The next few weeks are busy as your writer criss-crosses the globe to preach convergence and the general state of the online video market…
Berlin 29th August – IFA
I’ll be speaking on the opening day of IFA, a large consumer electronics show also open to the public. The conference is called Connections and is organized by convergence and digital home specialists Parks Associates. I’ll be speaking on the subject of ‘Visual Networking – The Evolution of Social Networks’.
Seoul 2nd-4th September – BCWW
The Broadcast WorldWide Conference takes place in Korea and attracts media and content professionals from all over Asia. I’ll be speaking on the subject of ‘Winning Formula in the New Media Ecosystem’ and I can’t wait. Korea is huge in Citizen Journalism – OhMyNews was the world’s first collaboratively written online newspaper.
Amsterdam 13th September – IBC
The International Broadcasting Convention is a big event on the broadcast industry calendar for people on the hardware side of Television.
New York 14th-19th September – Web 2.0 Expo NYC
The Web 2.0 Expo takes place in four cities this year – San Fran, New York, Berlin and Tokyo. I’ll be heading to NY as part of a 40 strong party from the UK consisting of 20 UK startups (including WorldTV) for this UK Govt sponsored trade mission.