Olympics and Web 2.0 Symposium

September China Program Finalized

The September China trip is only a few weeks away. All of the details have been finalized and hotels and plane tickets have been booked. The crew will be making stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, meeting with members of the business community and political figures. There is still time to jump on board if you have not already done so and join the team of business leaders who are making the trek. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to be a part of such a well orchestrated and strategic event. To find out more about upcoming Business Visit Programs in Beijing please, click here

Click here to Register for the September Program.

Day Seven and I am in Heaven, How about you?

A few quick notes after busy day of attending the RainCity / Bryght-sponsored Symposium at Vancouver's Take 5 coffeeshop.

The event linked up the Torino street-maniacs Krug, Scales and (the not sooo maniacal) Bman at the BC lodge in Turin, Italy.  Participants on the Western hemisphere included Gold Medalist Ross Rebagliati, plus photo-machine Roland Tanglao, boy-wonder Will Pate, very public Michael Tippet, photo queen Spiral Goddess, my buddy Bread and many more.

The symposium is underway. My computer has been taken over by Dr. Andy Miah to give the first presentation. Kris handed his computer over and I've taken a few pictures with my cameraphone. Robert is taking pictures with his "good" camera and taking a few notes as well.

We started by going around the room and having everyone introduce themselves. Internet service providers, website developers, research consortiums, and content providers are here. Words like innovation, promotion, and research are being used a lot. This is a very interesting group of people, and I'm already thinking of just opening up my 15 minutes in a very different way. There are many experts in the room and I'd love to hear them all speak.

A representative from Top-IX talked about taking technologies from something that people are perhaps aware of or at a research level, and promoting them and making them real to people. Their challenge is about promoting home Internet broadband -- I pointed out that we have much to share. Canada has some of the highest per capita home broadband usage, but we lack sadly in mobile technologies.

 Here is the agenda for the Sport and Web 2.0 Symposium.

• 1pm - Introduction - Kris Krug - 15 minutes.
• 1:15pm - Talk 1 - Andy Miah - 30 minutes
• 1:45pm - Talk 2 - Beatriz Garcia - 30 minutes
• 2:15pm - Talk 3 - Boris Mann - 15 minutes
• 2:30pm - Talk 4 - Robert Scales - 15 minutes
• 2:45pm - Break
• 3pm - Roundtable discussion and demos
• 4pm - Checkin with Vancouver via the Web (see Cup of Coffee and also on Urban Vancouver)
  
• 4:45pm - Kris Krug - Thank you's and wrap-up

 

Vancouverites: join Olympic Gold Medalist Ross Rebagliati and Urban Vancouver at Take 5 Cafe at 429 Granville for a free cup of coffee and a live two way video conference with the Torino "Sport and Web 2.0" symposium. Sponsored by Bryght, New Media BC, and Raincity Studios

Prepare your questions for Torino and Ross beforehand and submit them via email to roland AT urbanvancouver.com or give them in person at Take 5. All welcome especially bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers!

Vancouver Web Talent to Wow International Audiences in Torino

New Media BC announced that there will be a BC led new media symposium in Torino, Italy, during next week's Winter Olympics.

The event, billed as "Olympics and Web 2.0", and slated for February 17th, will showcase a pioneering cluster of British Columbia companies leading a shift towards Web 2.0 - what is being called the evolution of the Internet.

Vancouver-based Web 2.0 companies, Bryght and Raincity Studios, will lead sessions examining the emergence of citizen journalism and its anticipated impact on Olympic coverage and how podcasting is bringing a whole new sound to sport. Urban Vancouver bloggers will participate from Vancouver via a live connection.

The Olympics and Web 2.0

Friday, February 17th, 2006
BC Canada Place, Torino, Italia

Join Bryght and Raincity Studios in Torino for a half-day symposium in BC Canada Place in Torino exploring the intersection of sports and web 2.0. Chaired by Andy Miah and Kris Krug this event aims to explore how changes in technology and the internet are influencing media and the coverage of the games. Topics to be discussed include citizen journalism, the decentralisation of media power, user generated content, mobile devices and applications and open-source software.