Got Media? 2008 Conference & Expo Calendar

by Cynthia on March 3, 2008

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I know, I know, so many conferences, so little time. 

Nevertheless, here's a cursory list of US Media Conference dates for 2008 in case there's one in your backyard. 

And, yes, you might have already missed a few so get your calendar out:

  • NRB  March 8-11, Nashville, TN 
  • OMMA  March 17-18, Hollywood, CA
  • NAB  April 11-17, Las Vegas, NV
  • BlogHer  July 18-20, San Francisco, CA
  • AlwaysOn (Stanford)  July 31ish, Palo Alto, CA
  • APME  Sept. 8-11, Las Vegas, NV

Of course, this list doesn't include all the unconferences, BarCamps, Pixelodeon, film, music and teevee, stuff, etc.  

Next list will be compiled of Christian Conferences related to Media/Technology.  Gmail me your recommendations.

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{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Elisa Camahort 03.03.08 at 8:12 am

Thanks for including BlogHer’s annual event. i’d also like to point out that Blogher is holding two other events this year:

The 2nd annual BlogHer Business Conference is specifically designed for organizations trying to introduce social media strategies and takes place April 3-4 in NYC.

The BlogHer Reach Out Tour is designed to bring BlogHer out to members of our community who cannot get to San Francisco this July. It takes place in 6 cities over two weeks this October.

Info on all three (or I suppose eight) conferences can be found at the link you provide above.

Thanks for this great list. I’m bookmarking it for my own reference :)

2 John L 03.03.08 at 7:56 pm

Hi CW - Just a quick note - you list TED starting Mar 7, but the conference just ended… and my head is still in the clouds :-) Billy Graham called TED “one of the highlights of my entire life.” I couldn’t agree more. Live blogged some thoughts, too.

3 Cynthia 03.04.08 at 12:21 pm

John - Thanks for the correction! It’s a typo (already amended for posterity) and what’s even more ironic is I read about TED several places yesterday and never rechecked my own list.

Also, great to hear from you and glad to hear of your TED reflections at Microclesia.

4 David Korff 03.04.08 at 12:38 pm

You mentioned recommendations for Christian Conferences focused on media and technology.

2008 Internet Ministry Conference - October 20-23, 2008 - Prince Conference Center Grand Rapids, MI

5 Mean Dean 03.05.08 at 12:47 pm

Of course, I’m not invited to present at any of them … I feel so put out.

Probably insane jealousy on the part of their promoters over the fact that I have a better singing voice than they.

6 Anthony D. Coppedge 03.05.08 at 1:35 pm

WFX - Worship Facilities Expo - http://www.wfx-web.com

TFWM - Technologies for Worship Magazine - http://www.tfwm.com

7 Cynthia 03.05.08 at 5:50 pm

Dean - they put on a different kind of conference for guys like you…I’ll tell you about that another time.

Anthony - will add these to my list which is still pretty small, maybe only 8 or 9 so far. I gotta do some more research. Thanks

I see Tim O’Reilly hasn’t commented here yet. Must be off coining new terms. Oh wait, maybe he’s at his own conference. Yeah, that must be it.

8 Mean Dean 03.06.08 at 6:11 am

Cynthia - you mean like the time they had me go out the airport and lulled me into the broom closet for a week while there was some blogging-for-God conference nearby?

I mean I don’t mean to complain about free accommodations but the lighting was terrible and the food was non-existent (other than the egg-n-cheese biscuit they used to lure me in).

9 Paul Kuzma 03.07.08 at 1:02 am

Cynthia …. Godblogcon looked interesting, but the link takes you to LAST year’s dates. The above associated Blog World link takes you to dates for this year in Sept. Is Godblogcon in Nov. or Sept.?

Also, fyi….I am developing a new blog that I’d love your input on. I’m still working on it, but hope to launch it soon. Right now, it’s at pastorforlife.org if you get a chance to peek at it.

10 Cynthia 03.07.08 at 7:17 am

Hi Paul - The Blog World / Godblogcon dates for 2008 are Sept. 20 - 21. The Blog World Expo link is good. The link for Godblogcon has not been updated yet so it still shows last year’s dates. According to the group’s facebook page (yes they have one) the link will be updated soon. We have Rhett Smith and Andrew Jackson to thank for the facebook group.

Love to help you with a new blog!

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