Keynote Speakers

Prominent Great Minds to keynote at LiveLinkUp Paris 2003!

Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from these industry professionals!

Keynote Speakers:

Pierre-Yves Gerbeau
Filip de Graeve
Dr. Jürgen Kratz
Debra Logan
Dr. Christian Petschke
Hubert Saint-Onge
Dr. Alfred R. Steinhardt
Robert C. Wolcott, Ph.D.

Pierre-Yves Gerbeau
CEO, Xscape, Ex-CEO, Euro Disney

Mr. Gerbeau is the Chief Executive Officer of Xscape, a leisure/retail division of Capital & Regional (one of the UK's leading property companies). The Xscape inaugural site in Milton Keynes has the largest real snow indoor ski-slope in Europe with circa 20 shops and 20 bars/restaurants/entertainment outlets.

Prior to this, Pierre-Yves was Vice President of Park Operations at Disneyland Paris, and of course, Chief Executive of the Dome.

Filip de Graeve
Manager E-Government, Flemish Government

Mr. de Graeve has many years of experience within the educational segment and as a manager of datawarehousing & communication systems at Siemens.

He is currently responsible for all ICT initiatives of the Flemish Government related to E-Government services towards citizens and enterprises, and reports directly to the Prime Minister of Flanders. One of his major achievements is the recent launch of the Flemish E-Government Portal, based on Livelink. The innovative part of this portal and its applications is the fact that it is totally demand focused and one of the first effective working E-Government platforms within Europe. Mr. de Graeve has a clear vision of KM and collaboration within the E-Government environment.

Dr. Jürgen Kratz
Member of the Managing Board, IT & Processes T-Systems International GmbH

Dr. Jürgen Kratz launched his career in 1971 as a scientific assistant at the Ruhr University. 1975 saw his arrival at Mannesmann Handel AG where his last position was Head of the Organization and Data Processing Department. From 1982 to 1989, Dr. Kratz ran the Centralized Data Processing and Organization Department as Director with Brau und Brunnen AG. Thereafter, he joined Mannesmann AG, again as Director, where was responsible for the IT Strategy. In 1993 , he quit Mannesmann AG and was appointed member of the Board of Management of Mannesmann Datenverarbeitung GmbH (later Mannesmann Telecommerce GmbH). At T-Systems Deutschland GmbH.

Dr. Kratz is member of T-Systems' Board of Management responsible for IT and Processes.

Debra Logan
Sr. Research Analyst, Gartner

Ms. Logan is a senior research analyst in document management systems, workflow applications, collaboration technologies, smart enterprise suites and knowledge management with Gartner. Her recent published work includes Seven Areas of Content Management Growth for 2003 and The First Wave of Smart Enterprise Suites.

Ms. Logan's current research interests include the tracking and measuring of intangible assets and intellectual capital, systems of knowledge organization, taxonomies and metadata, content management systems and their business applications, the long term preservation of digital data, and the application of knowledge management technologies and concepts in business.

Dr. Christian Petschke
Managing Director, BearingPoint

Mr. Petschke is in charge of the Enterprise Information Portal Services of BearingPoint for EMEA. These services include strategy, integration and implementation for Portal, Knowledge Management and Business Process Management Solutions on the basis of a portfolio of technologies including Portals, Archiving, Document Management, Content Management, Collaboration tools and Business Intelligence.

Christian has been with BearingPoint, the former KPMG Consulting, for 12 years and has worked on a range of projects covering aspects of Knowledge Management, ERP and Outsourcing in different industries.

Hubert Saint-Onge
CEO, Konverge Digital Solutions Inc.

Hubert Saint-Onge is Chief Executive Officer, Konverge Digital Solutions Corporation. He has spent over a decade developing and refining a model known as the Knowledge Assets Framework. The framework strategically integrates business plans with people management systems, using technology architecture and organizational infrastructure.

As the former Senior Vice President of Strategic Capabilities at Clarica, one of the key elements of Saint-Onge's mandate was to facilitate the leveraging of the firm's business through the systematic application of knowledge management and learning organization principles. Hubert was also responsible for the development of the Clarica brand. The success of this initiative has been proven.

Dr. Alfred R. Steinhardt
Global Head Knowledge Sharing Systems and Intranets, Pharma Global Informatics, F.Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.

Alfred is heading the Global Team for Knowledge Sharing Systems, an organization mainly active in three areas: firstly, integrated collaboration supporting synchronous and asynchronous team collaboration, both internally and externally, secondly, intranets and portals to support the creation of intranets as platforms for communication and information sharing, and, thirdly, knowledge sharing and management to support the management of core knowledge and learning organizations.

Before joining Roche, Alfred was with Sandoz, now Novartis, mainly working on Artificial Intelligence and its application to biotechnology.

Robert C. Wolcott, Ph.D.

Professor Wolcott is a Fellow of the Center for Research in Technology & Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management, conducting research and teaching at both Kellogg and Northwestern's School of Communications. He has taught globally at the HKUST (Hong Kong) and the Keio Business School, Japan. He recently co-founded the Kellogg Innovation Network, a global network of senior executives dedicated to driving sustainable innovation.

For a decade, Wolcott has worked as an independent consultant to a wide variety of organizations, including Xerox, United Technologies, Motorola, VennWorks and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Wolcott is currently a director and co-founder of Vauban Advanced Technologies, a telecom verification & testing firm located in Santa Rosa, California. Through 2001, Wolcott served as Director of Innovation Process at XL Vision, a Florida firm in electro-optical technologies.

Wolcott received a BA, European History, and an MS and Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, all from Northwestern.

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