James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Posts Tagged ‘events’
Thoughts on Local Social Summit 2009
Last week I attended the first Local Social Summit in London – a day aimed at exploring the space where local content meets social media with attendees from a range of start-ups, directories, media companies, advertisers and media owners. If you’re interested in any of this type of stuff then all of the days presentations [...]
The Perfect local Media Company in 2014
Tomorrow’s Local Social Summit ’09 in London promises to be an interesting and thought provoking day. I’m speaking in a panel discussion on Local Content & Monetisation although coming from the BBC angle my focus will be more on local content and social opportunities rather than commercial monetisation. Some key questions I’d like to discuss [...]
The future of local media is, erm, regional?!?
The Future of Local Media conference in Salford took place today, the same day that Ofcom released it’s response to a Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) consultation on delivering TV news in the nations and regions. Ofcom also released a research report on Local and Regional Media in the UK. Thus Stewart Purvis, [...]
Where 2.0 2009 – details announced
Details of the 5th annual Where 2.0 Conference have been announced. This annual gathering of the geospatial industry leaders, developers and interested parties is taking place during 19th – 21st May, 2009 at The Fairmont San Jose, San Jose, California, USA. Check out the O’Reilly conferences site for more details as they are announced.
The State of the Map Conference 2008
The second international State of the Map conference from OpenStreetMap takes place in Limerick, Ireland on 12th-13th July, 2008. Ed Parsons won’t be attending but recommends everyone else does so if you are interested take a look at the schedule. Lots of useful information on openstreetmap for those that are going this year.
Mapping public information
An interesting post from Andrew Turner with his thoughts on the Beyond Broadcast Conference, this year looking at Mapping Public Media. It is quite obvious the very prevalent impact and interest in mapping and geographic visualization of data. The tools have become approachable and the public comfortable, even expecting, rich cartographic interfaces and exploration. Also, [...]
Where 2.0 Conference 2008
The main inspiration for getting this blog up and running was the O’Reilly Where2.0 Conference which took place in Burlingame, CA, from 12th-14th May this year. I’ve been meaning to write up some overall thoughts of the event but have been waiting to get the site live first. So, full review to come along shortly, [...]
