David Rowan, wired chief editor and SIME speaker writes about his SIME experience from Vienna

David Rowan, chief editor of Wired was one of the speakers at the recently concluded SIME Vienna event. David writes about his talk which was called “Fail Fast” urging European entrepreneurs to not be afraid to ship products into the market, fail and learn faster than before (we had a similar talk with then SUN Microsystems head Stephen Parish)

Below is the link to the article and the videos from his talk

Article here

Videos below:

SIME Amsterdam – 2 days to go!

With just 2 days to go for SIME Amsterdam at Beurs van Berlage, we are very excited to announce 4 master classes / workshops for you to choose from during the day. Apart from the main stage program which is a combination of panels, keynotes, fireside chats and interviews / Q&A with the audience, we also have 4 separate workshop tracks for you to get a deeper understanding of the topics of your choice. These 4 workshops will be held from 1300-1350 and from 1700 – 1750 at the main stage and choir each. The tracks are:

At 1300:

a) MASTER CLASS 1 @MAIN STAGE: MOBILE SELLS OR DOES IT?

b) MASTER CLASS 2 @CHOIR ROOM: IS ONLINE BOOKING TURNING THE WEB INTO AN EBAY OF PEOPLE?

At 1700:

a) MASTER CLASS 3 @MAIN STAGE: THE FUTURE OF PERFORMANCE MARKETING

b) MASTER CLASS 4 @CHOIR ROOM: HOW TO WIN IN “INNOVATION AWARDS 2012

You can read the detailed agenda and speakers per session

Apart from the workshops, we also have shuffled around the timing a little bit to make sure we get sufficient coffee, food inbetween and have an opportunity to enjoy the sun. We have added some more speakers to the roster. Overall we believe its going to be a great day of inspiration, knowledge and lot of business opportunities. And just as a caveat, we take having fun seriously too!

See you on May 25th.

SIME Amsterdam – Great people, BIG conference

The first edition of SIME Amsterdam now is less than one week away. The event is sold out, and our delegates will swarm the premises of the Beurs van Berlage to its full capacity.

Since we still have many people knocking at our doors to get access to the event, we are currently referring them to a waiting list.

If you are a registered delegate but if you, for any reason, are NOT able to make use of your ticket, please inform us a.s.a.p. that you have to give up your seat, so that we can help other people to get access.

To connect to the SIME Amsterdam community or to get the latest news, please go to:

• SIME Amsterdam website – Always the latest information on all things concerning the event.

• Twitter – Ideas, comments, questions? Add them to the #sime11 stream on Twitter.

• Facebook – Participate in our SIME group.

SIME 2011 – Start of a new web journey

Friends, as you might have noticed we just launched a newly designed web. And its a start of a new web journey as we try to add a lot more interesting ways for you to interact, suggest speakers, be up to date with the news and information from the SIME stable. SIME this year goes to more cities with Vienna already held on April 28th, Amsterdam coming up on May 25th, Barcelona on June 16th and Stockholm on November 15-16th.

So take the site for a spin and let us know your comments.

SIME Amsterdam – Speaker, Agenda Updates

SIME Amsterdam is on May 25th and we are very excited to bring together international thought leaders, local leaders and stars in the digital arena for a day of insights, knowledge and inspiration.

More info at http://sime.nu/11/amsterdam

In a 0900 – 1500 action packed day, we touch upon different facets of digital. Beginning with a journey on digital opportunities, the big forces in motion, to the change in the marketing dollars from display to interaction with Erinn Marzo, the Director Brand Partnerships of BuddyMedia to a sneak peak into the world of Amazon with Dr. Werner Vogels CTO of Amazon. The afternoon session highlights include quick pitches from some of the coolest companies in the digital space to watch out for, the change in the media landscape, and a fireside chat with Puck, the 11 year old whiz kid behind a bunch of successful apps. We end the day with why  originality is still the winner in the industry today and how we can be a bit more original in our strategy, thinking and communication.

You can view the detailed agenda here (note : actual timing of each session might be subject to change)

You can view the speaker listing and profile here

Welcome to a day of digital opportunities, knowledge and fun. Welcome to SIME Amsterdam!