Conference Hound-Up January 31, 2012: Our Favorites are Returning… Briefly

| Jan 31, 2012

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Today marks the end of January.  Don’t cry, there will most likely be another one in a year or so.  To distract you from your grief, here are some wonderful events that will segue us into February.

ITEXPO East is an educational event that teaches resellers, enterprises, SMBs, and Government Agencies how to select IP-based voice, video, fax, and unified communications to purchase or resell.  Buyers and sellers butt heads, deals are forged, hands are shaken.  The CVx ChannelVision Expo runs concurrent with this event in Miami, providing a focused session on communications technologies.

Super WiFi Summit East is also the origin of great big business deals, as major players unite to discuss the possibilities of the new “White Space Spectrum.”

While we’re on the topic of wireless internet, the M2M Evolution Conference kicks off today to discuss the value and potential of the M2M network.

Pharmaceuticals and Biotech industries are having their cake and eating it too at the World Pharma Innovation Congress; a springboard for attendees to collaborate, innovate and educate.

Advanced Social Media Strategies aims to provide attendees with the latest and most effective tools to manage social media campaigns.  This one boasts applicable, take-home knowledge that helps the attendee gain actual traction with their target consumer.

I don’t know about you, but I’m really looking forward to the Super Bowl… commercials.  Looks like advertisers are trying to push the nostalgia button this year with the return of iconic favorites like Ferris Bueller, and (I’ve just learned) Jerry Seinfeld with the Soup Nazi.

Scouring the web for the juiciest details and most exciting news out of Sundance, I somehow missed this little experimental movie called whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir.  It’s sort of a slap in the face to movie lovers, since it uses a computer algorithm to edit together a movie from thousands of clips.  The idea behind that, I presume, would be to make the argument that a computer program could potentially manipulate our emotions as effectively as a filmmaker (or at least an unimaginative one).  It doesn’t seem like a total success, but still a weird and interesting thought from the filmmakers.  Read more on Wired.

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About the Author: Matt hails from Boston and has a background in Film and Writing. As weather phenomena go, he prefers earthquakes to Nor'easters these days, so he's currently residing in the East Bay. He produced a feature film called "Night Sounds" after graduating from Emerson College, which premiered at a film festival in Massachusetts. Matt continues to write screenplays and work in the film community, while working as a freelance copywriter, editor, and part-time member of the Hound.