Recently I heard a really funny expression for hopping from one conference to the next: Congress Tourism. I have been indulging quite a bit in this sort of “professional vacation” and will continue to do so in 2007. It is in my eyes the best ways to stay abreast with the latest developments for my two focal areas: Globalization and Web 2.0
On the one hand, you really go there to take your time to listen to presentations, discussions and all of the, say, “official programme”. On the other hand, you are able to meet the right people and systematically build your network. This year I missed the “Le Web 3” in Paris, but just came across a pointed conclusion from the VentureBlog:
After talking with entrepreneurs from throughout the world, it is clear to me that the Internet is the transformative force in world economies today and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Yep. That’s why I have planned so far for 2007:
- Digital Summit 2007 in Delhi (January 18th to 19th). However, I am about to reschedule my plans as one month before the event, there is not even a programme and a guy called Gaurav from the Internet & Mobile Association of India keeps on overpromising and underdelivering via e-mail. So I don’t believe that this will be anything worthwhile.
- Digital Lifestyle Day in Munich (January 21st to 23rd): Thanks to Burda for inviting me.
- India Leadership Forum in Bombay (February 7th to 9th) organized by the Indian IT-ITES association NASSOM. The keynote will be held by Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India. I went to that fabuolus event already last year and blogged quite a bit about it.
- Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco (April 15th to 18th), organized by O’Reilly in a hands-on workshop design how actually get things done for internet platforms.
There are a few I had to cancel, a few others that are unconfirmed. Let’s see how it works out. Anyway, would be great to meet and get to know some of your folks there.
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