Just finished uploading the 4 podcasts of the 4 panel discussions at the first ever Bridging Media conference here in Vancouver.
It was nice to catch up with some old friends and be the 2nd oldest guy in the room (Schechter has me beat by a couple of years).
The podcasts are here on the At Large Media site – here’s the link to the 1st of the 4 and the others are linked out from there.
Monique Trottier has kindly invited me to be on a panel at Bridging Media, a one day conference March 29th in Vancouver.
The idea is to try to bring ‘traditional’ media and ‘new’ media a little closer to one-another:
Bridging media is an event designed to open the channels of communication between the broadcast and digital media communities. We aim to increase an understanding of our respective industries and strengthen our approach to building multi-platform projects.
So far, the attendance list seems to be weighted pretty heavily on the digital media side – so if you’re in the broadcast sector, you might want to check out the list of sessions.
The goals of the conference are:
One of the gaps between the two you don’t need to spend a day at a conference to figure out is this one. Weekends.
The conference is on a Saturday, and it’s no surprise there aren’t any broadcasters on the organizing committee.
The digital sector may relish working 24.7 but broadcast’s A-team is strictly a Monday through Friday crowd. Weekends are for Whistler or the Gulf Islands. Chances of them giving up their Saturday for something work-related are super slim.
Every day I read about yet another big conference/trade show – things like the recent Web 2.0 Summit and dozens of others that all start to sound the same after a while.
But here’s a trade show with a real and simple mission.
“Innovations, trends and visions”
I can totally get behind that. And it’s the biggest in the world – you know – sometimes might IS right.
Each day is jammed with activities, panel discussions, stuff to buy and I’d love to check out the booth babes.
FYi has the story of this not-to-be-missed show…
This year’s Agritechnica show – the biggest indoor farm machinery event in the world – takes place in Hanover, Germany from 13-17 Nov. If you want to see what’s new in the world of agricultural machinery, it’s the place to be.