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Welcome to the Berlin Web Week Spring Edition!
National and international bloggers, Web surfers, start-up founders, developers, podcasters, Twitter addicts, creative professionals and investors will gather from Saturday, May 23 to Sunday, May 31 in the German capital. BarCamps, conferences, events, workshops, parties and much more will make for a packed schedule for the creative industries lasting to the end of May and reinforcing Berlin's status as a leading Internet metropolis.
To see a list of all events, please visit www.berlinwebweek.de, an initiative of Berlin Partner GmbH.
Here's wishing you many exciting encounters and discussions - both real and virtual!
UXcamp Berlin: BarCamp Focusing on User Experience
(May 23-24, 2009, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Erwin-Schrödinger-Zentrum, Berlin)
User experience will be at the center of the UXcamp Berlin, a BarCamp focusing on user experience and user interaction with digital media. Click here to register.
blog.de Party under the Motto Blog, Beer & Beats
(May 23, 2009, starting at 7 p.m., Breipott, Berlin)
Scores of bloggers, Twitter addicts, podcasters, nerds, "normalos," geeks and Web surfers are expected to attend the first official blog.de party that will kick off the Berlin Web Week. Everyone is invited to celebrate and enjoy the free licensed music. For more information, please click here.
webinale 09 - the holistic web conference
(May 25-27, 2009, bcc Berlin Congress Center, Berlin)
The Internet community will descend on Berlin at the end of May to attend the "Holistic Web Conference," a get-together focusing on Internet business, design and development. Over 70 speakers will discuss the key determining factors affecting today's Web. For more information, please visit www.webinale.de.
Connecting the World at the IPC Spring 09
(May 25-27, 2009, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., bcc Berlin)
This year's Spring Edition of the International PHP Conference will focus on the topic of "Connecting the World" by means of the systematic use of PHP, one of the most widely used scripting languages in the Web. Click here for more information.
Ruby, Rails and More: RailsWayCon
(May 25-27, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m., bcc Berlin)
Over the course of three days, RailsWayCon will present the most important and leading minds of the Ruby on Rails community, including Ola Bini, Steven Bristol, Neal Ford, Amy Hoy, Yehuda Katz and Michael Koziarski. For more information, please visit www.railswayconference.com.
Virtual Worlds Camp 2 in Berlin
(May 26, 2009, bcc Berlin Congress Center, Berlin)
For the second time, the Berlin-based company Frogster Interactive Pictures is organizing the Virtual Worlds Camps as part of the webinale 09. Experts from the fields of games, Internet, music, media and Web 2.0 will get together to discuss virtual worlds. For more information, please visit vwc.frogster-ip.de.
An Inside Look at Leading Berlin-based Agencies: The Webinale Crawl
(May 26, 2009, 3:45-6:45 p.m., bcc Berliner Congress Center, Berlin)
As part of the Berlin Web Week, Berlin Partner is organizing three guided tours that will take you to some of Berlin's most exciting Web companies, including StudiVZ, hiogi, Metaversum GmbH, Golem, mokono, zanox and Soundcloud, etc. Click here for more information.
Echtzeit Berlin III Focuses on "Mobile"
(May 27, 2009, 7-11 p.m., ZANOX Gap Campus)
This year's Echtzeit Berlin network get-together organized by deutsche-startups.de and designed for founders, business angels and investors will be held under the motto "Mobile." Click here for more information.
Girl Geek Dinner: Not Just for Girls
(May 27, 2009, 7-11 p.m., Coffee Karma, Berlin)
The Girl Geek Dinner to be held during the Berlin Web Week is an event designed for networking and getting to know each other. For all you guys interested in attending, please note that men are only allowed to participate if they are invited by a woman. Click here for more information.
The World's Biggest and Hottest Publisher Party: Zanox Summer Party
(May 28, 2009, starting at 9 p.m., Spindler & Klatt, Berlin)
The Berlin-based affiliate network zanox invites you to join in their huge summer party. Roughly 1000 guests from the online marketing industry are expected to attend the event along with top international partners and zanox friends & family. For more information, please click here.
Available 24/7: eCOMM Focuses on Online PR
(May 28, 2009, 6-8 p.m., IHK Berlin)
This conference will explore the extent to which public relations can be applied effectively and successfully online by taking into consideration the singularities of the Internet and its users. For more information, please click here.
Hands-on Hardware: hardhack 2009
(May 28-29, 2009, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., c-base, Berlin)
At hardhack 2009, the focus will be on hardware rather than lectures or Powerpoint presentations. In each workshop, participants will get down to work with screwdrivers and soldering rods. Click here for more information.
Meet, Chat & Network: The Open Coffee Club
(May 29, 2009, 9-11 a.m., Caras Coffee, Berlin)
The Open Coffee Club invites you to attend a traditional networking get-together for companies, developers and investors. A short introductory round helps everyone to identify the ideal people to make contact with. Click here for more information and to register.
BIZZin3D Meet Up: Symposium on Virtual Worlds and Web 3.0
(May 31, 2009, 4-10 p.m., LaLuz, Berlin)
Under the motto "Let's meet, talk & discuss business opportunities in 3D Internet," the BIZZin3D event series will be showcasing the business potential of virtual worlds and 3D Internet. For more information, please visit www.BIZZin3D.com.
Erich Pommer Institut and co-founded by Medienboard, to learn the business of formatting from international industry leaders in entertainment television. The second class will start in May 2009. Future Workshops will be held in Berlin and Lucerne among others. More at www.entertainment-masterclass.tv.
