Check out the Predictions Markets Cluster, an event held in London on October 11 and 12, 2007, which aims to examine prediction markets, collective intelligence networks and knowledge management.
Overview: huge strides have been made in the mainstream adoption of prediction markets. These new ways to share, trade and aggregate information using Internet-based information markets are everywhere. These markets help companies, schools, governments, and individuals to acquire, to create and optimize ever-growing bodies of knowledge. These capabilities achieve mastery of collective wisdom with stunning speed and accuracy.
Learn applied prediction markets, through intimate conversations, with these innovative thought leaders, scholars, entrepreneurs, subject matter experts and prediction market innovators —
- Bernd H. Ankenbrand – The Knowledge Laboratory
- Dirk Glienke – Nokia
- Dr. Michael Gebauer – gexID
- John Delaney – InTrade
- Mat Fogarty – Xpree
- Professor Leighton Vaughn-Williams – Nottingham Trent University
- Will Speck – FT.com
- Emile Servan-Schreiber – NewsFutures
- Henry Berg – Microsoft
- Jesper Muller-Krogstrup – Nosco
- Oliver Bernhard Pedersen – Nosco
- Peter Norman Sorensen – University of Copenhagen
- Gunther Gadler – Prokons
- Peter Gollowitsch – Prokons
- Jed Christiansen – Mercury Research & Consulting
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
