http://upcoming.yahoo.com/tag/amsterdam/ Tag Search feed on Upcoming. Mon, 04 May 2009 05:17:49 -0700 Upcoming 60 en-us The magic word that Picnic needs to think about in 2009 is focus, perhaps cutting the number of parallel events which distract from the main conference. Videos of the 2007/8 festivals are now up on the Picnic website if you want to get a feel for it. The only clouds on the horizon are their constant drive for growth and the fact that very little is free anymore. Money is going to be extremely tight this year, so I personally hope it doesn't try to become a film festival, but keeps its focus on emerging media. I also hope they put more effort into improving the navigation of the Picnic website. It becomes very chaotic around the time of the conferences. Agree?
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/309701/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/309701/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/309701/#comments 52.3959 4.8748 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:08:28 -0700 2007-10-31T14:08:28-07:00 Picnic '09 2009-09-23 2009-09-25 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/10450/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/10450/ Westergasfabriek Haarlemmerweg 8-10 Amsterdam Noord-Holland The Netherlands http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/10450/
Have you ever looked at Google Maps and wondered what’s going on in there? Were you shocked by the price of the last map you bought for your TomTom? The answer to all these questions, and more is waiting for you at the State of the Map.

Over three days in July 2009, the worldwide OpenStreetMap community will be meeting to share ideas and stories as they continue their re-mapping of the world.

For newcomers to the project, the event is a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the leading example of crowd sourcing in the world.

Experienced OSMers will enjoy the opportunity to catch up with old friends, put faces to email addresses and share stories of mapping missions.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1813246/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1813246/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1813246/#comments 52.3628 4.9069 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:11:01 -0700 2009-02-10T03:11:01-07:00 The State of the Map 2009 2009-07-10T09:00:00Z 2009-07-12T17:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/428202/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/428202/ CCC Weesperstraat 113 Amsterdam South Holland 1018VN Netherlands http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/428202/
The Emerging Communications (eComm) Conference & Awards was created to promote and accelerate communications innovation.

Telecom, mobile and to a lesser extent, Internet based communications, had been innovation stagnant for far too long. Yet the opportunities for innovation had never been greater. Those opportunities are only going to grow as drastic changes further impact the multi-trillion dollar a year telecom industry. Changes include:

* Telecom is becoming software
* Today's model of the telephony and SMS cash-cows will significantly dry up long-term
* "Phones" are becoming general purpose always-on computers
* A march is underway to change how spectrum is allocated and utilised
* Applications innovation is being democratised
* The media industry is converging with personal communications
* Internet-style ecosystems are starting to pressurise the traditional value chain
* Search engines and computer manufactures are encroaching into the space
* App downloads; media content and even communication streams are increasingly routing-around operator's billing systems
* The telecom kingdom is fragmenting daily.

There is not a migratory way from where we are to the future; this means unprecedented opportunity for those ahead-of-the-curve.

The debut San Francisco Spring 2008 conference broke a lot of new ground and created a forum attracting 300 top influencer's and 80 speakers from 15 countries. San Francisco Spring 2009 built upon that foundation with world-class speakers and a 25% increase in attendees. Amsterdam Fall 2009 is the debut European event and promises to further cement the community.

Major topics of Fall 2009 (so far) will include:

* New communication paradigms more...less... i.e. Google Wave, Rebelvox
* Telecom restructuring, threats, & new business models i.e. "double-sided" business model, app stores: co-existence or survival of the fittest?
* The fusion of media, informational and conversational worlds
* Towards an edge-centric world networks & edge economics; it doesn't matter how smart the pipes get - the edge & the cloud will be smarter still
* Open communication platforms demos of applications which show the power of convergence of Web, Telco and mobile technologies
* Improving efficiency thru communications innovation particularly mobile enterprise applications and Communications-Enabled Business Processes (CEBP). What does Freephone 2.0 look like?
* Android Scripting Environment (ASE) and iPhone 3.0 OS applications
* Operator futures: bit-pipes, platforms or supermarkets?
* Industry predictions; picture of the next 5 or 10 years
* Democratisation of communications and communications innovation i.e. Iran post-election in the case of the former, Skype as an example of the latter
* Voice and messaging 2.0+
* Growth of handset apps and PC-based mobile broadband
* Real-time Web as conversational platform

The Emerging Communications Conference & Awards:

* Attracts executives and top influencer's from across the telecom, mobile and Internet space
* Launches real-world startups
* Explores business models and new partnership structures
* Gives stage time to cutting-edge academic projects
* Presents views from the incumbent telecom players
* Stirs required policy debates
* Promotes garage based hacks
* Brings out visionaries
* Provides a venue to meet and do business, as well as be inspired
* Showcases bleeding-edge technologies
* Provides a critical forum for all players across the full spectrum

Why Attend Fall 2009?

The mammoth sized telecom industry - including cellular - is in the process of being re-written. You either stand on the side to be written into the past or instead join with the growing community to write the future.

Opportunities to profit from the radical restructuring and in accelerating the development of how humanity connects, communicates and collaborates have never been so great.

Opportunity Doesn't Always Knock. Sometimes It Calls.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2565854/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2565854/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2565854/#comments 52.3731 4.8931 Mon, 04 May 2009 05:17:49 -0700 2009-05-04T05:17:49-07:00 Emerging Communications (eComm) Fall 2009 2009-10-28 2009-10-30 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/482900/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/482900/ Transformatorhuis, Westergasfabriek Klönneplein 2 Amsterdam Netherlands http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/482900/