Picnic '09 September 22, 2009
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
This will be the fourth Picnic at the same location in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. So far, I personally thought the event in 2007 was the best, with the 2008 event being more commercial than the grass-roots feeling of previous years....more marketing people than before.
The magic word that Picnic needs to think about in 2009 is focus, perhaps cutting the number of parallel events which distract from the main conference. Videos of the 2007/8 festivals are now up on the Picnic website if you want to get a feel for it. The only clouds on the horizon are their constant drive for growth and the fact that very little is free anymore. Money is going to be extremely tight this year, so I personally hope it doesn't try to become a film festival, but keeps its focus on emerging media. I also hope they put more effort into improving the navigation of the Picnic website. It becomes very chaotic around the time of the conferences. Agree?
Official Website: http://www.crossmediaweek.org
Added by Jonathan Marks on October 31, 2007
Comments
Jonathan Marks
Kind of worried about the costs they have now decided to charge participants. It is becoming more of a business conference - a Feast of the Newly Famous than a Picnic.
UGCunion.org
Yea. Is there a fringe event for fringe personalisites? I heard someone talking about the fringe being where everything actually gets done anyway:)
TheNextSimone
if you are woman and attending do no miss thenextwomen breakfast and thenextwomen brainstorm camp on Thursday 25 september .
jeroen020
If you're interested in games, social networks or both, you may want to check out the parallel session 'Games go Social' at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1088990
Sarik
Picnic was among the best conferences in 2007, can´t wait to attend in 2008!