SIME Amsterdam – First Preview of Speakers, Location and Dates Confimed

Posted by mahesh in SIME News | Apr 15, 2011 @ 16:57

Friends, SIME Amsterdam is happening! May 25th at a very cool location in Amsterdam, we are very excited to keep the SIME International juggernaut rolling as we aim to take SIME to more cities this year.

SIME Amsterdam will be a 1 day SIME with the best of SIME, bringing together great speakers, a good mix of panelists and workshop experts to teach and learn about the trends, movements and growth of today’s digital landscape. As we get more speakers into our roster, here is the list of the first 5 speakers who have confirmed.

The location is the famous Beurs van Berlage.

We will soon open the registration / invitation system for you to apply.

Stay tuned for continuous updates.

	Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO Amazon The Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Amazon.com in Seattle, Washington. In charge of driving technology innovation within the company, Vogels is the only executive apart from Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos to speak publicly on behalf of Amazon.com.
	Sara Öhrvall, Bonnier’s dynamic R&D director Sara Öhrvall is responsible for R&D and new technology initiatives within Bonnier, one of the larger media outfits in the world, based out of Sweden. She is the architect of Bonnier Corp.’s digital magazine development and its point person for Apple in the development of their magazines for the iPad.She has previously worked at Volvo Cars, where she was responsible for concept development of jeep hybrids, sports cars and eco-friendly cars. Other experiences include Managing Director/partner of brand agency D.
	Stefan Glänzer, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor Stefan Glänzer, Executive Chairman and first investor of Last.fm until it got sold to CBS in 2007 for USD 280M, is one of the most active business angels in Europe’s digital space. Currently he acts as Executive Chairman at the research community Mendeley.com and at RjDj.me Stefan is a serial entrepreneur since he left university: in 1998 he founded Ricardo.de, Germany’s biggest online-auction company, which he took to an IPO at Neuer Markt in 1999. The company merged to QXLricardo in 2000 before got sold to Nasper in 2007, for USD 1.8 Billion. Stefan currently holds investments in 25-plus companies. Since the end of 2000 he and his family enjoy living in London.
	Jake Hsu, CEO, Symbio Mr. Hsu served as President, COO and CMO, having led Symbio Group’s North American and Japan operations. Before joining Symbio Group, he was CEO of Trilogica Technologies, a data aggregation software company, and CEO of Epitome Software, an IT services company focused on the financial sector. He began his career as an investment banker focused on mergers & acquisitions at Fox-Pitt, Kelton.
	Joris van Oers, CEO De Telefoongids Joris Van Oers has extensive sales experience, with over 15 years at KPN. Most recently he held the position of Managing Director Corporate Solutions at KPN’s Business Market division and temporary Managing Director Sympac at KPN Mobile International. Prior to this he held various positions within the KPN Sales organisation for the corporate market.