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To kick start Social Media Week London September 2012 in the most inclusive, collaborative and 'social' way possible, we're sending out an open invite to join us for a Brainstorming Session on Thursday 26th July 2012.

SMWLDN Sept 2012 Brainstorm Session

The aim of the evening is to generate ideas and hopefully help create some inspiration for your SMW involvement. We'll be discussing themes, hubs, topics and events - so get your thinking caps on and come and join in the madness! Make sure you RSVP so we can ensure there are enough chairs for bums & nibblies.

We have a VERY exciting announcement regarding the future of Social Media Week London, and we wanted you to be the first to know!

You may have already seen, the first few cities returning for September's Social Media Week lineup have been released. This September, London, Social Media Week's second largest city, will also be joining this initial lineup!

For three consecutive years, Chinwag has hosted SMW London which will be moving from February to it's new September home as of 2012 onwards.

Our pals at BBC hosted their very own Social Media Week event in London this year. Did you catch it? 'Social Media, The Olympics and BBC - Preparing for London 2012' is now available on video, right here! 

The session boasted a very athletic panel, including Olympians Gail Emms, Zac Purchase MBE and Mark Hunter MBE. Also joining them was Roger Mosey, BBC Director for London 2012 and Lewis Wiltshire, BBC's Digital Olympics Editor & Social Media Editor, BBC Sport.

Did you happen to catch the Social Media Week London 2012 Global Keynote event? You can now watch it here!

'Freedom of Tweet: Censorship, Governments, Marketers and The Law' features Kathryn Corrick conducting a live interview, discussion and Q&A session with Mark Stephens CBE, one of the UK's leading legal minds, a veteran of Wikileaks & Hackgate, reknowned for his take on global freedom of speech and censorship.

Your votes are in, London!

After a mammoth Social Media Week for 2012, it's time to reveal who you dubbed as this years best SMW Event and Speaker in London, as well as Social Media Personality and Campaign of the year!

Thankyou to all who participated in voting, Chinwag is delighted to announce our catergory winners for the SMW Awards 2012, sponsored by 3 Monkeys.

Google hosted their sellout Google@SocialMediaWeek event in London on Thursday 16th February 2012 at the SMWLDN 2012 Hub, sponsored by Google! (What a mouthful!)

If you weren't one of the lucky one's who managed to snap up a ticket, you can now watch the event online, right here!

Hear the latest thinking on social media and our wider social worlds from Google experts, academics and advertisers.

Social Media Week London is officially done and dusted for 2012 - wow, what a week! 

Over 180 events took place in celebration of social media and over 15 000 digital lovers flocked to sessions all over Central London. 

Now, we realise that alot of amazing sessions clashed throughout SMWLDN and appreciate that one can't be in 5 places at once! Thankfully, we had Kinura on board as the official SMWLDN Filming Partner to stream online several of the events that took place at the SMWLDN 2012 Hub. So, head to Livestream and catch up on some of those fabulous events you may have missed.

Here's a hot list for you to muse over: