After producing the 140 Characters Conference in: New York City, Los Angeles and London, I chose to do the next event in Tel Aviv because when I look at the evolution of twitter and Facebook and the commercialization of presence, the roots for these platforms can be traced back to the people of Israel.

In the mid 1990s the consumer internet communications industry was born in Israel. Looking back, it was the launch of Internet Phone from VocalTec and the launch of ICQ from Mirabilis which had the most significant contributions to what has evolved into what we know as social media. These platforms popularized concepts that were a prequel to the core features seen in Facebook and twitter today - (i.e. features like: on-line status messages, presence, groups.)

When I look to the future of what’s next in social media, I don’t know of a better group of people to engage in the conversation than my friends who lives have been touched by the evolution of these technologies during the past decade.

I believe at #140conf Tel Aviv we will have a chance to better understand “The State of NOW” and the impact living in the now will have in the near future.

I am looking forward to producing/hosting #140conf Tel Aviv tomorrow.

Jeff Pulver / @jeffpulver

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