John Battelle

John Battelle

Program Chair, Web 2.0 Summit; Founder & CEO: Federated Media Publishing

John Battelle is an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, and author. Currently founder and chairman of Federated Media Publishing, he is also a founder and executive producer of conferences in the media, technology, communications, and entertainment industries and “band manager” with BoingBoing.net. Previously, Battelle was founder, chairman, and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI), publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com. Prior to founding The Standard, Battelle was a co-founding editor of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures. He is the author of The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture” (Portfolio, 2005).

Sessions

2:30pm Tuesday, 10/20/2009
Opening Welcome
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle welcome you to Web 2.0 Summit. Read more.
2:45pm Tuesday, 10/20/2009
A Conversation with Brian Roberts
Conversation
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Brian Roberts (Comcast Corporation), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD Read more.
4:35pm Tuesday, 10/20/2009
A Conversation with Evan Williams
Conversation
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Evan Williams (Twitter, Inc.), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD Read more.
2:15pm Wednesday, 10/21/2009
A Conversation with Sheryl Sandberg
Conversation
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD Read more.
2:45pm Wednesday, 10/21/2009
Discussion: Whither Journalism?
Discussion
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing), Marissa Mayer (Google), Eric Hippeau (The Huffington Post), Robert Thomson (The Wall Street Journal), Martin Nisenholtz (The New York Times Company)
TBD Read more.
8:30am Thursday, 10/22/2009
A Conversation with Paul Otellini
Conversation
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Paul Otellini (Intel Corporation), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD Read more.
10:45am Thursday, 10/22/2009
A Conversation with Shantanu Narayen
Conversation
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Shantanu Narayen (Adobe Systems Incorporated), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD Read more.
11:15am Thursday, 10/22/2009
A Conversation with Jonathan Miller
Conversation
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Jonathan Miller (News Corporation), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD Read more.
2:30pm Thursday, 10/22/2009
A Conversation with Tim Armstrong
Conversation
 Location: Metropolitan Ballroom
Tim Armstrong (AOL), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD Read more.
A Conversation with Carol Bartz
Carol Bartz (Yahoo!), John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD
And Now A Word From Your...
John Battelle (Federated Media Publishing)
TBD
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