Testimonials - The Global Webit Congress


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Brian Cheng

The energy, the people, the ideas that are flowing here are phenomenal.It is a great way for IBM to leverage this information to help us make smarter decisions.

Brian Cheng
Chief Technical Officer at IBM

Teppo Paavola

Connecting people across different countries, different continents, different religions - taking down barriers and creating a great business environment.

Teppo Paavola
VP Global Business Development at PayPal

Manu Gupta

It is absolutely amazing how many people you have here - from all different ranges from different types of companies - I am definitely impressed with the size of it and that fact that Webit brings all categories of digital and tech in one place.

Manu Gupta
partner at Lake Star



Stéphanie Hospital

I am amazed to see how many people are joining Webit from many, many countries. Very good speakers, very good crowd of people. I am amazed!

Stéphanie Hospital
Executive Vice President at Orange Digital

Andrey Sebrant

The number 103 is the most impressive thing about the Congress.There are so many different cultures, so many points of views, so many brilliant ideas, that this is the most successful part of the Congress. 103 countries - I will remember it forever. Webit Congress connects industries, countries and most of all people.

Andrey Sebrant
Director of Product Marketing at Yandex

Ben Barokas

It is a truly a global initiative to make great high-level international connections. Reach brands, audiences, publishers with impact in spontaneous fashion.

Ben Barokas
General Manager, Marketplace Development at Google


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John Lunn

I go to conferences all the time, all over the world - this one is unique! I love coming here where you meet people you don't meet anywhere else.

John Lunn
Global Director of PayPal Developer

Yavuz Kaynar

I think Webit is amazing! It puts together a really good people that are just the top of the industry from all over the world. 103 counties, 8000 people. I hope everybody - enterprises, investors, entrepreneurs would join this congress and we are part of it.

Yavuz Kaynar
Principal Banker at EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme

Enon Landenberg

Amazing! you see people from all over the world. You see people who normally meet at separate events and now they are all here.

Enon Landenberg
President & CEO at Infinity Augmented Reality



Gary Liu

It is so large and so incredible diverse that very, very few conferences around the world look and feel like this. Webit has captured something really, really special here in Istanbul.

Gary Liu
Global Director Ad Product Strategy at Spotify

Tom Bowman

I have seen this event grow over the past several years and this is definitely the best one yet. Very successful event! I think a 103 countries says its own story, isn't it? I have seen a very rich mixture of publishers, of advertisers, of people from agencies, technology people - it is a really great way of connecting the fabric of the online advertising industry.

Tom Bowman
VP Advertising at BBC

Hussein Freijeh

It is a great opportunity for everyone from all industries coming together, talking about our recent trends, challenged and opportunities. I think Webit is a key industry initiative to drive the conversation forward, share case studies, share successes and failures that helps us move forward.

Hussein Freijeh
Managing director of Yahoo Middle Yeast, Africa and Turkey



Nic Jones

It is an amazing Congress, it is an amazing audience you have here - incredibly large amount off people - very engaged. I am very excited to see opportunity for new businesses - to have a platform like this!

Nic Jones
Senior Vice President, International at VEVO

Ajit Sivadasan

I didn't know there is a conference of this size - a platform that a lot of people globally show up. We are a global company and understanding what is happening is so many different companies makes a lot of difference for us.

Ajit Sivadasan
VP/GM at Lenovo Corporation

Paul Goad

It is incredible, it is fantastic. The venue is fantastic, the number of people and the quality of people..you get to meet different people from different markets - a leading web, digital, ecommerce event .. I think it is very exciting and something that will just get stronger. You know every year there are more companies with new ideas addressing the challenges in the market. It is very exciting.

Paul Goad
Managing Director at Crimtan



Hassan Michail

Extremely impressive. We've got fantastic feedback so far + we've made some major announcements today for a global eCommerce. With all the people here friends from the industry. We've got the chance to connect with a lot of people, you've got all the enablers here, all the big players - it was fantastic

Hassan Michail
Global eCommerce Director at Aramex

Habib Haddad

I think it is great to see the number of attendees this year here in Istanbul. It is fantastic to see the East and the West meet here. We have a number of not just large companies, but startups emerging, investors meet together finally to having a global feel toward it.

Habib Haddad
Founder Wamda

Anthony Gallippi

Webit is a fantastic event! I have met here people that I never thought I can meet out of the 8000 people. A lot of new connections, a lot of new people from all over the world - all exchanging ideas - I think it is a great event.

Anthony Gallippi
Co-founder and CEO, BitPay



Konstantin Wolff

You really realize here how international it is, people from all over the world coming together, talking about what they whether they come from the corporate world or more entrepreneurial environments - i think it is just a great melting pot of different people from different parts of the world, doing different things. Istanbul is the right place to do that - as the connecting link between Europe and Asia, but also so many people from other different places - great to be here.

Konstantin Wolff
Founder & CMO, Payleven Holding

Adi Eyal

This is my first time here and I am quite impress from the amount of people, the diversity of where they are coming from, it is a great surprise for me.

Adi Eyal
CEO at GETONIC

Carl Waldekranz

I must say I am super excited. I got a change to connect with a lot of people you don't get access to, which is amazing. Webit is a physical connecting point - where physical meets digital.

Carl Waldekranz
CEO and co-founder of Tictail



Peter Stern

It is not about the 8000 people, it is about the audience I have to say that based on the audience and the questions I got - this is a really remarkable, entrepreneurial minded crowd.

Peter Stern
Founder & CTO of Datek Online founder & President of Zenbe. NYC-based investor and mentor, Former CEO of Bitly

Yuval Dvir

It is fantastic to meet so many different, successful people from so many companies and countries. It is basically a few conferences within a Congress which is unique and you get a chance to get a lot of point of views. You've got the telcos, you've got the web, the developers, the startups and again over a hundred nationalities - that says it all.

Yuval Dvir
Director Business Transformation at Skype

Marc Strigel

I am really exited to see what kind of an impact Webit is having. It is very important for Soundcloud based on our global perspective. I see a lot of energy and creation coming from here and this is the place to be! And amazing city of Istanbul is the perfect place to be.

Marc Strigel
Chief Operating Officer at SoundCloud



Guillaume Bacuvier

I anticipated this to be big but not that big. Clearly our intend is to make sure that Google has a permanent presence at Webit Congress.

Guillaume Bacuvier
Regional Director, New Products & Solutions, SEEMEA at Google

Aseem Chandra

This feels like United Digital Nations to me! You've got people from so many different countries, a lot of energy. A truly global event. I love the excitement and interest and enthusiasm, this is a great event.

Aseem Chandra
VP AEM & Target Business at Adobe

Mike Butcher

One of these events you should not miss! The 2013 was even bigger!

Mike Butcher
European Editor of TechCrunch



Nikki Mendonca

I thinks it is fantastic. You can get a sense of the enterprise and the entrepreneurialism at Webit which is fantastic. It has the same feel of DMEXCO or CES.

Nikki Mendonca
President EMEA, OMD

Tristan Nitot

I am amazed by the energy that I can feel here. So many attendants from so many different origins. All about digital economy, advertising, technology.

Tristan Nitot
Founder and President Mozilla Europe

Sandy Carter

The energy level and the entire group of entrepreneurs that are here... The Global Webit Congress was superb!!! Thank you so much for having IBM onboard.

Sandy Carter
General Manager, IBM Ecosystems and Social Business Evangelism at IBM



Blake Chandlee

I am amazed at what I'm seeing here. This is clearly a global major event

Blake Chandlee
Vice President, Vice President Global Partnerships at Facebook

Christine Overby

I have to say I am just blown away. The number of attendees, the caliber of speakers - you really see the power of digital here.

Christine Overby
Vice President at Forrester research

Henri Moissinac

Watching all these people from different countries, all these companies presenting solutions, all the starups - I liked a lot the Startup Village gives me a taste of what is going on.

Henri Moissinac
Head of Mobile EMEA at Facebook



Renate Nyborg

I have never seen such line up of speakers anywhere outside of United States.

Renate Nyborg
Digital Director & Head of Mobile, Edelman

Cesar Leone

I am impressed with all of this. I didn't expect it t be so big. Actually one of the biggest events I have been at. The quality of the people who are speaking and participating is awesome.

Cesar Leone
Chief Strategy Officer at G2

Safdar Mustafa

People from so many countries. What you may learn from them and share is wonderful.

Safdar Mustafa
Head of Mobile Media at Al Jazeera



Norbert Teufelberger

I was surprises how vivid it is. How many people are here and how interesting ideas are shared.

Norbert Teufelberger
Co-CEO at Bwin.party Digital Entertainment

Owen Pringle

It is probably one of the largest digital events I have been to.

Owen Pringle
Director of Digital Communications at Amnesty International

Thomas Labarther

I have been really surprised by the amount of innovation here especially around mobile

Thomas Labarther
Vice President Mobile Commerce at Alcatel-Lucent



Mike Ricci

The Congress itself was fabulous. It is the greatest collection of C-level executives and digital decision makers.

Mike Ricci
Vice president Webtrends Digital Solutions Group

Timotej Gala

We have a lot of leads, great content, a lot of clients a lot of business that can be done here.

Timotej Gala
Managing Director at Httpool

Chris Clarke

Webit is collecting all the sort of knowledge from lots of different countries.

Chris Clarke
Chief Creative Officer, Lbi



Diego Oliva

A platform enabling people to share experience throughout the different regions.

Diego Oliva
Regional Director EMEA at Facebook

Arda Kertmelioglu

People from Sweden to Saudi Arabia, to Africa and the States - this is really amazing.

Arda Kertmelioglu
co-Founder of Mobilera

Marc Blinder

I have been to many conferences all over Europe, but I must say this one is amazing.

Marc Blinder
Director of European Operations at Adobe Social



Carl Fritjofsson

It is masive. I am surprised but its size! The quality of the speakers & the attendees is great!

Carl Fritjofsson
COO & Co-founder at Wrapp

Thomas Gynild

It is breathtaking, so live and vibrant here. So much inspiration coming from so many corners of the world.

Thomas Gynild
Country Manager of Denmark at Gemius

Ivan Mazour

This is amazing! Leaders of everything, of starups, of VCs, of companies, of marketing, of eCommerce - this is a fantastic experience. I see more people here using Twitter and we are all communicating between all the different streams and sessions, between the moderators and speakers!

Ivan Mazour
Founder and CEO of eCommera



Ryan Janssen

I was amazed at Webit 2013 - by both the breadth of the startups I'd met, and in the depth of innovation I saw.

Ryan Janssen
Vice President, m8 Capital


Emre Kurttepeli

Powerful resources, in-depth sessions on current topics, effective networking opportunities and inspired attendees to become better leaders in their businesses.

Emre Kurttepeli
Founder & CEO, Mynet Group