We hope you’re enjoying these weekly events guide. As always, you can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is a weekly feature here on ReadWriteWeb. We publish it every weekend, as good a time as any to review your conference plans.
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7 December 2009: San Francisco
The SF MusicTech Summit brings together 600+ visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology eco-system in a proactive environment, highly conducive to deal making. Register with a great ReadWriteWeb 15% discount.
8 December 2009: London
Sprouter, an online collaboration tool for entrepreneurs, is holding its first Sprout Up event in London, England, from 6-9 p.m. at Waterpoet Pub. Sprouter facilitates networking and collaboration between entrepreneurs around the globe, with Sprout Up events in Toronto, New York City and other cities. The London event is part of GaryVee’s Crush It! book launch. About 200 entrepreneurs are expected to attend. It’s a chance for startups around the city to get friendly, discuss current trends and network in a casual, open and focused setting. Attendees will walk away with new insights, new friends and actionable ideas for their businesses.
8 December 2009: San Francisco, California
DiscoveryBeat 2009 is focused on the “secret recipe” for application discovery and the opportunity to create the relationships needed to succeed in a crowded and competitive space. Hosted by VentureBeat, this half-day event will be led by the hottest and most sought-after app developers, entrepreneurs and leaders from the games, social and mobile eco-system. Speakers include the masterminds behind Zynga, Playfish, Smule, Playdom, Moderati and Backflip Studios.
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7 – 11 December 2009: Chicago, Illinois
From social media to local search to video SEO, Search Engine Strategies Chicago puts you in front of the experts who will help you sort which technologies and channel will take you to the next level and which are just hype.
Search Engine Strategies is the pioneer of educational conference series in search engine marketing. It’s the venue where the industry visionaries and thought leaders gather each year to discuss the newest trends, share insights and present the strategic action plans you need to grow your business. Sessions include:
- SEO Through Blogs and Feeds
- Duplicate Content and Multiple Site Issues
- What’s the Link Between Search and Social?
- Online PR: Where to Next?
- Search Analytics
See more at www.SearchEngineStrategies.com/chicago. ReadWriteWeb readers receive a 15% discount when registering here using RWW15 code.
11 December 2009: Mountain View, California
Add-on-Con is a single-day conference focused on the future of the browser and its emergence as a platform.
Developer sessions will cover best practices, cross-browser development and mash-ups. Marketing sessions will focus on monetization opportunities, distribution strategies and stats. Join 200+ individuals involved in add-on development to help define an emerging new market in the Web’s eco-system.
ReadWriteWeb readers save $50 by using the discount code “addoncon09RRW.”
12 December 2009: Silicon Valley
TEDxSilicon Valley is gathering world-leading thinkers, makers, and doers at Stanford University to discuss Innovations for Social Change. The audience is composed of a diverse yet curated mix of 200 thought leaders from Silicon Valley and beyond for a stimulating day of presentations, discussions, entertainment and art that will spark new ideas and opportunities for all. Speakers include Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn.com, Thomas Goetz, executive editor of Wired magazine, and Peter Hirshberg and Josette Melchor, founders of the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts.
During the event TEDxSV is supporting multiple remote TEDx SV(satellite) events. Groups from around the world, including Waterloo, UC Berkeley, Tokyo, and live Twitter groups will engage with TEDxSV event onsite via a live, real-time channel provided by UStream. If you would like to participate in hosting a TEDxSV event in your local area please visit TEDxSilicon Valley.
11 January 2010: Nashville, Tennessee
This is the social media conference that comes to you. Social Fresh is a one-day, case-study-rich conference targeted for marketers. Social Fresh Nashville will have 30+ speakers, including Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer, Gavin Baker of Ruby Tuesday and John Andrews of Collective Bias (formerly of Walmart).
ReadWriteWeb readers get a 15% discount with the code “RWW15”.
26 January 2010: San Francisco, California
Vator.tv , a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast themselves, and provider of news and information through VatorNews, and Girls in Tech, a social network enterprise focused on education and empowerment of influential women in technology, are seeking five women-led startups across any stage to present at the Catalyst Conference on January 26, 2010 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. To be one of the five, join the Catalyst competition today and win the chance to present.
27 – 28 January 2010: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Enterprise Social 2.0: Rip or ROI?
This senior executive event will bring together decision makers from the Top Fortune companies to discuss innovative strategies on how to maximise business performance through social media engagement. The event will include keynote speeches, best-practice presentations as well as interactive discussion sessions.
The summit will provide excellent opportunities for you to hear international experts discuss best practices on how to drive business performance using Web 2.0 and social media. Key issues to be discussed include:
- How to integrate social media programs successfully into business strategies?
- Building business momentum, visibility and market growth through social media
- Measuring success and influence using metrics and analytics: what are the tools and techniques
- Integrating viral marketing and social media into traditional marketing mix
- Developing and activating audiences using social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, blogs
4 February 2010: San Francisco, California
Vator.tv, a leading platform for innovators and entrepreneurs to broadcast themselves, is holding its inaugural Vator Splash event on February 4, 2010 at the Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. Catch onstage presenters: Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, Smule CEO Jeff Smith, August Capital VC Howard Hartenbaum and Google Ventures VC Bill Maris. Ten promising startups will also get to present onstage. Enter the Vator Splash competition if you want to present.
ReadWriteWeb readers get a 25% discount on their tickets using the code VatorReadWriteWeb.
8 February 2010: Tampa, Florida
This is the social media conference that comes to you. Social Fresh is a one-day, case-study-rich conference targeted for marketers. Social Fresh Tampa will have 30+ speakers, including Chris Barger of GM, Maggie Fox of Social Media Group and John Andrews of Collective Bias (formerly of Walmart).
ReadWriteWeb readers get a 15% discount with the code “RWW15”.
18 February 2010: Silicon Valley, California
Active limited partners, top rated venture capitalists, and successful entrepreneurs are invited to Silicon Valley on February 18, 2010 to discuss the Future of Funding. The venture capital bubble has burst, and change is coming. Now is the time to have a constructive dialog about the future with all of the stakeholders at the table.
Don’t miss the opportunity to partake in this exclusive event hosted by TheFunded. Please visit www.futureoffunding.com to see speaker and event details.
ReadWriteWeb readers use the code “RWW” and get 10% off.
15 – 16 March 2010: London, England
2nd Annual Social Networking World Forum — London
The 2nd Annual Social Networking World Forum takes place at the Olympia Conference Centre in London. The two-day event features four dedicated conference streams:
- Social Networking World Forum
- Enterprise social media
- Social TV World Forum
- Mobile Social Networking Forum
The event features key speakers from global brands, organizations, social networking publishers and developers, pioneering social media leaders, top agencies, content producers, and more.
- Full workshop program within exhibition area
- Evening networking reception
- Pre-show online meeting planner for delegates
- Free pass for exhibition only
Download this entire events calendar in iCal format.