GoingGreen East

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Published on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 13:46

Written by L E Shannon

AlwaysOn's second annual GoingGreen East—Greener Pastures for Global Business—is being held March 8th-10th, 2010, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA. GoingGreen East is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet top investors and the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. This executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities.

At GoingGreen East, the GoingGreen Top 50 Private Companies will be honored. Up to 50 greentech CEOs will also pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in the "CEO Showcases."

Cleantech remains in transition, with 2010 bringing an uncertain political climate and relentlessly emerging technologies as disruptive as ever. From next-generation solar to new wind energy innovations to a diverse array of energy storage technologies to smart grid and smart cities, GoingGreen East will bring the most interesting CEOs, the most interesting companies, the most promising technologies—and no fluff. No other event delivers a lineup of cleantech superstars with as much depth and diversity as GoingGreen East.

Some of the topics are:

The Green Energy of Tomorrow
The Green City
Green Consumer Products
Alternative Fuels - Landfill Waste, Animal Fat, Plant Fiber
Water Entrepreneurs
Mega-Projects - Watering & Cooling the World
The Next Generation Automobile
What are the Most Lucrative, Transformative Green Technologies?

Some of the speakers are:

Miles Baker, CEO, Modular Wind Energies, Inc
Joe Dews, Managing Director & Head of Cleantech Banking, ThinkEquity LLC
Mark Fischetti, Board of Editors, Scientific American
John Soininen, VP Development, Eolian Renewable Energy LLC
Elise Zoli, Partner, Goodwin Procter

Fifty top CEOs will have the opportunity to present their market strategies and business partnering objectives on the main stage at GoingGreen East. Qualifying companies are either public or privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:

• Solar Energy
• Biofuel & Agriculture
• Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel)
• Energy Storage Systems
• Energy Management, Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency
• Water Technology & Water Management
• Green Materials, Green Buildings, Green Nano/Micro-Tech
• Green Automobiles & Transportation
• Clean Manufacturing & Clean Products
• Resource Recovery & Waste Management

For more information, visit http://alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview.

GoingGreen East
March 8-10, 2010

Four Seasons—Boston
200 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
617-338-4400

Digital Strategies Conference

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Published on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 08:09

Written by L E Shannon

Digital Strategies Conference is being held on March 10, 2010 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada.  This event focuses on what you need to know to effectively market your products and services in the Digital Age.

Whether one is a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, online marketing is key to today’s business success. Savvy marketers and business owners understand how to use the latest e-business tools and make smart investment decisions with limited marketing dollars.

Event speakers include:

Louise Clements, Head of Sales, Facebook in Canada

Scott Fox, Entrepreneur, Online Marketing and E-Commerce Success Coach and Author of eRiches 2.0

Bob Garfield, Author, The Chaos Scenario, Co-Host, NPR's On The Media, Columnist, Advertising Age

Aimee Higgins, VP, Strategy & Planning, Pandora (USA)

Presentations and Panels include:

"Top Digital Media & Marketing Trends You Need To Know"
Leading analysts and industry leaders kick-off the day’s discussions with an overview of the latest research that reflects and illustrates the current state of digital advertising and marketing as well as the directions in which the industry is heading.

"Be Found Online - The Latest In Search Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO/SEM) Strategies"
This hands-on panel discusses best practices and gives tangible advice for how to use different online tools for keyword research, and how to use search engines to quantify competition and maximize the ROI of one’s marketing investment.

"Show Don’t Tell - How to Maximize your Marketing ROI using Online Video Platforms/Tools"
The focus is on identifying how to best utilize online video from the content owner's as well as marketer's perspective.

For further information, visit www.digitalstrategiesconference.com.

Digital Strategies Conference
March 10, 2010

The Fairmont Royal York
100 Front Street W
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
416.368.2511

"ICT-theology" at CeBIT 2010

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Published on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 07:11

Written by L E Shannon

CeBIT 2010, the world's foremost trade show for the digital industry, is being held in Hannover, Germany, from March 2 - 6, 2010 at the Exhibition Grounds Hannover, the largest exhibition facility in the world. The mix of exhibits, conferences, keynote addresses, corporate events and business lounges makes it the primary annual meeting point for ICT (Information and communication technologies) buyers, sellers, developers and users from around the globe.

The show features all the latest IT and telecommunications products, services and solutions, and highlights the themes "Business IT," "ICT Infrastructure" and "Future ICT." The keynote topic is "Connected Worlds," and "Open Source" is a main theme.

Speakers include:

Diane M. Bryant, Intel Corporation
Stewart Butterfield, Flickr.com
Stephen Felice, Dell Inc.
Jan Geldmacher, Vodafone
Adolfo Hernandez, Alcatel Lucent
Jon Iwata, IBM Corporation
Natalya Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab
Mark Kingdon, Linden Lab
Russ Shaw, Skype
B. Kevin Turner, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Werner Vogels, amazon.com

This year’s conference tracks are:

Business IT

•  Open Source Solutions
•  Professional Output /Office Solutions
•  Service Oriented Architecture
•  Customer Relationship Management
•  AutoID/RFID

 Internet & Mobile Solutions/Webciety

•   Web Based Solutions
•   Enterprise Mobility
•   Webciety Forum

CeBIT Destination ITS

•   Telematics & Navigation
•   Transport & Logistics
•   Live Demonstrations of Telematics

CeBIT green IT, a special forum

TeleHealth

•   eHealth
•   Telemedicine
•   Healthcare Management

future parc

•  Living 2020
•  Basic, Applied and Corporate Research
•  Start-ups & Spin-offs

Public Sector Parc

• ICT Solutions for the Public Sector
• IT Solutions for Municipal Public Utility Undertakings, Municipal Establishments and Service Providers
• Geoinformation Systems
• Citizens Meet the Public Authorities

CeBIT Banking & Finance World

• Financial Solutions
• Software for Banking & Financial Services
• Card Technology for Banking & Finance
• Equipment & Systems

CeBIT Security World

• Anti Spam & Anti Virus Solutions
• Biometrics
• Security & Availability in Data Centers
• Video Surveillance
•  Mobile Security

Business Communications & Networks

•   Fixed Line & Network Solutions, Infrastructure
•   Unified Communication
•   Carriers & Providers
•   Network Components
•   Network Computing Software & Services

ICT Infrastructure

•   Consumer Electronics
•   Mobile & Personal Storage
•   Display Technologies
•   Kiosk Systems & Technologies
•   Digital Signage

Running concurrently with CeBIT are the third annual CeBIT Global Conferences, held in the Convention Center. These are discussion forums for innovations and prognoses from representatives of the ICT industry, telecommunications and new media. This year's theme is "The Challenges of a Changing World – ICT for Better Lives and Better Business."

The conference features a five-day series of keynotes, roundtables and talks with top speakers and panelists sharing their visions and future agendas. This year's conferences include "@music: About Pirates, Artists and Consumers," a think tank in which experts debate the future of the music industry in the Internet age.

Topics and speakers include:

"The Biggest Thing Since the Domestication of Animals" – Stewart Butterfield, co-founder, Flickr.com

"Cloud Computing for the End User" – Dr. Zvi Schreiber, founder and CEO, Ghost Inc.

"Next Generation Digital Music; Delivering a Unified Music Experience Through Connected Consumer Electronics" – Martin Blomkvist, director, Head of Global Content Acquisition & Partner Management, Sony Ericsson

The world's premier Linux certification organization and one of the world’s leading open source companies, the Linux Professional Institute (LPI), and its affiliate,  LPI Central Europe, will host a program of activities that include sessions with longtime LPI supporters such as Ingo Wichmann, Peer Heinlein, Anselm Lingnau, Ralph Dehner and Michael Gisbers. LPI Central Europe will also host exam labs, which include exams in LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 (101, 102, 201, 202) - in German and English; LPIC-3 (301, 302, 303) - in English; and the Univention Certified Professional exam (LPI 198) - in German.

For more information about the CeBIT conferences, visit www.cebit.de.  

CeBIT 2010 / CeBIT Global Conferences
March 2-6, 2010
Exhibition Grounds Hannover
Messegelände
Hannover 30521 Germany