http://matchmd.vox.com/library/posts/tags/google+partner+forum+2007/page/1/ "what we talk about when we talk about love" en Vox Tue, 22 May 2007 20:07:30 +0100 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss google partner forum 2007 http://matchmd.vox.com/library/post/google-partner-forum-2007-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(jason) http://matchmd.vox.com/library/post/google-partner-forum-2007-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://matchmd.vox.com/library/post/google-partner-forum-2007-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full Tue, 22 May 2007 20:07:30 +0100 <p>I was lucky enough to be invited to&#160;the&#160;Google Partner Forum&#160;today. There were any number of great speakers, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelios_Haji-Ioannou">Stelios Haij-Ioannou</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Zennstr%C3%B6m">Niklas Zennstrom</a>, <a href="http://www.loiclemeur.com/">Loic Le Meur</a>, <a href="http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/internet-technology/the-usual-suspects-google-zeitgeist.html">Martin Varsavsky</a>, <a href="http://www.bebo.com/">Michael Birch, Xochi Birch</a>, <a href="http://www.outblaze.com/main.php?id=about&amp;page=about_exe">Yat Siu </a>etc but a couple stood out for me. Firstly Frederic Hauge, President of the <a href="http://www.bellona.org/">Bellona Foundation&#160;</a>. I haven&#39;t heard first hand the ideas behind &#39;Carbon Capture and Storage&#39; before today. Thinking about ways not only to reduce our carbon emissions but actually how to make industries &#39;carbon negative&#39;. Here is a guy that is thinking way beyond a solution to cut carbon emisions but actually presenting a solution that could actually utilise CO2 in process of finding further reserves of fossil fuels. Talk about thinking big!! </p> <p>The other speaker I really enjoyed was <a href="http://www.joshspear.com/">Josh Spear</a>. There were a noticeable amount of over 30&#39;s (I&#39;m being generous as I&#39;m including myself in this) in the crowd feverishly talking notes as he gave insight into the &#39;Digital Generation&#39; and what is important to this demographic. To paraphrase the key points he talked about the ubiquity and connectedness to mobile devices and the lack of engagement with brands that &quot;push&quot; messages. The drive is towards &quot;mass indviduality&quot; and the wed enabling these &quot;digital natives&quot; to create their own identity, individuality and uniqueness (see <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> as a good example of this).&#160;</p> <p>Video&#39;s of some of the speakers including the keynote from Eric Schmidt can be found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAJvyf1Fo6g">YouTube</a></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://matchmd.vox.com/library/post/google-partner-forum-2007-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142a62843c7f00d41437a7e16a47?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> loic le meur martin varsavsky stelios haij-ioannou yat siu josh spear niklas zennstrom google partner forum 2007 xochi birch frederic haug michael birch