Sponsors
http://www.google.com
Google is a global technology leader focused on improving
the way people connect with information. Google's innovations in web
search and advertising have made its website a top Internet
destination and its brand one of the most recognized in the
world. Google maintains the world's largest online index of websites
and other content, and makes this information freely available to
anyone with an Internet connection. Google's automated search
technology helps people obtain nearly instant access to relevant
information from its vast online index.
http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users around the world. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
http://labs.live.com/
It's really quite simple: we believe that the Internet is as important as the Industrial Revolution or the Renaissance. Our mission is to help realize this vision by advancing the state-of-the-art in Internet products and technology. We are scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs with a passion for building and understanding complex things, but with an eye towards simplicity. And above all else, we aspire to bring together the online community to make the world a better place.
http://www.nec-labs.com/
NEC Laboratories America, Inc. conducts research in support of NEC’s US and global businesses. Our research program covers many areas - reflecting the breadth of NEC business - and maintains a balanced mix of fundamental and more applied research. We focus on topics with strong innovations in the US and place emphasis on developing deep competence in selective areas that are important to NEC business and which are ripe for technical breakthrough.
http://www.klostu.com
Klostu is a new Social Media experience being developed by Pidgin Technologies (owner of BoardTracker.com)
http://www.sphere.com
Sphere brings you the good stuff - a very simple idea that takes some smarts to do right. Sphere's advanced search algorithm helps you discover high-quality, relevant, and timely blog posts that match what you're looking for.
http://www.attentio.com
Attentio SA is an emerging market intelligence company operating from
Brussels, the defacto capital of Europe. Our central location
enables us to support corporate and SME clients throughout
Europe. Attentio’s Brand Dashboard™ is used to monitor and
analyze social media such as blogs to provide comprehensive
real-time insight into consumer behaviour and attitudes.
http://nielsenbuzzmetrics.com
Nielsen BuzzMetrics is the global measurement standard in Consumer-Generated
Media. With solid data-mining technology, superb research and Nielsen’s
unrivaled experience in media measurement and client services, we help
today’s companies, brands and business professionals better understand
the influence and impact of CGM on products, issues, reputation and image.
http://www.umbrialistens.com
Market intelligence company Umbria tracks, analyzes and distills unaided
opinions, perceptions and behaviors of the online world – consisting
of 37+ million blogs, message boards, opinion sites and other public forums – into
insights about companies, products, people and issues.
http://www.upenn.edu/
The University of Pennsylvania is a historic, Ivy League school with highly selective admissions and a history of innovation in interdisciplinary education and scholarship. It boasts a picturesque campus amidst a dynamic city and a world-class research institution.
http://www.umbc.edu/
UMBC is a dynamic public research university located in suburban
Baltimore integrating teaching, research and service. As an Honors
University, the campus offers academically talented students a strong
undergraduate liberal arts foundation that prepares them for graduate
and professional study, entry into the workforce, and community
service and leadership. UMBC emphasizes science, engineering,
information technology, human services and public policy at the
graduate level.