#140conf: Exploring the State of NOW will be returning to the 92nd Street Y on June 19-20, 2012.

The theme for our 2012 event is “Finding and Sharing Meaning.”

The event will be taking a look at the continued effects of the emerging real-time Internet on business, and systemic changes the worldwide adoption of the real-time web is having on a wide variety of industries, markets and people.

Areas covered at past #140conf events include: Advertising / Analytics / Book Authors / Branding / Celebrity / Charity / Comic Books / Communications / Education / Entertainment / Fashion / Film / Food / Games / Journalism / Legacy / Location Based Services / Love & Romance / Marketing / Media / Music / News Gathering / Parenting / Public Policy / Politics / Public Diplomacy / Public Safety / Publishing / Real Estate / Social Change / Search / Story Telling / TV

The deadline for speaking proposals is: February 3, 2012.

Our hope is to once again attract a diverse worldwide gathering of passionate people who will come to New York City to connect with others, and to share their perspective, their experiences and their stories about how the emerging real-time Internet is effecting their industry sectors and the people inside them.

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We are looking for creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to come forward and pitch me something relevant they would like to present that has been effected by the emerging real-time, NOW Internet.

We are always looking for new faces to share the #140conf stage with. The key to being selected to speak at #140conf is to submit a speaking proposal which shares your passion with a topic with how it has been touched by the real-time web.

Our hope is to attract not only established celebrities, members of the media and thought leaders who are now using twitter, but those who have become a celebrity, and a brand in their own right, through the creative and disruptive application that twitter continues to be.

We are looking for first-hand accounts of the impact of the real-time Internet across the in the industry sectors this event is focusing on. Our goal is to bring together a curated group of characters to both lead and contribute to the discussions. And this event isn’t about twitter. Open for discussion are all platforms and applications which are effecting and contributing to the real-time internet experience.

We believe that the knowledge shared and learned at this event will help bring more people into the twitter ecosystem. The take-aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights to the next wave of effects twitter will have on business.

So please, think about what YOU could contribute to the dialog, and who you may know who would be interested in being part of this event.

We would appreciate your help in once again spreading awareness of the June conference to the people who you are connected with on your social networks. What I hope to bring together is a gathering of people with a variety of backgrounds and together explore the future of where things are going and how to best prepare the community at large to get there.

If you are interested in speaking at: #140conf 2012, please share your speaking proposal below. The deadline for speaking proposals is: February 3, 2012.

Hope to see you at #140conf in June.

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