Thanks to Damien for suggesting the Clarion hotel and thanks to Pat for booking it (remember Pat, 20 quid budget).

We’ll be in Dublin on Tuesday 8th of January and you can probably guess where we’re going to eat that evening. You got it, Jaipur. So, if you’d like to hang out and watch me spill curry all over myself then drop a comment. Say 7pm in town.

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One of my previous posts attracted much needed attention to this topic, as passionate people with great intentions (me included) agree to agree, without actually agreeing on an action plan.

I’d like to call this Ireland Inc. Until we decide otherwise, it refers to both Web and Mobile based networking events.

(On a separate note, I’m hosting a meeting in January to discuss the creation of a new Industry Association. This has previously been referred to as Ireland Inc. also. So, for the sake of keeping things simple, I’d like to call the new yet-to-be-created association, IIMA (Irish Interactive Media Association). This is a working name only. Rather than discuss potential names here, I’d like to propose waiting until the meeting.)

Agenda

• Type of events covered by Ireland Inc.
• Should we create some kind of committee to help structure the build of an ecosystem?
• Should we choose one central hub for most events? Where should it be?
• How do we raise awareness for the central hub of communication to people outside of Ireland?
• Action plan
• Anything else?

Where Jaipur
When 12th February 2007 at 7pm
Cost €30

I’d like to propose keeping the number of people to say, 15? It’s very likely that we’ll get more than 15 people interested in this conversation, so please let me know how you think we should choose who comes to the first meeting.

If you’re interested in helping to create the ecosystem for better networking in Ireland, please register your interest now.

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Actually Sam didn’t attend Le Web this year. I used his name badge instead, which many thought was quite creative, providing a lot of people with a giggle. It was actually a good conversational point.

Thanks to Pat Phelan for the picture. Dan Applequist amongst others uploaded theirs to flickr. Pictures of my badge seem to be making its way around a few blogs too.

It has been a great conference, definitely worth the time and effort. It was great to catch up with people like Mike Arrington, Jason Calacanis, Tyler Crowley and Amanda Lorenzani amongst the many others who unfortunately I don’t have time to name right now.

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I’m heading to Le Web 3 in Paris in the morning so I’ll try to catch up on some blog posts during my relaxing time on the train. Let me know if you’re going and would like to hook up.

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