Semanur Konezoglu

Location: Turkey
Speaking Topics: web 3.0 | social networking | combat management systems | cryptography | data mining | evolutionary algorithms | embedded systems | CRM | semantic web
Spoken Languages: French | English | Turkish

Web links / Blogs: 
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DeviantArt

Jana Herwig

Location: Austria | Vienna
Speaking Topics: anthropology | blogging | Collaboration | knowledge management | new media | online collaboration | Personal Branding | pr 2.0 | Privacy | social media | twitter | virtual collaboration | Web 2.0 | web 3.0 | wikis | Social Media & Society
Spoken Languages: German | English | Dutch | some French | some Afrikaans

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Web links / Blogs: 
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Jana Herwig on Twitter
Jana Herwig's Google Profile

Current position: PhD Candidate in Media Studies (Theatre, Film and Media Studies) at Vienna University.

Experience: work experience both in web 1.0 (project manager new media and CRM; before 2003: screen designer, web developer, online editor, community manager) and web 2.0 (blogger - corporate and on own account, self-appointed social media evangelist).

See also: my professional CV on XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Jana_Herwig

Number of talks about Social Media in 2009: eight (both at conferences and as part of in-house training or continued education events).

Previous Presentations: 
netcultures, Wissenschaftliche Tagung (Basel, 15.-16.10.2009)
eVideo Online-Konferenz (Berlin/Online, 12.-16.10.2009)
Internet: Critical (Milwaukee, 7.-10.10.2009)
Web as Culture (Gießen, 16.-18.07.2009)
Amateure im Web 2.0 (Wien, 24./25.4.2009)
Various Contributions to BarCamps and events such as the Viennese Digitalks.at
Presentation Web Links: 
eVideo Online-Konferenz 2009: Twitter & Co.
Was ist Twitter? Digitalks (Wien, April 2009)
Vom Vorteil und Elend der Tags (Webmontag, Wien, Dezember 2008)

Susan Mernit

Location: San Francisco Bay Area | USA
Speaking Topics: leadership | Web 2.0 | web 3.0 | startups | entrepreneurship | blogging | social media | microformats | RSS | syndicatoion | revenue optimization
Spoken Languages: English

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Web links / Blogs: 
Susan Mernit's blog
BlogHer blog

Susan Mernit (http://www.susanmernit.com) is co-founder of People's Software Company (http://peoplessoftware.com), a TechStars 2008 incubator company (http://techstars.org)/ , and the Program Evangelist/Consultant for the 2008-09 Knight News Challenge, awarding $5MM to support innovative local projects that expand online news and community discourse. Passionate about women’s issues and women entrepreneurs, she recently led a guerilla action to mentor women applying to ycombinator, an early stage tech incubator.

Previous Presentations: 
OReilly Web 2.0 Expo, Comdex, She's Geeky, Blogher, Wemedia, Online News Association, Widget World, Syndication,
Presentation Web Links: 
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