After several successful WordCamps in Vancouver, Kulpreet got the wheels in motion for the next event, coming this winter. Last night on Twitter something magical also happened – the idea of having the event in Whistler was hatched and so planning for WordCamp Whistler is now underway.

Read Duane’s blog post for a preview, view the Facebook event, and feel free to sign up on the wiki. More details to come in over the next little while. sixty4media will once again be involved as an organizer as well as presenting.

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Rebecca had the extreme pleasure of attending Blog World Expo 2008 in Las Vegas this past weekend. Needless to say, there is wealth of information to be shared at this event. True to her live blogging skills, you can see many of her posts on miss604.com.

The International Internet Marketing Association is set to hold their annual conference in Vancouver this month and sixty4media has been enlisted to do some live blogging.

As a preview to my live blog, which will take place on Miss604.com, I had the chance to find out more about the IIMA from John Hossack VP of Business Development at VKI Studios, and President of the International Internet Marketing Association. Hossack will be acting as the chair of the conference.

The purpose of the conference: To help marketers better understand the latest ‘tools of the trade’ when it comes to online marketing, and to learn how to leverage these tools to their advantage.

Who will be attending? What type of professionals or industry?: The conference will be attended by students, practitioners, executives and consultants from all type of industries, education, finance, government, retail, B2B etc.

How long has it been running?: The first IMC conference was back in 2000 and was held in Copenhagen, it was last in Vancouver in 2002.

According to Hossack, “Highlights will be the speakers and the sessions as well as the networking opportunities. Too many great things going on to just pick one or two.”

Speakers on this international stage will include local social media heroes like Darren and Julie of Capulet Communications, Jon Husband of Wirearchy Network, and Andre Charland of Nitobi.

The event takes place September 11 – 12 at the Coast Plaza Hotel, downtown.

Rebecca was invited to the Massive Tech Show this week to be on a panel regarding social media and what it can do for businesses. The annual event takes place in downtown Vancouver, and it’s pretty tough to say no to something we have such an interest in while not having to go too far to talk about it.

The Massive Technology Show is a three-part, interactive event that showcases technology for business. In one action packed day, Massive connects business professionals with high tech companies, giving them a chance to learn about technology in a user friendly environment. [massivetechshow.com]

She made a couple of posts on her personal blog here and here. You’re invited to read more of her take there.