Current Events & Speaking Engagements
From The Starfish and the Spider
To arrange a speaking engagement:
For Ori Brafman contact Ori[at]OriBrafman.com
For Rod Beckstrom contact Violet Cieri @ 615-279-0108 or speaking@beckstrom.com or contact one of the Speakers Bureaus that represent Rod.
See Rod's complete Schedule.
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[edit] Upcoming 2008 Events
January 9, 2008
Famous Entrepreneurs Speaker Series Rod keynotes at the kickoff event in Syracuse, NY
January 25, 2008
Rod keynotes at the Global Management Meeting of High Technology Consulting Firm Sogeti in France.
January 25, 2008
Rod participates and speaks at TWiki MeetUp in Holland in Amsterdam.
February 13-February 14
Rod participates in TWIKI Summit II in Silicon Valley
February 27 - March 1, 2008
Rod participates in TED Conference in Monterey, California
March 18, 2008
Rod keynotes at the United Business Media Global Leadership Conference in Palo Alto, California [1]
April 8, 2008
BSG Concours - IT Summit -Rod keynotes at the Global IT Summit
April 19, 2008
Rod keynotes at EO Texas Joint Chapter Meeting.
May 20, 2008
Rod keynotes at the CXO Media - CIO Leadership Conference in Boston.
[edit] 2007 Events
October 2 - October 3
Rod attends ED Board Meeting in New York City
October 17 - October 20
Rod participates in POPTech October 25
Rod keynotes at the InfoSys Technologies Confluence Conference in Miami, FL
November 6
Rod does German press and blogger Book presentation at The New Thinking Store at 7 P.M.in Berlin. Open to the public.
November 7
Rod keynotes at Web 2.0 Berlin in Germany at 3:00 PM in the main hall.
Rod hosts Starfish and Spider book discussion and TWiki Community meeting at Private Room on Expo floor of Berlin Messe at Web 2.0 event following the keynote. Open to public although you must register for an Expo Hall pass.
November 8
Rod presents at Web 2.0 Open in Berlin, in addition, TWIKI.NET hosts the Web 2.0 Open wiki.
November 17 - 19
Rod speaks at DIFCweek in Dubai This is a DIFCweek Boutique Event
November 21
Rod speaks at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in the Netherlands. [2]
December 6
Rod presents to EBay Corporation in San Jose, California
[edit] 2008 Events
January 9, 2008
Famous Entrepreneurs Speaker Series" Rod keynotes at the kickoff event in Syracuse, NY http://fes-cny.com/index.php
February 27 - March 1, 2008
Rod participates in TED Conference in Monterey, California
March 16, 2008
Rod presents at the United Business Media, PLC. Annual Leadership Conference in Palo Alto, California. http://www.ubmgroup.biz/
April 8, 2008
BSG Concours - IT Summit -Rod keynotes at the Global IT Summit
April 19, 2008
Rod keynotes at EO Texas Joint Chapter Meeting.
May 20, 2008
Rod keynotes at the CXO Media - CIO Leadership Conference in Boston.
[edit] Past Events
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Rod appears on MSNBC News Live with Alex Witt.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Rod presents to senior executives and generals at Business Executives for National Security (BENS) in Washington D.C.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Rod presents at the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington DC as the guest of the President and Professor John Rossi.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Rod presents to 70 USA Today reporters, IT professionals and senior executives in McLean, Virginia.
Friday, January 12-14, 2007
Rod participates in Aspen Institute "Embryos, Genes, and Vaccines: Resolving Bioethical Dilemmas" Socrates Program at Wye River, Maryland, facilitated by Dr. Ezekiel Emmanuel.
January 20-23, 2007
Rod meets with European tech, media and publishing leaders at Burda Digital Life and Design (DLD) Conference in Munich.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Ori Brafman presents at The Grand Event Center- Long Beach, CA for the Organic Church Movements Conference
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Rod keynotes at the YPO Global Forum Leaders program for 200 CEO's at the Fairmont Hotel, Toronto.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Canadian News Anchor Dave Kelly interviews Rod at the YPO Global Leadership Summit with 1000 CEO's in attendance, Fairmont Hotel, Toronto. Rod also gives full book concept presentation to 140 CEO's.
February 28, 2007
Rod presents at Commonwealth Club, San Francisco. Register.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Ori presents at ESI--Emergency Services integrators in Augusta.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Ori on Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Rod presents at TED Conference (Technology Entertainment and Design) in Monterey, California at 9:30 AM.
March 9, 2007
Ori presents at IDEO Palo Alto
March 13
Rod speaks at Agenda Expo Conference in New York City.
Friday, March 23
Rod presents at the Hospitality Design Summit in Vail, Colorado.
March 13
Rod speaks at Agenda Expo Conference in New York City.
Friday, March 23
Rod presents at the Hospitality Design Summit in Vail, Colorado.
March 28 & 29, 2007
Rod presents at EO University Tokyo with 500 international business leaders at the Four Seasons Chinzan-so Hotel.
10:45-12:45pm Wednesday March 28 Starfish & the Spider
10:45-12:45pm Thursday March 29 Starfish & the Spider
4:30- 6:30pm Thursday March 29 Passion Networks
Here is an image of Rod's financial risk management book published in Japan.
April 11, 2007
Rod delivers keynote at IBM Almaden Institute event.
April 14
Rod appears on Deepak Chopra's Wellness Radio Sirius Channel 102 at 8 AM Pacific time, 11 AM Eastern time.
April, 17
Ori moderates panel at Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco.
Friday, April 20
Rod delivers opening keynote at American Leadership Forum event in San Jose.
Wednesday and Thursday, May 9 & 10
Rod attends Enviromental Defense Board meeting and other private meetings in Washington D.C.
May 10
Ori presents at Intel San Jose.
Friday, May 11
Rod delivers keynote at the Arizona YPO/WPO Joint Chapter meeting in Phoenix.
Tuesday, May 15
Rod delivers keynote at the Georgia Tech Leadership Forum in Atlanta.
Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19
Rod delivers keynote at the EO Global Leadership Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Tuesday, May 22
Rod presents to YPO chapter in Amman, Jordan.
Thursday, May 24
Rod presents to YPO chapter in Beirut, Lebanon. Deferred due to unrest in Lebanon.
Rod presents to International Women's Forum Jordan Chapter in Amman, Jordan.
Tuesday, May 28
Rod participates in the Starfish and Spider Italian version book launch in Italy.
Rod keynotes to exclusive Key2People selected CEO group at private villa in Milan.
Tuesday, May 29
Rod delivers keynote to the YPO Italy Chapter in Milan.
Rod interviewed by BSKYB on Starfish & Spider.
May 30
Ori gives keynote at ESi WebEOC conference in San Antonio.
Thursday, May 31
Rod gives keynote address to Amsterdam Sogeti business leaders group.
Friday, June 1
Rod gives keynote address at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam.
Monday/Tuesday, June 5 & 6
Rod in Madrid, Spain to meet with various business and professional groups and to participate in the Spanish version book launch.
Friday, June 8
Jamii Bora Africa Ltd. Board Meeting in Nairobi regarding micro-lending efforts and buildling of the Kaputei Project- a city by the poor, for the poor.
Tuesday, June 19
Rod presents at Google Inc. HQ in Mountain View, California.
Friday, July 6
Rod presents on Leadership Radio in Pennsylvania
Tuesday-Friday, July 10-13
Rod presents to 1000+ high technology business leaders at Microsoft Technology Partners meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Monday-Thursday, July 15-19
Rod presents at OSCON, O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Portland, Oregon.
August 13 - 18
Rod in Rome, Italy at TWiki Community Open Source Summit Meeting.
September 11
Ori presents at Asociacin Mexicana de Directores de Recursos Humanos in Mexico City.
Wednesday, September 12
Rod presents to YPO Dallas Chapter.
September 13
Ori presents at ExpoGestion in Bogota.
Thursday, September 13
Rod presents to YPO Arkansas
September 24
Ori presents at Vidfest in Vancouver.
Wednesday, September 26
Rod presents to Saints VC Annual Meeting in Tiburon, California.
Friday, September 28
Rod presents to the Hanson, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren and Richman Law Firm in Santa Ynez, California.
Saturday, September 29
Rod presents to the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF) in Los Angeles.
