ad:tech New York 2005 Wraps, Much More to Come

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On Wednesday at 12 Noon, the largest ad:tech ever, with over 8,300 attendees, closed. There were over 200 exhibitors and more parties than any one individual could ever hope to attend. The mood at the show, as it has been for the past couple years was upbeat and optimistic. As an independent voice, I can say dmg world media, the event producer, has done a great job promoting and organizing the show.

While yesterday, Tuesday, at 5PM exhibitors quickly dismantled their booths, Wednesday morning was still teeming with activity at the many sessions held between nine and the show's wrap time, noon.

The next major U.S ad:tech conference is in San Francisco, April 26-28 at the Moscone Center, newly chosen over area hotels as the show has grown so large. In March and April of 2006, ad:tech will launch its "impact" series, a collection a one day shows in ten cities across the U.S. We hope to see you, next, in San Francisco or at one of the "impact" series shows in a city near you. Until then, rock on and have fun.

by Steve Hall    Nov- 9-05    
Topic: Industry Events



Great Food, Stage Dancing, Bad Bar Service Highlight Tuesday Party Scene

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Tuesday night's social activities at ad:tech New york began with a trip to the Hilton Hotel Lobby Bar in search of What'sNextOnline's B.L. Ochman but, instead, we ran into Gawker Media's Nick Denton and Christopher Batty with whom we discussed the over-hyping of blogs and agreed they're pretty much just a system that allows people to publish a website really easily. OK, there's some other good communal consumer stuff about them too. We never found B.L. but we did check out the Bridges Bar which was packed as the exhibit hall had just closed and there weren't many early parties except for the Industry Brainpower Awards and Soire, which we missed, and the WhenU Official ad:tech Wrap Up Party over at WhenU's Penn Plaza offices.

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WhenU put out a great spread with the best snacks of any party this week including delicious, gigantic shrimp. We ran into Tacoda CEO Dave Morgan for a brief chat and both marveled that Mr. "I'm a Web Copywriter" was there handing out business cards as he had to every booth on the exhibit hall over the course of two days.

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by Steve Hall    Nov- 9-05    
Topic: Industry Events



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