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One of the 25 biggest celebrities in the internet is coming to open Mediamixx Congress\\\\\\\'09 on 3rd JUNE

Apr 23 2009

Jimmy Wales - a Key Note Speaker at Mediamixx Congress'09

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia

Who is Jimmy Wales?
• Jimmy Wales is the creator of the most popular online encyclopedia – Wikipedia, which has more than 10 billions of articles and it is supported by the free will and intellectual efforts of its users only by an absolutely free and totally interactive way.
• In March Wikipedia beat up the project of Microsoft – Encarta and the giant was forced to close its encyclopedia.
• Wikipedia is among the top ten most visited websites worldwide.
• One of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”
• Jimmy Wales is one of the 25 biggest celebrities in the internet according to Forbes Magazine.

Jimmy Wales,founder of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, will open the top class cast 3-day Mediamixx '09 Congress with this year’s theme "Show me the Money". He will stress the rapidly growing influence of the www and online technologies on media industries and describe the festival’s increased focus on digital technologies. With this coup the organizers of the 15th international Mediamixx Festival, which will be held from June 4th-7th at the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, once again emphasize their claim for leadership as the most significant Advertising & Media Festival of the entire East and Southeast European region.


“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge...To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language-That’s who I am. That’s what I am doing. That’s my life goal.” -Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
 

Wiki model as a guide for media and advertising


Convinced that the world will learn and benefit from the colossal success of the Wikipedia model, Jimmy Wales will show the influence of his idea – which positioned his internet-encyclopedia among the Top Ten Websites worldwide – on business life in general, its fundamental operations and especially on the relationship with customers, dealers, suppliers and the general public. He will also show that these principles matter to both media and advertising industries.

Cyber & Mobile Umbrella Award for the best in Web & Mobile


The Mediamixx Festival will also take into account the increasing importance of digital advertising by presenting the Cyber & Mobile Umbrella Award. For the first time entries in 11 web categories and 3 mobile categories – ranging from online advertising to corporate websites, and from e-mail marketing to mobile advertising – will be rated and consequently awarded with the Cyber & Mobile Umbrella Award. Deadline is May 11, 2009.


 

 

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