FEATURE INTERVIEW
Kentaro Watanabe
President and CEO MicroAd

Kentaro Watanabe is President and CEO of MicroAd, is a leading company of online advertising technology as typified by Behavioral Targeting and Contextual Targeting, providing "MicroAd", one of the largest ad-network services in Japan. In 1999, Mr. Watanabe joined CyberAgent, online advertisement agency and online media publisher. He launched Osaka branch and was appointed General Manager in July 1999. In July 2005, he returned to Tokyo and launched "Ameblo", the most popular blog service provider in Japan.

Conference
ad:tech Shanghai 2008
Welcome to ad:tech Shanghai 2008 and a preview of the conference with Drew Ianni and a group of experts on the current state of digital marketing, media and technology in China. This is the opening keynote for ad:tech Shanghai 2008 and sets the framework and expectations for this conference and what we can expect to see and hear during it. Additionally, a group of China digital experts discusses how China is evolving into one of the most advanced and diverse digital markets in the world with more than 300 million internet users, the largest market in the world and continued growth in access expected for years to come.