5/11/12 The Guardian Activate Summit Returns to NYC 1/3 thenextweb.com/events/2012/…/the-guardians-activate-summit-arrives-in-new-york-city-this-may/ Login / Register BLOG TNW CONFERENCE WE'RE HIRING PART OF THE NEXT WEB FAMILY HOME ABOUT US TEAM CONTACT ADVERTISE Twitter's Relocation Sees Local Twitter's Relocation Sees Local Rent Prices Increase 60% Rent Prices Increase 60% The Woz Brands Australian The Woz Brands Australian Price Gauging by Apple, Others Price Gauging by Apple, Others "Horrible" "Horrible" Adobe's Creative Cloud is a Adobe's Creative Cloud is a Game Changer! Game Changer! Channels Apple Apps Daily Dose Design & Dev Entrepreneur Events Facebook Gadgets Google Insider LifeHacks Media Microsoft Mobile Sessions Shareables Social Media Twitter Video Editions Africa Asia Australia Canada Deutschland Europe India Latin America Middle East UK United States Languages France Nederland Polska Portugal Romania Russia It’s clear the Internet is changing our lives, oftentimes faster than we can see. But how is the openness of the Internet shaping our future? How is its innate interconnectedness affecting businesses, media and the way human beings think and interact? It’s these questions and more that will be explored at the third annual Guardian Activate Summit. The upcoming event will take place in New York on May 3rd and is the American iteration of the media giant’s event series, which also takes place in London and Delhi. The Summit will bring together influential and inspirational speakers such as Wadah Khanfar (former director general of Al Jazeera), Clay Shirky, Om Malik, Reid Hoffman, Arianna Huffington and Jeff Jarvis to discuss and debate the potential of the web to drive a more connected, creative and cohesive planet. “The first Activate came about in 2009. At the time, we were seeing a lot of events out there about the future of the Internet. So instead, we took a look at how the open Internet is changing how businesses think and the way people are governed,” explains The Guardian’s Robin Hough, the Head of Content and Events at the Guardian Media Network. “The event will explore the intersection of digital technologies and changes in society, and will celebrate all the different nuances of it.” At last year’s Guardian Activate event, “ideas were flowing too fast to get them all down”; the day was described as “dynamite” and speakers included Jason Clay, the Senior Vice President of market transformation at the WWF, Carlo Ratti, the Director of the Senseable City Laboratory, Chris Thorpe, director of ArtFinder, Michael Balaoing, the Senior Vice-President of philanthropic services at the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Chris Vein, the Deputy Chief Technology officer of government innovation at the White House. Since then, The Guardian officially launched in America, with its new offices in Soho in New York City. Now that the team has had a few months to stretch its wings on American soil, this year’s Activate promises to be better than the last. Kicking off the day’s events as host will be the Guardian’s Editor-in-Chief Alan Rusbridger, who’s well known for his 10 ideas on open journalism, which he shared with the world POPULAR COMMENTED LATEST TODAY WEEK MONTH Travel-Planner Tripomatic Launches iOS App Pebble Smartwatch Tops $10m in Pledges, Sells All 85,000 Watches Must-Have Tools for Making Your Own Data Visualizations Deezer and Merlin Team Up to Offer Even More Streamed Music Dashlane Speeds Up Online Shopping in the UK Socialcam's Virality Tactics: Seedy or Smart? Spotify Launches Apps for Those Looking for Love iPhone is Japan's top Smartphone, with 2011 Sales of 7.25 Million The Guardian’s Activate Summit arrives The Guardian’s Activate Summit arrives in New York City this May in New York City this May 10TH APRIL 2012 by COURTNEY BOYD MYERS 197 Share Share Use your left/right keys to browse stories
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5/11/12 The Guardian Activate Summit Returns to NYC
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EventsEventsP A R T O F T H E N E X T W E B F A M I L Y
H O M E A B O U T U S T E A M C O N T A C T A D V E R T I S E
Twitter's Relocation Sees LocalTwitter's Relocation Sees LocalRent Prices Increase 60%Rent Prices Increase 60%
The Woz Brands AustralianThe Woz Brands AustralianPrice Gauging by Apple, OthersPrice Gauging by Apple, Others"Horrible""Horrible"
Adobe's Creative Cloud is aAdobe's Creative Cloud is aGame Changer!Game Changer!
Channels
Apple
Apps
Daily Dose
Design & Dev
Entrepreneur
Events
Facebook
Gadgets
Google
Insider
LifeHacks
Media
Microsoft
Mobile
Sessions
Shareables
Social Media
Twitter
Video
Editions
Africa
Asia
Australia
Canada
Deutschland
Europe
India
Latin America
Middle East
UK
United States
Languages
France
Nederland
Polska
Portugal
Romania
Russia
It’s clear the Internet is changing our lives, oftentimes faster than we can see. But
how is the openness of the Internet shaping our future? How is its innate
interconnectedness affecting businesses, media and the way human beings think
and interact?
It’s these questions and more that will be explored at the third annual Guardian
Activate Summit. The upcoming event will take place in New York on May 3rd and is
the American iteration of the media giant’s event series, which also takes place in
London and Delhi. The Summit will bring together influential and inspirational
speakers such as Wadah Khanfar (former director general of Al Jazeera), Clay
Shirky, Om Malik, Reid Hoffman, Arianna Huffington and Jeff Jarvis to discuss and
debate the potential of the web to drive a more connected, creative and cohesive
planet.
“The first Activate came about in 2009. At the time, we were seeing a lot of events
out there about the future of the Internet. So instead, we took a look at how the
open Internet is changing how businesses think and the way people are governed,”
explains The Guardian’s Robin Hough, the Head of Content and Events at
the Guardian Media Network. “The event will explore the intersection of digital
technologies and changes in society, and will celebrate all the different nuances of
it.”
At last year’s Guardian Activate event, “ideas
were flowing too fast to get them all down”; the
day was described as “dynamite” and speakers
included Jason Clay, the Senior Vice President of market transformation at
the WWF, Carlo Ratti, the Director of the Senseable City Laboratory, Chris Thorpe,
director of ArtFinder, Michael Balaoing, the Senior Vice-President of philanthropic
services at the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Chris Vein, the Deputy Chief
Technology officer of government innovation at the White House.
Since then, The Guardian officially launched in America, with its new offices in Soho
in New York City. Now that the team has had a few months to stretch its wings on
American soil, this year’s Activate promises to be better than the last. Kicking off the
day’s events as host will be the Guardian’s Editor-in-Chief Alan Rusbridger, who’s
well known for his 10 ideas on open journalism, which he shared with the world
POPULAR COMMENTED LATEST
TODAY WEEK MONTH
Travel-Planner Tripomatic Launches iOS
App
Pebble Smartwatch Tops $10m in
Pledges, Sells All 85,000 Watches
Must-Have Tools for Making Your Own
Data Visualizations
Deezer and Merlin Team Up to Offer Even
More Streamed Music
Dashlane Speeds Up Online Shopping in
the UK
Socialcam's Virality Tactics: Seedy or
Smart?
Spotify Launches Apps for Those Looking
for Love
iPhone is Japan's top Smartphone, with
2011 Sales of 7.25 Million
The Guardian’s Activate Summit arrivesThe Guardian’s Activate Summit arrivesin New York City this Mayin New York City this May1 0 T H A P R I L 2 0 1 2 by C O U R T N E Y B O Y D M Y E R S
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