Chris Bernard, The Past, Present & Future of Media, Microsoft

The Talk: Join Chris and David for a journey into the past, present and future of media. Starting with the (recent) past and one of the biggest milestones in digital media. The streaming of over 3200 hours of live and on demand content of the 2008 Olympics in the US via NBC. Well then take a look in the present and see how advances in digital imaging are going to have a profound influence on the social and community-driven experiences that are driving current revolutions on the Web. Finally, well look at the convergence of technology through ben': A prototype for Democracy in the 21st Century" that demonstrates what the future of media could look like when social-networking platforms, services and media converge.

Chris Bernard
User Experience Evangelist
Microsoft

Chris Bernard is a principal user experience evangelist for Microsoft. A champion of making design a first class citizen in the world of software and Web development Chris works closely with partners, product teams and designers to help partners unlock new business value at the intersection of business, technology and design.

A practicing designer for the last 16 years working in the realms of broadcast, motion graphics, interactive, application and Web development, Chris has held previous roles as a Creative Director and Practice Leader in the Centers for e-business Innovation at IBM and has served in numerous design director and strategy roles in interactive and broadcast focused entities.

Chris received a Masters in Marketing Communications from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Masters in Design from The Institute of Design. A passionate advocate for advancing the practice and discipline of design Chris has been published in International Design Magazine and an upcoming article about innovation in the enterprise that will appear in the Journal of Business Strategy. He serves as an Adjunct lecturer and expert on cross-disciplinary teaming at The Institute of Design.

David Wolf
Vice President for Rich Internet Application design and development leader

Dave Wolf is Vice President for Rich Internet Application design and development leader Cynergy. Whether traveling around the world driving strategy and developing new business for the company or on the stump stateside talking to press, analysts and conferences, Dave delivers Cynergy's user experience thought-leadership far-and-wide.

In earlier lives, he held engineering and marketing management positions at Microsoft and Sybase, where he was responsible for enterprise software development and strategy. Officially based in Cynergy's headquarters in Washington, DC he is on the road more than he is in the District, espousing Cynergys passion for devising incredible new ways for all of us to experience and interact with software.

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