Category : expo

I found the Expo overall interesting, and liked a lot the workshop, "hands-on" model

But I think that the entire category "media" was missing: except for one (small) panel about newspapers, there were no experiences / case studies / experts / storytelling etc about big media companies - or from them

How is Web 2.0 applying to traditional media's Internet strategies? Newspapers, televisions, etc. What are they doing, and what are they not doing (and why)?

I think that this would have been a very interesting line

Thanks,
Alberto D'Ottavi
-- http://infoservi.it

Hi there,
first of all: Thank you very much for bringing the Expo to Berlin. Speakers and topics were well choosen.
But unfortunately I couldn´t feel the spirit atmosphere of WEB 2.0 during my stay. It was more like visting a finance expo.
For me the WEB 2.0 Expo startet at 9 am on Monday, drooling over coffee. I found myself in presentation room with no windows, no inspiring decoration and a poor guy on the podium trying his best to get the audience´s attention. His desperate calling for collaboration died away in the darkness of the presentation room.
Next time, please think about all the creative tools we know form applied social studies like open space workshops, small groups brainstorming, audience guidance, center mapping etc. And please: Think about your presentation room designs. Classroom seating does not really fit the WEB 2.0 ideas.

Reconsider your location as well. The huge and "calculating" buildings of Messe Berlin is not a geeking ambiance. Every nursing home is a better think tank. Think about your decoration, large market places, the idea of the speaker´s corner in London´s Hyde Park, bill-boards etc.

There were so many interesting people (investors, programmers, designers, start-up....), but your expo design was prejudicial to the ideas of WEB 2.0 like sharing knowledge and experiences, bringing people together and last but not least givng ideas a chance to be implemented.

Anyway, thanks very much for the expo and please go on.
Andy

My heart went out to the vendors in the Expo, each time I passed through, normally at 9am, lunch, coffee, or 6pm, the place looked empty. The vendors where all talking to each other. I have to say I made it a point to vist almost every booth through out the 4 days...

I would love to hear what the vendor's thought?

Hi all,

i think the expo was very interesting. I met a lot of people and have learned many new stuff.

I'm looking forward to attend the expo next year.

Bye

It could be a cultural difference, or it was to early in the morning (...9 am), but I was shocked about the unfriendly Nokia staff.

I wonder if anyone else has had the same experience. I asked about their products being genouinly interested, and felt very unwelcome. Somehow it seemed that the product managers find potential customers of their products a hassle to deal with. Little information to answer my questions, and no interest in getting engaged in conversation.

It definatelly put me off investing into tne Nokia N95, which I was interested in purchasing.

My advice if you are interested in purchasing a Nokia product in the near future - DO NOT SPEAK TO THE NOKIA STAFF AT WEB 2.0 - They suck!

Strange to see such poor dedication by the representatives of the Platinum Sponsor!

You force web-developers and code-freaks to be coffee-free for more as 7 hours now.
This is the first conference i visited where all one got to drink is water...
ARGH!