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2008 Web 2.0 & Technology Conference Calendar

UPDATE: Check out the full schedule and stay up to date here.

It is time to start planning your 2008 conference schedule. Last year, I pulled together a list as 2007 brought us many new conference opportunities. To make it easier to plot out your conference roadmap this year I have once again compiled a list of some of the best web 2.0, technology, design, marketing and innovation conferences and events scheduled in 2008. This list does not contain all the TECH cocktail events I will be hosting as they will be announced soon.

If you are a conference organizer interested in having Somewhat Frank as media sponsor covering your event or if I have left an event off the list please contact me as this is meant to be a living blog post.

2008 is going to be busier then ever - happy conferencing!

     

UPDATED: I have pulled together a shared Google Calendar of all the events in this list.

 

Facebook Launching Ads Outside The Network?

Facebook has been blanketing the headlines for months now and it has heated up more with Mark Zuckerberg speaking at TechCrunch40 and the Web 2.0 Summit in the past few weeks. Mark recently hinted at an advertising platform launch coming soon and my friend Nick O'Neill of at AllFacebook has been reporting on for the past few weeks. Apparently the Facebook ad platform will not just focus on the Facebook space but will also go outside of the Facebook network and place advertisements on the Web which will place it in direct competition with Google Adsense and other similar services.

A Very Facebook Web 2.0 Summit

The Web 2.0 Summit took place this past week in San Francisco. While I participated in a few AOL sponsorship events, I also participated in Lobbycon. In my short time at the Summit, it appeared the Web 2.0 Summit seemed to be more of a "suit" fest while the Web 2.0 Expo, this past April, seemed to be much more approachable. Nonetheless, Facebook was all the buzz and Mark Zuckerberg spoke with John Battelle at the conference similar to how Mark Zuckerberg spoke with Mike Arrington a few weeks ago at TechCrunch40.