The Fourth Danwei Plenary Session is scheduled for next week Wednesday January 27, 2010 at 7:30 pm in Beijing, China.
The event is free if you register.
第四届单位大会将于2010年1月27日晚7:30在北京隆重召开，请拿出您的行事历马上标出这一天吧。
若提前预约注册，您可免费入场，请点击注册。
It’s a panel discussion about mobile phones and the media business brought to you by Danwei Jobs, The Opposite House and Waggener Edstrom.
Mobile phones and new media: Where’s the money?
Venue: Punk at The Opposite House Hotel, Beijing
What’s it about?
Google’s phone and Android, the iPhone, ever smaller laptop computers, pervasive online presence thanks to 3G and wifi, ever more powerful phones, cultural phenomenon like Twitter: the age of the mobile device has arrived.
The technological and cultural changes of the mobile age will affect everyone from businessmen and bankers to painters and musicians. The aim of our discussion will be to answer some questions about our mobile future, starting with these:
• Where will the jobs be?
• Who will make the money? What business models will succeed?
• What is the future of the news, music, video and gaming industries as they go mobile?
• How will mobile media affect work in the media and tech industries? How can people prepare for the kind of jobs that will emerge in these industries?
• Does mobile advertising work? What’s the future business model for publishers and ad networks?
• Geo-location: what are the business opportunities for location based services?
• How are microblogging (Twitter and its Chinese clones) and mobile phones changing the way news is made and the way reporters do their jobs?
Panelists:
Jay Chang of Kongzhong
Jamil Anderlini of The Financial Times
Frank Yu, writer for Gamasutra, veteran of Shouji Entertainment and MicroSoft XBox
The discussion will be moderated by Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn.
What you’ll get if you attend:
Intelligent discussion about a major area of concern to the business, media, Internet and entertainment communities. The panel will be strictly moderated to ensure the discussion is lively. There will be no PowerPoint. There will be plenty to drink and you will have fun. Live Chinese translation will be provided using captions on a screen next to the stage.
To register, please click here.
Cost: Free if you register, 50 yuan at the door without registration. Canapes will be served during the event, with special discounts on cocktails, beer, wine and soft drinks.
You can read about previous Danwei Plenary Sessions at these links:
• Careers in media, technology and communications
• Western and Chinese news coverage and blogs about China: who is biased?
This event is being organized together with leading PR firm Waggener Edstrom. and The Opposite House (see their English and Chinese blogs).
本次大会由Danwei，瑜舍以及Waggener Edstrom共同主办，议题是关于手机和移动媒体领域的现状与发展。
手机与新媒体：钱在哪儿？
会场：
主题：
越做越小的笔记本电脑，3G和Wifi带来的种种网络应用，功能日益强大的手机，Twitter引发的文化现象，所有这些无一不预示着移动设备的时代已经到来。
从商人到银行家，从画家到音乐家，移动技术和文化的变革无疑会影响到每一个人。我们的讨论将会回答关于移动技术未来发展的一些问题：
谁会挣到钱？哪种类型的商业模式会成功？
工作在哪儿？新闻，音乐，视频和游戏领域的未来会是什么样子？
移动广告会成功么？出版商和广告网络的未来会怎样？
基于Geo－location的服务会有怎样的商业模式？
微博客（Twitter和它的国内模仿者）会在多大程度上改变新闻的制作和记者的工作方式？
嘉宾：
Jay Chang，空中网VP
Jamil Anderlini 来自金融时报
会议由Danwei的Jeremy Goldkorn主持
你会在这里得到：
关于商业，媒体，互联网和娱乐行业的，充满启发性的讨论。严格的日程安排。活泼的议题。没有PPT。美味充裕的酒水小食。实时中文字幕翻译。
费用：
预约注册免费进场。现场售票每人50。现场提供免费精美小食以及特别折扣的酒水软饮。
费用：
预约注册免费进场。现场售票每人50。现场提供免费精美小食以及特别折扣的酒水软饮。
单位大会回顾：
本次大会由Waggener Edstrom组织，瑜舍承办，非常感谢他们的支持。请查看瑜舍的中文和英文博客。