» Speakers http://www.podcampfoundation.com Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Guide Is Ready! http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/11/06/the-guide-is-ready/ http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/11/06/the-guide-is-ready/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:47:09 +0000 Whitney http://www.podcampfoundation.com/?p=65 It’s taken a while to put this together, but you can find a complete Guide to the Web2Open by clicking here.

We have information about the Open and our goals, information about the speakers and discussion leaders, and a grid of the complete schedule, available to download for you.

Please let us know if you have any questions, and we’ll try to answer them here on the blog.

Make sure to check out the fantastic sessions on Augmented Reality, Social Media, The Future of Journalism, How the FTC regulations May Change the Blogosphere, The Makerbot and the possibility of being able to manufacture things in your own home, and more- We can’t wait to see you there!

]]> http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/11/06/the-guide-is-ready/feed/ 2 Mitch Joel- Six Pixels of Separation and Doing More with Less http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/08/28/mitch-joel-six-pixels-of-separation-and-doing-more-with-less/ http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/08/28/mitch-joel-six-pixels-of-separation-and-doing-more-with-less/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:13:29 +0000 Whitney http://www.podcampfoundation.com/?p=46 Mitch Joel from Twist Image, Canada’s premier Digital Marketing and Communications agency, and author of Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone is Connected.  Connect Your Business To Everyone, is one of our featured speakers/discussion leaders at the Web 2.0 Expo Open.  I first met Mitch at the very first Podcamp in Boston and was blown away by the session he did on Personal Branding with C.C. Chapman.  Mitch wrote in a few sentences what the heart of the Web 2.0 Expo Open is about this year in the introduction to his book:

Whether the economy is still in a slump or clawing its way back to life by the time this book hits the shelves, one thing will still be for certain: all of us are going to be doing a lot more with a lot less.  The digital channels were meant to do just that.  Your business has been forced to change over the past couple of years.  As a result, there has never been a more important time to understand the myriad digital channels and free publishing tools that are right here in front of you- at your fingertips.

This is the essence of what we hope you’ll take away from the Web 2.0 Expo Open- a better understanding of how to do more with less, of how mastering the digital tools available will enable you to grow and succeed without necessarily costing you an arm and a leg, but instead, matching the tools to your goals and being prepared for the rapidly changing and evolving marketplaces we all find ourselves in.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUsTPGutYJw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joA89bb3T0k[/youtube]

]]> http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/08/28/mitch-joel-six-pixels-of-separation-and-doing-more-with-less/feed/ 0 Emerge: Sessions on Augmented Reality at the Web 2.0 Expo Open http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/08/28/emerge-sessions-on-augmented-reality-at-the-web-20-expo-open/ http://www.podcampfoundation.com/2009/08/28/emerge-sessions-on-augmented-reality-at-the-web-20-expo-open/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:52:13 +0000 Whitney http://www.podcampfoundation.com/?p=35 John Havens, well known for his book with Shel Holtz, Tactical Transparency, and as former Lead Organizer of Podcamp NYC, is helping us put together a block of sessions at the Web 2.0 Expo Open all about Augmented Reality (AR).  While I had an idea about Augmented Reality before John started talking to me about all the possibilities it opens up, this concentration of sessions with some of the leaders in AR will be a great look inside what’s rapidly becoming possible with the proliferation of smart phones and digital applications.

Augmented Reality is being touted as everything from “gimmicky” to “bigger than the web” and has been utilized by companies like GE, IBM, Walmart, and Best Buy. Whatever your take on the subject, AR is getting a massive amount of buzz and the technology that has been written about in cyberpunk novels for over two decades is coming to fruition via the mobile tools available in the latest Android models and iPhone. “Emerge” , as we are calling these sessions, will feature a number of leaders in the AR community who will dispel inaccuracies while also demonstrating how the ideas of collaborative intuition combined with the semantic web and social networks make AR the “touchstone technology” that makes it a paradigm shift that may drastically alter culture and commerce alike.

Here’s just a few quick YouTube videos about AR so you can see it in action:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0pMeg1UN0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKw_Mp5YkaE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00FGtH5nkxM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNu4CluFOcw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j67xUCULGdE[/youtube]

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