VC panel shows how the view from the stage was (via)
  
• all sessions are supposed to go up on vpod.tv later this week
  
• Martin Schenk Video
  
• Frank - video of this morning
  

If you have additional information, please use the contact link on the right, or chat me at _neezee in IRC.

Some speakers I did not manage to get on Skype - be it that they never responded, or timing was bad or we could not get together due to different reasons. Which is why I want to do a post conference podcast and would like you as participants to be on as well. :o) Shoot me an email and we will make something work!

On the conference you will be able to get hold of me through IRC under _neezee or through email. As Skype is a P2P application, I will not be running that at the conference. :)

Mark Fletcher if founder of Bloglines, an online aggregating service and will be speaking on the panel
"Tracking/Listening to the Online World".

• why he started Bloglines
  
• what AskJeeves wants from Bloglines
  
• what is a surprising use for him
  
• some numbers from the service
  
• the computer should do more work for us
  
• why do we have to reinvent the wheel all the time (usenet, irc)?
  
• localization and languages - a must in the global internet
  
• his expectations of the conference
  
• how is the business model?
  
• what does web 2.0 mean to him

Read his speaker bio for more information or visit his blog.

Download MP3 ( 31 min, MB)

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David Sifry wants to be of service with his company Technorati - and we will rely heavily on this service over the next two days. :o)

• What started Technorati?
  
• it is all about tracking people talking about you
  
• library methaphore vs. the internet as a (conversation) stream
  
• how tagging came to Technorati and why it is so much easier and powerful than knowledge management
  
• structured blogging and how standards make all our lives easier
  
• who are Technorati's customers?
  
• his vision for Technorati: the participant economy
  
• how can customers help Technorati
  
• core values at Technorati and the mantra: be of service
  

He will be talking on the panel "Tracking/Listening to the Online World" Read his speaker bio for more information or visit his blog.

Download MP3 (38:51 min, 36.4 MB)

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David Hornik, a VC as in capitalist as well as caster, is speaking on the panel "Investing 2.0 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly".

In this interview we talk about:

• the "what is Web 2.0 podcast"
  
• what kind of ventures he is working on and his background
  
• about his history in intelectual property lawyer
  
• a blogging and podcasting VC?
  
• what does mobility mean to him?
  
• let smarter people built smarter applications
  
• about his posting Built to be bought (Bubble 2.0)
  
• is Europe leading on something and are there other things he is missing over here?
  
• what is he expecting from the conference and what is his dream of the nearer future?
  

Read his speaker bio for more information or visit his blog.

Download MP3 (26 min, 24.4 MB)

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Yann Motte (speaker bio) is VP of Product Management at Yahoo Europe and speaks on the panel Tracking/Listening to the Online World.

• he thinks it is a coincidence that a french is running this department for Europe - yeah right ;)


• differences of user generated content between the US and Europe


• about enriching the user experience and express themselves


• lag between Europe and US regarding technology, but not so much at the content side?


• he impact of releasing new tools and services late for localization in Europe


• what he expects of the conference

Download MP3 (16:13 min, 9.5 MB)

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Film director, teacher and funky hair - meet Gabe McIntyre from xolo.tv:

• a geeky pickup line


• The Netherlands - the mother country of all pod- and videocasts?


• how RSS changed the way of distribution and democratized the media


• being able to is more important than production quality?


• trends in video blogging (speed blogging and the opposite)


• is screencasting video blogging too?


• is video blogging more for the MTV generation and podcasting for the older ones?


• video iPod had a huge impact as iTunes for audio podcasting


• how the students work today


• what he would like to achieve: inspire people to video blog, and inform others about what videobloggers need

Or listen to him when he is on the panel "Podcasting, Photo & Video Blogging".

Visit his company or take a look at his blogs.

Download MP3 (32 min, 18.6 MB)

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Jian Ni is Senior Business Development Manager for the Nokia Lifeblog and will be speaking on the panel Podcasting, Photo & Video Blogging.

We talk about:

• Nokia has been changing from being just a mobile phone company to the convergence age


• they don't call it phones anymore - voice only is history


• easy access to digital is key to attract people to try


• mission should be: enjoy without hazzle - we'll take care of the rest


• usage of mobile phones in Europe, Asia and the US


• why a mobile is a primary phone in Europe but not in the US


• flatrate is the direction to go to encourage business opportunities


• what he would likes to know: why are normal people using blogs and what can encourage them to use it more? Who is interested in using mobile applications?


• how is mobile usage and business through it in Asia


• he promised to bring gadgets :)


• how the quality of the video is already up par with camcorders

Download MP3 (29:30 min, 17 MB)

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Just wanted to inform you that I have still some more podcast in the pipe which will go online later this evening / night and include some very interesting names - in the meantime have fun discovering the other interviews.

I want to podcast from Paris a bit, but would also like to include links to other podcasters from there. When i link to their mp3 file, you would get them downloaded as well - it would be nice to get some feedback on whether this is wanted or not? You can always check the coverage page on the wiki on that.

Btw want to meetup on sunday?

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Marcel Reichart definitely represents mainstream media: Hubert Burda Media. He will be speaking at the panel "Citizen Journalism and mainstream media"

We talk about why they are curious about blogging, possible cross promotion with for example print, established media brands meet new media, and old print titles get fresh community input.

Read his speaker bio for more information or visit his blog.

Download MP3 (17:58 min, 10.5 MB)

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Martin Varsavsky is not only a Sponsor of Les Blogs and speaks on the panel "How is blogging affecting corporations?", but has a very intriguing product: FON.

Beside that he also uses his Varsavsky Foundation to provide technology for poorer countries with a focus on children and runs Safe-Democracy.org.

Read his speaker bio for more information or visit his blog.

Download MP3 (14:40 min, 8.5 MB)

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Kevin Anderson is working for BBC World Service and will be on the panel for "How blogs influence politics?".

He tells us about his engagement in the US elections, and how blogs are indeed influencing politics. I especially liked the term "distributed, investigative journalism".


Read about his blogging the US election or visit the "about the team" page at the BBC.

Download MP3 (25:19 min, 14.8 MB)

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Elizabeth Albrycht is not only a public relations professional, but she also co-founded of the New Communications Forum and a founding advisory board member and chair of the research and publications committee of the Society for New Communications Research, a new think tank for the advanced study of new communications tools.

At Les Blogs she will be moderating the RSS panel, and in this podcast we talk about what this new think tank can provide in regard of studies and white papers to help understand the impact of these new tools. And congratulations for her joining the Corante Marketing Web Hub!

Read her speaker bio for more information or visit her blog.

Download MP3 (22 min min, 12.8 MB)

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Philippe Borremans is Public Relation Manager for IBM Belgium & Luxembourg and will be talking on the "How is blogging affecting corporations?" panel.

It is an interesting view into an international company and how modern technology can be integrated into those, specifically in PR. He talks about why blogging as well as podcasting have a huge effect on IBM (including having policies for both), why common sense and trust are important, and how he is practicing "Real PR".

Read his speaker bio for more information or visit his blog.

Download MP3 (29:50 min, 17.5 MB)

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