Janus Friis, the Danish visionary who revolutionised consumer habits for digital content worldwide by creating KaZaA (music), Skype (telephony), then Joost (television), will deliver a keynote speech at the MidemNet Forum. The international conference program on the latest in new technologies and new economic models in the music industry, MidemNet, takes place 26 to 27 January 2008 in Cannes as part of MIDEM.

“Barely into his thirties, Janus Friis has already managed to turn the world of content access on its head through the numerous projects he has launched with Niklas Zennström,” said Dominique Leguern, Director of MIDEM. “As keynote speaker at MidemNet, he will provide participants with the global vision of an entrepreneur who has an unrivalled track record in the art of sensing and anticipating upcoming trends in this field and creating new economic models for the industry.”

Already confirmed as keynote speakers for MidemNet are: Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman and CEO of French media giant Vivendi; Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi; and Tero Ojanperä, EVP & CTO of Nokia.

MIDEM, the world’s music market, will take place in Cannes from 27 to 31 January 2008.

For more information on MidemNet or to register on-line (the Early Bird reduced rate offer ends 31 October) please go to: http://www.midem.com/

To download a photo of Janus Friis, please click here

Notes:

Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organizer of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, AMAZIA devoted to the creation and distribution of entertainment content, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors, GLOBAL ASSET for asset management professionals and GLOBAL CITY for urban management specialists.

Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading organiser of exhibitions and conferences delivering over 460 events in 34 countries and serving 52 industries worldwide. For further information about Reed MIDEM visit http://www.reedmidem.com/

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