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Top Ten Events on Upcoming 2008

1. SXSW (South by Southwest) Interactive at Austin Convention Center

Friday, March 7 – Tuesday, March 11

South by Southwest attracted thousands in 2008, as it has before.

The 2008 South by Southwest Interactive Festival featured five days of exciting panels and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives and visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrated the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology.
Over a thousand Upcoming users showed interest in the event, and that put it on the top of our list!

2. Macworld Expo, San Francisco at Mascone Center

Monday, January 14 – Friday, January 18

Macword Expo is an annual Macintosh conference for Mac developers, vendors, and fans.

3. Flickr Turns 4 at 111 Minna Gallery

Saturday, March 15

Flickr turned 4 and drew over 900 fans to its birthday party in San Francisco.

4. Laughing Squid Lucky 13 at CELLspace

Saturday, May 31

This event at CELLspace celebrated 13 years of Laughing Squid, an online resource for art, culture, and technology from San Francisco and beyond.
The night featured entertainment from: $teven Ra$pa, Battle Decks, Doctor Popular and Drown Radio, MC Slutsky, David Capurro, Mr. Lonesome and the Bluebelles, The Cottontails, Allison Lovejoy, Mr. Lucky and the Cocktail Party (featuring Ralph Carney), The Church of Frank Sinatra, Stilt Dancers, and Super Gigi.

5. Ignite Portland at Bagdad Theater and Pub

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Unlike conventional conferences, Ignite Portland was where Portland geeks got together to present something interesting for 15 seconds with 20 slides.

6. @media 2008, London at Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

Thursday, May 29 – Friday, May 30

@media 2008 web design and development conference was the latest in a series of widely renowned and consistently well-received events for Web professionals.

7. Slow Food Nation at Fort Mason Center

Friday, August 29 – Monday, September 1

Over 85,000 people attended this inaugural Slow Food Nation in San Francisco. The event involved over 3,000 collaborators, was covered in over 600 articles, and made a total of over 100 million media impressions.

8. MOO's Summer Street Party at Vibe Bar

Thursday, July 24

The famous British printing company Moo once again had its summer street party at the Vibe Bar at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane in London.

9. TechCrunch50 at The San Francisco Design Center Concourse

Monday, September 8 - Wednesday, September 10

This year, TechCrunch reinvented itself again at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse. It launched 50 products in three days and invited a number of amazing speakers and panelists. TechCrunch 50 is one of the biggest Silicon Valley technology events of the year.

10. BarCampPortland at CubeSpace

Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4

Tech + geek + culture. An event for the Portland tech community. It had interesting topics, cool people, and great networking opportunities. What was BarCamp? It was an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants.

Posted by elsachang at November 4, 2008