from Bruno Giussani’s blog, Lunch over IP
LiftAsia08: an Dubno knows a cool gadget when he sees one; Sarah Marquis has walked across the Australian desert solo; Philippa Martin-King talks about energy
(Running notes from LiftAsia08, in Jeju, Korea. I’m moderating this session, so only partial blogging.)
Dan Dubno — technologist, broadcaster, producer, conference host (the invitation-only Gadgetoff), blogger (Gizmorama), pioneer in the use of graphic and visualization tools on television, and more — is Mr Gadget. He is the opening speaker of the sustainable development session which, sponsored by WattWatt, is becoming a permanent feature of the Lift conferences. So Dan talks also about (and shows) “green” gadgets — although, he says, clearly no gadget is really sustainable.
(by Erwin Rose) Many of the international organizations with offices in Geneva are involved with climate change. As a result, living in Geneva offers wonderful opportunities for getting insider views on the latest policy developments.
On 29 November, I went to a Geneva Environment Network roundtable on "Priorities for the Bali climate change talks" at the Environment House. Speakers included Christophe Bouvier, Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Europe, and Ambassador Thomas Kolly, from the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment.
Most of the session focused on expectations for the negotiations underway in Bali for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Tragically, governments are still debating the outlines of the negotiations even though the current Kyoto commitments end in 2012. Considering how long it takes to negotiate and ratify multilateral agreements, it
(This article is reprinted with permission from the GWIT web site.)
Be open to opportunities, ask for what you want, build up your contacts and find a mentor – that
Xing, Twitter, Second Life: are you on top of it? If not, come along to an event in Geneva that will put Web 2.0 into perspective.
The event is organized by the newly revived Switzerland chapter of the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) and is designed to demystify the world of social media for those working in communications. It