May 2010

CMS Expo

May 3–5 | Evanston, Ill. | Website
At CMS Expo, you’ll get 3 full days of CMS skills train­ing for Joomla, Dru­pal and Word­Press, plus a CMS Foun­da­tions Track and CMS Pow­er­Track, built to help you power up your CMS to its max­i­mum efficiency.

Social Media & Com­mu­nity 2.0 Strategies

May 3–5 | Boston | Website
Tar­geted advice for busi­ness man­agers seek­ing real-life sto­ries of how to lever­age social media for real results. Not just buzz but real-world exam­ples of dri­ving rev­enue, cut­ting costs and ener­giz­ing con­ver­sa­tions around your brand.

FutureNet

May 10 | Boston | Website
Future-Net is conference addressing the future of the Internet and underlying fixed and wireless communication technologies and services from service provider, vendor and enterprise perspectives.

Stream­ing Media East

May 11–12 | New York City | Website
Con­tent own­ers, viral video cre­ators, online mar­keters, enter­prise cor­po­ra­tions, broad­cast pro­fes­sion­als, ad agen­cies, edu­ca­tors and oth­ers gather to hear the lat­est on online video tech­nol­ogy. Stream­ing Media West will take place Nov. 2–3 in Los Angeles.

Mak­ing Your Media Matter

May 12 | Wash­ing­ton, D.C. | Website
Mak­ing Your Media Mat­ter is a con­fer­ence for estab­lished and aspir­ing film­mak­ers, non­profit com­mu­ni­ca­tions lead­ers, fun­ders and stu­dents look­ing to learn and share cutting-edge prac­tices for mak­ing their media matter.

Win­ning Media Strategies

May 20–22 | Wash­ing­ton, D.C. | Website
BIA/Kelsey’s annual con­fer­ence focused on the lat­est devel­op­ments and trends for enhanc­ing the tra­di­tional media busi­ness and cre­at­ing the pro­gres­sive change tele­vi­sion, radio, cable and news­pa­per com­pa­nies must make to ensure long-term success.

Search Exchange Inter­net Mar­ket­ing Conference

May 17–19 | Char­lotte, NC | Website
Join hun­dreds of busi­ness pro­fes­sion­als and entre­pre­neurs, hear keynotes and panel dis­cus­sions on search engine opti­miza­tion, social media mar­ket­ing, pay per click adver­tis­ing and web analytics.

Gilbane Con­fer­ence

May 18–20 | San Fran­cisco | Website
Intranets, blogs, wikis, por­tals and social soft­ware tools pro­vide knowl­edge work­ers increas­ingly effi­cient ways to col­lab­o­rate and share knowl­edge. This con­fer­ence is orga­nized into four tracks so whether you are in mar­ket­ing, IT, a busi­ness unit or an inter­nal func­tion, you will be able to plan a cus­tomized agenda to get the infor­ma­tion you need for suc­cess. A cor­re­spond­ing Gilbrane Boston con­fer­ence will likely be held in the fall.

Unified Communication

May 20 | London, UK | Website
Unified Communications 2010 explores the integration of real-time communication services such as IP telephony, video conferencing, call control, speech recognition with non real-time communication services and mobile technology.

Con­fer­ence on Weblogs and Social Media

May 23–26 | Wash­ing­ton, D.C. | Website
The 4th Inter­na­tional Con­fer­ence on Weblogs and Social Media brings together researchers from dis­parate dis­ci­plines to increase our under­stand­ing of social media in all its incar­na­tions. This event will be held in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., where gov­ern­ment inno­va­tors are exper­i­ment­ing with the use of social media to increase trans­parency and bet­ter engage with the citizenry.

Social­Me­di­aPlus

May 25 | Philadel­phia | Website
Social­Me­di­aPlus is a one-day social media and Web 2.0 con­fer­ence for busi­ness lead­ers in the mid-Atlantic area. Its four tracks are for exec­u­tives, mar­ket­ing and sales, IT and human resources.

Media Law

May 28 | London, UK | Website
Attend this CPD accredited seminar to: Hear from leading practitioners and experts on future developments in Media Law Discuss recent case developments in privacy and defamation Learn more about the legal issues surrounding news