Lecture " Big Results from Big Data "

Lecturer brief history

John has served as MapR's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since founding the company in 2009.

Prior to founding MapR, John held executive positions in a number of enterprise software companies with a focus on data, storage and business intelligence at both private and public companies including: CEO of Calista Technologies (now Microsoft), CEO of Rainfinity (now EMC), SVP of Products and Marketing at Brio Technologies (BRYO) and General Manager at Compuware (CPWR).

Lecture " Data Science Derived Value: Emerging Intelligence Yielded by ICT "

Lecturer brief history

Toshio Iwamoto was appointed to his current post in June 2012, prior to which he served as Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President and Company President, Public & Financial IT Services Company from 2009, Director, Executive Vice President and Head of the Financial Business Sector from 2007 and Senior Vice President and Head of the Financial Business Sector from 2005.

Mr. Iwamoto is the author of IT Kofuku-ron (IT as a tool to bring happiness), a book on how IT can help corporate management and bring about happiness in society, published in 2013.

A native of Nagano Prefecture, he graduated from Tokyo University's School of Engineering and started his career in April 1976 at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, currently NTT Corporation, the parent company of NTT DATA.

Lecture " Capturing Growth Opportunity with Technology "

Lecturer brief history

Martin Jetter joined IBM in January 1986. He has served various leadership positions, including General Manager of Product Lifecycle Management, General Manager and Managing Director of IBM's worldwide business with Siemens and General Manager of IBM Business Consulting Services in Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Jetter was also appointed as General Manager of Global Business Services in Northeast Europe in July 2005 and General Manager for IBM Germany in November 2006. In these positions he was responsible for transformation initiatives in critical business segments in Central Europe. Mr. Jetter took a corporate role as Vice President of Strategy and General Manager, Enterprise Initiatives for IBM in May 2011, where he led the worldwide strategy planning and execution of IBM Corporation. In April 2012, he joined the Board of Directors of IBM Japan, and on May 15, he became the IBM Japan General Manager. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Stuttgart.

Session1 " Data Science Enabling In-depth Exploration of Big Data "

Keynote Speech

Lecturer brief history

Mark Raskino is a Distinguished Analyst and Gartner Fellow in Executive Leadership and Innovation research. Mr. Raskino works primarily with CIOs and CEOs. He covers business and technology trends and their implications for business strategy and IT management. Mr. Raskino's research includes digital business, Gartner's Annual CEO Survey, Annual CIO Resolutions and Annual CEO Resolutions, as well as the 2008 Harvard Press book "Mastering the Hype Cycle". He is an accomplished and frequent keynote speaker. Current key research topics include digital business leadership and strategy, innovation management, and information innovation in business strategy.

In previous roles at Gartner, Mr. Raskino has:
- Chaired Gartner's Emerging Trends Symposium (2007 and 2008)
- Developed macro-scale emerging trends research (2005 and 2006)
- Co-led Gartner's real-time enterprise research (2003 and 2004)
- Coordinated IT cost containment research (2002)
- Led B2C e-business research in Europe (2000 and 2001)

Before joining Gartner, Mr. Raskino was a senior e-business manager at British Airways, following prior work within its IT department on loyalty programs, airport operations and revenue management systems. Early in his career, Mr. Raskino worked in IT departments in the telecommunications and oil industries.

Panelist

Lecturer brief history

Elissa Fink is Tableau Software's Chief Marketing Officer. With 20+ years helping companies improve their marketing operations through applied data analysis. Elissa has held executive positions in marketing, business strategy, product management, and product development. Prior to Tableau, Elissa was EVP Marketing at IXI Corporation, now owned by Equifax. She has also served in executive positions at Tele Atlas (acquired by TomTom), TopTier Software (acquired by SAP), and Nielsen / Claritas. Elissa also sold national advertising for the Wall Street Journal. She's a frequent speaker and has spoken at conferences including the DMA, the NCDM, Location Intelligence, the AIR National Forum and others. Elissa is a graduate of Santa Clara University and holds an MBA in Marketing and Decision Systems from the University of Southern California.

Panelist

Lecturer brief history

1978

Born in Tokyo

2001

Worked for Red Hat while he was still studying at Waseda University

2009

Moved to the U.S. as a member of Mitsui Ventures, a private equity department of Mitsui & Co.

2011

Co-founded Treasure Data

Since its launch in 2011, Treasure Data, led by Hiro Yoshikawa, has been in the center of global attention with its big data analytics service. The company caught attention in Japan as a business launched by a Japanese entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Expectations for the company had been high since its launch, as it successfully raised fund from top investors in Silicon Valley, including Jerry Yang, Co-Founder of Yahoo, and Bill Tai. The company is now growing rapidly as if to meet the expectations. Treasure Data offers end-to-end cloud service of data collection, storage and analysis. By late 2013, more than 2 trillion data records have been stored from over 90 corporate customers.
Yoshikawa began his career at Red Hat as an engineer while he was still studying at Waseda University, and was engaged in educational programs, product marketing and business development. In 2009, he moved to the U.S. as a member of Mitsui Ventures, a private equity department of Mitsui & Co. Gaining experience in investment and management of several open-source software companies, Yoshikawa later founded Treasure Data with Kazuki Ohta, who is now the company's CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Ohta was CTO at Preferred Infrastructure, a search engine vender in Japan. He also founded the world's largest Hadoop User Group.
Treasure Data founded its Japanese arm in 2012 and rolled out its business in May 2013. In July 2013, the company raised 5 million dollars from Sierra Ventures. Treasure Data is now accelerating its global operations.

Lecture " Innovating towards the next big thing: Cognitive World "

Lecturer brief history

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Responsible for setting corporate strategy and guiding the technology direction of Nokia by providing long-term views on network architecture and its evolution

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Member of the executive board at Nokia

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Joined Nokia Siemens Networks in 2010

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States in 1992

·Fellow and Lead Mobility Architect, British Telecom, 2008 - June 2010
·Group Vice President for Technical Strategy, T- Mobile International, 2005 - 2008
·Vice President for Technical Strategy, T- Mobile International, 2003 - 2005
·Chief Architect, T- Mobile International, 2002 - 2003
·Director of Technology, T- Motion, 2001 - 2002
·Chief Technologist in Network Service Provider group, Sun Microsystems, 2000 - 2001
·Special Consultant in EMEA region, Sun Microsystems, 1998 - 2000
·Chief Architect in Clustered Systems Engineering group, Sun Microsystems, 1997 - 1998
·Senior System Architect in Clustered Systems Engineering group, Sun Microsystems, 1995 - 1997
·System Architect, Tandem Computers, 1992 - 1995

Hossein has over 25 years of international experience in the Information Technology and telecommunications industries with proven expertise in driving technology strategy and architecture to ensure growth and profitability. He is known to have an in-depth understanding of the business context of the ICT sector, bringing a high level of customer focus and innovation to Nokia Solutions and Networks.

Hossein joined Nokia Siemens Networks from British Telecom in 2010. During his extensive career, he has worked in several leading companies in leadership roles in Europe, Asia and the United States. As an active consultant, Hossein has been a Board Member of several technology startup companies. Furthermore, he has served as an investment or strategy advisor in leading firms across the globe.

Hossein holds a Ph.D, Master of Science, and Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was born in 1964 in Tehran, Iran, and holds both Italian and Iranian citizenship. He has two sons. In his spare time, he enjoys skiing, reading, watching films and spending time with his family.

Lecture " Sony's SmartWear Strategy "

Lecturer brief history

April 1984

Entered Sony Corporation

February 1995

President, Sony Argentina S.A.

April 1999

President, Global VAIO Direct Company, Personal IT Network Company, Sony Corporation

November 2006

Deputy President, VAIO Business Group, Sony Corporation

April 2007

General Manager, Consumer Products Group Integrated Products and Business Strategy, Sony Corporation

April 2008

EVP, Consumer Business Group Sony Electronics Inc.

April 2009

SVP, Corporate Executive, Sony Corporation
Deputy President of Networked Products & Services Group (NPSG), Sony Corporation
President of VAIO Business Group, NPSG, Sony Corporation

July 2009

(Concurrent) Deputy President, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI)

April 2011

Deputy President of Consumer Products & Services Group (CPSG), Sony Corporation

April 2012 to present

EVP, Corporate Executive Officer, Sony Corporation
Officer in charge of PC business, Mobile Business, UX, Product Strategy and Creative Platform, Sony Corporation

April 2012

President of the UX & Product Strategy Group, UX, Product Strategy and Creative Platform, Sony Corporation

May 2012 to present

President & CEO, Sony Mobile Communications

Lecture " It came from the Slush: Cultural revolution in Finland,
from corporations to startup nation "

Lecturer brief history

Peter Vesterbacka is the Mighty Eagle (CMO) of Rovio Entertainment Ltd., the company that created the wildly successful Angry Birds franchise and over 50 other games. Peter spearheads the company's marketing and business strategy, including expanding Angry Birds into a broader entertainment franchise. Prior to Rovio, Peter worked for HP in several communications-industry related roles. While at HP, Peter founded the HP Mobile E-Services Bazaar, a global innovation and corporate partnership program that Booz Allen Hamilton declared an industry benchmark. Peter is also Co-Founder and the original initiator of MobileMonday as well as the founder of Some Bazaar, a new approach to building and growing new businesses. In 2011 Time Magazine recognized Peter as one of the most influential people in the World in their TIME 100 Listing.

Session3 " Open Data Vitalized Society and Economy "

Keynote Speech

Lecturer brief history

Karim Temsamani oversees all of Google's sales and operations across the Asia-Pacific region, determining the strategy for 16 offices and the regional business strategy for Google products including AdWords, AdMob, Google Maps, Google Apps for Business, DoubleClick Ad Exchange, YouTube and AdSense.

He was most recently Google's Vice President for New Products and Solutions for the Americas region, leading Google's business and strategy for its rapidly growing newer businesses, including mobile advertising, display advertising, DoubleClick platforms, YouTube, social products and new search ad formats.

From 2010 to 2012, he was Google's Global Head of Mobile. He oversaw the growth of Google's mobile advertising business worldwide, leading the teams charged with providing advertising services and solutions to thousands of advertisers, developers, and publishers. From 2007 to 2010, Karim was Managing Director, Google Australia and New Zealand, leading its business and strategic partnerships in those countries. Karim joined Google from Fairfax Media, where he was Commercial Director for Newspapers (responsible for agency and group sales, trade marketing and business development) and Group Director, Fairfax General Magazines.

From 1999 to 2002, he was the Publisher and Vice President of Who Weekly at Time Inc., South Pacific. He has previously served in a variety of senior capacities with Hachette Filippachi Media, in Hong Kong, Korea and Australia.

Panelist

Lecturer brief history

Ashish is president of Portfolio & Service Design (P&SD) and BT Advise and has dual accountability reporting into Luis Alvarez, CEO BT Global Services and Clive Selley, CEO Technology Service & Operations (TSO).

BT Global Services provides networked IT services to BT's global multi-national customers across UK, EMEA, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

TSO is a new BT unit formed in 2013 with end to end responsibility for designing, implementing and maintaining BT's network, systems, solutions and business processes for every part of BT.

In his capacity as president P&SD, Ashish has the responsibility for implementing global services network and IT strategy across the world. He is responsible for BT Global Services portfolio offerings. His mandate is to drive increased profitability and improved customer satisfaction for BT Global Services by rationalising networks, systems and processes, standardising and enhancing portfolio offerings and supporting customers on scalable, high-performance platforms, right first time, every time.

And as president BT Advise, Ashish is responsible for creating a better and stronger global professional services capability that complements BTs core propositions to provide the flexible solutions that global customers demand.

With extensive experience across BT, he has held positions including managing director for BT Global Platforms where he was responsible for delivering the platform-based IT strategy for all the businesses within BT Group. Prior to this, Ashish was the IT director responsible for bringing new products and services to market and was deputy CIO for BT Wholesale.

Before joining BT in 2004, Ashish spent around 9 years with Tech Mahindra in various roles, latterly as an IT delivery director responsible for Tech Mahindra's CRM practice. He holds an MBA (General Management) from the London Business School.

Panelist

Lecturer brief history

At the third grade of elementary school, he met the world of programming that can be re-created. While changing development languages, such as BASIC, Assembler and C, he devoted himself to software development. Joining a programming club of his school, the Fukui National College of Technology, and working part-time, he could become aware of pleasure in making things doing services for people. While he was working as a free-lance programmer after graduation from the college, he held starting of his business in his mind. After having established two companies, he founded a present company, jig.jp co., ltd. in 2003 and succeeded in development of the world's first downloadable type full-browser "jig Browser" that enabled mobile phone users to view Web sites for PCs though the users could see nothing but Web sites prepared for mobile phones until those days. In order to pursue a rich social model, he located the company's head office in Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture. He is therein engaged in a programming course for senior people and children, as well as local government's open data activity "Data City Sabae" , an organization "Code for Sabae" to take advantage of the open data and IT events to facilitate networking of local people with entrepreneurs from the Tokyo area. He is also supporting junior people studying at National Colleges of Technology in Japan by providing them with internship and giving lectures as well as originating "Code for KOSEN".

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Lecturer brief history

Fiona Tweedie is co-chair of the board of the Open Knowledge Foundation, Australia and the site lead for GovHack Melbourne. She has organised a wide variety of events in her local community to build relationships between the producers and consumers of data and promote innovation. She currently works at the University of Melbourne, where she supports researchers to use technology more effectively in their work. Previously, she worked as a policy adviser at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, where she first became passionate about opening up Public Sector Information for reuse by the community. She holds a PhD in Ancient History from the University of Sydney.

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Lecturer brief history

Craig Hammer leads the World Bank's Global Media Development program, a partnership-driven initiative which focuses on open data and media as drivers of good governance. A licensed attorney, his work at the World Bank has included strengthening laws, policies, and regulations to enhance the enabling environment for media and access to information, as well as collaborative approaches with media practitioners to strengthen the role of media as a key driver of the global knowledge economy, and as a tech-enabled, institution of transparency and accountability. He is a member of the World Bank's Open Government Data Working Group, and has led World Bank efforts to support open data initiatives in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Moldova, Nepal, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uruguay.