Mediatech 2.006

Where Media and Technology Collide

Mediatech 2.006 has now been and gone but watch this space for more details of our upcoming mediatech events.

More than 90% of attendees who responded to our follow-up claimed that Mediatech exceeded their expectations.

A selection of photographs from the event are available in our flickr photo gallery.

The worlds of media, technology and communications are converging and the coming collision could crush the business models of today's sector giants. Virtually all forms of media are moving to an IP model and the ripples of that change will be seen along the entire food chain: from production through distribution to consumption. The innovators are newly formed start-ups as well as major corporate incumbents.

Mediatech 2.006 showcased the innovators and the pioneers: the young companies whose disruptive technologies, services and business models are forcing convergence or riding its wave. This one day conference focused on finding the real opportunities for corporates, investors and innovators.

3i, Amadeus Capital, BBC, Guardian Media Group, BT, Logitech, Eden, Grant Thornton, Oracle, Nabarro Nathanson, Katalyst Ventures, Investment New Zealand, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, RBS, Siemens, in addition to 200 other established and pioneering companies attended the conference to join in a debate led by Doug Richard, Bob Young (of lulu.com and RedHat), Google, Sky, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Microsoft, Yahoo! PLUS the hottest mediatech companies in Europe today.

MediaTech 2.006

Mediatech 2.006 made connections: between industries, between technology and opportunity but most of all between innovators, corporates and investors. Bringing together some of the hottest upstart companies and mixing them up with the incumbent giants and the key investors, the panel sessions and presentations at Mediatech 2.006 addressed the big questions.

  • Who is trying to make money now?
  • What are the emerging business models likely to succeed?
  • Who are the upstart companies trying to exploit the industry disruption?
  • How can upstarts partner with corporations to everyone's advantage?