Being Social

There's a 1/2 day conference organised by those nice people at Mashup* taking place on May 13th (hopefully lucky).

The organisers say "Being Social is a half-day conference & masterclass that will provide marketing, advertising, PR and corporate communications executives with the know-how necessary to develop, execute and manage a social media strategy that delivers value."

Contributors include: David Cushman MD of 90:10, Andrew Davies - ex BBC/ Myspace, Gabrielle Lane Peters, Dominic Burch - ASDA, Kristian Carter of IF Communications.

It should actually be a good afternoon of talks and an evening of networking.

More details at Being Social

Also if anyone wants to go (I'm not affiliated to the conference) there's a 15% discount using the following code EJ_INVITE_BS10

Ofcom Review of non-geographic calls services - call for inputs

Ofcom is holding a review on non-geographic numbers and services which may be found here.

They are asking consumers whether regulation is too low, too high, what services work and what don't.

People can respond to the consultation on-line or send email or written responses.

The consultation closes on 30/05/2010

Mary Vincent: Green IT Innovation & Entrepreneurship Preso

Ian Allison, Mary Vincent,
and Sheryl Newman

By Mary Vincent - Follow on Twitter @MaryVincent

Here is my April 2010 Green IT Innovation and Entrepreneurship presentation to Aberdeen's IT Leaders Forum and Students at Robert Gordon University, Girl Geek Scotland Glasgow, and Girl Geek York. I discussed UK Data Center and IT Trends as well as Low Carbon Food and Green Software opportunities.

Here's a Robert Gordon University Article featuring the event, along with the York Presentation Video and Follow-on Interview.
Thanks to Morna Simpson, Alison van Diggelen, Sheryl Newman, Leia Bassett, and many others for making this happen.

15% off May 5 Electric Car 2.0: Who will Win the Race? Innovation | Policy | China

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Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference (BSCC) announces the fifth in a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions to address multifaceted global energy challenges. Three panels will discuss  new innovations in electric vehicle technology, the opportunities and challenges from China, and the policies and economics that are paving the way for a transformation of the automobile sector.

Dian M. Grueneich, Commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission, will be delivering the keynote address.  

Date:  Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Time:  11AM - 6PM Location:  PG&E General Office Conference Center, 77 Beale Street, San Francisco, CATickets for the event are here:  http://bscleantech.org.  Use 15% Discount Code: 

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Panel 1: Technology and Infrastructure DevelopmentMark Duvall, Director at Electric Power Research Institute

Marc Tarpenning, Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Tesla Motors Inc. and NuvoMedia Inc.

Dan Mosher - Chief Financial Officer of CODA Automotive

John Boesel, Pres/CEO at CALSTART

Saul Zambrano, Director Integrated Demand Side Management Product Portfolio at PG&EPanel 2: China - Opportunities and Challenges Eric Wesoff, Journalist at GreenTech Media
Jit Bhattacharya, CEO of Mission Motors
Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Manager at the Natural Resource Defense Council
Marc Gottschalk, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Luca Erceg, President, CEO & Founder of Simbol Mining Corp.Panel 3: Policy and Economics of Electric Transportation Lee Schipper, Professor at Stanford University

Ann Bordetsky, North America Market Development & Policy Manager at Better Place
Bob Hayden, Clean Transportation Advisor to SF Government

Eric Toomre, Architect of the bipartisan proposed American Electric Vehicle Manufacturing, or e-Drive Bill (H.R. 4399)