Will IAB Ireland concentrate on industry best practices? I know it’s something it’s not particularly good at in the UK. There’s little to nothing for mobile Internet advertising either.

My experience running BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) gives me great insight to all of these industry associations. In the UK, BIMA is the longest established (1985) and importantly, represents the interests of every stakeholder.

Keep an eye on the blog for updates as I’ll post everything here.

Best of luck with it
damian

I think what you propose is a great idea. The IIA has tried to cover this area but our primary focus is on the internet space and resources are always an issue for us. One option I propose to you is that this new entity could be linked to the IIA in some way, rather than a completely new entity. We could provide a ready audience, infrastructure, back office support and other elements.

We have been reasonably successful in running quite a number of events nationally and I think the appetite certainly exists for what you propose. As a not for profit organisation I believe we can assist you in your goals.

Let me know if this is of interest. Of course, if you decide you want to go it alone I will endeavour to assist in any way possible. At worst I would be happy to discuss some of the challenges facing a not for profit organisation in Ireland.

Cheers
Fergal

Please would you take the time to RSVP even if you’ve previously registered your interest. Only the first 33 to RSVP will be able to attend. Please let me know if you RSVP and then later realise you can’t come. Thanks.

To RSVP your place, please go to this blog post http://tinyurl.com/yor4vc

I would be happy to participate. My profile is at

http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexboothroyd.

Cheers,
Alex

Congrats - when did you make the move? And should’nt you put the Aepona link instead of Putplace - or am I just old fashioned

keith

Please include me if space allows.

Background: Entrepreneur, 5 years a VC with Trinity Venture Capital, currently interim CEO at AePONA.

Regards,

Brian

Count me in, I’d be interested in heading along also, I’ve some contacts in Universities here & the US, also we do work for some Ad & Marketing/Branding agencies, I’ll send the message out to them also.

Cheers.
Qamir

@Paul - just to be clear, it’s not a panel. It’s a group of people who represent each stake holder within the Interactive Industry. It’s not startup related like the networking ecosystem debate and it’s not about helping companies to secure funding.

Take a look at http://bima.co.uk - whilst what I have in mind isn’t as heavy as BIMA, it should provide you with a little insight to what I have in mind.

Each stake holder =

- Student
- Graduate
- Freelancer
- Technology Provider
- Agency
- Brand
- Government
- Academia

So, whilst you might not wish to make this, I personally don’t think you need a year before sitting at the dinner table

Each of the above should have an equal say regarding the future of the Industry. Hope that makes sense. I’ll post a proposed agenda along with my thoughts - people can provide feedback on that prior to dinner.

I think I’m going to graciously bow out of this one. I’d love to sit on a panel and discuss the future of the Irish web industry, but I think that I’m not yet in a position to provide a voice where others don’t.

I’ve spent a lot of time and effort this year meeting so many people and the first Curry 2.0 was the catalyst, the motivation for that. I plan to continue to do so this year and to give back to the community as much as I can. I feel that I do need another year to develop.

Best wishes and the very best of luck to all involved, I’ll be watching from the gallows, my spirit commended!

Paulo

@Everyone - Keep an eye on the blog for further details but pencil in now, the 29th of January. I can block off the entire upstairs of Jaipur restaurant in Dublin village so we can squeeze up to 34 in a ‘networking type setup’ where everyone can see everyone. Can someone please pass this onto some of the big agencies and brands to ensure we get as many stakeholders involved as possible?

In spite of my interest in the sector my involvement with the IIA precludes me from spending time on anything else. Which does not make much difference to this because there is a fine body of entrepreneurs and others expressing an interest here

keith

Would love to come along, Paul. Sorry for not following-up earlier.

Sounds like an initiative badly needed. Its good to get everything out in the open in a transparent way so we know what we are dealing with. I could represent someone reluctant to engage with EI because I’ve heard some (admittedly highly biased) horror stories.

I’d be very interested in attending.

Steve Flinter from Science Foundation Ireland (www.sfi.ie). I have responsibility for all of the software related projects/centres that we fund, including DERI (semantic web) and many others.

If you’re not familiar with SFI, it’s a sister agency of IDA & EI.

Steve

Newish in Dublin, relatively senior information architect, designed lots of international systems and sites. Eager to see how things are churning along.

Got a date and place?

Name: Bernard Goldbach
Company: Tipperary Institute http://www.tippinst.ie
Position: Creative Multimedia Programme Developer
Contribution: Connections to European Framework initiatives designed to enhance collaboration in among creative European developers.