Crowdsourcing Week, Singapore: June 3 – 7, 2013

Monday, June 3 | Welcome Reception | By Invitation 19:00 – 21:30

Welcome Note   Epi Ludvik Nekaj / Crowdsourcing Week

Opening Address   Roger Yuen / Clozette

Crowdsourcing Week theme song  Maya Bogle & Arun Mehra / Talenthouse

COCKTAILS + NETWORKING

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Tuesday, June 4 | Consumer Engagement through Open Innovation & New Social Currencies

9:00 – 9:05 Introduction + Curation By Epi Ludvik Nekaj / Crowdsourcing Week

9:05 – 9:20 Welcome address   Sean Moffitt / Wiki Brands

9:20 – 9:45 KEYNOTE: Connecting the Crowd: The Future of Creativity and Innovation  Ross Dawson / Author, Getting Results from Crowds

The power of the crowd is transforming every aspect of business. In this compelling keynote futurist Ross Dawson will examine how best to tap the crowd to drive the future of creativity and innovation in your business.

9:45 – 10:10 Growing Global Brands through Crowdsourcing  Shelley Kuipers / Chaordix

Participation is the new brand. Customers are driving the future of the brands they care about the most. And, on a practical level, marketers know they need to reach emerging markets with a scaleable, multilingual, on-demand and mobile market research process.

10:10 – 10:30 Consumeration of IT in the Enterprise  Ricky Kapur / Google

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:30 PANEL: The Business and Branding of Crowdsourcing. Radical New Tool or Culture-Changing Movement? Ricky Kapur (Google), Shelley Kuipers (Chaordix), Ross Dawson (Getting Results from Crowds) & Moderated by Sean Moffitt (Wiki Brands)

11:30 – 11:50 Human-Powered Image Discovery  Simon Moss / Image Brief

11:50 – 12:10 Crowd Advertising: Success Stories & Challenges  David Berkowitz / 360i

12:10 – 12:30 Do it with them, not for them: accelerating innovation and marketing through crowdsourcing  Francois Petavy / eYeka

LUNCH

14:00 – 14:20 5 years of Crowdsourced Design: The successes and the challenges Jason Sew Hoy / 99designs

15:00  - 15:45 PANEL: Creative Face of Crowdsourcing. The end of the agency of a new value-driving operation David Berkowitz (360i), Jason Sew Hoy (99designs), Simon Moss (Image Brief) & Moderated by Sean Moffitt (Wiki Brands)

COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 16:20 Trends in Crowdsourcing Film & Multimedia  Mike Wiluan / Infinite Frameworks

16:20 – 16:45 Crowdfunding for Creative Entrepreneurs: Music, Film, Fashion & Startups  Bart Becks / Sonic Angel

16:45 – 17:10 Crowdsourcing A Fashion Empire  Roger Yuen / Clozette

17:10 – 17:30 Crowdsourcing for Artists & Creators  Maya Bogle & Arun Mehra / Talenthouse

+ NETWORKING

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Wednesday, June 5 | Crowdsourcing for Citizen Empowerment & Social Benefit

9:00 – 9:05 Introduction + Curation By Epi Ludvik Nekaj / Crowdsourcing Week

9:05 – 9:20 Welcome address  Noah Raford / Strategy, Policy & Design

9:40 – 10:00 Good Technology Policies as the Foundation for Both Social and Economic Growth Michael Thatcher / Microsoft

10:00 – 10:30 Everyone can be rocket scientist: Prizes and Challenges at NASA  Jennifer Gustetic / NASA

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:05 The Crowd of Many Crowds: Open Tools for Open Societies  Stuart Candy / ARUP

11:05 – 11:25 Security and the Civic Commons of Tomorrow  Eleanor Saitta / Open Internet Tools Project

11:25 – 11:45 Collective Intelligence for Real-Time Sensemaking  Zhen Goh / Cognitive Edge

11:45 – 12:30 PANEL: Stuart Candy (ARUP),  Eleanor Saitta (Open Internet Tools Project), Zhen Goh (Cognitive Edge) & Moderated By Noah Raford (Strategy, Policy & Design)

LUNCH

14:00 – 14:20 Government Data Validation & Transparency  Stephanie Grosser / USAID

14:20 – 14:40 Citizen Participation & Government Legislations  Aleksi Rossi / Open Ministry Finland

14:40 – 15:00 Show me the Way: Mapping & Geospatial solutions Pankaj Khushani / Google

15:00 – 15:45 PANEL: Technology, Transperancy & Citizen Empowerement Stephanie Grosser (USAID), Pankaj Khushani (Google), Aleksi Rossi (Open Ministry Finland)

COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 16:15 Why You Should Open Up to the Crowd Revolution to Address Market Failures  Simon Schneider / Innocentive

16:15 – 16:30 German “Kraut” Solutions – New Virtual Innovation clusters in the Land of Ideas Matthias Wendt / inno-focus

16:30 – 16:45 Three trends in crowdsourcing that are changing the future of social innovation Gaurav Mishra / MSL Group – Publicis

16:45 – 17:00 Malaysia’s Crowdsourcing Development Framework and Initiative  Darzy Norhalim / Crowdsourcing Industry Association (Malaysia) MDEC

17:00 – 17:15 Academia Industry Collaboration – Asia’s turn Jayesh Badani / ideaken

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Thursday, June 6 | Emerging Crowdcentric Biz Models & Future of Crowdfunding

9:00 – 9:15 Introduction + Curation By Epi Ludvik Nekaj / Crowdsourcing Week

9:15 – 9:40 KEYNOTE:  Lesley Mansford / Razoo

9:40 – 10:05 Equity Crowdfunding: Next Big Thing  Darren Westlake / CrowdCube

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:10 Crowdfunding: Set, Ready, Go!  Paul Niederer / ASSOB

11:10 – 11:35 Co-Creating the Third Industrial Revolution  Jay Rogers / Local Motors

11:35 – 11:55 The New Financial and Work Revolution Carl Esposti / massolution

11:55 – 12:10 Crowdsourced engineering for non-profits Alkarim Nasser / BNOTIONS

LUNCH

14:00 – 14:45 PANEL: How Disruptive Are Asian Founders?  Gwendolyn Tan (SGE), Mohan Belani (e27), Rama Mamuaya (DailySocial) & Moderated by Willis Wee (Tech In Asia)

14:45 – 15:05 Spark Change  Erick Stephens / Microsoft

15:25 – 15:45 Workforce on Demand Kjetil J. Olsen  / Elance

COFFEE BREAK

16:00 – 16:45 PANEL: Crowdfunding: Threat or Opportunity for Investors in Asia Yen-Lu Chow / Yinglan Tan / Mark Hon / Jeffrey Paine & Moderated by Gwendolyn Tan (SGE)

16:45 – 17:00 Crowdfunding in Asia…Big Predictions and Emerging trends Leo Shimada / Crowdonomic

17:00 – 17:15 From small-scale Crowdfunding to large-scale Crowdinvesting Karsten Wenzlaff / ikosom

17:15 – 17:25 Crowdfunding Movie [short] - Capital C

17:25 – 17:30 Startup Challenge Announcement + Closing Remarks

+ NETWORKING

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Friday June 7 | Crowdfunding Workshop 9:00 – 14:00

This day-long crowdfunding training – the first one offered in Asia – will give startups the opportunity to train, pitch, and network with investors and industry experts and share with other innovators. Training will be provided by selected international speakers and geared toward developing local talent, empowering and equipping attendees with best practices.

Topics include: How a startup can set up a successful crowdfunding campaign, main challenges & how to avoid mistakes, what a startup should know before crowdfunding their equity, support you should look for from platforms, peer-to-peer crowdfunding opportunities and risks involved, the importance of building community, how to engage your community and where and when should you start.

Register for the Crowdfunding Workshop >>> HERE