The Conversation Hub is our thought leadership forum throughout the year.  As Supernova 2008 approaches, we’ll be adding additional speaker interviews, session notes, and coverage from the conference itself.

The Supernova Weblog will no longer be updated.  All content that would have been posted here will instead go on the Conversation Hub.  See you there!

I’d love to get your feedback on the Ten Challenges for the Network Age, which I just posted over there. 

The most controversial sessions—John Kneuer’s broadband policy presentation and the debate between David Weinberger and Andrew Keen—are online now, along with Clay Shirky’s opening provocation.  We will post additional video in the days to come. 

All Conversation Hub content is available under a Creative Commons attribution license.

We’ll be posting additional material, including session video, on the Conversation Hub website in the days to come.  It’s my hope that we can continue the discussions started around Supernova 2007 through the rest of the year.  The conference itself may be the crucial physical meeting point for the Supernova community, but it’s only one node in the unfolding conversation.

Thanks again to all the staff, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, bloggers, and attendees who made Supernova 2007 successful!

I’ve spent the past several months with my team and friends putting Supernova together, through a maelstrom of email messages, phone calls, meetings, text messages, wiki notes, Skype chats, blog posts, social network pings, and the occasional in-world chat in Second Life and World of Warcraft.  This week, that part of the work is done.  The planning is over.  And the real fun begins. 

I’m thrilled that so many amazing people will be joining us at Supernova 2007.  The magic of interpersonal interactions is what, to me, makes real-world events still worth it, despite all these wonderful tools for virtual communication. 

This year’s Supernova is packed to the gills with four full days of activities. We start on Tuesday with the Open Space Workshop, a self-organized “unconference” that is open to anyone who wants to attend.  Our friends at Jaiku are hosting a party that evening at the Adaptive Path offices.  On Wednesday, we open the formal Supernova festivities with the Challenge Day at Wharton West, including an all-conference reception that evening, followed by two days of General Sessions at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. 

For those of you joining us in person for some or all of the festivities in San Francisco, I look forward to seeing you.  And for everyone following virtually through the Conversation Hub and other mechanisms, thanks for participating in the extended Supernova community.  This week, let’s have some provocative, productive fun together.

To further leverage the incredible talent at the event, we’ve set aside the final block of sessions on June 20 as “Challenge Roundtables.”

Anyone attending the Wharton West Challenge Day—whether a speaker or not—is invited to propose a short talk on a topic you’re passionate about. It can cover virtually anything that would be of interest to this community, whether technology-focused or not.  Last year, the talks ranged from Network Neutrality to Global Warming, and all were fascinating.  The only thing I don’t want are company or product pitches.

We have limited space, so we can’t guarantee everyone a slot. Please email me at kevin@supernovagroup.net as soon as possible if you’re interested. Include a brief summary (a couple sentences at most) on what you’d like to talk about, and why you’re excited about it.

• adap.tv
• AdaptiveBlue
• Aggregate Knowledge
• CastTV
• Critical Metrics
• Jangl
• Pando Networks
• SodaHead
• Spock
• Wize
• ZapMeals
• ZenZui
• Zing

Next week, San Francisco.  We had to close the registration list for the SF mixer after only a couple days, but please put your name on the waiting list, as we’re trying to free up more space. 

Both should be a good time, and some excellent networking.  See you there!

http://www.socialtext.net/sfmixer

Please be sure to RSVP, as we will have to close the list once we hit the cutoff of the venue.