What is the future of e-commerce? Ask the scientists and engineers working in eBay Research Labs who are tasked with exploring what e-commerce will look like 3-5 years from now and finding solutions to unforeseen challenges. Eric Billingsley, a former nuclear engineer and the man at the helm of eBay Research Labs, will expose what lies on the horizon in the areas of search, social networking, and online trust/reputation management. He will also discuss ways the internet community and third-party web developers can come together to tap into next generation internet platforms to help define and profit from what’s next in e-commerce.