Announcing! Event Part 1: Conversation Café (16-19)
Today, all speakers were (re)confirmed, and we also managed to converse what everyone would contribute to a conversation with some convergence and also a bit of divergence in the topics. Looking upon all the topics that were introduced separately, in real time (well almost, some 15 minutes delay to the max ;), tweet by tweet today, and with that also the shortest intro of a speaker possible - a Twitter handle - they seem to be complimentary and hold a promise of a very interesting exchange!
I present it here in an overview of the first part of the Twestival program, the Conversation Café, where I will blog each topic / speaker separately and in more detail over the coming days in the countdown towards Sunday! Tonight the Event Avatar was also finished, that also will get some Real Life treatment in the postering main street - “Västgötabacken” - with all the public event billboards number one. Expect some picshare when up, as well!
We begin the program with a presentation of the charity in focus; the co-founder of Akvo.org - Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson (@bjelekman), with one bias in sustainability, and one other in ICT and social media - and now unifies these strands of action into one through the water and sanitation innovation and project platform Akvo, with 101 (now, with us, 102!) partners making all the talk on the “global water issue” into walk. Akvo makes it easier to match-make field partners and funding sources, and supportive forces.
He brings this into his luggage, and asks us:
‘What is Akvo.org? + How do we make Akvo easier to dive in to?’
The second speaker - or rather conversation starter - for the day is Anna Lindberg, a very proactive journalist-walking-strongly-in-social-media-land (@annalindberg), formerly a TV host for regional talk-show Eftersnack and now a paper journalist (entertainment/culture) on “Corren”, the local newspaper in Linköping, Östgöta Correspondenten.
She asks us, on behalf of her employer:
‘On our way towards dialogue-oriented journalism: What can Corren.se do for you?’
Thomas Selig, the third speaker, is a strong social media Persona (@selig), who holds a one-liner, in his own mind dearly and proudly, attributed to him as something standing out in his “CV” - “one of the most hated bloggers in Sweden” (by TV4), due to his crusades towards the new-populist right and growing tendencies of racism in Sweden. He dedicates his professional routes to help not-for-profits and charities and other world improvement organizations with ICT (read: websites and blogs with a strong social media connection) and some legal assistance through the company Penseo, with a heart firmly set in Open Source and now also Social Media proficiency.
He brings us a wrapping up note collection on the power coming with the outreach and world change possibilities of the Social Web carried by the Internet, where the final conversation beyond this kicks off with his speak:
“Remote Groundswell: Think Global, Talk Global”
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With that, we end the presentation of the “Conversation Café” part of our Twestival. In next blog posts to come, the “cultural” part of the event will be blogged: the DJ Café starting at 19.00, with our Guest DJs …T. B. A. - Tuesday! We will also feature the specific Akvo project we have chosen to support with our fund-raising - and why. Beyond that, a closer look at our speakers separately, before the week is over, and we all meet up on Sunday!
Donor’s Tickets are released Tuesday afternoon Wednesday - September 9, 9.09 (yes, 09.09.09 at 09.09) - the time is has been Tweeted!
Be sure to follow the blog evolvement the coming days, and see you on Sunday, 16.00, on Trädgårdsgatan 37 and Kulturhuset!
/Anders Abrahamsson, @sliceonline, moderator and Twestival Host
