Focus on Benoît Drouillat:

Benoît Drouillat est designer interactif et architecte de l’information indépendant. Il travaille sur des projets à forte vocation éditoriale. Il enseigne le design d’interface à l’Université de Limoges et au sein de Vocation Graphique ESANA. Avec Nicole Pignier, il a publié 2 ouvrages, Penser le webdesign (2004) et Le Webdesign, sociale expérience des interfaces web (2008). Il a fondé en 2006 la 1ère association professionnelle des métiers du design numérique, *designers interactifs*. Il est également investi au sein de l’APCI (Agence pour la promotion de la Création Industrielle) et de l’AFD (Alliance Française des Designers).

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Focus on Olivier Marcellin :

Olivier Marcellin received his higher diploma of applied arts specialised type design from École supérieure Estienne, Paris. He is co-author of the book “Lisibilité des sites web. Des choix typographiques au design d’information”, which was published in November 2009 by Eyrolles. In 2008, he founded the Textualis information design studio and has carried out research for functional design of digital content. He has regularly contributed to university courses.

Why is it more fun to use a touch screen than a keyboard?
The IT interfaces offer us different ways to access information.
In this process of contact and action, a pleasure of using and interacting takes place unconsciously, based on specific values. We say of an interface that it is intuitive, user friendly, but what exactly mean these values? Why do we search again and again to reach them? Are they universal, or do they depend on our cultural values or beliefs?

These are the questions that the conference of Pignier Nicole tries to provide possible answers. During this presentation, after a state of the art of the taking into account of the relationship user / object used throughout history, various examples of modern interfaces (mobile phones and smartphones, PDA , object communicating, video games, etc …) will be studied to understand the mechanisms that define our relationship of body and mind to the machine.

A carefully detailed methodology, based on research from leading researchers and authors in the field of user interaction and semiotics applied to IT that will be presented here to better understand where comes our pleasure to interact.

Focus on Nicole Pignier :

Nicole Pignier is professor at the University of Limoges where she teaches semiotic of communication strategies multimedia. She is in charge of the Professional degree Webdesign sensory. Researcher in the Center of Semiotic Researches at the University of Limoges, Nicole Pignier has published “Penser le webdesign, modèles sémiotiques pour les projets multimédias, Sociale expérience du Webdesign” in collaboration with Benoît Drouillat and “De l’expérience multimédia. Usages et pratiques culturelles ».

Co-author of “Pro HTML5 Programming”, published by Apress, and Director of Communication and Training at Kaazing

Corporation, Peter Lubbers hosted at the WIF Congress 2010 what is probably now one of the most comprehensive HTML5 presentation.

Whether you’re a new or an advanced developer, come and discover through this presentation the latest version of HTML, offering new opportunities to the creation of websites and introducing the building blocks of tomorrow’s Web : video, audio, 3D Canvas object, geolocation, and many more…
With practical examples and explanations on how to adapt this technology on all modern browsers, you’ll have at the end of this training all the tools and resources at your disposal to master the language that everyone currently speaks about on the web sphere.
Particularly acclaimed for its clarity and accessibility, the intervention of Peter Lubbers has kept all its promises, and is now on video. Only on Webdesign International Festival.

Focus on Peter Lubbers :

Peter Lubbers is the Director of Documentation and Training at Kaazing where he oversees all aspects of documentation and training. Peter is the co-author of the Apress book Pro HTML5 Programming and teaches HTML5 training courses. An HTML5 and WebSocket enthusiast, Peter frequently speaks at international events.Prior to joining Kaazing, Peter worked as an information architect at Oracle, where he wrote many books, such as the award-winning Oracle Application Server Portal Configuration Guide and the Oracle Application Server Developer’s Guide for Microsoft Office. Peter also develops documentation automation solutions and two of his inventions are patented.

Economic models on the Internet are all shrubs in a forest of paradoxes: 30 billion dollars worth of advertising unevenly shared, 7 billion websites and some global, continental or local celebs, a very powerful lever for traditional economy and exploitation barriers “per se”, create value in a culture of free, disintermediation and new intermediates, a transition to experience that goes faster than thought (especially that of law), an ambiguous relationship from production to distribution and consumption, a truth of impermanence … all developing under a sky of “cloud” of increasingly heavy, huge energy consumer, storage, bandwidth, technology and other resources.

Focus on Jean Noel Portugal :
Jean-Noël Portugal created in 2004 the consulting firm Intuneo: missions and strategic studies for the media, digital content and the Internet. From 2007 to 2009, he was President of SAS HD3D, a consortium of post-production companies, special effects and 3D animation. In 2009, he co-founded the companies ADSOVO and Contextual Media Group: content analysis and contextual advertising on the Internet.

Company specializing in multimedia and 3D real-time applications development, SuperDev presented at the WIF Demos a solution to display real-time 3D in a web browser, without the need of any plugin or software installation.
As a demonstration of this technology, the latest version of their game, Virtual Ocean Race, an online multiplayer racing oceanic 3D real time simulator, whose originality is to be based on real weather data : it rains in the South Atlantic? As in the game!

This solution, particularly attractive at a time when demand is increasing for native support of rich content, has many advantages for the creation of web applications and games:
- compatibility between operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc …)
- hardware compatibility (Mac / PC, Smartphone)
- web browsers compatibility (Mozilla, Opera, Chrome, …)

This means concretely for users the possibility to use online softwares that no longer require to install or update plugins to access the rich content, and for businesses the opportunity to develop rich, complex, specific extremely accessible and compatible multimedia applications.
The technology allows viewing and interaction with 3D objects. For the video game industry, this is an opportunity to create real-time 3D game massively multiplayer web-users who benefit from this consistency and this portability.

A project carried out with the participation of the XLIM Research Institute jointly held by the University of Limoges and CNRS.

To learn more about SuperDev and test yourself this Web 3D:
http://www.superdev.fr/

How does it work?

Teambooster e-veryware is a comprehensive platform, allowing a team to maintain contact and have a collaborative workspace relevant and easy to use. An relatively well thought and intuitive solution to share documents and ideas with remote team.

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Compatible with computers and smartphones, the tool features:

- already used by social networks, a information and discussion “wall” allows everyone to communicate their latest ideas, offering slots for meetings, etc. …

- a menu centralizing the latest events related to the project

- an mailbox compatible with e-mail accounts users already have, which enables archiving and sending large files

- an instant messaging system with file sharing via drag & drop

- a personal calendar, viewable by members of the team and with accepting appointments system available.

- a business contact manager, allowing you to sort your contacts by company or name.

- a project manager easily editable with a thorough and accurate presentation of tasks: contacts, support staff, etc …

- a storage and sharing common space for your company files and folders

- a panel setting to be able to manage the rights to view / change these tools, email signature, etc…

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Watch a video demo of the tool (French)

Being an online platform, Teambooster e-veryware allows access to these tools from any workstation or Smartphone without the need to install any software. You’ll just need an Internet connection!

Find a complete overview of the Point Carré tool and download a free and unlimited version  for 2 people: http://www.team-booster.com/.

Focus on Franck Confino
Founder and associated manager of Adverbia since 2005, Franck Confino has been a key player in the public communication world for more than ten years. Graduated in law, broadcasting and journalism, he has spent five years as a communications manager in a large town in the Paris region. Here is where his passion for public affairs was born. He had previously been chief editor of a local magazine, journalist in various newspapers and an IT manager.

Focus on Shigeru INATOMI :
After finishing of BA degree, Shigeru started his career as a sales representative in IBM Japan.
After experienced various management positions in NY and Tokyo for brand management of network hardware, software and services, IBM Global Network Services, for example, he assumed Director position of IBM Pavilion for Internet World Expo 1996, in which he performed Web Producer and realized various the state-of-the-art website using leading edge technology, live streaming from Mongolian Gobi desert, fan mail for arctic explorer, 3D VRML modeling of Shinto shrine, first Website for Sumo wrestler in the history, homepage for 90 cities of Japan, converts a small Village to real gaming field, music and dance collaboration between Tokyo and NY, Tokyo and Kennedy Center of Washington DC, global student’s network which connected London, Seoul, Tokyo and Hawaii. Wedding and honeymoon live streaming between Jamaica and Japan was impacted to Japan wedding industry, then.
He assumed Web Producer for Nagano Winter Olympic and Paralympics Official Site in 1997-98. After the Olympic Games, he took responsibilities for IBM Japan Webmaster’s role, sales and marketing for IBM PC on internet.
He organized Japan Enterprise Web-Grandprix Awards in 2007 which were extended to 40 large enterprises and over 100 websites in 2009. As a Director General of Japan Web-Grandprix Awards, he has established Web value score cards for business.
He provides consulting role to those enterprises, at this moment.

Focus on Michael CHAIZE :
After having worked as an independent Flash developer for Parisian web agencies, Michael Chaize specialised in development around the PDF format. Having always been fascinated by two technologies – PDF and Flash – he joined the Adobe pre-sales consultant teams in 2006 and specialises in Flex and LiveCycle business offers. Michael helps businesses in resolving their RIA development problems and in digitising the process.
http://codemoiunmouton.wordpress.com/

Focus on Remy Bourganel :
Born in 1973, Remy Bourganel is graduated with high distinctions as product/interaction designer from ENSAD, Paris, where he also studied photography, and in parallel jazz guitare. He actually lives between Paris and London.For Orange vallée, subsidiary of Orange focused on disruptions, reporting to Orange CEO, he acts as director/head of user experience, chief creative director on some projects, and consultant on the group’s design strategy.He is also co-director of the research lab Mobile Digital Identity at Ensad Paris.