Defrag 2012 pairs social media and enterprise with “what’s coming next” in its conference this month. Christened five years ago as an explorative forum to discuss and observe the confluxes of Web information and data, the Defrag Conference has expanded into a destination frontier, sharing the latest discourse about the changes in media, transmedia and the future of technology.
Web and design were the subjects once discussed at Defrag 2007 through 2010; however, the canvas of communication, print and media has broadened with the ebb and flow of enterprise to include bolder ideas, such as “big data” and social discovery. At Defrag 2012, the Conference’s creators have acknowledged, “Defrag is now where the influencers gather.”
Shepherded by tech and conference veteran Eric Norlin, Defrag is an amalgam of business, marketing and social media trends that are stacked up against a backdrop of the best, next and leading-edge creativity. A media-known entrepreneur and event organizer, Norlin has established an array of conference and tech-centric confections. The founder of Software as a Services conference (SaaScon) with IDG World Expo and a proprietor of Digital ID World (DIDW), Norlin stewards Defrag 2012 alongside Phil Becker, former Editor-in-Chief at Digital ID World Phil Becker, and Brad Feld, Managing Director at Mobius Venture Capital.
The sixth edition of Defrag pits the mainstay of tech against the future of communication and how mobile devices and personal computing mediums will reach beyond a keyboard and the click of a mouse. Newer technologies, such as motion capture and high-end data creation, will continue to affect the landscape of human interaction, Defrag purports; and, Defrag 2012 is set to highlight the revolutions in personal, commercial and marketing applications.
Defrag 2012 and its complementary event, Blur (Blurcon), will glimpse into the horizons of how media, social interaction and social network may set viable precedents for the technology age.
Norlin’s separate mastermind, Gluecon 2012, kicked tech into high gear in May 2012, following the advancements of APIs, Cloud and mobile in high-end application development where, “at the end of the day, developers are the core.” Past Gluecon, attendees have participated in gatherings covering DevOps, Hadoop, HTML5, NoSQL and Node.js., covering a spectrum of technology and data-sourcing topics, including Cloud management and Cloud storage, mobile application development, platforms and Backend-as-a-Service.
While Blur will detail the environ of Human Computing Interaction (HCI), Defrag 2012 will headline across three Web and social content-laden days. Topics expanded at Defrag will queue meetups discussing data and its application by enterprises and how to detect “hypermedia” and meme under the social umbrella of marketing and communication.
Blur Conference 2012 will feature at Defrag 2012, on Thursday, November 15, and Friday, November 16, and will include grassroots keynotes and exhibitor networking. Attendees will find opportunities to network and hobnob with peers and keynote speakers across the entire day-by-play: on-site registration opens at Defrag on November 14.
The Defrag 2012 Conference will plug in attendees with social media, global memes and enterprise for business, Cloud, data, Web and mobile from November 14 to November 15 in Broomfield, Colorado. Defrag 2012’s Blur Conference edition ends November 16. Discover the new and the next in technology and multimedia at Defragcon.