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Innotribe @ Sibos – News Flash 6 – Presentations Day-2

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In this 6th News Flash on Innotribe @ Sibos, we’d like to give you an update on the rich set of presentations scheduled on 15 Sep 2009. Some presentations include a video- or live demo ! Check out the specials for each presentation.

All presentations listed below will take place on the Innotribe Floor (follow the signs Innotribe Lounge). This is a special Innotribe booth next to the big SWIFT stand on the Exhibition Floor.

We’ll have 3 types of presentations that day:

  1. Keynotes on Cloud: by leaders from the Cloud computing industry
  2. R&D Insight presentations: talks and demos from the edge of business and technology
  3. Mini-Keynotes: Innovation updates from Partners

Keynotes on Cloud

9:00-09:30 Enabling Agility through Cloud Architectures

Amir Halfon – CTO Global Financial Services, SUN

– Presentation abstract: Cloud Computing has become one of the most important concepts in IT. It holds the potential of transforming the way IT services are being delivered by facilitating new levels of agility and automation that are impossible to achieve in the traditional data center. This presentation will explore how public, private and mixed cloud environments are changing the relationship between application developers and IT deployment. It will also discuss how applications and our notions of their reliability and availability are being transformed by these new models.

9:30-10:00 Let’s Head For the Clouds

Jeff Barr – Senior AWS Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services

– Presentation abstract: Amazon Web Services Senior Evangelist will introduce the concept of cloud computing from a business and architectural concept.  Jeff will review the economic model and resulting benefits of cloud computing, including an overview of Amazon’s line of scalable web services including the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, the Amazon Simple Storage Service,, and Amazon Elastic MapReduce. Jeff will also cover real-world cloud computing success stories.

10:00-10:30 The Cloud in Context

Russell Daniels – Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EDS, Hewlett Packard

– Presentation abstract: In this presentation, Russ Daniels will describe how the cloud will fundamentally change the way people and businesses connect to information and the profound impact this will have on every aspect of our lives. The cloud will enable a proliferation of services anchored around individual profiles, aware of context and location, and tailored to particular areas of experience as well as vertical industries. Daniels will outline the implications this shift will have for the Financial Services industry, and how companies can move to capitalize on it.

15:30-16:00 Real-Time Results in the Cloud for Financial Services

Stephen Morse – Senior Director – Sales Engineering APAC, Salesforce.com

– Presentation abstract: Financial Services are already reaping the benefits of enterprise cloud computing to drive faster innovation while simultaneously reducing capital expense, operational expense, and risk.  We will review key Financial Services case studies, leveraging Sales, Service, and Platform Cloud capabilities, with specific demos of the solutions.  Also addressed is a discussion on cloud security, availability, and performance vs. traditional on-premise models.  Attendees will learn how to begin building cloud apps immediately.

R&D Insight presentations

16:00 – 16:30 The Benche

Lars Millberg – Head Cash Management, SEB

– Presentation abstract: The Benche (www.thebenche.com) is one of the world’s leading online communities for Trade Professionals. The Benche is provided by SEB as a free service to trade finance professionals or other members active in international trade. The purpose is to encourage sharing of knowledge and experience, open discussions and networking between such professionals. Lars Millberg will speak about the original idea that later became the success of today. He will guide through first meeting with site provider, building the structure of the site, touching upon surveys of client’s interest, pilots and the great launch till the status of today. Lars will also present problems encountered, lessons learned, and the continuous evolutionary roadmap of The Benche.

16:30-17:00 Discontinuities in Distributed Computing

Joe Weinman – Strategy & Business Development VP, AT&T

– Presentation abstract: Every decade or so, a major new paradigm shift occurs in the world of computing.  Shifts from the mainframe to the mini to the PC to the web are examples.  Now, we are at the beginning of a set of interconnected discontinuities.  First, the shift from enterprise data center to hybrid architectures including cloud computing.  Second, a shift from text and numeric data to multimedia, including video.  Third, a shift from person-to-person communications to sensor networks and automated agents, including speech synthesis and semantic analysis.  Fourth, a shift from fixed to mobile.  And finally, new interfaces…not just Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers, but multi-touch, accelerometers, and ultimately, brain-computer interfaces.

17:00 – 17:30 The virtual branch of the bank – project Wonderland

Michael Gialis – Head of Business Development for SUN Lab, SUN

– Presentation abstract: Introduction to Virtual World technology and Project Wonderland specifically. We will discuss: 1) some ideas of use cases for virtual world technologies, (call center, virtual customer branch, interbank / inter-industry collaboration, etc.) 2) our approach to developing opportunities in this space, (technical collaborations with universities and enterprise, service and technology partner eco-system development, proofs-of-concept, etc.) 3) our architecture and distinguishing features and characteristics (GPL v2 w/ class-path exception, modular architecture, extensible platform, built for enterprise security / integration, etc.) 4) our go-to-market plans, (partner model, professional / engineering services, deployment / hosting services, commercial licenses, production support, etc.), and 5) provide the audience with a video demonstration

– Special: this presentation includes a video-demonstration !

Mini-Keynotes: Innovation updates from Partners

14:30 –15:30 Oracle Fusion Middleware – Foundation for Innovation and Growth

Paul Shetler – Senior Director, Global Financial Services, Oracle

– Presentation abstract: Changing markets, competitive pressures and evolving customer needs are placing increasing pressure on IT to deliver greater flexibility and speed. Organizations are adopting technology as a means of delivering on these requirements by overcoming the complexity of their application and IT environments. With the launch of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, Oracle is fundamentally transforming the way its customers develop, run, and manage their custom, packaged, and composite business applications. Learn how across the entire family of middleware components, Oracle has worked from a common set of design principles to forge unprecedented integrations between best-of-breed components. This innovative approach will help Oracle customers leverage agile, adaptable applications with a degree of ease that was not possible until now. Oracle Fusion Middleware also delivers unprecedented support for virtualization and cloud computing.

Practical:

Innotribe at Sibos is an integral part of Sibos. All Innotribe sessions are open to any Sibos delegate with a full week or day pass.

Follow us via live-postings at www.innotribe.com or via our Twitter account #Innotribe or via our Innotribe group on LinkedIn.

Innotribe @ Sibos – Newsflash 5 – Cloud debate

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In this fifth Innotribe Newsflash, we’ll highlight the Cloud debate. Please read on till the end, as we would like to collect your input to help the moderator prepare the debate.

During Innotribe @ Sibos, we have scheduled a number of Face to Face discussions (a more close to the audience type of debates). One of the Face to Face discussions is on "The economics of Cloud" on 15 Sep 2009 from 12:30 till 14:00 in the Innovation Dome (follow the signs for Sibos Labs).

This is a quite exceptional debate. For the very first time, we have been able to gather an impressive panel of all key players in cloud-space:

  • Jeffrey Barr, Senior AWS Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services
  • Willy Chiu, Vice President of IBM Cloud Labs & High Performance On-Demand Solutions
  • Russell Daniels, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EDS, Hewlett Packard
  • Nick Davies, Global CTO, Lombard Risk Management
  • Amir Halfon, CTO Global Financial Services, SUN Microsystems
  • Stephen Morse, Senior Director – Sales Engineering APAC, Salesforce.com
  • Clare Porter, Senior Vice-President, Technology Solutions, SUNGARD
  • Roland Slee, VP Banking & Capital Markets, Oracle Asia Pacific
  • Neil Vernon, Senior Product Manager, Smartstream
  • Stevan Vidich, Industry Technology Strategist, Worldwide Financial Services, Microsoft 
  • Joe Weinman, Strategy & Business Development VP, AT&T

This Face to Face discussion will be moderated by Peter Hinssen, Managing Director, A-Cross Technology and London Business School.

The discussion will be introduced by Joe Weinman, Strategy & Business Development VP, AT&T and facilitated by Philippe Coullomb, Facilitator, The Value Web.

Call for action:

Peter Hinssen, the moderator for this Cloud debate posted a blog to collect your input in advance of the debate. He is listing 5 questions for you to respond to and to give direction to the debate.

Please have a look at the 5 Cloud Questions, and let Peter Hinssen know your opinion, so he can structure his moderation in the best way possible to address your feedback.

This is a must-see debate. Very unique in the quality of the panel and in the discussion format we have prepared for you at Innotribe.

Please let us know if you plan to go by surfing to our events page, and let us know if you’re coming to this debate by clicking the "I’m Going" button.

Welcome to the Innotribe !

Innotribe News Flash 4 – Innotribe Closing on Thursday morning

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In this 4th News Flash on Innotribe @ Sibos, we’d like to give you an update on the Innotribe closing session. This session will take place on Thursday 17 Sep 2009 from 10:30 till 12:00, just before the Sibos closing plenary in the afternoon.

The results of the Innotribe Sibos Labs will be revealed, and the winner of the Sibos 2009 Innovation Award will be selected based on the assessment of a panel of buyer’s (composed of senior members of our community) and the opinion of the Sibos crowd.

This Innotribe closing will be the place where all the activities of the Innotribe Sibos Labs (see Innotribe News Flash 2) will come together.

The Innotribe closing is composed of following elements:

– A Face to Face discussion with venture capitalists on “Where does the money go?”

– Condensed power pitches by the Innotribe Sibos Labs teams.

– Q&A session between the Buyer’s Panel, venture capitalists and the teams.

– A crowdsourcing event, where our facilitators will collect the feedback from the audience.

– A (closed) session of the Buyers Panel to elect the Sibos 2009 Innovation Award

Face to Face discussion with venture capitalists:

The Innotribe closing session will start with a 30 minute panel discussion lead by Matthaus Krzykowski from Venturebeat, in which venture capitalists will share with us what the typical criteria are they use to fund new projects and what sort of projects they still invest in the current economic climate. Based on their investment insights they will also talk about their vision how tomorrow’s startups could transform the finance industry. Also, they will share their tactical experience about the wisdom of investing – what do great innovative ideas look like and how to recognize when one knocks on your door. The panel will include:

– Guy Kawasaki – Founding Partner, Garage Technology Ventures and guest speaker for the Sibos Closing Plenary

– Eghosa D. Omoigui, Director Strategic Investments, Intel Capital

– Wouter de Ploey – Partner, McKinsey

 

Presentation of innovative ideas by Innotribe Sibos Labs teams:

The Innotribe Sibos Labs will culminate into the presentation to the buyer’s panel. Each team will get maximum 8 minutes to give a condensed power presentation about the ideas they have developed throughout the week. After each presentation, we plan a Q&A session with the Buyer’s Panel, the venture capitalists, and the teams.

Our facilitator The Value Web will then try to feel the pulse of the audience, and collect their preference on the best idea to be moved forward.

The Buyer’s Panel:

The Buyer’s Panel is composed as follows:

– Ignace Combes – SWIFT Board member, Deputy CEO, Euroclear

– Javier Santamaria – SWIFT Board member, Assistant General Manager, Banco Santander

– Paul Simpson – Managing Director and Global Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions, CITI

– Guy Kawasaki – Founding Partner, Garage Technology Ventures

– Lázaro Campos – CEO, SWIFT

– Gottfried Leibbrandt – Head of Markets, SWIFT

– Kosta Peric – Head of Innovation, SWIFT

Armed with the input from the Innotribe teams, the face to face panel discussions and the opinion of the crowd, the Buyer’s panel will evaluate the presented ideas and judge their originality, potential for success, and ability to advance our industry.

In a following closed session, the Buyer’s Panel will elect the Sibos 2009 Innovation Award winner that will be announced in the final Sibos Closing Plenary in the afternoon of 17 Sep 2009.

Practical:

Where: The Innotribe Closing will take place in the Innotribe Dome (located in the Sibos Labs room).

When: Thursday 17 Sep 2009, from 10:30 – 12:00

Innotribe at Sibos is an integral part of Sibos. The Innotribe closing sessions is open to any Sibos delegate with a full week or day pass. Just pop-in and join us on the Innotribe Closing session.

To let us know if you will be coming to this event, login to www.swiftcommunity.net, go to the Innotribe Closing event and click I will attend button next to the event. You can also see who else is coming.

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Posting by my boss Kosta Peric:

I’m just walking out of the Innovation team corner here at SWIFT.

Only one topic on everybody’s mind – Innotribe@Sibos – and the atmosphere is the same as just before a big race at an athletic event: I guess the best description is "electric"…

The event is – I’ll be candid – way bigger than what we thought some 3-4 months ago. Just look at the final agenda Peter has published a few days ago: business and technology, information sessions and interactive labs, debates and meetings. Incredible.

So the stage is set (or almost – as usual, just a couple of small things to be ironed out )

The key however is YOU – member of the financial community, SWIFT customer, partner, journalist – and how you can participate to this event. For you to start feeling comfortable, I thought I’d introduce the team who has put this together and who you will be able to meet and work with at Innotribe.

First of all, we have the Innotribe Leaders. There are 6 of them, two per theme:

– for the Cloud theme – Nick Davies (Lombard Risk Management) and Peter Hinssen (Across, London Business School).
– for the Mashup theme – Casper van Amelsvoort (Rabobank) and Mary Knox (Gartner)
– for the Crowd theme – Chris Skinner (Financial Services Club) and Tim Collins (Wells Fargo)

What is their role?

They are knowledgeable on the subject, they have experience of innovation management, they are recognised voices in their communities. They will be the leaders of the Innotribe Labs – the interactive workshops where you will be able to work with your fellow delegates to produce and/or refine new ideas. 

Prior to Sibos, our Innotribe Leaders are animating innotribe.com, the innovation forum where ideas are already brewing and getting polished for discussion at Sibos. Look at the Innotribe Leaders as your coaches as you work on new ideas.

Second, our facilitator. Animating interactive workshops at big events like SIbos in such a way that people feel confortable and engaged – in other words where people have fun while working – is not to be taken lightly. We have asked Philippe Coulomb to help us with this. He works for Matter Solutions, and is part of the Value Web – a number of professionals in interactive workshop facilitation.

Third, our reporter – blogging, twittering and spreading news about Innotribe and what is happing will be the job of Jeroen Derynck, from a company called Thinking Ape (I’ll leave to him to tell the crowd the story about red monkeys ).

Finally, the SWIFT team:
– Mariela Atanassova – she is the master of the Innotribe floor, the place (in the exhibition area) where a number of Innotribe activities will happen.
– Peter Vander Auwera – he is in charge of the Innotribe agenda and he is also going to be working in the Cloud Lab.
– Matteo Rizzi – the engine behind collaborative innovation, he will  also (of course) participate to the Crowd Lab.
– Kosta Peric – I’ll be your host at Innotribe@Sibos, and will also participate in the Mashup Lab.

Feel free to contact any of us, on innotribe.com or elsewhere – we want you to be fully informed and hope to see you at Innotribe@Sibos!
One last request – please let us know which Lab you would be interested in joining – head over to the event area (here) and click on the appropriate event (the "I’m Going"  button). Thanks in advance – this information will also be useful for us to plan the number of lunches to be served in the Innotribe area.

3 weeks from SIBOS 2009

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Innotribe @ Sibos – News Flash 3 – Final Agenda Published

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We have just published the final detailed agenda of Innotribe @ Sibos 2009.

An overview of
– Innotribe Opening and Closing details
– All keynotes
– All Face to Face panels/debates
– All Innotribe Sibos Labs sessions
– All R&D Insights sessions
– Names and business titles of all speakers, moderators, and facilitators.

You can download the PDF here: 
https://www.swiftcommunity.net/communities/download.cfm?id=5114

You can see the on-line version here: 
http://www.swift.com/sibos2009/conference/Forumsandstreams.page?

Enjoy !

Innotribe News Flash 2 – Innotribe Sibos Labs

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Exactly one month to go ! Then Innotribe @ Sibos will kick-off for an exciting week of inspiring presentations, face to face discussions, interactive workshops, and special challenges – all aimed at one single goal: enabling collaborative innovation.

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Feel the heat building up at www.innotribe.com. The community is buzzing of new ideas. As you will see, our Innotribe Leaders have changed gears and are now posting very actively to collect your ideas to work on them during our Innotribe Sibos Labs from 14-18 Sep 2008 in Hong-Kong.

Some quick links:

Mash-up:

https://www.swiftcommunity.net/communities/blogdetail.cfm?id=1512

Corporates needed:

https://www.swiftcommunity.net/communities/blogdetail.cfm?id=1511

So, here is our 2nd News Flash on Innotribe.

Today, more detailed information about the Innotribe Sibos Labs.

The Innotribe Sibos Labs are one of the key components of Innotribe. These are interactive workshops, fully equipped with tools and connectivity, to brainstorm on new ideas but more importantly to make these ideas tangible in application mock-ups or prototypes. These Sibos Labs will be led by the Innotribe leaders helped by professional facilitators from The Value Web. Additional help is offered to the participants by two Venture Capitalists acting as "consultants" to the teams. The Value Web will simultaneously scribe to advice / assist groups in packaging their idea. We will also have a number of PC’s with internet connectivity available to help documenting the ideas and to possibly make some mock-ups of applications illustrating the ideas.

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The objective of the first Innotribe Sibos Lab on 14 Sep 2009 is to generate ideas and selection criteria to be used for evaluating the ideas. First we will create working groups per theme: Cloud, Crowd, Mash-up. Participants are asked to join the group of their "prime interest". "Prime" implies that the topic is not exclusive and leaves space for transversal ideas. Each team goes in a dedicated space, and find an assignment. The groups will brainstorm with the Innotribe leaders on how the Cloud, Mash-up and Crowd trends can transform the industry. "knowledge kiosks" will propose food for thought in free access: Hand-out with ideas from the swiftcommunity.net, any document collected upfront, etc. Groups will reflect on the criteria that would best qualify the ideas proposed. New assignments will be brought in, to shift the focus of the discussion. The challenge is to introduce the filtering process without restraining the creativity of the group. Assignment shall be more of an invitation. Expected outcome is a first draft of idea/ideas and a documented set of relevant criteria

The objective of the second Innotribe Sibos Lab on 15 Sep 2009 is to narrow down ideas to likely candidates to be developed further and “sold” to buyers panel during the Innotribe Closing. The groups will go back in same configuration as day before and iterate and their ideas. The assignment will invite to select one idea before going forward (if not already done). This session will be about refining your ideas – give them spin & shine. The Value Web facilitator will suggest many different tools and techniques to sell their ideas (glossy add, marketing with the public, raising capital, getting developers to mock up, using the VCs etc…). We will also use Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 rule for making good pitches. Expected outcome is to have framed idea(s) – the core of what the teams will present to the buyer’s panel should be clear.

During the third Innotribe Sibos Lab on 16 Sep 2009, we will mock the ideas up in order to get them ready for a presentation to the jury on the next day. The groups go back in same configuration as day before and iterate and their ideas. Facilitation will invite to further refine outside of the time & space that is offered in the Lab.

During the dry-runs on 16 Sep 2009 late afternoon, participants will refine their presentation and prepare for the oral with the buyer’s panel.

The Innotribe Sibos Labs will culminate into the presentation to the buyer’s panel during the Innotribe Closing on 17 Sep 2009. Each team will get maximum 8 minutes to give a condensed power presentation. More on the Innotribe closing in one of our next Innotribe News Flashes.

Innotribe Leaders:

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Practical:

Where: The Innotribe Sibos Labs take place in the Innotribe Dome (located in the Sibos Labs room).

When:

– First Innotribe Sibos Lab: Monday 14 Sep 2009, from 12:15 – 13:45

– Second Innotribe Sibos Lab: Tuesday 15 Sep 2009, from 14:30 – 16:00

– Third Innotribe Sibos Lab: Wednesday 16 Sep 2009, from 14:30 – 16:00

– Dry-Runs: Wednesday 16 Sep 2009, from 17:30 – 18:30

– Idea pitches during Innotribe Closing: Thursday 17 Sep 2009, from 10:30 – 12:00

To let us know if you will be coming to this event, login to www.swiftcommunity.net, go to the Innotribe Sibos Labs event and click I will attend button next to the event. You can also see who else is coming.

Innotribe @ Sibos – Newsflash on Opening

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Within a little more than one month to go, Innotribe @ Sibos will kick-off for an exciting week of inspiring presentations, face to face discussions, interactive workshops, and special challenges – all aimed at one single goal: enabling collaborative innovation.

From now on, we’ll post regular news flashes about the details of the Innotribe program.

Today, more detailed information about the Innotribe Opening: “Beyond Web 2.0 – what will YOU create?”

We have chosen this title 1) to make the connection with last year’s Sibos Labs where the theme was Web 2.0, and 2) because we really wanted to have YOU work together to collaboratively generate and flesh-out ideas before, during and after Sibos.

The Innotribe Opening will give 4 perspectives on the future. It will set the scene for a joint journey with the audience -exploring how current and emerging trends will shape our industry and landscape. With vibrant and stunning examples our speakers will energize you to join the Innotribe, innovating and crafting the future as it emerges throughout the Sibos week.

· Innovation 2.0: It’s OPEN, not closed

Peter Hinssen (1969) (www.peterhinssen.com ) is co-founder of ACROSS Group and Managing Director of ACROSS Technology. An entrepreneur, lecturer and writer, he is also the chairman of Porthus.com and has been an Entrepreneur in Residence with McKinsey & Company. He will kick-off with a 15 min presentation on the need to innovate together with customers, partners, and the eco-system at large. Peter is a regular keynote speaker. Those who have seen him before will certainly agree with me that he is our ideal speaker to give a thundering wake-up call on this subject.

· The Future of IT: Driving Innovation across Financial Services

Bindia Hallauer is the Chief Technology Strategist for Worldwide Financial Services Sector at Microsoft Corporation, based in Redmond, Washington, USA.  In this leadership role, Bindia owns shaping Microsoft’s technology strategy in financial services industry across banking, capital markets and insurance. She owns the overall technical vision, architecture and roadmap, coordinating a single point of view for FSI solution offerings IP development and productization.

Session abstract: Bindia will talk about disruptive technology trends are shaping the future of IT.  Increasing software complexity and the shift to many-core architecture, consumer-driven IT, Petabyte storage and Petaflop processing power, and cloud computing are some of the key technology trends.  This session will focus on profound changes that the future of IT will bring to Financial Services industry.  Thought provoking ideas will be presented.

· The Shape Of Banking Architecture In 2023

Jost Hoppermann is Vice-President of Forrester Research. Jost serves Enterprise Architecture professionals, particularly around financial services. As an analyst, he is an expert on a number of global banking technology topics, including banking platforms, software infrastructure, multi-channel platforms, architecture, and application strategy planning. He also covers enterprise architecture from an organizational and process perspective on an industry neutral basis.

Session abstract: this session will summarize the key findings of a global Forrester research project focusing on potential changes in the banking and financial services space in 2023. It will show how financial services firms will interact with each other and with their customers in the future; which core competencies banks expect to need; how information technology and its successor business technology will need to help the business to differentiate from competition. While 2023 looks like a very concrete date, some banks will only need five or eight years to arrive in 2023 — to some degree — while others may have to take a 10 or 15-years-long path. Bulletized agenda:

– Business scenarios

– Customer interaction

– Business technology scenarios

– Peer advice for the future

· Innovating  Around the Customer

Cindy Murray is Global Banking and Wealth Management Ecommerce Executive at Bank Of America.

Cindy Murray is responsible for designing, building and launching new credit and treasury products across Global Corporate & Investment Banking to drive the acquisition and deepening of client relationships. Her team also leads the Ecommerce portal strategic direction and development for the bank’s corporate and commercial clients.

Session abstract: It was less than 5 short years ago when we heard the term Web 2.0 used for the very first time. If you fast forward to today, it’s clear that Web 2.0 is already morphing into Web 3.0. This session will not only highlight the basics of these technology trends, but more importantly show how they are enabling companies to “innovate around the client”. You will learn how ethnographic research can transform client needs assessments, how best to leverage clients’ discussion forums, and how the financial services industry will continue to be transformed by these new methods of client engagement.

· What’s up this week @ Innotribe ?

Kosta Peric – Head of Innovation at SWIFT, and Philippe Coullomb – Facilitator from The Value Web.

Kosta will introduce the 3 themes of this year’s Innotribe: Cloud, Crowd and Mash-up and the creativity challenge. Philippe will introduce the process and rules of engagement of the first Innotribe Sibos Lab, immediately following the opening. More about that in a next newsletter.

· Innotribe Leaders pitch their Sibos Lab

We plan 3 parallel Sibos Labs: one on Cloud, one on Crowd, and one on Mash-ups. Our Innotribe Leaders will introduce the ideas that emerged pre-Sibos on Swiftcommunity.net and will pitch their Sibos Lab as the best to attend.

Where: The opening will take place in the Innotribe Dome (located in the Sibos Labs room).

When: Monday 14 Sep 2009, from 10:30 – 12:15

To let us know if you will be coming to this event, login to www.swiftcommunity.net, go to the opening event and click I will attend button next to the event. You can also see who else is coming.

Manifesto: Generation M

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Wow !

This thing hit me in my face. It’s so right-on. So much in line with what i believe we should do about our value kit to survive the huge changes that will be caused by exponential technology progress.

This is the Generation M manifesto !

I just will cut & paste the first sentences to wet your appetite. Here we go…

Dear Old People Who Run the World,

My generation would like to break up with you.

Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you and we understand the world — and what we want from it. I think we have irreconcilable differences.

You wanted big, fat, lazy "business." We want small, responsive, micro-scale commerce.

You turned politics into a dirty word. We want authentic, deep democracy — everywhere.

You wanted financial fundamentalism. We want an economics that makes sense for people — not just banks.

You wanted shareholder value — built by tough-guy CEOs. We want real value, built by people with character, dignity, and courage.

You wanted an invisible hand — it became a digital hand. Today’s markets are those where the majority of trades are done literally robotically. We want a visible handshake: to trust and to be trusted.

You wanted growth — faster. We want to slow down — so we can become better.

You didn’t care which communities were capsized, or which lives were sunk. We want a rising tide that lifts all boats.

You wanted to biggie size life: McMansions, Hummers, and McFood. We want to humanize life.

You wanted exurbs, sprawl, and gated anti-communities. We want a society built on authentic community.

You wanted more money, credit and leverage — to consume ravenously. We want to be great at doing stuff that matters.

Go and read the full manifesto !

All this comes from a really smart guy. Umair Haque. He is Director of the Havas Media Lab, a new kind of strategic advisor that helps investors, entrepreneurs, and firms experiment with, craft, and drive radical management, business model, and strategic innovation.

Prior to Havas, Umair founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that helped shape the strategies of investors, entrepreneurs, and blue chip companies across media and consumer industries. Bubblegeneration’s work has been recognized by publications like Wired, The Red Herring, Business 2.0, and BusinessWeek, and in Chris Anderson’s Long Tail, to which Umair was a contributor.

Umair plans to open-crowdsource the manifesto. It already started here.

Something is going on. This is a movement that swells in power.

It’s irresistible.

It’s a drug.

It’s life.

It’s the free mind.

It’s about doing stuff that matters.

Publishing Revisited

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I guess you are all familiar with mainstream on-line offerings such as Hotmail, Gmail, Skydrive, GoogleDocs, WordPress, YouTube, etc, etc. I guess you are also familiar with more advanced on-line end-user software such as Slideshare, iStockphoto and Vimeo.

These apps are getting better every day.

Recently, I really stumbled upon Issuu. Maybe i was living on another planet, but i never saw any real good coverage of this in most frequent magazines, news-sites or blogs.

Issuu Landing page

Issuu (pronounced ‘issue’) is a dedicated team who strive for excellence in online publishing. They launched the first public version of their service in December 2007. Since February 2007, they are  venture-backed by Sunstone Capital.

First of all, the site experience is fantastic. But then the content ! All the finest magazines, creative works, sorted and filtered by all sorts of criteria.

You can publish yourselves in basically any format, and once uploaded you have a fantastic on-line reader with Silverlight/Adobe like Rolodex experience. And of course, their site has standard Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, FriendFeed, MySpace option. Looks and feels all very very professional, including a nice press-kit.

Small detail: these guys are still in Beta ! Sets the bar for anybody planning to offer some on-line experience, and gives you an idea how fast this sort of SaaS software will become a real competitor for on-premise software.

Some people us Issuu to publish niche creative initiatives or are trying to promote new creative talents through this channel. Good example is the AddictLab, the brainchild of yet another Flemish guy Jan Van Mol, who recently re-launched LabFiles via this on-line Issue Publishing platform.

Issuu.com is also a real recommendation if you have one of those “off” days: go a stroll around on this site, and get fueled with fresh creative ideas and energy. You’ll feel revitalized !