It’s finally done. The mesh schedule is finished. We are more than a little pleased with how it’s shaped up. In fact, looking at it, we’d be surprised if there’s a more impressive array of people to be assembled on this topic anywhere in North America this year.
We have pided the days into two streams per day, with Journalism and Politics & Society on May 15th, and then Business Start-up & Financing, and Marketing & PR on May 16th. We have everybody-attends conversations and seminars to kick off each day and stream, and then we break into concurrent smaller group sessions and workshops. We’ve also tried to give time for meeting each other, getting online etc. And there will be a social on Monday, and we are working on an after-party, too.
But back to the schedule. There’s a lot of content here, folks. Some highlights (and there are many) include:
- A political blogging session featuring Warren Kinsella, Andrew Coyne, Ed Morrisey and Paul Wells.
- A start-up vs. VC throw-down featuring Jason “I don’t need your stinkin’ cash” Fried and Rick “how do we re-invent the VC business?” Segal.
- A discussion around Corporate blogging featuring Jen Evans, Tara Hunt, Debbie Weil and Jeremy Wright. Debbie and Jeremy wrote the books on this stuff. Literally.
- A discussion on the future of the newspaper business, featuring Tomer Strolight, Angus Frame and Jordan Banks.
- A conversation about next-generation brand building with Yours Truly, Jonathan Erlich, Jim Coudal and Bruce Philp.
- A session on creating viable next-generation web businesses, with Leila Boujnane, Albert Lai, Mike McDerment and Malgosia Green.
And the list goes on. Future thinking about PR, How-to’s about Podcasting, What’s it mean for not-for-profit and online activism, Help for Marketing in a Post-Mass Market world…
It’s dense, deep and broad all at the same time. So check it out, and come.
