I’m pleased to announce that in May we will be hosting a conference in Toronto to discuss Web 2.0 and its implications for media, communications, business and society. The “we” is Mathew Ingram, Mark Evans, Michael McDerment and yours truly, with the very considerable help of Stuart MacDonald.
We share a common fascination and enthusiasm for what’s happening now on the Web and in blogging, and are eager to find a way to showcase Toronto and bring smart, interested people here from elsewhere to join our community for what we hope will be a rousing and stimulating exploration of Web 2.0. Our mission is to provoke a discussion on what’s going on in Web 2.0 that will help us all to understand why it’s important to us as citizens, businesses and consumers. And we’re hoping you’ll join us – both by coming to the conference, and by giving us your ideas about what we ought to talk about and who we ought to have as speakers.
More info on locale and timing will come soon. But in the meantime please consider yourself invited to comment – here, on any of our blogs, or elsewhere – about this idea, and to give us any suggestions on how to make it an event you’d like to attend.
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Hi Rob, I would be very interested in this conference. I hope you include some of the great bloggers of the 2006 election – Wells, Kinsella, Simon Pole. They added a very interesting perspective.
Alex
Hi Rob. I’m so pleased to see such credible folks leading this conference. Let me know what I can do to help.
It’s a great initiative, and I’ll offer to help/participate wherever it makes sense. I’ll also note your posting on my blog now to help get the word out. Good stuff, Rob!
Rob, just let me know how I can help. I was envious of my colleague who attended Moose Camp as part of Northern Voice in Vancouver a couple weeks ago. After they had asked me if I would come out and take part! I should have…. Since then I’ve been thinking about organizing something like this here myself, but I’m already organizing a major conference for Oct. 2007 and am up to my eyeballs with that. But anything I can help with on this, let me know. Restaurant bookings, help finding speakers, tap dancing…
I only ask that you put it on Mother’s Day weekend, ’cause I know my annual professional conference won’t fall on that weekend. Or May 2-4 weekend if you are thinking along those lines…. Heh
Cheers,
Connie
Oh wait a minute, you are talking about THIS May, aren’t you? Well, I’m away May 1-11, back on May 12. I’d love to participate if I’m around.
Cheers,
Connie
Looking forward to it!
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