I received an invitation today to the Chicago New Media Summit…
I am extending you a personal invitation to be a participant for the Chicago New Media Summit 2008.
We are asking you to represent your industry and participate as one of 300 modern media pioneers.
September 15th-16th, you and 299 others, will gather at The Museum of Contemporary Art to create new allies, exchange vital resources and invent new business. This history-making event will include talks and performances by 43 of Chicago’s breakthrough pioneers across diverse industries, it will galvanize the city’s talent and money around a shared passion for the interactive future, host a start-up marketplace and promote Chicago as “The New Media Capital of the World”.
Each talk will be filmed and streamed via the Internet.
The link below will take you to the new CNMS08 site where you can see the Schedule, Register and Sponsor links.
This invitation expires on Friday August 29th.Be part of history,
John Patterson
Founder & President
Chicago New Media Summit
Its online community describes the event as one that will “unite Chicago’s most innovative and influential individuals with two days of talks, presentations and performances about the mergers of technology, entertainment, advertising, activism, and more … It will give its members access to participate in new ideas and new ventures. The long-term vision of the summit includes an idea awarding crowd-sourced new ventures with the capital to begin a business born during the event. The site is birthing new ventures, relationships, commerce and networks of new communication and collaboration.”
Sounds amazing. And I’d be thrilled to attend. Unfortunately tickets are $425 — which is fairy reasonable considering the schedule/lineup/opportunities — but this is well-beyond my monthly discretionary income. Fortunately, tickets for the Monday night Social Gala go for $75 and include performances, presentations and a networking event. This sounds much more feasible… I’ll keep you posted.
- A.Rae
4 responses so far ↓
Tim Ramsey // August 13, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog.
Tim Ramsey
Amber Rae Lambke // August 15, 2008 at 9:19 am
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoy
Andy Drish // August 18, 2008 at 8:55 am
Amber – There was no way I could afford the event either… so I’m volunteering instead.
Volunteers get to watch each speaker and be part of the social event.
I’m also going to try and meet up with a few fellow Brazen Careerist bloggers (www.brazencareerist.com) a night or two before the event for drinks.
If you’re interested in either volunteering or getting together with some other geeks that like social media, shoot me an email and I’ll give you details on both.
Happy Monday!
Amber Rae Lambke // August 23, 2008 at 10:15 am
Thanks for the tip, Andy! I’ll definitely be in touch soon.