isummit 08

It's amazing how out of touch I sometimes feel now that I'm not working in New Media any more. Being a student means I have to find out what's happening out of my own initiative and I dont always have time to be on the lookout for new and exciting events, technologies or trends.

Today I came across news about the iSummit 08 happening from the 29th July - 1st August in Sapporo, Japan.



To quote their website: "Advancements in information and communication technology have, for the first time in human history, enabled a host of opportunities that have seen societies leapfrogging out of underdevelopment, artists and creators regaining control over their expressions and people around the world working on distributed projects that benefit all humankind.
The iSummit offers a picture of that promise - bringing together activists, change agents and new world social entrepreneurs to chart and reflect on a positive path for a more fair, more just, more creative world in the Information Age."

Sounds like its going to be a great meeting place of creative and technical minds who'll be thinking, debating and working towards an exciting vision of what ICTs can do and bring us.