Social Media Week 2010 is an international 'conference' taking place in early February 2010, and we are hoping to organise a London Be2camp event as part of the week-long series of events.

Social Media Week was inau­gu­rated last Feb­ru­ary in New York, and is now extending to include San Fran­cisco, Lon­don, Berlin, Toronto and São Paulo, Brazil. The goal is to: “explore the pro­found impact that social media has on cul­ture, busi­ness com­mu­ni­ca­tions and soci­ety at large … and to cre­ate a global plat­form for con­ver­sa­tion, con­nec­tiv­ity and learn­ing”.

Events will apparently span a vari­ety of for­mats, rang­ing from talks, pre­sen­ta­tions and panel dis­cus­sions, to inter­ac­tive work­shops, sem­i­nars, net­work­ing events and drinks recep­tions. Some will be free, oth­ers will have an admis­sion charge. Some will be put on by mar­ket­ing groups, oth­ers by non­prof­its and social change orga­ni­za­tions. They’ll all be listed in a pub­lic calendar - and we are proposing to hold a Be2camp event in London that week (and - as we have Be2camp members in some of the other locations, maybe you will decide to do things too!)

Details are sketchy at the moment. The London event could range from a simple Tweet-up to a full-blown 'unconference' - or both, or something in between! Most likely dates are 1st or 2nd February (some Be2camp regulars are already involved with another event on 3rd February). If you have a suitable venue, would like to speak, can offer sponsorship or would simply like to help organise SMWBe2camp, let me know.