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AOP: Shaping Your Digital Business for Success In 2010

As the fog of recession begins to clear, this AOP Forum explores some of the management challenges and opportunities facing digital businesses as they turn their attention to 2010 and beyond.

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Date: 9 September 2009
Location: IPC Media, UK

Web 2.0 ii Interface & Innovation Conference, London, 2009

2 Day Web 2.0 conference covering web 2.0 interface and innovations. Interface tackles how users and their clients connect to the web 2.0 phenomenon and "how best to" engage them. Innovation addresses web entrepreneurial challenges and new technologies.

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Date: 3 December 2009
Location: Cumberland Hotel, UK

ad:tech London 2009

The ad:tech London conference is an essential platform for entrepreneurs and marketers seeking to better understand what digital marketing can really achieve for their business.

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Date: 22 September 2009
Location: Olympia National Hall, UK

ECMOD2009

ECMOD2009 unites senior client side managers & directors of multi-channel businesses with the cream of expert practitioners from the UK, US, and Europe in a friendly yet business like atmosphere.

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Date: 7 October 2009
Location: Brompton Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earls Court One, UK

Media140 London What's next in consumer engagement?

Media140 strives to understand and progress the potential of disruptive real-time social media. Discover best practice in consumer engagement on the web at Media140 London 26 October, RIBA. www.media140.com/brands.

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Date: 26 October 2009
Location: RIBA, UK

The London Community Drinkup

The inuagural London Community Drinkup where we'll talk about communities and stuff (maybe someone will help us write engaging copy for communities and stuff).

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Date: 27 August 2009
Location: TBC, UK

54% of Blue-Chip Marketers Tweeting

twitter logo map 09 by Boris Veldhuijzen van ZantenAccording to a survey from PR firm, Burston-Marsteller reported in Mashable, blue chip marketers favour (or should that be favor) Twitter over Facebook and blogs for that matter.

In numbers:

  • 54% are on Twitter
  • 32% have a corporate blog
  • 29% have a Facebook fan page

Despite recent criticism of Facebook's advertising, the inclusion of fan pages is reportedly providing clickthrough rates of 6.49%, but as a new feature this could be a honeymoon period.

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IBC 2009

IBC is the leading international forum for the electronic media industry, attracting 1,000+ exhibitors from more than 130 countries. It combines a highly respected and peer reviewed conference, an exhibition that demonstrates state of the art media technology and unrivalled networking opportunities.

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Date: 10 September 2009
Location: Amsterdam RAI, NL

UXCampLondon

A one day BarCamp in Richmond, London for anyone involved or interested in user experience design, interaction design, information architecture or usability.

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Date: 22 August 2009
Location: Gumtree Offices, UK

Picnic '09

PICNIC is three inspiring days of ideas, fun and sensory stimulation in media, technology, entertainment, art and science. Come and inspire others.

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Date: 23 September 2009
Location: Westergasfabriek, NL

Silicon Stilettos September Meet-up

Finally, we are returning with yet another crazy Silicon Stilettos meet-up. Massive thanks to our lovely Wendy Tan White of Moonfruit who will be sponsoring this get-together.

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Date: 16 September 2009
Location: TBC, UK

Brits Submit Over 60 Panels to SXSW Interactive

SXSW 2010

March 2010 might still seem a distant dream, but the organiser's of South by South West interactive (SXSWi to its friends) are already cracking on with preparations for the conference line-up with the opening of their Panel Picker.

This year sees over three times as many panels from the British digital industry, with over 60 panels, up from 18 last year, making it to SXSWi's Panel Picker where the public get to rate and comment on the panels being put forward.

The public feedback is designed to help organisers refine presentations and panels, and makes up 30% of decision-making progress.

Below is the comprehensive list (add comments if we've missed any) of panels submitted by the Brits. Good luck to all those in the Panel Picker machine...

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CamCreative - Cambridgeshire creative meetup

Next CamCreative is Thursday August 27th. www.meetup.com/camcreative

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Date: 27 August 2009
Location: Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, UK

Chinwag Live Podcast Archive Updated

Nick Halstead of Techmeme speaking at Chinwag Live on TourAfter enough tweaking of RSS feeds to make your eyes water, all of the Chinwag Live podcasts have made their way over to the new website.

Each event page now features the photographic evidence from the event along with an audio player on each page so there's no shuffling off to iTunes to listen to the podcast, it's right there in the page.

If you'd like to subscribe, the podcasts are available in two delicious flavours:

iTunesShiny, curvy Apple style through iTunes

RSSRegular, orange and proud, old-school RSS

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Digital Mission to LA & San Francisco '09

Digital Mission to LA & San Francisco is tailored specifically for interactive design and development agencies. This mission will enable 15 UK based SMEs to head to Silicon Valley for key meetings, advice on working stateside, help with fact-finding, networking events and investor meetings.

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Date: 11 October 2009
Location: LA & San Francisco, US