Rolf von Behrens

Current

• Incubation Group at Swisscom Innovations
• Principal at Social Software Consulting

Education

• University of South Australia

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Rolf von Behrens’s Summary

CONTACT:
rolfvb (@) gmail or +4179 200 7983 (mobile)

UPDATE: I am now working with the Incubation Group @ Swisscom Innovations in Bern, Switzerland.

BIO:

Rolf has been active in the internet arena for over a decade while living and working in the US (SF Bay Area), Europe, Brunei and Australia. Rolf speaks, consults and innovates in the areas of emerging technology, social software, online communities, collaborative and open-source software and where possible, how these technologies can help lead us to a more sustainable planet.

Rolf holds a Bachelor of Business in Information Systems. He recently completed a one-year assignment as Director of Product Management at openBC/Xing in Hamburg and is currently working at Swisscom Innovations in Bern, Switzerland.

Past conference presentations include:

Keynote @ Web 2.0 Congress:
The future and scope of social software:
* Social networking
* Capturing group wisdom
* Public conversations can stimulate rapid change
http://www.web2.0-kongress.de

Sustainable Communities - A Strategic Framework for the Digital Age @ Enviro Info 2006:
http://enviroinfo.know-center.tugraz.at/overview

United Nations International Conference on Engaging Communities:
“Communities Online: Next Generation Online Community Technologies and how they can be used to: Build Social Capital, Restore Natural Capital and Enable Sustainable Development.”
http://www.engagingcommunities2005.org/abstracts/S58-vonbehrens-r.html

Connecting Up: Using ICT to build communities
“Social Software and Online Communities: Lessons learned, moving forward.”
http://www.communit.info/docs/cu05/rolf_von_behrens.html

Making Links Conference: (http://communityweb.ngogeeks.com)
Choosing an Open Source Content Management System (CMS)
With well over 500 different CMS’s internationally and over 50 open source (free) products, how does one go about making an informed and future-focused choice?

Rolf von Behrens’s Specialties:

Emerging technologies, systems innovation, social software, online communities, collaborative software, sustainable systems, open source, ICT project management, content management systems (CMS), sustainability

Rolf von Behrens’s Education

• University of South Australia

  Bachelor of Business in Management Information Systems, MIS, e-commerce

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Rolf von Behrens’s Websites:

• My Website

Rolf von Behrens’s Interests:

sustainability, health, nutrition, slowfood, social software, open source, adventure sports, rollerblading, snowboarding, yoga, hiking, cycling, rock climbing, scuba diving, swimming, travel, emerging technologies

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