Benjamin Joffe (@benjaminjoffe –
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) is a renowned expert on Asia’s digital scene. During the past 10 years, he has been part of Japan’s mobile revolution, Korea’s Internet boom, China’s mobile crash and web 2.0 revival.As CEO of the strategy consultancy +8* | Plus Eight Star (www.plus8star.com) he brings the best practices from Asia’s digital scene to clients worldwide (e.g. Microsoft, Adidas, China Mobile, Harvard Business School, IMVU…).
Bridging technology, sociology and anthropology, his research covers virtual economies, digital third places, artificial artificial intelligence (AAI) and online social dynamics.
Benjamin shared insights in over 100 talks across 16 countries including at Stanford and Berkeley, P&G and Dell, and was selected among China’s Top 100 Mobile Industry Influencers in 2007 and 2008 as founder of Mobile Monday in Beijing.
Last, he is an angel investor in Asia-based startups, inluding Cmune (www.cmune.com), maker of the first “social FPS” on social networks (www.facebook.com/paradisepaintball).
