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February 9, 2008 By Julius Solaris

Few days ago Melbourne hosted the biggest Linux conference of Australia. This event has completely captured for a number of reasons.

- I am a member of the Italian Linux Society
- I’ve erased from my PC every form of proprietary software, choosing Kubuntu
- I’ve participated to a “Linux Day” in Italy and I think they are great events
- I love Australia since I studied there for two years and got life changing experiences
- Linus Torvalds participated to the event and this is a small event itself.

Therefore, for all of the above I decided to contact the guys DownUnder for a chat on the conf. I asked them if they could share with us a bit about the event and inspire us for the future.

I am happy to say that once again I wasn’t disappointed by the community. In the person of Donna I was able to find the usual great spirit of sharing great content and empowering the listener. No matter how busy they were with managing the event.

My thanks to the great kindness of my mates in Australia and for you a great interview with heaps of great info.
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Job Title: Webcasting Event Manager

February 5, 2008 By Julius Solaris

Few weeks ago, someone at the Social Media Club, of which I am a proud member, informed me that one of my favorites, Seth Godin, would have participated to a webcast the following week. I checked out the website and I was impressed.
I noticed that this was some form of digital conference, delivered via Real Player with no fees, which gave you access to a discounted copy of his latest great book. I registered and enjoyed the event. It was great.

I was so satisfied that I decided to interview the guys who organized it.

This is definitely a trend in event planning and management. I can see a lot of us in the near future setting up servers instead of buffets.Our profession is changing fast, maybe more rapidly than you think…

You guys know that I do not host any advertisement on this blog, on this instance I allowed ON24 to link back as much as they wanted to their website because they served me a great opportunity to hear Seth live and for free. Moreover, I am convinced you’ll find great information in the following answers.
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An industry conference in my living room? Managing a Digital Conference

January 21, 2008 By Julius Solaris

I was reading my feeds when I bumped into BlogOnExpo. Since I am more and more convinced that regular event planning is quickly becoming a thing of the past, I thought I should get more information about how to run a digital conference. Who knows maybe my future client will ask e to run one at some stage. You know I love interviews as they give you real stories from experienced people. So I asked Aditya, to answer few questions on how he managed to start BlogonExpo.

Now, a bit of background first. Aditya says that the goal BlogOnExpo is to make an industry conference accessible. No long flights (and no high pollution), no big monies for accommodation, no extra transportation and so on. You also know that I am a big fan of Open Source and that if it was for me, everyone should be given access to anything.

The first BlogOnExpo was in 2007. If you are a blogger do not miss the great sessions. If you are an event planner participate to familiarize on how it works. Both of you should be reading the interview below.
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In my Second Life, I’ll be an event manager. A featured interview with Allison

January 17, 2008 By Julius Solaris

Second Life is a reality. A lot of companies have jumped into this new adventure and you can tell there is a substantial amount of business going on. I was amazed to read an article on how event planners were requested on SL. I asked myself how would I plan a SL event. Since I found no answer I decided to ask Allison a more experienced and well known SL event planner.

Allison is the co-founder of Beatenetworks. Beatenetworks is the leader in content delivery solutions for the emerging immersive web ecosystem. They are building the pieces that will effeciently align virtual worlds with the current means of interfacing to the Internet, in order to provide content providers and users the information they need.

The vision of Beatenetworks is to provide the technology and service for dynamic narrowcasting within virtual worlds. As the web begins to transform from the paradigm of web pages to one of 3-d avatar based interaction, the implications for narrowcasting in terms of marketing, advertising, on-demand services, etc. are profound. Avatars move about in a 3d landscape, and as such, are exposed to multiple entities within their field of view (including sound).

Unlike the current web, which presents the end user with a single location and flat 2d-experience, virtual worlds expand the user experience such that one may view the equivalent of several web pages in any given field of view. Because of this, the “signal to noise” ratio is vastly increased, and generalized marketing and advertising will prove ineffective in this space.

Beatenetworks offers a solution to marketing in this new world wide web. Their latest project is the Networker 3.0 listings.

But let’s get down to business and see what Allison told us.
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Tips on corporate events in Paris

January 7, 2008 By Julius Solaris

This new section of the blog asks questions to corporate event managers of the most famous cities of the World. The aim is to have a scenario of different trends, opportunities and risks the global event manager should take into account.

We’ll start out with one of my favorite, Paris.

Olivier Magny is the founder and owner of O Chateau in Paris. O Chateau is the pioneer Wine Tasting Company in Paris. The staff at O Chateau is fully dedicated to delivering entertaining ad educational wine tasting events to both individuals and corporations. Wine Tasting Presentations, Wine Games, Wine Casinos, Wine Classes, in a Parisian loft, at a Parisian restaurant, in a medieval castle, on a boat on the Seine, in a secret cellar, on a vineyard in Provence or at a Chateau in Bordeaux … O Chateau does it all, making wine more exciting than ever.

More details on O Chateau’s website: www.o-chateau.com

1. What cultural characteristics should one consider when planning an event in Paris?
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