The Media140 Sydney event is an international collaboration and discussion which asks “What is the future of journalism in the Social Media Age?”
Staged at at ABC’s Eugene Goossens’ Hall, Sydney on November 5th and 6th it will explore the disruptive nature of ‘real-time’ social media looking at tools such as Twitter, live-blogging, facebook and other social networking tools as they rapidly transform the media in real-time.
Through keynote addresses, panel discussions, interviews, Q&A and workshops the conference is designed to educate and promote debate within the media industry about a variety of social media platforms and practices.
If you are a journalist, broadcaster, publisher, social media maker and academic Media140 Sydney will be a fusion of discussion, debate, collaboration to explore the future of the real-time web and its impact on the broadcast and journalist industries.
Make sure you don’t miss this Media140 in November… Get a ticket here!
The first Media140
Media140 was launched in London on the 20th May 2009 with a conference entitled ‘The future of real time news’ on the Southbank in London with over 270 attendes taking part in the first Twitter conference in the UK.
The event was supported by the BBC, Sky, TechCrunch Europe, The Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Al Jazeera, Sun Microsystems and Audioboo together with speakers from most of the mainstream media together with a plethora of Social Media advocates.
The event trended #1 on Twitter for the entire day and was broadcast live on to the interweb with an additional 250 participants listening and taking part.
The London event was the first if its kind in the UK – you can view some of the highlights here
A few images from the Media140 London
Catching up after panels and debates
Lively debate from the panelists – Joanna Geary and Christian Payne
Opening panel with the BBC, Techcrunch, Sky, Times and others kicking off the event
Bill Thompson making the point
Drinks at the Refinery, networking and meeting other Media140 friends!
The famous bath of after party drinks!
The image are taken from the Media140 Flickr group
More about Media140
Founded in February 2009, media140 is an independent global movement creating unique multimedia conference-style events to explore the future of the real-time web and its impact. We foster discourse, collaboration and innovation within journalism, media, advertising, entertainment, marketing, PR, gaming and technology industries.
The 140 reference in our name reflects the 140 character limit of Twitter posts and text messages.
We are a group of highly respected and well-networked individuals from leading media outlets, universities, agencies and brands who link together our peers to have real and productive discussions about the evolving world we work in. As industry professionals, we are people investing in pioneering ways to make change count for industry, audiences, consumers, brands and the bottom line.
Additional cities slated for Media140 events include London, Bangalore, Dubai, Rome and New York which is part of the around the world in 140 days project
You can also find out more about Media140 through our blog at http://www.media140.org
Media140 Groups