Naveen is Co-founder of Foursquare, a location-based mobile platform that helps you explore the world around you, meet up with friends, discover new places, and save money using your phone. In this presentation Naveen talks about how Foursquare went from 0 to 10 million users, how the service evolved and what they’ve learnt from it.

Tine Thygesen, Luke Williams Naveen Selvadurai.

Daniel Daboczy is a previous art curator and producer. As the CEO and co-founder of FundedByMe.com, Scandinavian first and premium platform for crowdfunding he is passionate towards finding new ways to make sure that brilliant or creative ideas get as much input and support at a very early stage.Daniel introduces what crowdfunding is and talk about some lessons learned with his work with Funded By Me.

Simon Klose is a Swedish documentary film maker from Lund in southern Sweden. He has a law degree from Stockholm University and has lived on and off in Japan, South Africa and Sweden. He is currently directing TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard , a film he partially crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Simon will talk about what he learned from crowdfunding his future film.

Britta Riley is an artist and entrepreneur. Two years ago, she launched the Windowfarms Project, an experiment in mass collaboration to reduce the environmental cost of fresh food production in cities. The Windowfarms Project uses a process called RD-I-Y, or research and develop it yourself, wherein thousands of people openly help design low power vertical hydroponic gardens to grow food in their apartment windows without soil. In this presentation Britta talks about how she raised $28,000 on Kickstarter to fund development of Windowfarms kits that now support the project through sales.

Thomas Johansson is professor of education at the Department of Education, communication and learning, University of Gothenburg. In this session Thomas is discussing the practical meaning of iDentity, the definition of entertainment and knowledge, as well as the differentiation between.

Daniel Daboczy, Simon Klose and Britta Riley.

Riyaad Minty leads the Al Jazeera Network’s social media initiatives. As part of the Network’s New Media team, he ensures that Al Jazeera has a presence and is part of the conversation across Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.

Kevin Lee is COO for China Youthology, a research and consulting firm specializing in China youth culture trends and marketing insights. At The Conference Kevin gave a holistic understanding of China’s youth, the world as they see it through their eyes, the major drivers that are impacting their experience and development, and the new identities, values and meanings they are developing that will inevitably define what they desire, consume and interpret from the world.

Benjamin Joffe is a renowned expert on Asia’s digital scene. During the past 11 years, he has been part of Japan’s mobile revolution, Korea’s Internet boom and the rise of China as a digital superpower. Benjamin introduce the alternative digital media concepts and revenue modelsthat thrive in China’s ultra-competitive environment, how they evolved from their ancestors, and how they can now benefit the rest of the world.