Today marks an important date for Social Media Week February, as we unveil our initial schedule for the week!
We’ll officially open registration January 17th but as the weeks go by, you can get ideas from events that others have posted and add current events to your favorites to save time once registration opens.
Signing up is simple:
1) Create an account- or if you already have one, just log in
2) Filter events by city or category
3) Select the events to add my clicking on “favorite”
3) Review your favorites in “My Events” section
Registration will open on January 17th, so you can continue to update and amend your favorites until then.
To help get you started, we’ve listed out some of our top picks. Peruse our favorites below and share yours.
Singapore:
The Great Food Debate: Food bloggers vs. Food Critics vs. the People pits each side and analyzes the credibility that each population brings to the area of social eating and food.
TweetJams provides Singapore’s first crowdsourced jam session using tweets submitted by fans and a live audience.
Social Media Graveyard is an exhibition/installation that traces the evolution of technology and social media platforms (MIRC, ICQ, Friendster, Neopets etc.) that once existed but are now extinct.
Tokyo:
Social media on multi-devices | マルチデバイスXソーシャル explores how social media has changed our communication on the go.
Social Gaming | ソーシャルゲーム examines the shift from feature phones to smartphones, particularly in the hot market of Tokyo.

Toronto:
Theatre & Online Interactivity provides an in-depth case study on praxistheatre.com and the notion of social media as audience and performance development tool.
The Money Movement Goes Social looks at how the financial sector is using online tools to better equip consumers and teach citizens about important topics like saving, retirement, financial literacy and money.
Project Butterfly: Escaping the Net looks at the effect of learning how people interact in the real world can have on the online space.
London:
Men Are From Foursquare, Women Are From Facebook brings the battle of the sexes to social media.
The Socialympics looks at the Olympics in London from the perspective of changes being brought on by social media.

Miami:
Television & Social Media- BFF? reviews the emerging area of social TV.
Reality TV Loves Social Media explores how reality stars are using social media to their advantage and covers success stories & pitfalls of this approach.
New York:
New York has pulled together a list of keynotes to kick off the week.
Don Tapscott, Curator of SMW and Author, will share his expertise on the business web and the social impact on technology
Jeff Dachis, Co-Founder of Dachis Group and former Chairman of Razorfish, the world’s largest digital marketing solutions firm, will lend his perspective and knowledge on digital marketing and social business performance.
Dough Rushkoff- Writer, Thinker & Publisher- and Neil Postman Award winner- discusses the ways people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each other’s values.
Chris Kaskie, President of Pitchfork Media, will keynote on the his experiences and expertise in the role the online world has on music and consumers.
Jeremy Gilley, Founder of Peace One Day, discusses the impact of the online community in the non-profit sector and how he’s been using social and online tools to make an impact for world peace.
Pratt Brainwaves brings together NYC’s community of information and library science professionals for bold new thinking in information technology, academic research, and networking.
See the full listing of all events here and if you’re feeling creative, submit your own. And until registration comes along in January, help us spread the word- tweet and share your event favorites.














































































































































