Rod Smith Bio
Rod Smith is an IBM fellow and Vice President of the IBM Emerging Internet Technologies organization, where he leads a group of highly technical innovators who are developing solutions to help businesses "Take Web 2.0 to Work." In his many years in the industry, Rod has moved IBM - and the industry - to a rapid adoption of technologies such as Web services, XML, Linux, J2EE, and various wireless standards. As an IBM Fellow, Rod is helping lead IBM's strategic planning around Web 2.0 technologies and practices, with a focus on how these technologies can bring real business value to IBM's customers.

David Barnes Bio
Early in his career David worked as both a hardware engineer and software engineer, focusing on IBM mainframes. During the birth of the PC in 1981 he became IBM's first official "technology evangelist", traveling the world, updating customers on IBM's software strategy and relaying customer requirements back into IBM's development labs.  David has also been involved with the internet since before the release of the first Web browser, and keynoted the Internet Superhighway Summit in 1995.

Most recently David managed the IBM Extreme Blue innovation laboratory in Austin Texas and the IBM Solutions Experience Lab, also in Austin.  Today he is leading IBM's evangelism efforts around Web 2.0 strategy and helping coordinate the Web 2.0 efforts of various IBM development teams.