About PICNIC ’06 Cross Media Week
PICNIC ’06 Cross Media Week is Amsterdam’s new annual event focused on creativity in cross media content and technology, specifically in the fields of entertainment and communication. PICNIC ’06 will take place on September 27, 28 and 29 at Amsterdam’s Westergasfabriek, a cultural facility located in a former gas factory. www.crossmediaweek.org
The PICNIC ’06 conference will feature top creatives and entrepreneurs such as Michael B. Johnson, Moving Picture Group Lead at Pixar Animation Studios, Simon Guild, President and Chief Executive of MTV Networks Europe, John de Mol, Founder of Talpa and Co-Founder of Endemol, Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist, Philip Rosedale, Founder of Linden Lab/Second Life, Jamie Kantrowitz, Senior VP Marketing Europe at MySpace, Lorraine Twohill, Marketing Director in Europe for Google, Reinier Evers, Founder of Trendwatching.com, Joseph Jaffe, Author of “Life after the 30-Second Spot”, and many more. Conference sessions will explore topics such as the distribution of content over different channels to consumers, new interfaces, chats as mass media channels, tools which enable people to live their lives online and user-generated content. www.crossmediaweek.org/program
PICNIC '06 is being organised under the direction of the Cross Media Week Foundation, a Dutch non-profit. The Foundation is mandated to bring together top creative professionals from around the world to Amsterdam to create new partnerships and opportunities, as well as to establish international networks.
The following entities are the main sponsors and partners of PICNIC ’06: the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, the City of Amsterdam, and corporate partners which include MTV Networks, Heineken, KLM, KPN, TPG Post, Rabobank, UPC, chellomedia, Liberty Global, KMPG, ilse media, Sanoma Uitgevers, World Directories, Cendris, and Lost Boys LB Icon.
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