The United Nations of Digital & Technology
This is how the 8200 attendees from 103 countries, the 300 speakers, exhibitors and 300 media perceived the Global Webit Congress. Over 160 000 people watched the Congress online.
08.11.2013, Istanbul
The Global Webit Congress made its way among the biggest and most attended international forums for the digital and technology industry.
Webit Congress's Founder and Chairman Plamen Russev gave an opening speech at 6 November 2013: “Today Istanbul is even more amazing! It welcomes some of the brightest people on Earth to attend the Global Webit Congress. Digital marketing and technology ecosystems, investors, entrepreneurs and scalable startups from all over the world shall connects and network during the 2 days of the forum” He also thank the big number of sponsors, exhibitors and partners who supported the Congress amd made it happen. “Webit is amazing in scale and unique in content” says Ben Barrocas, General Manager Maretplace of Google, “Webit is the United Nations of Digital” said Aseem Chadra VP Adobe, “For the past 5 years Webit turned into one of the worlds most exciting and important industry events” stated Andery Sebrant from, Yandex, “Webit may establish Istanbul as one of the most important hubs of the global digital industry and as attraction point for the talents, entrepreneurs, ideas and investors capital” was the most repeated phrase during the Congress by the thousands of attendees who visited from all around the world.
“For us the Congress is not a magic as many attendees said. It is a result of a very hard work by a huge team of amazing people who managed to bring top global experts and speakers from all around the world to join us in Istanbul and to be a magnet for the thousands of people from 103 countries to join” said Aniela Russeva - Executive Director of Webit Congress. “The Istanbul edition is also a result of our partnership and friendship with Mr. Tarik Köni and his world class event organizing company - Plus event marketing who managed the event set up and venue in Turkey and helped a lot for the Turkish companies to understand and support Webit Congress- creating environment for us to call Istanbul a home of the Global Webit Congress for the next year again.
Top representatives from Yandex, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Spotify, SoundCloud, Yahoo, Lenovo, Acer Nokia, Skype, Twitter, BBC, Unilever, Lakestar, TechCrunch, Pentagram, OMD, comScore, Gemius, PayPal, Blackberry, Intel, Crimton, Vivaki, Joulie, Mediabrands, Wall Street Journal and hundreds more were among the speakers of the Congress.
The Global Webit Congress send a number of messages and set trends fro the industry. “Data is the new oil” said , Chris Schaumann, EVP Nokia, while later the VPs of BBC, Twitter, Yahoo! and other challenged this topic further as discussing the future of Advertising on the Digital Marketing and Innovation stage in front of 3000 delegates. At the other side of the Webit Congress venue at the Leaders of the Future Conference top global entrepreneurs, investors and champions from Westen Europe, America, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia were focused on exploring new disruptive ideas, growing talents, sharing new ideas and ways to achieve them. The auditotium of the Metrix and Big Data Conference and the big eCommerce Conference were too small for the hudreds fo people who wanted to listen the challenging content. The same was the expo area – the event was sold out and a number of companies couldn't make it to becoem exhibitors. In this respect the organizers pan to expand the Congress next year and to open more expo area for the local and international companies who want to exhibit.
About the Global Webit Congress
The first Global Webit Congress (www.WebitCongress.com) has been held on 7-8 October 2009. Since then every year the Congress grew bigger and bigger to reach the number of 8200 attendees in 2013 coming from 103 different countries. The Congress attracts the global digital, tech and telco elite and became one fo the worlds major networking business platforms as well as a place to hear great ideas by scalable startups from all around the world and meet top entrepreneurs and investors. The Global Webit Congress is organized by Webit Ambassadors Foundation and eAcademy. In Turkey the event partner is Plus Event Marketing. Webit Congress is supported by all major industry associations including IAB, MMA, EACA, EGTA, OPA, Arab ICT Organization, Africa ICT Alliance and tens more.
A Hot Twitter Game to Search for the Most Endorsed Digital Community Members
One shall fly Business Class and stay in 5 star hotel in Istanbul to visit the Global Webit Congress with Platinum Pass and network with the global digital, tech and telco elite.
London, October 18, 2013
Twitter is hot today for startups, digital, tech and telco industry experts and geeks:http://vip.webitcongress.com
The Global Webit Congress announced to provide a Platinum Pass to the Congress and free Business Class flight to Istanbul as well as 5 star hotel stay to the most supported community member to achieve his/her dreams to join in style the Congress and connect with the digital, tech and telco elite from 103 countries visiting the Global Webit Congress.
Thousands of candidates already joint. The winner shall have access to all amazing 250+ speakers of the Congress as well as with thousands of the C-level attendees, to participate at the CEOs, and Leaders lunches and the official Chairman's Dinner. But this is just the beginning.
The Global Webit Congress became of the worlds most important events for the digital industry as well as for the tech entrepreneurial ecosystem attracting more than 8000 top executives and C-level attendees and is the hottest place for any tech and digital company/startup to meet and mingle with international decision makers and grow global business.
"We have already created a special StartUp Village zone where we provide free expo stands, Congress tickets and cash for some of the most scalable startups from all around the world to help them grow" says Plamen Russev, Founder and Chairman of Webit Congress' board. This year more than 834 startups applied in our startup challenge. The VIP.WebtCongress.com initiative is not only a successful marketing tool for us, but also an opportunity we want to provide to the community leaders to join the Congress and to achieve their dreams by networking with thousands of the biggest global ad-spenders, top digital and tech experts, telco executives and investors."
The vip.WebitCongress.com project ends on 25 October 2013 at 1:00 pm GMT (UK time).
Everyone may take part and all it takes to do is to tweet @WebitCongress #Webit vip.webitcongress.com and why have to be selected to win. Once in - you have to ask your friends and followers to support you by RT or endorsing your profile to @WebitCongress
The good news is that one of the supporters who retweet or endorse will also be awarded a free flight to Istanbul, where the Congress takes place and Gold Pass to the Congress.
About the Global Webit Congress
Webit Congress (www.WebitCongress.com) is the global event for the digital, tech and telco industries to support the growth of the Digital and Tech Industry, knowledge and know-how and to create the best possible business networking event.
Established back in 2008 the Congress grew from 1500 to 8000 C level delegates from 100+ countries providing unparalleled top level networking, knowledge transfer and business opportunities.
The 5th edition of the Congress shall host 300+ accredited media from all over the world, a big number of international exhibitors and sponsors.
A special StartUp Village provides space for 21 startups - future digital and tech leaders and industry disruptors. Each year a respected international jury selects the best of the best. In 2013 the selection is among the 843 applicants from all over the world.
Webit Congress is held with the strategic support of IAB Europe, EACA, EGTA, MMA, Arab ICT Organization, Africa ICT Alliance, CMO Council, Global StartUp Weekend among the others.
Web site: www.WebitCongress.com
Video & pictures: http://www.webitcongress.com/en/2013/gallery.html
Webit Congress logo: http://www.webitcongress.com/en/2013/logo.html
The digital, tech and telco elite from 103 countries gather for a global forum in Istanbul
London, 10.10.2013
A record breaking number of visiting countries and attendees for the upcoming Global Webit Congress. Thousands of C-Level digital, tech and telco attendees from 103 countries are already registered for the Global Forum.
“It is amazing to see such a fine selection of some of the brightest and most influential representatives of the digital and tech ecosystems, the Telco industry, investors, top entrepreneurs and scalable startups ready to disrupt their industries among the visitors of the upcoming Global Webit Congress” says Plamen Russev, founder and Chairman of the forum.
And he obviously has a point. On the list (http://webitcongress.com/en/profile/featured_attendees) of featured attendees and speakers are top executives from Yandex, IBM, Google, Spotify, Facebook, Lenovo, Nokia, OMD, Havas, Mediabrands, Qualcomm, Pentagram, Joulie, aol, Unilever, Accer, Effective Measure, Lakestar, Almaz Capital, BBC, Al Jazeera and many, many more.
The content is one of the main attraction points for the thousands of professionals to attend. There are 6 major events taking part during the 2 day Congress. The Digital Marketing and Innovation Conference is among the biggest in the world with 3500 delegates in the auditorium and challenges the future of the digital marketing and advertising, the mobile trends, industry innovation and the changing digital reality. The Leaders of the Future Conference is focused on startups and entrepreneurs disrupting their industries with presentations by startups from Asia, Middle East, or “African ISPs telling Europeans how's life and business in a country where more than 50 % of access to the Internet is from mobile” as Andrey Sebrant (Yandex) states in a recent tweet under the #webit hashtag .
The unparalleled networking before the Congress – through the online match-making platform MyWebit as well as on site with the thousands of C-level executives representing the major industries players of the countries they come from is maybe the trade mark of the Global Webit Congress.
“We are committed to establishing Webit among worlds biggest platforms for growing successful international business between digital, tech, telco, eCommerce companies from America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa, as well as for global companies” adds Aniela Russeva, Executive Director of the Global Webit Congress. “In this respect we strive to provide the best possible opportunities for effective B2B communication and accountable business goals achievement. Whether this will be partnership agreements for new territories or finding investors for the next facebook or first manned mission to Mars...”
You may see the agenda of the major (6) events within the Global Webit Congress here: http://webitcongress.com/en/2013/programme.html including Metrix & Big Data Conference, eCommerce Conference, Telco Summit, Digital Marketing and Innovation Conference, Leaders of the Future Conference, AppsWorld DevCamps, Webit Awards and many more.
About the Global Webit Congress
Webit Congress (www.WebitCongress.com) is the global event for the digital, tech and telco industries to support the growth of the Digital and Tech Industry, knowledge and know-how and to create the best possible business networking event.
Established back in 2008 the Congress grew from 1500 to 8000 C level delegates from 100+ countries providing unparalleled top level networking, knowledge transfer and business opportunities.
The 5th edition of the Congress shall host 300+ accredited media from all over the world, a big number of international exhibitors and sponsors.
A special StartUp Village provides space for 21 startups - future digital and tech leaders and industry disruptors. Each year a respected international jury selects the best of the best. In 2013 the selection is among the 843 applicants from all over the world.
Webit Congress is held with the strategic support of IAB Europe, EACA, EGTA, MMA, Arab ICT Organization, Africa ICT Alliance, CMO Council, Global StartUp Weekend among the others.
Web site: www.WebitCongress.com
Video & pictures: http://www.webitcongress.com/en/2013/gallery.html
Webit Congress logo: http://www.webitcongress.com/en/2013/logo.html
Probably the most exciting conference agenda ever*
Istanbul to gather the global digital, tech and telco elite during Webit Congress along with investors and media
27 September, Istanbul
The Global Webit Congress announced its conference agenda and expects over 8000 delegates from 100+ countries on 6-7 November in Istanbul.
You need to see it – to believe it. The international digital, tech and telco elite gathers in Istanbul at the Global Webit Congress. Amazing industry keynotes, challenging discussion panels and fireside chats, tens of apps, seo, marketing, advertising, creative, business dev workshops create more than 200 hours of conference agenda of the Global Webit Congress which has been just announced today: http://webitcongress.com/en/2013/programme.html
You may see some of the speakers here: http://webitcongress.com/en/2013/speakers.html
Keynotes by Yandex, IBM, Google, Facebook, Spotify, Aol, Unilever, fireside chats by OMD, Vivaki, MediaCom, Acer, Nokia, Lenovo, MasterCard, discussion panels with BBC, TechCrunch, Mashable, Mediabrands, Havas, PayPal, Gemius, Qualcomm, Application developers workshops with Blackberry, IBM, PayPal and many more and amazing demonstrations of innovative advertising, marketing and technologies which disrupt the digital and tech industries – all during the 2 days of the Congress.
More than 250 amazing speakers are to create the agenda of 5 parallel conferences and a number of events and trade expo during the Global Webit Congress on 6-7 November at Halic Congress Center.
Agenda highlights:
Digital Marketing and Innovation Conference (6-7 November)
- Brands' Social footprint
- Big Data for Advertisers and Publishers – eMetrix, Insights, Analytics
- How to drive engagement trough content
- Unleashed Creativity
- The new digital reality
- MOBILE TIMES
- New technologies and disruptors
- What is the next big thing in digital advertising? Programmatic or Problematic? RTB
Leaders of the Future Conference (6-7 November)
- Success factors (Product Development, Innovation, Productivity, Technologies, Platforms, Founders' stories, Demos)
- Space is the limit (Business Development, strategies, tactics, monetization, gamification, industries, marketing, partnerships, Founders' stories)
- Capital Talks (seed funding, rounds, tips and trick, Investors' point of view, Founders' stories)
- Let's conquer the world (how local differences help global expansion)
Telco Summit – invitations only (6 November)
- The future of the Telco Industry
- Over-the-top
- M2M, connected cars, cloud
- Smart and Connected Cities
eCommerce Conference (7 November)
- Omni-Channel
- Personalisation and Merchandising Strategies
- Retail Analytic / Big Data
- Payments, Digital Currency
- Consumer Experiences
- Technology adoption and platforms
Metrix & BIG Data Conference (7 November)
- Big Data
- Analytics - Search, Social, Local, Mobile, Web
- Consumer Insights
- Measurement - Audience, Social Media, Media
- Advertising Effectiveness
- Ad Verification
- Competitive Monitoring
- Effective Targeting
- Business Intelligence
More information about the Congress : www.WebitCongress.com
See what the global leader share about the Global Webit Congress: www.webitcongress.com/video
Webit Congress logo: http://webitcongress.com/en/2013/logo.html