Agenda

March 17, 2008
1:00 – 1:30

Registration

1:30 – 3:00

The Business of APIs

Welcome

Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery

APIs and Openness

Jeremy Zawodny, Technical Yahoo, Yahoo!

Partners, Money, and APIs

Moderator: Quentin Hardy, Senior Editor, Forbes
Panelists:
Nathan Freitas, Co-Founder, Cruxy
Jonathan Levine, CTO, Linkshare
Scott Rafer, CEO, Lookery

Make Your Partners Happy

Chris Phenner, Vice President Business Development, Thumbplay

3:00 – 3:15

Break

3:15 – 5:00

Nuts and Bolts of Opening Your API

Success Story: Compete

David Cancel, co-founder and former CTO

Managing Your API

Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery

Successful Developer Programs

Dave McClure, Master of, 500 Hats

Media and the Open API

Moderator: Quentin Hardy, Senior Editor, Forbes
Panelists:
Ty Ahmad-Taylor, Vice President Product Development, MTV Music/Logo Group
Kristie Bouryal, Executive Director, Nielsen Business Media Online
Sandor Marik, Director of Marketing, CondeNet

5:00 – 5:15

Break

5:15 – 6:30

Where Do We Go From Here?

APIs and Corporate Strategy

Lauren Cooney, Program Director, IBM

Follow the Money

Moderator: Quentin Hardy, Senior Editor, Forbes
Panelists:
Brad Burnham, Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures
Chris Fralic, Partner, First Round Capital
David S. Rose, Managing Principal, Rose Tech Ventures

Platforms and the Next Generation

Steve Fisher, Senior Vice President, salesforce.com
Quentin Hardy, Senior Editor, Forbes

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