2010
Joan Laporta
Former President of FC Barcelona, shared his thoughts "How to be an accomplished leader not only on football play-ground, but also apart from it".
Joan Laporta, from yr. 2003 till
yr.2010 functioned as the president of one of the most accomplished
football clubs in the world, FC Barcelona. He was also the
"colour-guard" in the fight against the violence on stadiums and he
achieved that today FC Barcelona is considered as an example of
peace, solidarity and democracy. He managed to afforce his club
also from financial point of view. Joan Laporta has very rich
experiences also as a manager in other leading functions in
distinguished football authorities. He was a member of strategic
commission FIFA, director of European Professional Football
Strategy UEFA, director of G-14 European Football, member of
administration board of Royal Spanish Football Federation and vice
president of Catalanian Football Federation. At the same time he
still functiones in sphere of justice, pedagogic activities and
after his activity in the club he joined the world of
politics.
Sir Timothy Berners Lee
Father of the World Wide Web technology, about its beginning and future for Orange Business Forum exclusively.
Orange brought another inspiring
personality to its partners within the Orange Business Forum
project in May 2010 - the author of the World Wide Web idea, sir
Tim Berners Lee in person. This real icon in its field introduced
his visionary sight into the future and possibilities of the
internet to the audience, but also explained the importance of
exploring the internet from different points of scientific views
and what trends is the World WIde Web consortium dealing with
recently. The participants were impassioned by the description of
the process of creation of the internet by the author of the idea
by himself, who changed the world and his running with his work,
but he also revealed what would he do different and what details he
is especially proud of.
