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Agenda:
6:00-6:15 PM Networking 6:15-7:00 PM Panel 7:00-7:30 PM Q & A between the panel/crowd 7:30-8 PM Networking
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Moderator
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M. Wazihullah, Moderator
Born in a corrugated iron hut in Bangladesh with no running water, Wazi came to America to study Electrical Engineering (Univ of Pennsylvania), Finance (Wharton), and an MBA (Stanford University). Working as an Investment Banker, Venture Capitalist and Management Consultant (The Boston Consulting Group) gave Wazi the tools to become an Entrepreneur starting companies he has sold, run or folded.
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Panelists 
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Brian Aitken,Founder & Chief Creative Strategist, <A HREF="http://alisterpaine.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Alister & Paine</A>
Brian Aitken is a Webby Award nominated marketer, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. He received his Executive Education from the NYU Stern School of Business, was extended a scholarship to the Manchester Business School's Global MBA program for 'exceptional entrepreneurship', and is a regular guest at MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy. Aitken presently serves on the Board of Directors for threecompaniesincluding Alister & Paine Magazineand is the Managing Supervisor of Paid Media at Ketchum Digital where he oversees paid strategy for companies like Hewlett-Packard, ConAgra, and MasterCard.
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Brian Braiker, Executive Editor, <A HREF="http://digiday.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Digiday</A>
Brian Braiker is the executive editor of Digiday, a website that charts the future of digital media and marketing. Previously he's been a staff writer for Newsweek, the Guardian and Rolling Stone, among others. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, People magazine, Adweek, Parenting, Variety and more.
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Joo-Pierre S. Ruth, New York Editor, <A HREF="http://www.xconomy.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Xconomy</A>
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Luis Navia, Director Innovation and Culture,<A HREF="http://elitedaily.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Elite Daily</A>
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<DIV STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" DIR="ltr">Luis is currently the Director Innovation and Culture at Elite Daily, a digital media publication with the staff being entirely comprised of millennials, including our 3,000+ contributors with an audience of 74M uniques. Our tagline, The Voice of Generation-Y, not only reflects our commitment to delivering content specifically targeted to Generation-Y, but also authentic content shaped by talented media professionals of the same demographic. He currently sits on the board of directors of AIESEC US, the largest international youth-led organization across 124 countries and territories.</DIV>
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Yannis Moati, Founder & CEO, <A HREF="https://www.hotelsbyday.com/en" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Hotels by Day</A>
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<DIV STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" DIR="ltr">Born in Tunisia to French and Italian parents, spent his childhood living in different countries & continents, leading him to master 5 different languages and forging a solidly independent character.</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" DIR="ltr">Entrepreneurship comes naturally to all independence seekers and was further honed-in when he later moved to the United States to pursue a higher education at Northeastern University in Boston. Post school, Yannis co-founded a company specialized in exotic travel, then managed a pioneering global Tour Operator company out of New York City.</DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" DIR="ltr">It is while traveling extensively throughout Europe that Yannis first came across the concept of selling rooms for the day. Using un-committed inventory surely sounded genial for a hotel to boost its revenues. Coming back to the USA and adopting the clever concept of the sharing economy, Yannis surrounded himself with some of the most experienced professionals in the hospitality industry to form the project of HotelsByDay.</DIV>
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