2010: Year of digital media conferences

Dublin is to get a selection of digital media-related conferences over coming months to keep professionals in the sector up to date.

In two weeks’ time, on Wednesday, March 3, it’s back to college for those who want to hear about maximising business potential online. University College Dublin (UCD) is the location for the Digital Landscapes conference.
In April, the Croke Park conference centre will be the location for the Media 2020: A Vision for the Future which will discuss the key trends in the media for the next five years.

These follow the hugely successful Dublin Web Summit, which took place in early February featuring keynote addresses by Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, the world’s largest classified listings website and Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress which powers over 202 million websites worldwide. The Dublin Web Summit also featured talks by Chris Horn, co-founder and former CEO of Iona Technologies, and Ben Hammersley, Wired Magazine’s Editor-at-Large.

Topics covered by the Digital Landscapes conference in UCD in March will include: Creating a digital strategy; exploiting new technologies; digitising your business model. The format will feature two panel discussions on ‘Building a Business Online’ and ‘Digital Futures’. Guest speakers include: Chris Horn, President, Engineers Ireland; John Herlihy, Vice President, Global Ad Operations, Google; Colm Long, Director of Online Operations, Facebook; Martin Murphy, Managing Director, HP Ireland; Kim Majerus, Director – Ireland, Cisco UK & Ireland; Eamonn Fallon, Co-founder, Daft.ie; Damien Mulley, Founder, Mulley Communications; Dylan Collins, CEO, Jolt Online Gaming and John Breslin, Lecturer, NUI Galway; Co-founder, boards.ie.
Media 2020: A Vision for the Future has pulled in speakers from major brands such as the BBC, RTE, the Guardian, CNN, Google, Channel 4, and Realex Payments. It aims to help attendees understand the key global trends that will shape the media in the future and learn techniques, and strategies for reaching new online audiences. The technologies, websites and applications that will capture the zeitgeist will also be discussed. Targeted at media, public relations, communications, advertising, and marketing professionals as well as journalists amongst others, it will also provide a chance to network with key influencers in the media industry.