Day 1, Thursday 19 June will focus on Social Networks and Innovation, including presentations by Microsoft evangelist Steve Clayton, NESTA's Roland Harwood, Swarmteams' Ken Thompson and Sleepydog's Toby Moores plus Shani Lee, Vijay Riyait and Sue Thomas. Networking continues into the evening with the Conference Dinner at the Leicester Ramada Hotel.
Day 2, Friday 20 June will concentrate on Work and Money, kicking off with Andrea Saveri reporting on new research from Palo Alto (are *you* an amplified individual?), followed by the launch of a new report by Chris Meade on ways to make a digital living, and a challenge from Jim Benson to make some money.
On both days there will also be Workshops including:
- Dealing with the Negative: What to Do When Social Media Bites You (Jim Benson)
- Integrating Social Networking with Your Web Site (Sean Clark)
- Making A Zombie Film Using Social Networking (Karl Craig-West)
- Weblogs vs. Social Networking Services: A Practical Workshop for Businesses and Entrepreneurs (Josie Fraser)
- How Can Business Benefit Be Derived From Social Networking? (Stephen Peak)
- Can we be familiar strangers? Rethinking the language of customer relationships through social networks (David James Ross)
- Search Engine Optimisation and Social Networking (Angie Stokes)
- A Model for Sustainable Community-Based Networks: From the Cradle to the Grave (Helen Whitehead)
- plus more to come.
Register in good time to be sure of getting a place.