KINCON 2008: Consumer & Technology Convergence
June 17 & 18, 2008
Santa Clara Convention Center
Over 500 attendees from various industries joined together for a premiere network for entrepreneurial opportunities as well as to learn, share and discuss emerging trends related to digital innovation.
The eighth KIN Conference took place from June 17 to June 18 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. For two days, IT Professionals, Senior business leaders, Government officials, VC's, and Scholars came together to discuss how consumers are shaping the future of the industry by tapping into the latest technology trends and Web 2.0 services.
Day 1 included four panel discussions in Micro Payment, Location based service, Gaming, and Rich user experiences. Distinguished guests included:
Opening Keynotes:
Bon Woo Koo- Consul General of the Republic of Korea
Changmoo Ryu – Vice Chairman of KITA
Young Se Kim – Founder & CEO of Innodesign, Inc.
Lunch Keynotes:
Bill Seagrave- Senior Director, ASP Tech Practice, Cisco
Dr. Nandhu Nandhakumar- SVP of LGE
Moderators & Panelists:
Joe Jasin, VP of SKTI
Paul Kim- President & CEO of Danal
Pam Zuercher- Head, Global Product Innovation Visa Inc
Brendon Kim- Partner, Altos
Chito Collins- Vice President of Merchant and Channel Business Development at Mobilians International
Ben Park- CEO & Founder of Camfess.com
Timothy Ball, President of Fireball Int. Services
Randy Hawks- Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures
Mark Neff- Sr. Director of Business Development, Networks in Motion
Ramsey Hanna- Partner, Reed Smith
Ken Choi- Game Promotion Agency
Eugene Yoo- Vice President, Globespan Capital
Terry Ngo- CTO, Aeria Games
Lars Koschin- President & CEO, Gameforge USA
Dr. Yoonchul Lee- Managing Director of Product Innovation Team, Samsung
Ken Elefant- Partner, Opus Capital
William Torch- CEO & Chairman, Eye-Com Corp
Stanley Yang- Chief Executive Officer, NeuroSky Inc
Jon Ferraiolo- Director of the OpenAjax Alliance, IBM
Yul Kwon- Winner of Survivor 'Cook Islands'
Day 2 included three panel discussions in Social networking, IPTV, and U.S-Korea VC Investment.
Distinguished guests included:
Opening Keynotes:
Charles Huang- Co-Founder of RedOctane- Guitar Hero
Dr. Victoria Coleman- VP of Computer Science Lab in Samsung America
Lunch Keynotes:
Chuck Reed- Mayor of San Jose
John Gardner- Partner, Nokia Growth Partners
Microsoft Korea- Open Forum
Moderators & Panelists:
Sachin Maheshwari- Senior Associate, Opus Capital Ventures, LLC
Raj Sodhi- President & CEO of Social Dragon
Ted Rheingold- Founder of Dogster.com
David L. Jones- Vice President of Global Marketing, Friendster
Kathy Yu- Director of Marketing, Cyworld
Eugene Yoo- Vice President, Globespan Capital
Aaron Crayford, CEO of Vusion
Robert J. Gribnau- Vice President of Sales, CDNetworks
Juhan Lee- Principal Architect in Microsoft Research
Dan Ahn- Managing Director, Voyager Capital
John Park- Partner, Morgan Lewis
Kwan Yoon- Partner, Blue Run Ventures
David Chao- Co-Founder & Partner, DCM
Tae Hea Nahm – Partner, Storm Ventures
Han Kim – Co Founder, Altos Ventures
The highlight of the conference on Day 1 was the Gala Dinner where Yul Kwon was emcee for the evening as well as one of three keynote speakers for the night. Yul Kwon kept the audience engaged with his Survivor experience as well as his passion for reaching out to the Asian American Community and how everyone can make a difference by reaching out. There was also Moon Soo Kim, Governor of Geonggi Province and Young Se Kim, Founder & CEO of Innodesign Inc.
This year's event not only covered a large audience for the conference but for the company exhibition as well. Thirty two companies exhibited for both days and were able to share and connect their company vision.
Thank you to our sponsors, KINCON Organizing committee, volunteers, and to all of our guests for attending. We hope to see you again at KINCON 2009!
