Human to human connectivity is closely related to our rate of innovation. Let’s explore human communication history, where we are today are where we could end up in the future. Democratized creation, gift economy rules and the openness culture is currently sweeping through society turning bureaucracies and corporate structures upside down, plants the seeds for Skynet and cause pirates to go “arrr!”.

#mobilefuture will be the hastag of his conference on Twitter. To warm up you can check this video, He is talking about exponential change and its effects upon innovation:

Troed Sångberg

Troed Sangberg (@troed) is a futurist working at the Sony Ericsson Technology Office. With a core technical background and a keen interest in changes in society, culture and the human mind he tries to explore, expand and project the resulting impacts onto the world around us.

After 13 years of mobile experience in developing, project leading and directing strategy at companies ranging from Ericsson, Symbian, TietoEnator to Sony Ericsson one question relevant today would be if we really can separate our offline and online experiences. Troed can be followed on Twitter and his corporate Sony Ericsson blog.

Nico Perez will talking about the future of Internet music and radio. With the growing number of cloud based services, including Apple’s iCloud, the next few years will see an explosive growth in the number of people listening to music and radio over IP.

The talk will cover: how to make your website more social, democratic and personal (using examples from Mixcloud and around the web), business model challenges and multi-channel / platform challenges.

#futuremusic will be the hashtag that we will used for the online conversation.

Nico Perez

Nico is Cofounder of Mixcloud – an Internet radio company based in London, UK.

He graduated from Cambridge University with a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering before working as an
analyst in the renewable energy sector. Nico used his technical background and visual orientation to design
and build websites as a hobby, before founding Mixcloud in late 2008.

At Mixcloud Nico is responsible for product development including graphic design, information architecture, branding, identity and HTML/CSS development.

Nico has also mentored several Founder Institute semesters including Paris, Singapore, Bogota and others. He regularly speaks at conferences around the world.

David @davidv always imagined entrepreneurs like heroes : filled with passion and perseverance like no one else on earth, continually looking to create value to the society, increasing wellness and leading the path to a brighter future. Startups are an act of faith, they are driven by the passion of the entrepreneur. However deep their faith in their vision is, it can lead to a deadly outcome by missing some key facts in the earliest days of their entrepreneurial journey. Their decision-making process is altered by the business culture of European life versus American life and a lack of understanding in the search for a business model.

Entrepreneurs

He will explain to us in #EBE11 that there are 2 categories of entrepreneurs. A minority of entrepreneurs are born crazy and understand that there is no such thing as an overnight success but they have the guts to undertake whatever it takes to get their startup off the ground. And after years of hard work and perseverance it might look like an overnight success. But the other and major category of entrepreneurs are made along the way.

During the keynote he will attempt to explain the latest category and how business culture of European life versus American life and the search for the perfect business model lead to misconceptions and failures in entrepreneurship.

David Verbustel

David Verbustel (@davidv ) is a Business Engineer (Louvain School of Management – Belgium, University of Texas at Austin) specialized in entrepreneurship and innovation.
After dedicating himself to foster Belgian entrepreneurship, his passion for recruitment and web technologies led him to found the Bright Ventures Group, an entrepreneurial company (i.e. business incubator) that focuses on staffing and recruitment projects. The first project, iStorm Agency,  is today a successful million dollar Business. Recently a new venture was launched : “FellowNation” , a free and open professional network for communities that is currently being tested on the Belgian market

Since our first EBE we have invited founders of the most successful startups. These companies’ products and services are now used by millions of people globally. Matt Mullenweg (WordPress), Biz Stone (Twitter), Bret Taylor (Friendfeed), David Karp (Tumblr), among others, have been presented in first person the know-how that has led them to succeed.

The explosion of social media has given every individual a voice through blogs, Twitter, Facebook and more. But this noisiness is subjecting us to broadcast-overload, as well as increasing privacy concerns. People are becoming much more aware of their personal social media boundaries and many are starting to appreciate social interactions in more intimate settings. To address this, GroupMe has taken advantage of the personal nature of mobile phones and offers a way to create private social networks, allowing users to easily interact with the important people in their lives.

GroupMe’s Jared Hecht will share his view on what GroupMe’s private, mobile social networks do for users, developers, marketers and retailers. He will share how it fits into larger trends as social-planning goes mobile, purchasing becomes more social and decision-making is focused on local.

Jared Hecht

Jared (@jaredhecht)  is the Co-Founder of GroupMe, a group messaging service that lets you stay in touch with groups of people via mobile phones and the web. In August 2011, GroupMe was acquired by Skype, which was subsequently acquired by Microsoft in October 2011. Previously, Jared led Business Development at Tumblr where he focused on international expansion and strategic partnerships. Before Tumblr, Jared received his BA in Political Science from Columbia University in 2009 where he served as the Publisher and Managing Director of Inside New York. During college Jared also ran Mixed Bag Productions, a music marketing and production company that worked with nationally touring acts and festivals.

In his free time Jared serves as a mentor to TechStars, as well as an investor and advisor to various NYC startups. Jared is a national chess champion who enjoys all racquet sports and anything involving the outdoors. Originally a native of San Francisco, Jared now resides in New York City with his wife, Carrie.

One of the reasons to come to #EBE11 is to put a face to people that you communicate with online, we invite everyone to participate in what we have organised to have a great time between lectures, workshops and discussions… We want you to make the most of a great weekend of sharing and living together with the participants of this edition.

The sum of these three elements is the EBE experience, this video of last year commemorating the fifth anniversary reflects it.

Sports

To exercise the body as well as the mind you will be able to ice skate in an ecological ice rink that will be in the venue of EBE11, totally free, thanks to the collaboration of the Sevillian company Xtraice and you don’t need to bring skates, just let us know if you have an extra shoe size.

Moreover on Saturday morning we will hold an athletics (#carreraEBE) and football (@copacaballo) competition.

Ruta de la tapa

We also suggest a ‘ruta de la tapa’ (a tapas route) throughout the local tapas bars where you will enjoy typical tapas from the South of Spain with special discounts for EBE attendees. To finish your busy day we recommend you to assist a flamenco show.

Seville, a perfect hostess

The city is an ideal setting for #EBE11 because you can combine assiting the event with enjoying the art, history, gastronomy, the Guadalquivir river, folklore, music, smells and tastes of the capital of Andalusia, all in all a truly unforgettable experience.

Sightseeing

Our venue, Pabellón del Futuro its close to the Santa Cruz neighborhood, the main touristic point of the city that houses the Archivo de Indias, the Cathedral, the Giralda Tower, the beaux-arts Museum and the Reales Alcázares (the Royal Palaces); the real jewels of the city.
If you have never been to Seville we suggest you check a group about our city on Flickr.
To know a bit more about the monuments and restaurants that you cannot miss have a look to our EBE11 Entertainment section.
There you will also find the mobile apps to go sightseeing in Seville without missing a single detail of the city, helped by Tourist Eye y B_cultura technology.
We encourage you to try all of this to live the real #EBE11 experience and to remember it with a big smile!

We’d like to invite you to submit a session proposal for a presentation at the #EBE11 in Sevilla, Spain, this November 11-13.
More than 30 conference sessions, some of them in English, are planned for #EBE11, and you can be one of our speakers.

EBE is the social web meeting par excellence in Spain. #EBE11 will provide a uniquely collaborative environment for an exclusive audience of internet lovers who represent an important part of the sector which is particularly relevant and useful for enterprises.

This year’s theme is ‘EBE11: beyond the web’. In #EBE11 we will talk about the web, blogs, social media and other sectors with technological innovations that affect one’s daily life.

Suggested content areas include:

• The Facebook era: commerce, games…
• Browser vs. Closed environment.
• Mobile phones, so what’s next?: a new generation of applications, higher level of privacy…
• Freedoms in danger: civil law, intellectual property rights…
• Productivity and new business models: answers to the economic situation.

This is not a limited list of content. Please, feel free to submit your own topic.

The deadline for speakers proposals is the 15th of October.
If you are interested in speaking at EBE11, please send your speaking proposal to: teresa {at} eventoblog {dot} com

In 2010, EBE reaffirmed its position as the largest web meeting in Spain and the second largest one in Europe, according to the number of people attending. We would like to improve this aspect with new leaders, more participation and guest countries, in order to make our EBE a truly global. This year we hope to attract a diverse worldwide gathering of passionate people who will come to Sevilla to connect with others, and to share their perspective and their experiences about

We would appreciate your help in once again spreading awareness of EBE11 to the people who you are connected with on your social networks.

Hope to see you at #EBE11 in Sevilla.

If you are unfamiliar with Sevilla, below are directions on how to get to #EBE11.

From NH Plaza de Armas to Pabellón del Futuro (EBE11 Venue)

NH Plaza de Armas is one of the hotels with discount for attendees to EBE. To purchase discounted room, you should contact “Viajes El Corte Inglés” travel agency and say that you are coming to EBE: sevillacultura [at] viajeseci [dot] es / 0034 954 50 66 10 (Lola Trujillo).

NH Plaza de Armas hotel is 1.5 km. 10-15 minute walk as the map shows:

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From Sevilla airport al Pabellón del Futuro (EBE11 Venue)

1. Taxi fare: 20,70 euros. This a fixed rate.
2. Bus: EA bus line (Drop off at “Estación Santa Justa” stop) and there take C1 o C2 bus line (Drop off at Puente de Barqueta stop, in Cartuja).

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From Santa Justa train station (Sevilla) to Pabellón del Futuro (EBE11 Venue)

1. Taxi fare: 6-7 euros.
2. Bus: C1 or C2 bus line (Drop off at Puente de Barqueta stop, in Cartuja).

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In EBE we will talk about web and any other sector with technological innovations which affect to our daily life. So, in #EBE11, we can talk about the Facebook’s impact or knowledge management, productivity, sustainability, citizenship…

Each edition offers more and more value and experience to both people and brands. A picture is worth a thousand words!

New Features in EBE11

1. We are moving to the Pabellón del futuro (Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla).
2. EBE11 will be held in Nov, 11th, 12th and 13th. We are still growing: 3,000 people.
3. Talent Area. Connecting work and talent (supply and demand) in 5-7 minutes long
   meetings where new opportunities and enterprising may be born. These meetings are
   based on a new format: “speed dating”.
4. Have dinner with sector professionals…
5. Close connection to Seville. EBE11 opens up to Seville, the city will be much more
   involved in our annual meeting.
6. Closed-circuit television in order to connect all rooms and those attendants have a
   general view of what happens in every room.
7. Higher level and number of leisure activities with a greater impact, such as ice-skating
   and a large paella.
8. “Genius Bar”-style specialised workshops, where those interested may ask their doubts
   and talk about their opinions on several tools.
9. Live broadcasting of national programming collaborator media.
10. EBE in English. In our agenda, there will be a large number of conferences and
    speeches in English, and we will have a new guest country.

How to get a ticket

The price for the entire weekend’s event is 15 euros. You can buy the ticket online.

If you are a journalist, request a press accreditation: prensa [at] eventoblog [dot] com.

The press office will send you a message informing of its acceptance or rejescion. Press accreditations are non-transferable and proper identification must be presented in order to receive your accreditation.

Travel & Hotels

The recommended hotel that offers discount is the Hotel NH Plaza de Armas. We’ve also offer deals at other hotels in Seville, thanks to ‘Viajes El Corte Inglés’. 30% discount in AVE (Renfe’s high speed train).

Sponsors

EBE is a suitable and singular platform in Spain for enterprises and institutions to get involved in participative web. Our sponsors are, undoubtedly, an essential element in our event which involves a growing environment based on economy and competitiveness throughout social web. The main characteristic of our EBE Community members is that they are actual content managers of the social Web in Spain and the Hispanic world.

For brands, being present in our meeting means guaranteeing a good position in this new emerging environment. We are searching for sponsors, undoubtedly, but we are also searching for partners to create strategic unions and to provide experiences before, during and after the event.

For information on exhibit, sponsorship opportunities, sponsors testimonials, and suggestions please contact:
prensa [at] eventoblog [dot] com or +34 666 092 096.