Comments on: At CES: Privacy, openness & broadband’s future http://www.socialmedia.biz/2010/01/10/at-ces-privacy-openness-broadbands-future/ Voted the #1 site in covering news & trends in social media. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jdlasica http://www.socialmedia.biz/2010/01/10/at-ces-privacy-openness-broadbands-future/comment-page-1/#comment-18819 jdlasica Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:22:57 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15435#comment-18819 Natalie, I think the Tech Policy Summit is one of the best (new) parts of CES. Glad to hear there was give-and-take in some of the other sessions. The commentary was more about the general approach taken by CES, which, after all, paints us as consumers right in its title. Natalie, I think the Tech Policy Summit is one of the best (new) parts of CES. Glad to hear there was give-and-take in some of the other sessions.

The commentary was more about the general approach taken by CES, which, after all, paints us as consumers right in its title.

]]> By: Natalie http://www.socialmedia.biz/2010/01/10/at-ces-privacy-openness-broadbands-future/comment-page-1/#comment-18817 Natalie Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:22:07 +0000 http://www.socialmedia.biz/?p=15435#comment-18817 Hi JD, Thanks for sharing your notes and reactions to CES. I'm glad you were able to attend some of the Tech Policy Summit sessions we co-hosted with CEA and I'm bummed we didn't get to see each other in person -- it goes to your point about how big CES is and the fact that so much is happening at any one time. As one of a number of conference producers involved in this year's CES (there were about 250 sessions), I wanted to add my thoughts about the way sessions are organized. For our part, we did allow for questions and participation in all of the Tech Policy Summit sessions and the interview with Chairman Genachowski was the only session we were part of where people in the room wrote their questions on a note card instead of asking them directly to the speaker. I also prefer to have more interaction between speakers and the other participants. I attend a lot of conferences in addition to the ones I work on, so I know how alienating and mind-numbing it can be to sit in a ballroom and listen to a lecture. I agree completely that conferences need to move away from speeches and toward conversations. Events need to evolve just like every other business. I felt compelled to comment on your post though, to let you know that there were some great opportunities to speak up, ask questions and really participate at this year's CES. For example, at our last Tech Policy Summit session on Saturday, we had three FCC commissioners on a panel (Commissioners Baker, Clyburn and McDowell) and close to 30 minutes of the 60 minute session were devoted to Q&A with participants. All three commissioners also stuck around after the session and met with people individually for another 10-15 minutes. It wasn't an unconference but it was an open discussion where people were able to interact with the three FCC commissioners. For a tech policy geek like me, it was pretty cool and it's the type of session we will do more of in the future. Thanks, Natalie (@TechPolicy) Hi JD,

Thanks for sharing your notes and reactions to CES. I’m glad you were able to attend some of the Tech Policy Summit sessions we co-hosted with CEA and I’m bummed we didn’t get to see each other in person — it goes to your point about how big CES is and the fact that so much is happening at any one time.

As one of a number of conference producers involved in this year’s CES (there were about 250 sessions), I wanted to add my thoughts about the way sessions are organized. For our part, we did allow for questions and participation in all of the Tech Policy Summit sessions and the interview with Chairman Genachowski was the only session we were part of where people in the room wrote their questions on a note card instead of asking them directly to the speaker.

I also prefer to have more interaction between speakers and the other participants. I attend a lot of conferences in addition to the ones I work on, so I know how alienating and mind-numbing it can be to sit in a ballroom and listen to a lecture. I agree completely that conferences need to move away from speeches and toward conversations. Events need to evolve just like every other business.

I felt compelled to comment on your post though, to let you know that there were some great opportunities to speak up, ask questions and really participate at this year’s CES. For example, at our last Tech Policy Summit session on Saturday, we had three FCC commissioners on a panel (Commissioners Baker, Clyburn and McDowell) and close to 30 minutes of the 60 minute session were devoted to Q&A with participants. All three commissioners also stuck around after the session and met with people individually for another 10–15 minutes. It wasn’t an unconference but it was an open discussion where people were able to interact with the three FCC commissioners. For a tech policy geek like me, it was pretty cool and it’s the type of session we will do more of in the future.

Thanks,
Natalie (@TechPolicy)

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