Starting tomorrow, it’s going to be three days of re:publica craze. For those abroad: re:publica is arguably Germany’s biggest and most important blogger conference, organized by the great folks over at Newthinking and Spreeblick. This is, I believe, my third time at re:publica, and last time I had a blast. This year, I’m told, is by far the largest re:publica so far. So it should be a great opportunity to meet up with some interesting folks and have a good time. Needless to say, since this conference is aimed at bloggers and the like, it’s a lot less about business and marketing, and a lot more about culture and community. And hey, who am I to complain?
So there’s a lot of stuff going on, and I’ve hardly had a chance to even get an overview. But there’s a few things I’d like to point out. (Also, there’s this Netvibes widget to keep track of what’s going on.)
So first up, there’s a warm-up organized as a pl0gbar the night before the conference (organized by the ladies and gentlemen at pl0g). Yes, that’s tonight. Very relaxed and cozy, but there’s almost 100 folks on the attendees list already, so I expect it to be packed. Best way to kick off the conference, if you ask me.
Personally, I’ll have a few side missions at re:publica this year:
On day one, we’ll have a fully equipped video studio in a Blogpiloten bus to tape interviews and videos, and hopefully host a video session with pl0g and Berlinblase. I’ll be around the bus most of the day, so make sure to drop by! (Full disclosure: I’m project lead for blogpiloten.de)
Quite a few members of the Berlinblase crew will be around, so expect some coverage there, too.
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg organizes a blogger program for Deutsche Gamestage / Quo Vadis, a major game developers conference, hosted in Berlin (21-23 April) this year. If you’re into gaming or game development and would like to be one of the bloggers there, come talk to me!
And, if I can find my charger, I’ll be trying to make a nice photo set eventually. Yes, I’m pledging to myself to bring the SLR, no matter how much more I’ll have to carry ;)
Now I’ll just have to wait if the load of Pokens that Flo Krakau ordered will arrive in time so we’ll have them ready tomorrow morning for the conference kick off. Hope to meet you there!