If you wonder what Microsoft is doing in terms of new user experience and web technologies, you should certainly add ReMix09 to your calendar.
During this free one-day event, international speakers will present sessions on SketchFlow, Expression Blend, Surface, User Experience and Natural User Interface. For developers, there will be technical sessions on Silverlight 3, building RIAs and ASP.NET.
ReMix09 should be interesting for web developers, information architects, designers, UX professionals, and digital marketers who shares an interest on what is coming next on the web.
As Microsoft’s Gold Partner, Emakina Group will be part of this event with a preview of The Reference’s innovating project ‘the Message Center’ for Synergics, and a video introduction by Brice Le Blevennec during the opening keynote.
ReMix09 will take place on September 29th (from 9:00 to 16:30) at Kinepolis Brussels and you can register here.
Last week at the Convergence Web conference, the AWT asked us to present our vision of the Internet for the next ten years. Very ambitious proposal but the problem is we have no crystal ball and, like a wise man once said: always avoid to make predictions, especially about the future. Anyway, we tried to detect and explain ten major trends that are probably shaping the future of the new media scene. Just tell us in the comments what you think of our analysis.
Our partner Siruna is part of the programme at the 5th M-Forum organised by the AWT (Agence Wallonne des Telecoms) on 17th December. This presentation will be followed by a case study on how Siruna and Emakina/Mobile developed together a cross-platforms mobile search engine for Truvo. Info and registration on AWT website.
Remember our “members get members” action for Keytrade Bank? Thibault de Barsy, Sales & Marketing Director at Keytrade Bank, will present this very successful campaign as part of the the next IAB Net Café that will talk about “online for a small budget” this thursday. Info and registration here.
Mobile Internet is now a reality. With the rise of 3G networks and new multimedia devices like the iPhone, web is invading your cell phone and offers an unlimited range of opportunities to interact with your customers anywhere, anytime. But what are the concrete possibilities brought by mobile to promote your brand, your products or your services? How can you integrate a mobile channel into your media strategy efficiently? Just attend this event on 28th November and discover why mobile is next big thing in interactive marketing.
During this 12th Emakina Academy, you will learn:
- How cell phones are turning into always-on social networks
- How Telenet and VRT successfully deployed their services on mobile
- How Truvo turned its famous directories into mobile search engines
- How French newspaper Libération reaches a new audience thanks to mobile
- How to convert your website into a mobile platform compatible with any handheld device
Want to attend this event? Two sessions, two dates:
- 28/11 in Brussels from 9.30 to 14.00
- 11/12 in Ghent from from 14.00 to 16.40
Full agenda and registration in the Event section of our website.
As a publicly traded company, we participate this year to the “Finance Avenue” event that is set this 25th October in Brussels (Tour et Taxi). If you plan to visit this fair, don’t miss our corporate presentation in the special track on Alternext and Marché Libre companies. Info and registration here.
As the “Revue du Droit des Technologies de l’Information” celebrates its 10th birthday this year, the FUNDP organize this Friday a colloqium on the new legal issues brought by the Web 2.0 applications and services. Brice Le Blévennec, President of Emakina, will open the programme with a presentation on the Web 2.0 phenomenon. Info and registration here.
Technofutur TIC organizes the third edition of its “Forum e-Tourisme” on 7th October next week. We’ll be there to present the new version of the Thomas Cook website, developed by our colleagues of The Reference.
The 4th IAB Congress is set on 7th October at Kinepolis Brussels. This year, the selected theme is “toys or tools”: in ten years, online has shifted from the “toy for boy” to the “tool for marketeer” status. But what are today’s interactive “toys” that we will use as “tools” in the future? Brice Le Blévennec (Emakina) and Jo Caudron (One Agency), aka the Statler and Waldorf of the Belgian Internet scene, will try to answer this question in a joint keynote that will explore ten years of toys and tools on the Internet. Info and registration on www.roulartaseminars.be.
If you live in Belgium you definitely should attend this Brussels’ chapter fifth edition of Yulbiz, an occasional gathering for professional bloggers, this saturday september 20th from 4PM to 8PM at this new trendy place for digital art, iMal, located 30 Quai des Charbonnages, 1080 Brussels. It is organised by Vinch, one of Belgium’ most famous blogger and Emakina fellow.
Emakina and The Reference are very keen on participating to the relaunch of Mobile Monday in Belgium. Mobile Monday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals active in over 60 cities globally. Mobile Monday plays as a catalyst for mobile innovation with “grassroots” as main keyword.
This first edition of Mobile Monday “2.0″ is set on 22nd September from 18.30 onwards. If you’re interested in mobile technologies, we’d be happy to meet you around a glass in the trendy bar of the BeManos design hotel (in case of good weather, the gathering will move to the terraces on the 3rd floor). No corporate presentation, no suit, no tie. Only networking on a very informal basis.
The exciting feeling of power that a new digital tool or software has given us is often the reason why our Studio creatives have chosen their field of activity. We wanted to please them with a little recreation during summer, reward them for their continuous efforts in delivering state of the art websites and campaigns, … so we locked them a friday afternoon in a loft at IMAL, the center for digital cultures and technology to meet digital creatives, play with new digital devices, learn about news softwares and techniques, and share some junk food. Here are some blurry pictures.
I take this opportunity to remind all our readers that Emakina is actively recruiting. Have a look at our jobs opportunities.
Blogs, wikis, social networks, social shopping… Today’s consumers have power than ever to access information, produce content and express their views on absolutely everything… including your own products and services.
During the Emerce eDay on 18th September, David Rademaker, Senior Strategy Consultant at Emakina, and Semih Turan, Creative Director at SunTzu, will explore how this new galaxy called “social media” is reshaping the old brand-consumer relation at light speed. This joint workshop is scheduled between 15.30h and 16.15h (more info at www.emerceeday.nl).
Brice Le Blévennec, President of Emakina Group, will showcase our work on Join2Grow, the first social network for European entrepreneurs, at the next IAB Net Café on social media. Info and registration on IAB Belgium website
If you participate to the BVIC / ABCI (Belgian Association of Internal Communication Managers) Congress this Tuesday, don’t miss our two afternoon’s workshops about how Web 2.0 technologies “behind the firewall” are presently reshaping and improving knowledge sharing and internal communication practices inside large corporations. Practical info on BVIC / ABCI website.
We will participate next month to a discussion panel during “Le Mobile 2.0″, a French conference about the latest trends and innovations in the mobile world. If you’re in the Paris area, don’t hesitate to register to this event: the programme and speakers list look really interesting. More info on the official website.
Blogs, Wikis, Social Networks, Social Shopping platforms… With the rise of the Web 2.0 galaxy, consumers have more power than ever to access information and share their opinion on absolutely everything… including your own products and services. In partnership with Attentio, Emakina and The Reference invite you to join this global conversation that is totally reshaping the brand-customer relationship. You will learn more about Customer Intelligence 2.0, Social Influencer Marketing, PR 2.0 and Social Media Optimization techniques.
Want to attend this Academy? Join us on 21st March (Brussels) or on 17th April (Ghent).
Agenda and free registration on the Events page of our website.
This Friday 7th March as of 13.00, I’ll be the moderator of a public debate held at the “Foire du Livre de Bruxelles” (Brussels Book Fair) about the mass digitalization of Belgian libraries. The panelists will include representatives from the academic world as well as Philippe Colombet who is responsible for the Google Book Search projet on the French market. More info on www.foiredulivre.be.
This year, we’ve the pleasure of supporting the eighth edition of FOSDEM, an annual event organised by and for the Open Source community on the campus of the Free University of Brussels. If you’re interested in the world of Open Source development, it’s definitely the place to be this 23rd and 24th February. Planning to join the party? Don’t forget to look out for our gorgeous hostess Carole: she will be distributing an amazing poster (check out the preview on my Flickr account) drawn by our creative studio and that is already a collector for every geek on earth.
