BOOT Moderating panel on Social Media at 2011 WebInTravelConference

WIT Conference 2011 - Get Into The Groove – The Future of Social from WebInTravel on Vimeo. 

Above is video of the BOOT moderating a panel at the 2011 WebInTravel conference on Social Media. Panel members included:

•  Kristof Roemer, EVP Sales, TrustYou, Germany;
• Danny Oei Wirianto, CEO, Mindtalk, Indonesia; and
• Margery Lynn, Dachis Group South-east Asia

WIT has an upcoming event in Thailand on April 27 with 23 very interesting presenters - all Women.  Check out the program here and registrations here.

The BOOT (and Lounge) at WebInTravel and ITB Oct 16-21

I will be in Singapore next week (Oct 16-21) to attend WebInTravel and ITB asia. Send me an email if you are interested in meeting up.

I am running a series of sessions and presentations across the WebIntravel program (both the main program and the Boot Camp). Here are the sessions I will be in

At the WIT Boot Camp I am on at the following times (Monday 17 Oct)

11.00-11.50 Innovation Across Asia, Part 2
Facilitating a series of presentations on innovation and what's news across Asia. Presenting will be:

• Australia: Ian Cumming, Founder, GetFlight
• Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand: Brett Henry, Vice President Marketing, Abacus International
• Vietnam: Tran Trong Kien, CEO, Buffalo Tours, Vietnam
• Facilitator: Timothy Hughes, CEO, Getaway Lounge, Australia

12.30-12.40 The WIT Bootcamp Debate: Old People Suck At Start-Ups
Standing in between two entreprenuers and they battle it out over whether or not old people belong in start ups.

• For: Wong Bi Ying, Content Strategist, Savant Degrees, Singapore
• Against: Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Managing Partner, T2Impact

At the Main WIT show

Tuesday 18 Oct

12.40-13.00 The first two presentations of the inaugural WITovation Awards 2011

I will be presenting the Winner of the Mobile Groover section

15.00-15.45 The WIT Groove Debate 2 + Panel

Debate: A debate on the value of deals. I will be head to head against a Sabre representative on the value of the deal sector

• For: Patrick Andres, Vice President, Sabre Hospitality Solutions, Asia Pacific

• Against: Timothy Hughes, CEO, Getaway Lounge, Australia

Will then join a panel to discuss further with

• Bryan Lewis, Chief Commercial Officer, Agoda

• Tai Parata, Managing Director, Travel,
• Ensogo
Patrick Linden, Co-founder and CEO, Dealguru Holdings, Singapore
• 
Remy Merckx, VP e-Commerce Sales & Distribution, Accor
• 
Tom Gallagher, Executive Vice President, Revenue Generation, Pegasus Solutions
• 
Mohamed Yusof, Director of Business Strategies, Royal Plaza on Scotts, Singapore

All moderatored by Yeoh Siew Hoon, Editor & Founder, Web In Travel

On the 19th

Oct 19, 16.10-16.40 Get Into The Groove – The Future of Social

• Jakob Riegger, Co-Founder & Managing Director, TrustYou, Germany

• Danny Oei Wirianto, CEO, Mindtalk, Indonesia

• Margery Lynn, Dachis Group South-east Asia
• 
Abrar Ahmad, Partner, Travel Capitalist Ventures

WebInTravel 2011: WITovation Awards and Nominations

The deservedly popular WebInTravel conference is schedule for October 18-19 in Singapore. As part of this year's conference organiser Yeoh Siew Hoon is running a series of Awards called the WITovation Awards. These award will "recognize companies or individuals which have made a difference in a chosen field, either through a specific marketing campaign or an overall strategy, in the digital travel space in 2011.". Four cateogories - social media, mobile, niche/specialist and customer focus. Details here and nominations through this PDF form.