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1. Activate Singapore 2014

2. London
New York
The Activate Summit
SINGAPORE
16th-17th January 2014
Delhi

3. Venue: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Marina Bay Sands® is Asia's leading destination for business, leisure and entertainment delivering oncein-a lifetime experiences. The landmark building is situated in the heart of Singapore's Central Business
District and transforms Singapore's skyline and the country's tourism landscape.

4. Activate Singapore 2014
What is Activate?
Activate is the Guardian’s platform for leaders working across all sectors who have proven
that, through the use of technology and the internet, we can change the world.
Through senior level summits in London, New York, India and now Singapore, a suite of
innovative satellite events, and our editorial platform on theguardian.com, Activate examines
how innovative individuals and organisations are using the open web to transform the way we
approach problem solving and opportunity building in business, governance and society.
Activate uses unique and engaging formats to profile and celebrate the best applications of
innovation and entrepreneurship to tackle global problems and stimulate global growth.

5. Activate Singapore 2014
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The Guardian newspaper and the global media services company, MediaGuru will bring the
international Activate Summit to Singapore
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The Summit will boast a speaker line up of some of the biggest and brightest names
working in global media, technology and social change
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Across two days they will convene to discuss the power of the open internet to drive
innovation, development and opportunity in business, politics, education and society
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The Summit will play host to a 400-plus audience of domestic and international leaders
and change-makers working in the digital space

6. Speakers at Activate Singapore 2014
We have a fantastic confirmed speaker list and the number of impressive leaders from various
industries speaking on this platform continues to increase.
Some of confirmed speakers include:
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Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
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Li Gong, Chairman & CEO, Mozilla Online, global Senior Vice President of Mobile Devices
& President of Asia Operations
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Paul Dempsey, President, Global Markets, BBC Worldwide
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Dan Neary, President, A-PAC, Facebook

Alan Rusbridger, Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian
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Kath Viner, Editor-in-Chief, Guardian Australia

Jeff Jarvis, Professor of Journalism, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

7. Who will you meet at Activate?
Director level delegates from across private, public and third sectors, from the biggest media and
technology companies, government organisations and international charities to the brightest
technology start ups and VC investors. Made up of an eclectic mix of disciplines and sectors,
previous Activate attendees include:
CEO & chief scientist, Cornfield Electronics
Director, Deloitte
Director, Mozilla
Vice president, technology, AOL
Founder, Zopa.com
Founder, lastminute.com
CTO, Etsy
CTO, Hearst Interactive Media
Founder, Blue State Digital
Managing director, The Financial Times
COO, Symbian
Director, investments, Omidyar Network
CEO, Tumblr
CTO, Moo
Partner, Index Ventures
Founder, Love Film
General partner, Acacia Capital Partners
CEO, Nexus Media
CEO, TERI (The Energy Resources Institute)
Founder, The Open Knowledge Foundation
CTO, Eurostar
Founder, Global Voices
Chief information officer, UN
Peacekeeping
Director, external relations,
EMEA Google
Co-founder, Bebo
Head of data strategy, Nokia
Press counsellor, US Embassy
Co-founder, Better Place
Director, Amnesty International
Innovation manager, World Bank
Institute
Partner, Union Square Ventures
Marketing director, General
Electric
Senior vice president, Nasdaq
President, Edelman
Partner, Bain & Company
CTO, New York Times
Founder, Kickstarter
Chief strategy officer, MediaCom
Co-founder, Inkling Software
CEO, Save the Children
Executive director, Symbian
Foundation
Founder, Wolfram Research
Director, Adromeda Capital
Vice president, products, Google
Chief technology officer, Microsoft
COO, Thomson Reuters
Editor, TechCrunch Europe
Director, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Managing director, Yahoo!
Managing director, Glam Media
Founder & CEO, Tweetdeck
Global marketing director, Mozilla
Chairman, Salesforce.com
Director, BBC Worldwide
Founder, GrameenBank
Group director, Penguin group
Editor, Harvard Business Review
Editor, Mashable
CEO, Newscred
Editor, ProPublica
Principal, McKinsey & Company
CEO, TypeKit
CEO, Demotix
Founder, ScraperWiki
Editor, Daily Beast
Editor, Wall St Journal
Senior vice president, Turner
Broadcasting
Director, UN Foundation
Global education lead, Google
Director, The Washington Post
Founder, Betaworks
COO, paidContent
Editor, BBC News
Director, PBS
Director, Frog Design
CEO, Internet Advertising
Bureau

8. Activate Singapore 2014: Tech Talent Day
Tell us how your start up is going to change the world!
A start up focused competition and one day event aimed at early stage entrepreneurs, investors,
financiers, professional services firms, government and academic institutions.
We invite the world’s most innovative start ups to tell us, in 300 words or less, why they have
the ideas, knowledge and motivation to speak at Activate.
Who gets involved in the Activate Tech Talent day?
Some of the world’s leading entrepreneurs have spoken at Activate and engaged in the Tech
Talent day, either as participants, judges and / or mentors.
Past participants include:
• Esther Dyson, Angel Investor
• Matt Mullenweg, Founder, WordPress
• Fred Wilson, Partner, Union Square Ventures
• Brent Hoberman, Founder, MyDeco, Lastminute.com and Founder’s Forum
• Julie Meyer, CEO, Ariadne Capital
• Arianna Huffington, Founder and President of the Huffington Post Media Group
… and many more

9. Activate Singapore 2014: Tech Talent Day
The Format
A judging panel of
eminent VCs and
proven entrepreneurs
shortlist the entrants
down to a list of 10
companies who are
invited to the Activate
Tech Talent day
Entrants will learn
from and engage with
investors,
entrepreneurs,
financiers,
professional services
and legal firms. Best
of all they’ll learn how
to pitch to investors
Each start up will be
given just 5 minutes
to articulate their idea
to our panel of
discerning judges.
The Reward!
Winner gets a platform at the Activate Summit the next day where they can speak
alongside some of the world’s most influential innovators on the Tech Talent day panel.

10. Tech Talent Day – Reward for Winners!
MediaGuru to provide an
initial funding of
SG$50,000 to the
Winning Start-up of the
Tech Talent day
The Guardian would
provide GB£100,000
worth
of Advertisement across
Guardian platforms

11. The Activate Digital Platform
theguardian.com/media-network/activate is our editorial hub for all Activate related content. We
have separate microsite hubs for Activate London, New York, Delhi and now Singapore that run
off the main editorial site. In addition all pre- and post-event Activate content will be
disseminated via the Guardian Media Network
theguardian.com/media-network and other Guardian touch points such as MediaGuardian and
TechGuardian.
Across the Activate platform and disseminated via the Media Network we host video interviews
with speakers past and present, our blog, collated press coverage, audio Q&As, links to related
articles, a range of editorially-led features that we have created in collaboration with Activate
partners, information on related events such as our Activate pitching day, tech development days
and fundraising initiatives and of course, information on and content from our London, New
York, Delhi and Singapore Summits.
The Guardian will live stream all Activate events from theguardian.com.

12. Why Activate Summit in Singapore?

Singapore is the centre for digital media and tech innovation in Asia and growing at a rapid
pace. Some of the region’s most innovative and expansive start up activity is happening in
Singapore

Activate Singapore will provide a platform for the region’s most innovative individuals and
organizations who are using the web to transform the way we approach problem solving
and opportunity building in business, governance and society.

It will profile and celebrate the best applications of innovation and entrepreneurship to
tackle global problems and stimulate global growth.

Crucially, this is about connecting Singapore with the international community and in turn
connecting that community with true innovators and game-changers from Singapore.
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It will be a platform to promote the innovation in Singapore and surround region’s digital
media industries to international markets, entities and partners
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It will enable regional companies to engage and do business with key international, regional
and domestic individuals and companies in the tech and creative communities

13. Why partner with us?
Combining the Guardian’s international reach with Media Guru's local and global market
knowledge, Activate will bring you face-to-face with senior innovators and decision makers
working at the bleeding edge of their industries.
Our designated editorial Activate platform, which is embedded on the Guardian Media & Tech
Network site, provides a unique 360 aspect to all partnership engagements, seamlessly
combining online content and editorially-led thought
leadership touch points with the offline, on-the-day branding, speaking opportunities and
networking.

14. Why partner with us?
We work in a creative and wholly unique way to create bespoke packages that are tailored to your
individual business needs but all sponsors and partners can expect to:
• Leverage your expertise and thought leadership through speaking opportunities;
• Gain face-to-face access to the most senior executives working in global media and
technology;
• Widen reach and impact across the Guardian’s digital offering including online
editorial, video, live stream, social and print touch points;
• Work with the Guardian team to create a bespoke partnership in line with your business
development strategy;
• Create brand synergy between your brand and the Guardian and leading world brands;
• Create a direct association and alignment between your brand and the most innovative and
progressive global trends and companies;
• Develop a relationship with the Guardian editorial team;
• Benefit from prolonged brand exposure to the Guardian international audience

15. You are in good company
To mention a few of our loyal Guardian Media & Tech events participants, sponsors and supporters….

16. Big Speakers Big Ideas
Activate speakers come from all over the world and represent the best and brightest individuals and
organisations working to change the world through technology. Past speakers include:
Eric Schmidt
CEO & Chairman
Google
Pierre Omidyar
Founder, eBay
& Omidyar Network
Ev Williams
Co-founder, Twitter
Alan Rusbridger
Reid Hoffman
Editor-in-Chief,
Executive Chairman &
Guardian News & Media
Founder, LinkedIn
Werner Vogels
CTO, Amazon
Chris Hughes
Co-founder, Facebook
Arianna Huffington
Founder & Editor-in-Chief,
The Huffington Post
Craig Newmark
Founder, Craigslist

17. Activate 2013 – India
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Held on 21st March 2013, New Delhi; organized in
partnership by Google, The Guardian & MediaGuru

A Global summit discussing Impact of Internet on
India

Speakers & Delegates from across the globe
participated
Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger & Google’s
Global Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt
Panelists in discussion

18. Activate 2013 – India
KEY SPEAKERS:
Eric Schmidt, Google Global Executive Chairman
Alan Rusbridger, Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian
Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and Information
Technology, India
Sam Pitroda (Adviser to the Indian Prime Minister on Public
Information Infrastructure and Innovations)
Stephanie Cutter, Deputy Campaign Manager, Obama Digital
Campaign
Narendra Modi, Chief Minister - Gujarat via Google+ Hangout
Shashi Tharoor, Ministry of State for HRD, India
Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Rajan Anandan, Google India's Managing Director
Jeff Jarvis, Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Raghav Bahl, Managing Director, TV18
Sanjay Salil, Managing Director, MediaGuru
Shekhar Kapur, Filmaker
Deep Kalra, Founder & CEO - MakeMyTrip.com
… and many others

19. About The Guardian and MediaGuru
About The Guardian
The Guardian is a global leader in digital media and technology and has been at the forefront of
innovative journalism since the launch of guardian.co.uk in 1999. The Guardian’s high-quality, indepth coverage of current affairs has made it one of world’s most respected and widely read
newspaper sites boasting more than 85 million global monthly unique users.
It has won numerous awards for its journalistic innovation including multiple Webbys for Best
Newspaper and international acclaim for it’s open comment site Comment is Free and it has a
reputation for distinctive, trusted and intelligent content.
Two thirds of the Guardian’s audience come from outside the UK and that audience is growing at a
rate faster than any other British newspaper website. Our international reach is set to continue to
grow as we continue to invest in our North American operation and develop relationships and
partnerships around the world.
At the centre of the Guardian’s international innovation and development drive and closely tied to
its digital first-strategy sits the Guardian Activate platform – a series of international events and an
online content platform for forward thinkers and leaders focused on shaping the world’s future
through technology.

20. About The Guardian and MediaGuru
About MediaGuru
MediaGuru is a global media services company. We specialize in creating successful media
projects from scratch or to revamp the existing ones on turnkey basis for better efficiency and
profitability. Our two other focus areas are digital archiving services and a path breaking multiuser interactive platform for the broadcast and new age media companies.
MediaGuru excels in providing innovative strategic and operational consultancy for TV, radio,
print and new media. Typically we cover the entire life cycle of a project from business plan,
planning & implementing the Infrastructure, technology, system integration, on-air look & feel,
sets, manpower, content planning, training, dry run and eventually the hand-holding.
MediaGuru offers digital archiving services with its JV partner, Memnon, a European market
leader in the sector. Our mantra is to digitize, restore, preserve and provide real-time access to
audio, video, text and film archives.

21. Contacts – we’re looking forward to connecting!
London
Singapore
Editorial inquiries:
Poonam Sharma
Director
MediaGuru
Email: poonamsharma@mediaguru.in
Direct line: +6591995242
Robin Hough
Head of content, Media & Technology
Guardian News & Media
Email: robin.hough@theguardian.com
Direct line: +(0)203 353 2463
Sponsorship inquiries:
Matthew Race
Head of commercial, Media & Technology
Guardian News & Media
Email: matthew.race@theguardian.com
Delhi
Sanjay Krishan Das
Sr. Vice President
MediaGuru
Email: sanjaydas@mediaguru.in
M: +91 9811099609
L: +91 120 4766000 ext: 106