World Blogging Forum Vienna 2010

The World Blog­ging Forum 2010 will take place in Vienna, Aus­tria, on Novem­ber 13 2010. A WBF is a spe­cial con­fer­ence for­mat focus­ing on the inter­na­tional blo­gos­phere: the orga­niz­ers invite A-list blog­gers from var­i­ous coun­tries and con­nect them with the local scene. The pro­gram con­sists of dif­fer­ent ses­sions cov­er­ing var­i­ous top­ics, each ses­sion starts with 2 to 3 short (10 min­utes) keynotes fol­lowed by 90 min­utes of dis­cus­sion. The focus is on the future of dig­i­tal media: how will social media shape our world in the next 10 years? How will the Inter­net change our jobs, our health sys­tem and our per­sonal lives?

Don’t think of the World Blog­ging Forum Vienna 2010 as a tra­di­tional con­fer­ence: there’s no sep­a­ra­tion between speak­ers and a pas­sive audi­ence audi­ence because we all inter­act with each other on the same level. Instead of long keynotes fol­lowed by a few ques­tions the World Blog­ging Forum is all about active involvement!

The essentials

Orga­niz­ers: A1 Telekom Aus­tria (main spon­sor), Ritchie “datadirt” Pet­tauer
Part­ners: Dig­i­tal Affairs, quer­form, VITE
Date:Novem­ber 13, 2010
Loca­tion: A1 Telekom Aus­tria, Las­sallestrasse 9, 1020 Vienna, Aus­tria
Twitter-Hashtag: #wbf2010

I want to attend the WBF!

The con­fer­ence is free for all vis­i­tors and includes a mem­ber­ship on this site, cater­ing plus an invi­ta­tion to the offi­cial WBF party after the con­fer­ence. As much as we’d love to invite as many blog­gers as pos­si­ble, we have a lim­ited num­ber of 200 spots on the guest list. Of course, there are “nat­ural” lim­its when it comes to our bud­get and the capac­ity of the loca­tion, but the most impor­tant rea­son why we can­not accept an unlim­ited num­ber of guests is the con­fer­ence for­mat itself: we want our guests to actively engage in the dis­cus­sions, and this won’t work on a larger scale. So if you want to join us, keep the fol­low­ing in mind:

1. You need to run your own blog (yes, this a blog­gers’ event, and no: a cou­ple of arti­cles on a multi-author cor­po­rate blog don’t count.)
2. The con­fer­ence lan­guage is Eng­lish, so if you’re uncom­fort­able speak­ing Eng­lish, this is prob­a­bly not the right event for you.
3. We’re look­ing for active mem­bers: in other words, if you’re will­ing to join our edi­to­r­ial event and/or help us organ­ise the event, that’s a huge bonus

Dur­ing the com­ing weeks, we’ll post avail­able spots on this blog, so it’s def­i­nitely a good idea to grab the RSS feed. And if you have any ques­tions, don’t hes­i­tate to con­tact us!