Advisory Board

The following industry experts dedicated their time and expertise to ensure that the IN 2010 programme was top-quality, high-level, timely and relevant to all IN 2010 delegates. Their participation in the development of the content was critical to the success of this international conference. Meet the outstanding members of the IN|10 Advisory Board below!

Alexander Manu Senior Partner & Chief Imaginator InnoSpa		Alexander Manu is a strategic innovation practitioner, international lecturer and author. He works with executive teams in Fortune 500 companies in industries as diverse as consumer packaged goods, media, advertising, mobile communications and manufacturing.  Alexander lectures around the world on innovation, imagination, change agents and strategic foresight.  He is a Senior Partner and Chief Imaginator at InnoSpa International Partners, teaches "Innovation, Foresight and Business Design" at the Rotman School of Management, is a Professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and a visiting lecturer at the Wallace McCain Institute. In his client and research work, Alexander is involved in transforming organizations by exploring and defining new competitive spaces, the development of new strategic business competencies and creation of imaginative innovation methods. He believes that the exploration of possibility requires imagination as a prerequisite for strategic change and innovation. For over 20 years Alexander has enabled global companies as diverse as Motorola, LEGO, Whirlpool, Nokia, Navteq and Unilever,  to develop policies and strategies that address emerging issues through strategic foresight and pre-competitive business models. Author of "Everything 2.0: Redesign your Business Through Foresight and Brand Innovation", 2008,  "The Imagination Challenge : Strategic Foresight and Innovation for the Global Economy" , 2006, "ToolToys: Tools with an Element of Play", 1995, and "The Big Idea of Design", 1999 , as well as of numerous articles published in national and international periodicals. His most recent book, "Disruptive Business: Desire, Innovation and the Re-Design of Business" is scheduled for release in June of 2010 by Gower Publishing. His writings have been translated and published in 11 languages*. Alexander has an exceptional and sustained activity as an international lecturer, being invited to give over 350 keynote lectures in 23 countries. A past president of the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario, he was elected twice on the board of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). A past member of various advisory boards active at government levels in Canada and the Far East, he has consulted on foresight strategies for the Department of Canadian Heritage, the China External Trade Development Council, Taiwan Design Centre, Korea Institute of Design Promotion and is a founding member of Design for the World (Barcelona), an international NGO that provides and promotes humanitarian design solutions. Alexander has been a guest lecturer at over 45 distinguished post secondary institutions around the world. A graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts of Bucharest, Romania. (MDA - Industrial Design 1978), he was elected in 1994 an Academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) in recognition to his contribution to the development of design and the visual arts in Canada.
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Byron Kent Wong Executive Creative Director Random Media Core Inc.		Byron Kent Wong is a media producer, artistic/business director, musician, and composer. He founded Random Media Core Inc, in 1993, a Canadian company dedicated to music, design, marketing, and new media and hosted and co-produced Citytv's The NewMusic from 1997-1999. In 1999, he co-founded Blue Spark, with entrepreneur, Kevin Bartus. Bluespark became one Canada's premiere web and e-commerce development companies. Clients included, Rogers, Bell, CHUM, Harlequin, The Score, TSN, Purolator, Alliance, National Ballet, TIFF, and many more. In 2004 it was acquired by OnX Enterprise Solutions, which in 2006 re-branded as Momentum. As a music and tv/media producer, he has worked with The Crystal Method, The Eurythmics, David Usher, Delerium, David Bowie, Beck, Ben Harper, and many others. Recent work includes albums with Montreal's Hexes and Ohs, Luke Nicholson, Winhara, NLX, Tyler Yarema, Roger Mooking, and remixes with and for Glenn Morrison, Craig Armstrong, Lange, Mendo, Blank and Jones/New Order's Bernard Sumner. Composing for broadcast has earned Byron a share in 19 Broadcast Design Awards for work on spots with Astral Media/HBO, CuppaCoffee Animation, and CHUM/CTV. Other clients include Acura, Nike, MTV, BRAVO, CBC, McDonalds, Toshiba, Virgin Mobile, and many more. In 2006 Byron was nominated for a Genie for his work scoring Clement Virgo's Lie With Me. "Sync", directed by Marco Brambillia, from the 2007  "Destricted" series, was a fan favorite at Sundance, Cannes, and the Amsterdam Film Festival. In 2008, he scored the music for Poor Boy's Game, starring Danny Glover and Rossif Sutherland. He and Luke Nicholson were co-nominated for another Genie for Best Original Song for Poor Boy's Game. Recent work has included scoring and producing the film, "Off World", from director, Mateo Guez. He is currently developing  zero11zero.com, a new company that encourages collaboration between musician, artists, composers, film makers, broadcasters, and new media producers through business and artistic development. With Iron Bay Sound and Picture, Byron is producing 2 more feature films as well in 2011.
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David Edery Manager & Principal Fuzbi		David Edery is Manager and Principal of Fuzbi, an independent consulting firm focused on the business and design of digitally-distributed games, a director on the board of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), and a research affiliate of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program (MIT CMS). Prior to founding Fuzbi, David was the Worldwide Games Portfolio Manager for Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service, and the MIT CMS Program's Associate Director for Special Projects before Microsoft. David is also the co-author of Changing the Game: How Video Games are Transforming the Future of Business - a review of the ways that games are helping companies to connect with customers, to attract, train, and motivate employees, and to boost their productivity. David received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he concentrated on marketing and entrepreneurship. Prior to receiving his MBA, David worked as a software engineer and founded a successful software development and consulting firm. Last but not least, a long time ago in a place far, far away, David received his BA in English Literature from Brandeis University. (Who says English majors can't be good engineers, or good businesspeople for that matter?)
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Fred Hasson Executive Director Red Bedlam		Fred Hasson has an extensive experience of TV, web-media and games sectors. Hasson was until recently Founder and CEO of UK Games developers trade body, TIGA (2001-8), he recently joined RedBedlam, a Brighton based MMOG and Virtual World developer as Executive Director, who have developed one of the few UK produced 3D Virtual World products on the market (www.roma-victor.com) demonstrating where he believes the future of interactive entertainment is heading. He also operates a consulting company. Previously he; Owned a new media consultancy with City analyst Mathew Horsman - h2p (Horsman Hasson Productions) Was a Director of new media producer Victoria Real which was acquired by Endemol in 2000 Was Head of Corporate Affairs for BBC Regional Broadcasting Was Head of Regional and Training Policy and Strategy for the Producers Alliance for Cinema and TV (Pact) Was Deputy Director of the Independent Programme Producers Association (IPPA) Was Chairman of the TV and film industry freelance training organisation FT2
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Jade Raymond Managing Director Ubisoft Toronto		Jade Raymond is the head of Ubisoft's new Toronto studio, and is perhaps best known as the Producer of Assassins' Creed and Executive Producer of Assassins' Creed II.  Well, maybe Jade's not best known for Assassins' in some of the danker corners of game fandom, but hey, thanks to Jade's incredible team, Assassins' is  the fastest selling original IP in video game in history - The franchise has sold over 17 million copies and counting and Assassins'II is widely regarded as one of the best games of 2009.  Jade got her start in games at IBM and Microsoft, while she was studying Computer Science at McGill, and took her first full time job in the game industry at Sony Online where she was lead programmer on titles such as Jeopardy! Online and got to start up SOE's first R&D team.  After Sony, Jade was recruited by EA/Maxis to be a Producer on The Sims Online.  Jade likes long walks on the beach, unicorns, and poking dead things with a stick.
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Juliette Powell Author, Pundit, Integrated Media Specialist		Juliette Powell is a media entrepreneur, a community catalyst and the author of 33 Million People in the Room: How to create, influence and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking, (Financial Times Press, 2009). Drawing on first hand experience as a social media expert and co-founder of The Gathering Think Tank, an innovation forum that connects technology, media, entertainment, and business communities, Powell writes about the patterns and practices of successful business leaders who bank on social networking to win. Powell's background includes a decade of experience in broadcast television as well as in interactive/new media content and formats, and a lifelong interest in people and community building. With her deep knowledge of the people and technologies at the forefront of social media, Powell has gained a solid reputation for discovering the latest developments and distilling their social and business implications. According to Forbes: "Juliette Powell's new book, 33 Million People in the Room, is right on brand--a crash course in social media. She has an enviable network, as evidenced by her A-list clientele. This consultant is the ultimate connector." (January, 2010) Powell's consulting services have been employed by corporate, media and government organizations including UBS, Microsoft, Compaq, the United Nations, the Department of Justice, Cirque du Soleil and Nokia. Powell has also assisted in the production of the world-renowned TED Conference. and began her career as a television producer - interviewer and Founder of Powell International Entertainment, Inc. (PIE, Inc.), an integrated media production and development company that produces cross-platform content with newsmakers such as Nelson Mandela, Prince Charles, Sir Richard Branson and Steven Spielberg. A popular keynote speaker, Powell has been featured at Harvard's Leadership Summit, NYU's Interactive Technology Program, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Producer's Guild of America New Media Council and MIT's Innovation Forum.
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Maggie Fox CEO and Founder Social Media Group		Maggie Fox is the founder and CEO of Social Media Group (www.socialmediagroup.com), one of the world's largest independent agencies helping business navigate the new socially engaged Web. Pioneers in their field, Social Media Group has developed social media strategies for some of the best-known brands in Europe and North America, including; Ford Motor Company, SAP Global Marketing, Yamaha Motor, ING Bank and Harlequin Publishing. SMG has been Ford's social media agency since 2007. Maggie has been interviewed about social media by The Washington Post, CBC Radio, The Globe and Mail, CTV News,The Toronto Star and Marketing Magazine, among others. She is a member of the Enterprise Irregulars and was named one of the Top 100 Marketers in the 100th anniversary edition of Marketing Magazine. Maggie is frequently asked to speak to the media and business groups across North America about Web 2.0, and sits on the Advisory Board for SMToday Media, operators of the Social Media Collective and MyVenturePad sites. She also has a seat on the advisory board of Humber College's Public Relations program.
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Salim Ismail Executive Director Singularity University		Salim is a successful angel investor and entrepreneur. He has operated seven early-stage companies and is a frequent speaker on internet technologies, private equity and entrepreneurship. Salim is currently the Executive Director of Singularity University, which is training a new cadre of leaders to manage exponentially growing technologies. Prior to that, Salim was a Vice President at Yahoo and the Head of Brickhouse, Yahoo's internal 'ideas factory' where game-changing ideas were brought in, built and launched. The unit analyzed thousands of ideas and launched four products during that year, the latest being Fire Eagle. He also serves as co-founder and Chairman of Confabb.com, the world's largest directory of conferences, and before that, Salim co-founded and built PubSub Concepts, a New York based startup which built internet-scale Publish/Subscribe systems and created and led the category of Prospective Search. He blogs infrequently at www.salimismail.com
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Sara Diamond President Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD)		Sara Diamond, President of the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), holds a PhD in Computer Science and degrees in new media theory and practice, social history and communications. Diamond created and was Editor-in-Chief of www.horizonzero.ca, an on-line showcase for new media art and design, in collaboration with Heritage Canada and The Banff Centre.  She is a visualization, wearable technology and mobile media researcher, artist and designer. Diamond writes media history criticism for peer reviewed journals and curates for festivals and galleries. She currently serves on the Ontario Ministry of Culture's Minister's Advisory Council on Arts & Culture, the Board of Directors of the Toronto Arts Council Foundation and ORANO, the board of National Centre of Excellence GRAND and Interactive Ontario. She is founding chair of the Mobile Experience Innovation Centre and current co-chair (with RBC).
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Trevor Fencott CEO Bedlam Games		Trevor brings seven years of game industry experience to the Bedlam team. Prior to joining Bedlam, he built the video game practice at the law firm Goodmans LLP and Goodmans Venture Group, where he advised developers, publishers and the investment community on licensing, game development and financing. He currently sits on the business committee of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). Trevor received his Honours BA from Queen's University and his LLB from the University of Western Ontario.
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