Kim Smith
creator of blissful buzz; serial entrepreneur

Interactive Festival will feature five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders, the unparalleled SXSW Trade Show and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new digital works, video games and innovative ideas the...

If greater than 45 startup flavored people come, I am giving away a flight to SXSW . If greater than 50 people come, I am ALSO giving away a flight to SF for Unofficial Stanford entrepreneur week and tix to the Feb 22 ReverseVC panel:
This is costing me $$$ out of pocket so be nice to me and to each other. PS If Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun...

Dear attendees (and everyone else),

On november 11, 2011 at 11:11 the date will be 11/11/11 11:11. Since 11:11 is the best time for wishing, this day will be pretty epic.

yes we know, it is not for a while, but we're excited so we made this early.

also, this is just an event fan page, not a party, a gathering, a convention, or anything...

Are you achieving maximum value out of salesforce.com? The Cloud has not only changed the business model and implementation cycle for projects, it has changed the approach companies need to manage these applications post go-live. Yet 80% of customers do not have an effective strategy to manage change and innovate ongoing. See how leading companies...

GROW2011 is a unique 3-day conference that brings together 500 leading founders, influencers, decision-makers and investors from the Canadian business and technology community and Silicon Valley. More than ever before, companies must learn fast and stay relevant. We live in a world where a new competitor can leap-frog market leaders in a single...

The International Startup Festival is a two-day conference on the business of startups. It brings together industry veterans and fresh faces, thought leaders and technology giants from around the world, for a series of lean, fast-paced events. It includes startup launches, inspiring keynotes, and deep-dives into mobility, gaming, and web...

Whistler celebrates Canada’s 144th birthday from Friday, July 1 to Monday, July 4 with the community’s Canada Day Parade, all day street entertainment, fireworks, crafts and outdoor concerts with Canada’s favourite artists in Whistler Olympic Plaza. Much of the entertainment will take place at Whistler Olympic Plaza – a 2010 Winter Games...

Building on the success of the SOLD OUT national tour in 2010, this one day conference features five internationally renowned bestselling authors and leaders, who will share an exciting blend of cutting edge thinking and real world experience on today’s most critical marketing issues, including...

• Gary Vaynerchuk – Branding & Word of...

TEDxSF seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

WebVisions is a nationally recognized conference that explores the future of Web design, technology, user experience and business strategy from May 25 - 27, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center.

Attend workshops with the experts, chill out in the WebVisions lounge, and network, share ideas and be inspired by an all-star lineup of speakers.

TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day, single-track conference and startup competition to immerse you in the debate about what's changing in technology right now, what's causing it and what we need to do about it to survive and thrive in real time.

TechCrunch Disrupt gathers the leaders and innovators of the technology and media industries...

iWant – Women In Mobile 2011

Asian Professional Women in Technology (APWT) is proud to present its first iWant series (Intelligent Women Are the New Titans) with a focus on Women In Mobile.

Join us for an evening of conversation with some of Silicon Valley's most experienced women mobile executives and entrepreneurs. Learn about exciting...

Mashable Connect 2011 is an intimate conference experience that will bring together leaders from the digital world for three days away to share and connect offline in a unique setting. Mashable will be bringing social and content from the online to the offline.

Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more.

Join 600 entrepreneurs for a full day conference that covers: finding co-founders, how to launch and get press and traction, how to improve your pitch to investors and more.

Speakers include Guy Kawasaki, Naval Ravikant, Loic Le Leur, Robert Scoble, Adeo Ressi, Tim Young, Jeff Clavier, George Zachary, Rebecca Lynn.

25 cloud startups. 350 cloud buyers.

Under the Radar is Silicon Valley's most effective innovation showcase and business development conference. Technology buyers from MTV, Virgin, Microsoft, Google, ING, Zynga, Salesforce.com and more attend to meet with startups we chose to present.

We select a handful of the industry's most...

Calling all Developers and Entrepreneurs!

APPNATION is all about helping you grow.

Its expert workshops distribution, discover-ability, monetization, meeting new partners, wooing investors, and developing clients.

We created this show to help you build a great business in this exciting new marketplace. And we have a range of affordable demo...

The O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference continues to explore what's at stake at the intersection of location, mobile, and social. The premier conference for all things location-aware, Where 2.0 brings together CTOs, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, business developers, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders to shed light on...

Join AdRoll and Girls in Tech at John Colins for our 2nd Annual AdTech Happy Hour. Extended happy hour through 8:30, catering services provided by Wise Sons Deli.
We'll see you there!

As THE event for digital marketers, ad:tech features the industry's most entrepreneurial and innovative marketers. By attending, you'll have the opportunity to network and learn from experts on what's hot in social media, mobile, viral, cross-channel, application-based and geo-location marketing. You can also walk the ad:tech Expo...

Free and open to the public!

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Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.