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Social Media Week London
Social Media Week returns to London 23-27 September 2013, joining a host of other cities across the world in a hectic week of panel discussions, presentations, meetups and loads more.
Event submissions are now open, get involved as a speaker, smw
chinwag [dot] com (volunteer) or find out about smwchinwag [dot] com (sponsorshop opportunities).
Check out last September's full schedule. Keep up-to-date with Social Media Week London on Twitter & Facebook and of course the blog.
Want to take your business global? Find out how how to use social media, online communities and collaborative tools can help build your company’s international business. Hear from international experts, case studies & quiz UKTI, Nokia, Hailo, the FT and more. Plus a free networking lunch and time for one-to-one Q&A.
Join us for the SMWLDN Global Keynote, a fireside chat with Alex Balfour, the at the centre of the digital delivery of the massively successful London Olympics and Paralympics Games. Opening this Sep’s Social Media Week and hear about the trials, tribulations and successes behind the digital success of the games.
McKinsey Global Institute principal Michael Chui discusses the potential value in using social tools to enhance communications, knowledge sharing, and collaboration within and across enterprises. He'll be joined by an expert panel who'll reflect and discuss the dramatic changes 'social' is making inside the enterprise.
Mon, 24 Sep
The rise of social media and social technology has demonstrated its power to revolutionise industries. In a very literal sense, the power to connect and collaborate is quite literally changing the world. Mobile technology and social networks enable groups to self-organise campaigns to gain worldwide momentum.
Tue, 25 Sep
Join us for a very exclusive breakfast and brunch to discuss the latest experiments and techniques from the masters of behavrioural economics – and how as digital natives, we can leverage these to take over the world.
The explosion of social has been tremendous, as Facebook closes in on one billion consumers and Twitter approaches 200 million, not to mention emerging platforms like Google+, Instagram and Pinterest. Join experts from Oracle, Maersk, MediaCom, We Are Social, Starcom, IPC and Luxury Hotels of the World and find out more...
#SMWLDN Families in the UK spend around £187B a year yet not much is known about the complicated decision making dynamic that goes into how that money is spent. This session will look at who in the family makes what decisions, how the members of the family influence each other and what role social media plays in inter-family communications.
Facebook approaches its 1 Billionth user while under the spotlight as never before. A few years ago Facebook was one of many social networks. Now it’s the world’s most important social media platform. On Tuesday at 9am in Unruly, our panel will discuss Facebook’s future.
Tue, 25 Sep
The food business is in a constant state of flux whether it’s the rush for Michelin stars or shiny food trucks or the latest pop up restaurant. Its marketing is no exception...
Did you know that on average you need to connect with prospective customers seven times before they actually buy from you? That’s an expensive way for you to grow your business. What if we told you that there was another way?
Did you know that on average you need to connect with prospective customers 7 times before they actually buy? That’s an expensive way to grow business. What if we told you that there was another way? Sound interesting? Then join us and we’ll take you through how to create your own Engagement Marketing plan and turn your customers into your fans.
The Oracle one-to-one Social Surgery sessions will run from 12pm-1pm. They will give organisations the opportunity for one-to-one social media health checks with leading Oracle's team of social strategy experts.
Wed, 26 Sep
After selling-out tickets for this event on Tuesday, we're happy to announce that we will hold it again at Facebook Headquarters on Wednesday 26th September. However, this time, we have some new speakers to give additional insights and strategies for proving the success of social marketing within your organisation.
#SMWLDN Kids are inherently social and are very active on many social media platforms; therefore they are a hugely important part of the social media landscape. This discussion will focus on what kids are doing on networking sites, how and why they are so engaged with each other and the platforms, and look at the psychology behind these behaviours.
Digital media has gone through more revolutions in the last decade than other forms of media have experienced across their lifetimes. From web 2.0 to commoditisation of display advertising to sweeping changes of social media. How do the world's leading digital strategists handle the brand challenges? Join our expert panel for this discussion.
How has social media changed the way brands approach CSR and sustainability initiatives and what will the future hold? What challenges and opportunities to brands face as they use new methods? Our panel will include brand marketers and experts who have seen the potential, join the discussion...
If you’re a writer, editor, blogger, videographer, designer, producer or otherwise involved in the creation of cool stuff online then you need to come along to Content Creation Collective: Secrets behind social content on 26th September aboard the HMS President (1918), in association with Social Media Week.
When Facebook unveiled Open Graph and made it possible for apps to automatically share what you’re listening to, watching or reading, it divided opinion. “Frictionless sharing” is a great way to discover new stuff from friends but some think it’s Too Much Information. Come along and join the debate...
Are you unsure which combination of Pins, Tweets and Likes will give your small business a bang for its buck? It’s a conundrum that’s facing many owners as they fight to juggle the time spent between marketing their business and actually running it.
Are you unsure which combination of Pins, Tweets and Likes will give your small business a bang for its buck? Register today, come along and don’t forget to come along with your questions, thoughts and challenges. Our panel is waiting to help you navigate the right mix of social ingredients.
Hundreds of graduates, jobs seekers and experienced workers looking for that next challenge will be flocking to the Careers Day to meet the likes of Nokia, Financial Times, Imagination, Tempero, News International and more, so don't miss out. REGISTER NOW - it's free!
The folks at Crowdcentric who dreamed up the idea of a global Social Media Week asked us (Chinwag) a few questions about why we got involved with the London event.
Pondering the 35 events of last year’s week, the excitement of getting involved certainly comes flooding back, here’s the interview:
Please tell us a bit about your company.
Chinwag is a slighty tricky beast to describe. Founded 15 years ago, we’re a community of digital media and marketing professionals primarily based in the UK. We try to act as a focal point for developments within the industry through our forums and events. We publish Chinwag Jobs, one of the leading jobs boards for the digital sector, Viralmonitor a service to announce viral campaigns.
We also work with firms looking to develop their business overseas through the Digital Mission events and our consultancy services. I’m writing this from the Digital Mission to New York (hi, from the Big Apple) with 19 UK digital firms who are out here for a week’s series of events and ad:tech NYC.
What are the three most exciting things happening in social and mobile media in your industry?
Just three? Seriously?! OK, I’ll try: Location is the belle of the ball right now, but it’s such early days, we’ve only just scratched the surface. Content and the impact of adding social components will have a huge impact particularly where video meets social, and of course games and the introduction of gaming mechanics into, well, virtually everything. Lastly, and with my spreadsheet-geekery hat on: Data. Standardisation of interfaces, beautiful visualisations and sheer volume is providing insight to non-stats-geniuses.
Who will be collaborating with you to help make Social Media Week happen in your city?
I’m humbled by the list of people who want to get involed. We’ll be announcing our advisory board in the next few hours. It includes some of the best minds in the space from national publishers through to household brands, social networking giants, technology players and some some of the UK’s leading agencies. Honestly, when we put together the wish-list of people we wanted to get involved, we had no idea it’d come true!
What were your reasons for wanting to bring Social Media Week to your city?
When we were asked to get involved last year, it was right before Christmas and the idea of coordinating a week’s worth of events in 6 weeks’ time with Christmas in the way, seemed like lunacy. Chinwag’s tagline is ‘connecting digital people’ and the ‘social’ in social media is core to this, so despite the daft lead times, we jumped at the chance to be involved. We had no idea this’d lead to 35 events taking place with 3,000 attendees.
The support from our community and the wider digital industry was fantastic, and many connections were made during the week. There was lots of learning, new friends made and business connections made. The mind boggles at what we can achieve collectively with (slightly) more time this year.
I’m really looking forward to bringing together some of the big brains out there and exploring how social media is affecting all walks of our lives and bringing together disciplines that haven’t connected yet, for example what happens if we put the data-heads together with creatives to visualise the avalanche of data that the social web generates?
What three things are you hoping to gain from hosting Social Media Week?
Put simply, the ‘social’ in social media. Whether it’s networking at events, or learning collectively, it’s bringing together people in different environments, working, learning and playing collectively.
And most importantly we want to work with the widest group of people possible, from organisations through to individuals. Find out how to get involved »
Following last week’s announcement of the Social Media Week dates for 2011 (7-11th Feb, 2011 – pop it in your diaries now), the planning has begun.
What makes Social Media Week different is its structure. It’s not your common-or-garden conference, the aim is to bring together all sorts of events from formal conferences, panel sessions, networking events, unconferences and gatherings of all types.
And of course, the more brains, the better. The Social Media Week London advisory board will be announced in the next couple of days, and we’re delighted and humbled by the response so far.
There’s lots of opportunity to get involved, whether you want to organise an event, have a great idea, have a suggestion for a speaker or you want to support the events with venues or sponsorship. The advisory board’s role will be to help support, curate and connect the
We’re open to all suggestions, even the kernel of an idea. Why not get involved?
