Tech agenda: Social Media Week, Nano Tech

Around the globe, internet users will be celebrating Social Media Week with special events, live broadcasts, and online discussions.

6th Social Media Week
February 13-17       
Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington DC

Cities across the world will simultaneously host conferences and events for the February 2012 edition of Social Media Week (SMW): Empowering Change Through Collaboration. The event is held biannually, attracting more than 60,000 participants to organized events and half a million online and mobile visitors each year. The event aims to draw awareness to new social media technologies and promote the use of social media in corporate, public and non-profit sectors. Participants can watch and take part in live broadcasts of each event and online conversations on the Social Media Week website. The seventh edition of Social Media Week will be held in September 2012.
http://socialmediaweek.org/
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Nano Tech 2012

February 15-17
Tokyo Big Sight
Tokyo, Japan

Nanotech is big in Japan and the Nano Tech International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference is the world’s largest nanotechnology fair and considered an essential event for state-of-the-art manufacturing. Applications include in the IT and electronics fields, medial and healthcare, biotechnology, the environment and energy issues.
http://www.nanotechexpo.jp/en/


GSMA Mobile World Congress

February 27-March 1
Barcelona, Spain

GSMA Mobile World Congress is a four-day event dedicated to cutting-edge mobile technology. It is accompanied by a string of high-profile mobile device announcements from leading manufacturers and as such is the most closely followed event in the mobile industry. A full program of conferences, keynotes and panel discussions runs alongside an exhibition of the hottest new products and concept designs from 1000 of the top companies and mobile operators in the field. 1,400 exhibitors and more than 60,000 industry members from 220 countries are expected in 2012.
http://www.mobileworldcongress.com
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TED2012

February 27 – March 2
Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Long Beach, CA, USA

TED, an acronym for Technology Entertainment Design, brings together scientific pioneers, visionaries, musicians and provocateurs from around the world for its famous talks. Presentations feature tech demos, video and TEDUniversity sessions. The program extends into evening art exhibits, comedy and experiences. The hugely popular TED talks are shown online for free, attracting more than 290 million views. A webcast of the event is available online for $500 and features all 12 sessions of mainstage talks, moderated live chats during and after the conference and an online archive of the entire conference that can be accessed at any time.
http://www.TED.com
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1st DEMO Asia

February 29-March 2
Matrix @ Biopolis
Singapore

Inspired by its international counterparts, DEMO China and DEMO Spring and Fall in the US, DEMO Asia will see established and emerging technology companies provide concise demonstrations of their new products. The conference follows a strict format — participants have just six minutes to show off their inventions. In addition to the conference there is also a Demonstrator Pavilion where attendees can get a closer look at “the latest trend-setting technologies,” plus various networking events.
http://demo.asia/2012/

26th Game Developers Conference
March 5-9
San Francisco, CA, USA

Consisting of talks for the industry, by the industry, but with plenty of tidbits for interested onlookers. GDC’s main annual conference doubles as venue for the Independent Game Festival and its award show, as well as the respected Game Developers Choice Awards.
http://www.gdconf.com/
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CeBIT 2012

March 6-10
Deutsche Messe AG
Hannover, Germany

In 2011, 4,200 exhibitors from 70 countries and more than 339,000 visitors made their way to Hannover for CeBIT. In its heyday the expo managed to draw around 800,000 visitors but it has since shrunk in size. Nevertheless, with its 450,000-square-meter exhibition space, CeBIT remains the world’s largest digital IT and telecommunications event and eclipses the likes of COMPUTEX, CES and SITEX in exhibition size. “Managing Trust” is the keynote theme in 2012 and concrete solutions for digital and physical security will be on show in the fair’s CeBIT Security World. Related events include CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia (October) and CeBit Australia (May 22-24, 2012).
http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e
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26th SXSW / 19th SXSW Interactive

March 9-18
Austin, TX, USA

The annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference Festival attracts an estimated 100,000 members of the international music, film, and interactive media industries in Austin, Texas, for a week-long convergence of ideas and talent. For five days during the festival, the “brightest minds in emerging technology” come to showcase digital works, innovative ideas and new products under the banner of SXSW Interactive. Like the newer European-based LeWeb conference, SXSW Interactive focuses on emerging technology, social media and startups.
http://www.sxsw.com
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Electronic House Expo

March 15-17
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL, USA

EHX (Electronic House Expo) is an expo that caters for people interested in home health tech, smart energy, electronic security, digital media and custom electronics. It features booths from more than 200 exhibitors and offers hands-on sessions for those wanting to learn more about the electronics industry. In 2012 the New Opportunities Pavilion at EHX will be dedicated to numerous aspects of ‘connected living’ including ‘smart energy management’, ‘home health tech’  and ‘remote diagnostics’. Though the event is not used as a product launchpad in the same way the CES (January 10-13) is, for example, it nonetheless serves as an insight into the future of smart grid / home appliances technologies.
http://www.ehxweb.com/

3rd Penny Arcade Expo East
April 6-8
Boston, MA, USA

A total of 69,000 visitors passed through the Boston Convention Exhibition Center in 2011 for Pax East and its hallmark grassroots mix of developer talks, panels, podcasts, parties and gaming sessions.
http://east.paxsite.com


Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition)

April 13-16
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Hong Kong

With more than 200,000 visitors and 2,300 exhibitors, it’s billed as the region’s largest electronics events, and it has recently expanded to take in the burgeoning game and e-reader industries too.
http://www.hktdc.com/fair/hkelectronicsfairse-en/HKTDC-Hong-Kong-Electronics-Fair-Spring-Edition.html


61st Hannover Messe

April 23-27
Hanover fairground
Hanover, Germany

Hannover Messe is the world’s biggest industrial fair and is home to the latest industrial technology innovations. The event itself is made up of several different trade fairs, each focused on a different area of industrial technology. China is this year’s partner country with the theme ‘Green Intelligence’. In total more than 4,500 innovations will be on display across all categories, far eclipsing almost any other trade show with a focus on renewable energy.
http://www.hannovermesse.de/homepage_e
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