mesh is Canada's digital transformation and innovation event taking place in Calgary and Toronto each year.
As I mentioned recently on twitter, I am doing the keynote conversation with Lane Merrifield, CEO of Club Penguin on Thursday morning at mesh, and I’d like to know what you would like to hear from him. For me, the really interesting things here relate to virtual worlds, kids online, safety and sensitivities around all that (as a Father of two young girls, this certainly strikes close to home).
What would you like me to ask?
For anyone who was looking forward to the mesh keynote by Pirate’s Dilemma author Matt Mason (and that includes all of us on the mesh organizing team) we got some bad news over the weekend. Unfortunately, Matt has run into some visa problems in the United States, and he won’t be able to make it to mesh. While we are disappointed that we couldn’t work things out in time — as is Matt — we do have a top-notch replacement for him as the society keynote: Dr. Michael Geist, the University of Ottawa law professor and copyright expert.
Dr. Geist was originally scheduled to do a presentation Wednesday afternoon about how Facebook and other social media tools are being used for grassroots lobbying and advocacy purposes, building on his experience in setting up a Facebook group opposed to Ottawa’s anticipated copyright legislation. In Matt Mason’s absence, we have asked Dr. Geist to adapt his presentation as the keynote for the society stream, which will take place at 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. Taking the place of his original presentation Wednesday afternoon will be a panel discussion on “Managing the Mozilla Way” with Mic Berman, John Resig and Mike Shaver, moderated by Michael McDerment.
For more information, please see the mesh schedule at www.meshconference.com/schedule2008.
It’s official – meshU is sold out!
There were not many tickets lef, but they went over the weekend. Thanks to everyone who is planning to attend and our sponsors for getting us to here – looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow.