events

Join the industry's leading and most inspirational designers for some class A inspiration and practical advice. Putting the 'design' back into web design, FOWD brings you a packed day of sessions on the entire design process - from inspiration to build, project management and evolution. We also have a live Photoshop tennis session, where top designers create from scratch on the stage. Our prestigious speaker list includes - Patrick McNeil (DesignMeltdown.com) - Andy Clarke (stuffandnonsense.co.uk) - Steve Pearce (Poke) - Andy Budd (ClearLeft) - Larissa Meek (AgencyNet) - Jon Hicks (hicksdesign.com - Jina Bolton (jinabolton.com) - Paul Farnell (Litmus) - Daniel Burka (Pownce.com) - Hannah Donovan (Last.fm)

Social Media and Social Networks - Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Wikipedia - social networking sites and the surrounding buzz words are the talk of the industry right now, but how can companies actually leverage these sites for business ends?

OutsourceWorld returns to London in April 2008 with even more for visitors and exhibitors alike. The largest event in the sourcing field - now in its seventh year! - Outsource World is designed to deliver actionable intelligence to senior business executives responsible for sourcing strategy and execution.

  Newly rescheduled and at a more central location! A social gathering for wikipedia enthusiasts. Where we... * Drink beer and eat Sunday lunch * Chat about Wikipedia and any other topics we fancy.

Exploring the ideas and technologies that are set to fundamentally alter the way people live, work and play...  

What constitutes success in social media? Traffic? Return on investment? Accumulating social capital..? Discuss the issues at the next Chinwag Live session...

Does the future fill you with excitement or gloom? As 2007 draws to a close, Chinwag assembles some leading figures from digital marketing and advertising to gaze into their crystal balls and predict where we'll be in 5 years time.