Kara and Walt Stroll the Techie Streets (and Pubs) of Dublin
Here is the third video about the possibility of launching an international version of our D: All Things Digital Conference.
After visiting Dublin Castle and then the fancy hotels in the city of Dublin, Walt Mossberg and I take to the streets of the city to check out the scene and also sample the local fare.
Walt and I are here in Ireland, because our D conference might be going international.
After our success with our annual flagship version, which just took place for the fifth time in late May in Carlsbad, Calif. (D6 is scheduled be held in late May of 2008), we are deciding whether to expand by adding a new conference outside the U.S.
If we do it, we hope to hold the first one next fall and are strongly considering Dublin as the location of the event, which we are calling EuroD. We like Dublin for a lot of reasons, including its fast-growing tech sector.
Here’s the next video:
Comments
Hi Kara -
We DO have Starbucks here! There’s a big one on Dame Street, another in the Dundrum Shopping Centre, and more on the way. If you’re into your coffee, give the local alternatives a try: Cafe Sol, Insomnia, or some of the more “artisan” offerings.
Aside from that : the local tech community (which is rather vibrant) would LOVE to have the D conference come to Dublin. From a European perspective, other Europeans also love to come here - so it’s a great location. Go for it - and let us know if you need any help from the local tech ies (see http://www.web2ireland.org/ for example).
Cheers, Sean
Posted by Sean O Sullivan at July 25th, 2007 at 1:29 amThere’s some interesting chatter coming from mainstream Irish bloggers that you could integrate into any conference offering. The conversations among Irish techies about the rise of effective social media in Ireland would enlighten the gray hairs who typically drive the outward facade of Ireland, Inc by using only traditional channels of communications.
Posted by Bernard Goldbach at July 25th, 2007 at 1:45 amSean, wasn’t that “whippy thing they call a latte” that Walt had in his hand in Stephen’s Green an Insomnia?
Welcome to Ireland guys, looking forward to EuroD. By the way, did you know that Dublin had ‘D’ postcodes - D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6 and so on…
Posted by James Corbett at July 25th, 2007 at 2:33 amIf you want to combine technology and guinness when in dublin there’s a pub right near where the maguires pub you were at, called the baggott inn. It has just open last week and has electronic guinness taps at your table so you can fill your own pints!
Posted by Gerard Hanratty at July 25th, 2007 at 7:17 amI would strongly recommend Dublin as centre for a European event. It is cheap to fly to from Europe. It is relatively cheap to stay in. We have ran events for IBM / Lotus User groups in Ireland and attracted people from all over the world (http://www.ilug2007.org)
Posted by Paul Mooney at July 25th, 2007 at 9:10 amYou forgot the Starbucks in the Liffey Valley shopping center, a very ‘American’ Mall.
But welcome to Ireland, from an expiate, and thanks for the link.
Posted by Branedy Branedy at July 25th, 2007 at 10:56 amYour conference would be so welcome in Dublin, we’d love to have you here. Thanks for the good vibes on your vid about my home town.
Tip for Walt: when taking a first mouthful of Guinness, you’re expected to down half of the glass on first go. Lots more ‘research’ to be done there!
Posted by Maryrose Lyons at July 25th, 2007 at 1:01 pmKara
Posted by Brendan Cannon at August 7th, 2007 at 7:11 amWe’d love to host the D6 conference here in sunny Dublin (!). Ok, scratch the sunny part of that sentence - still waiting for summer ‘07 to start. But the city has so much more than weather to offer. All the tech giants are here so you’d have a captive and informed audience. In particular we’d love to welcome you out to the Innovation Centre on the Intel Ireland in Leixlip campus as part of your visit.