Internet Week NYC Update – Book Now

by Allen Stern on May 23rd, 2008

With Internet Week NYC just a couple of weeks away, I’d like to provide an overall event update. Below are all of the events for the week in a simple bullet format with my notes – the Internet Week site has more information as well. If you plan to attend any of these events, book them now – many are already sold out and the free ones are going quickly. Unless noted, the events are free.

Tuesday, June 3

NY:MIEG – topic, "Shifting the Paradigm: Young Women with Cool Jobs Making a Difference in Digital Media and beyond" – 7:30am
Applied Cryptography and Network Security Conference – all day
Associated Content’s Ultimate Call for Content Contest – all day
Columbia Business School New Media panel discussion – 12:30 – no link provided – it’s at the Columbia University School of Business
Applied Cryptography and Network Security 2008 – Columbia – $500 – all day (tuesday-friday)
EconAds: Economics of Ad Deals – $300 – 1:30pm – by the PaidContent people – should be good
Drinks4Startups – Starup Mixer – CN is a media sponsor – 6:00pm-all night
NY Tech Meetup – same one that happens every month – back at crappy IAC – 7:00pm

Wednesday, June 4

Internet Marketing Conference – all day – $700
Time Warner’s Conversations on the Circle: News & Politics – 8:00am
Advertising 2.0 – full day (wednesday-thursday) – $875
Future of Media – NYU – 1:00pm – looks good, some big name journalists/bloggers will be speaking
Live Diggnation – 6:00pm – Brooklyn – you can watch Kevin Rose and the other guy drink beer and talk about what was on Digg
Financing Your Internet Startup – put on by David Rose and the NY Angels – if you plan on getting funding, you should absolutely attend this event – $10 – 6:00pm
Forum on Online Political Participation – 6:00pm
Hatch Match – brings founders and advisors/experts/investors together – 6:00pm
Red Bricks Media’s Panel on Media and Entertainment – 6:30pm
Thrillist’s Information Superparty: Web 1.0 Awesomeness to the Maximum Extreme! – 7:00pm (rsvp asap)

Thursday, June 5

Time Warner’s Conversations on the Circle: Entertainment Culture – 8:00am
Media Meshing – Mixer – 6:00pm
Media: Overseas Conversations – panel on media as design – 6:30pm
Hungry Man – donate your old electronics and join this "old" party – 7:30pm
Internet and Film Collide: Watch – 7:30pm – at the IFC studios

Friday, June 6

Time Warner’s Conversations on the Circle: Health – 8:00am
Mashable’s Exhibit Hall – 6:00pm
Sosauce Social – new NYC startup – party with the founders – 6:00pm
NextNY Softball Match – Founders vs. World – oh yea this is going to be good, I may jump in there as the umpire or the pitcher! – 6:15pm

Saturday, June 7

Wiimbledon 2008 – play Wii Tennis and win prizes – and let me just say, I will kick all of your arses. – all day
Festival Travel Channel Beer Bash & Screenings – 7:00pm

Sunday, June 8