mesh 2009 - April 7th – 8th
Keynote Conversations
Jessica Jackley
Jessica Jackley is a co-founder of Kiva.org, the world’s first peer-to-peer online microlending website. Kiva lets internet users lend as little as $25 to specific developing world entrepreneurs, providing affordable capital to help them start or expand a small business. Kiva has been one of the fastest-growing social benefit websites in history, connecting hundreds of… more »
Michael Masnick
Mike is the founder and CEO of Floor64, building up the core idea into reality and recruiting the management team. In addition to providing the strategic direction for the company, Mike oversees all editorial aspects of the Floor64’s public and customer sites. Mike’s insight into the realms of business, technology economics and public policy are the basis for… more »
David Miller
Like most Torontonians, Mayor David Miller immigrated to Toronto. He and his mother arrived from England in 1967, and moved to Toronto in 1981. As a high school senior, the mayor played hockey and was known to use his size to his advantage in the corners. Mayor Miller received a degree in economics from Harvard University and a law degree from the University of Toronto… more »
Bonin Bough
Bonin Bough is the Global Director of Digital and Social media at PepsiCo. In this role, he oversees digital strategy and the implementation of social media tools and techniques across the company. Previously, Bonin was the EVP and Director of Weber Shandwick's global interactive, social and emerging media practice, leading a 100 plus-person global team… more »Also Spoke at mesh 2009
mesh 2008 - May 21st – 22nd
Keynote Conversations
Keynote with Ethan Kaplan
Mathew Ingram talks with the head of all technology at Warner Bros. Records Ethan Kaplan
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Keynote with Michael Geist
Rob Hyndman talks with U of Ottawa law professor and blogger Dr. Michael Geist
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Keynote with Lane Merrifield
Stuart MacDonald talks with Executive Vice President of Walt Disney Internet GroupGlobal Lane Merrifield
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Keynote with Garrett Camp
Mike McDerment talks with co-founder of StumbleUpon Garrett Camp
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- Video is Everywhere with Amber MacArthur, Dina Kaplan, Andre Gaulin and Guinevere Orvis
- Does Location Matter? with Nora Young
- The New Front Page with Daniel Burka, Pema Hegan and Candice Faktor
- Managing the Mozilla Way with Michal Berman, John Resig and Mike Shaver
- Where's the Business in Show Business - Music and the Web with David Usher, Kieran Roy, Graham Henderson and David Gratton
- Private vs. Public with Rachel Sklar, Nancy Baym, Mark Kingwell and Ken Anderson
- Social Media and the Enterprise with Natalie Johnson, Chris Reid, Jenny Bullough and Michael O'Connor Clarke
- Cultivating Community with Jen Evans, George Tsiolis, Derek Szeto and Christopher Jackson
- Building a Brand on the Web with Rohit Bhargava, Maggie Fox and Michael Garrity
- Founders' Stories with Paul Kedrosky, Julia Johnston, Leah Culver and Ryan Carson
- Measuring Social Media with Alan Chumley, Sylvain Perron and Katie Delahaye Paine
Workshops
- Podcasting with David Jones and Doug Walker
- Making Online Videos People Want to Watch with Amber MacArthur and the MGImedia team
- Government 2.0, from Community Participation to Co-creation with Mark Kuznicki and Sean Howard
- Capturing Angels - How to Raise Angel Financing for your Startup with Austin Hill
- Online Advertising - An Introduction to Ad Networks> with Mladen Raickovic
- Business Metrics - Beyond Web Analytics with Dmitry Buterin
- Reputation Monitoring and Management with Sam Ladner
- VC's in Canada - What you need to know with Kevin Talbot
View the full mesh 2008 schedule for panel and workshop descriptions.
Photos, Videos and Audio
mesh 2008 Blog Posts
- Looking back at mesh 2008
- Want more mesh08? Check out Dave Fleet’s live blog of it
- Michael Geist’s mesh08 presentation is on blip.tv
- mesh 2008 first day: rocked
mesh 2007 - May 30th – 31st
Keynote Conversations
The Future of Public Relations
Stuart MacDonald talks with Global CEO of Edelman Richard Edelman
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The Web and Philanthropy
Rob Hyndman talks with charity 2.0 entrepreneur Tom Williams
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Panel Conversations
- Barbarians at the Gate - Should Old Media Be Afraid of New Media? with Rachel Sklar, Cynthia Brumfield and Loren Feldman
- The Web and Politics - Rattling the Cage with Andrew Coyne talks with Scott Feschuk, Garth Turner and Phil de Vellis
- Pros vs. Amateurs - the War for Attention with Jon Dube talks with Paul Sullivan, Steve Herrmann and Tony Hung
- Digital Blinders - Are We an Inch Wide and a Mile Deep? with Nora Young, Mark Schneider and Mark Federman
- The Future of Entertainment - "The People Formerly Known as the Audience" with Jian Ghomeshi talks with McLean Mashingaidze-Greaves, Amber MacArthur and Ethan Kaplan
- The Always-On Generation - What Do Youth Do with the Web? with Kimia Ghomeshi, Laila Adassi, Adam MacIssac, Erica Sum and Hugh Switzer
- Digital Sharecropping - Are You Taking Advantage of Your Users? with Michael Sikorsky, Simon Pulsifer and Jeff Howe
- New Media - Teaching Old Markets New Tricks with Jen Evans, Maggie Fox and John Jantsch
- Startup Stories - I've Fallen and I Can Get Up with Paul Kedrosky, Scott Brooks, Mary Hodder and Leila Boujnane
- Building a Community - How and Why it Matters with Mark Relph, Will Pate, Jordan Banks and Lionel Menchaca
- Monetizing the Long Tail - Life Beyond AdSense with Andrew Goodman, Nancy Peterson, Mike Masnick, Christine Herron and Ted Murphy
- Is Fake the New Real? Transparency and Trust with Michael O'Connor Clarke, David Jones and Rachel Clarke
Workshops
- Blogging 101 with Jeremy Wright
- Wikis with David Crow
- Using the Web for Good with Deborah Kaplan
- Podcasting 101 with Leesa Barnes
- How to pitch VCs with Rick Segal
- Build a Team, Build a Culture with Mark Dowds
- Building a Community with Kate Trgovac
- The Life of a Startup in 30 Minutes - Lessons from the Trenches with Albert Lai
15 Minutes of Fame Presenters
Photos, Videos and Audio
- mesh conference YouTube group
- Rannie’s shots of mesh 2007
- general mesh flickr group
- mesh 2007 flickr group
- Mark McKay's video on what Web 2.0 means
mesh 2007 Blog Posts
mesh 2006 - May 15th – 16th
Keynote Conversations
The Future of Media
Mark Evans talks with Business 2.0 writer and blogger Om Malik
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The Web and Society
Rob Hyndman talks with U of Ottawa law professor and blogger Dr. Michael Geist
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The Future of Marketing
Stuart MacDonald talks with Steve Rubel of Edelman and Micropersuasion.com
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Venture Capital and Web 2.0
Mathew Ingram talks with venture capitalist and blogger Dr. Paul Kedrosky
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Building a Community
Online marketing director of Riya.com Tara "Miss Rogue" Hunt hosts an interactive seminar
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- Are Bloggers Journalists? with Om Malik, Michael Tippett and Scott Karp
- Can Blogs Influence Politics? with Warren Kinsella, Paul Wells, Andrew Coyne and Brad Davis
- The Future of Broadcasting with Barnaby Marshall, Amber MacArthur, Jian Ghomeshi and Andrew Baron
- Panel Conversation: Can Web 2.0 Change The World? with Tyler Hamilton, Tom Williams, Dave Pollard and George Irish
- The Future of Newspapers with Angus Frame and Tomer Strolight
- Will the Web Make Us Free? with Ren Bucholz, George Schlukbier and Bob Young
- Building a Brand Online with Jonathan Ehrlich, Jim Coudal and Bruce Philp
- Does Web 2.0 need VCs? with Rick Segal and Jason Fried
- Corporate Blogs - How and Why with Jen Evans, Tara Hunt, Debbie Weil and Jeremy Wright
- Creating a Viable Web Business with Leila Boujnane, Albert Lai, Michael McDerment and Malgosia Green
- How to Engage the Blogosphere with Michael O'Connor Clarke, Nathan Rudyk, Sarah Spence and David Carter
- Is Web 2.0 Changing the Software Industry? with Mike McDerment, Chris Messina, Matt Mullenweg and Stowe Boyd
Workshops
- Blogging 101 - How and Why with Tris Hussey
- How and Why to run a Wiki with David Crow
- How and Why to Podcast with Amber MacArthur
- Mashing the Vote with Phillip Smith and Mark Greenspan
- Post-mass Media Marketing with Tony Chapman
- What to Expect From a VC with Sean Wise and Sutha Kamal
- How to Run a PR Blog with Michael O'Connor Clarke and David Jones
- Startup benefits and pitfalls with John Phillip Green and Levi Cooperman of FreshBooks.com
Photos, Videos and Audio
mesh 2006 Blog Posts
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