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BIL Conference adds Seesmic Video Support 

Now that we’re done with BIL 2008, it’s time to start planning BIL 2009
Sign up for BIL 2009. If you have any ideas on how to make BIL better, add it to this page too.
If you missed out on BIL 2008, read up on what everyone thought of it on the Blog Coverage Wiki Page.

Thanks everyone who came to BIL and made it such a huge success. We probably had 300 people there in total. Here’s some content from the event:

Photos on Flickr
Video - One Click Webcasting and Robert Scoble

Some information about the future:

BIL2009 will be in Long Beach next year with TED. We will have a much bigger [...]

We had no idea BIL would be this popular when we started planning. Our facility holds 150 people, and at the time we didn’t consider that there’d be more people interested.
Per the request of the facility manager, we’re capping attendance at 150 people and no longer adding people to the attendance list.
If you aren’t able [...]

Between some of the talks we’d like to have some musicians play. If you are interested, add yourself to the UnConcert wiki page

As we get closer to BIL, we’re updating the wiki page Things We Need! If you can help out by providing any of these, edit the page and say what you can provide.
We’re still looking for sponsors to cover all the little unexpected and logistical expenses. If your company would like to sponsor BIL, [...]

Our biggest problem at the moment is that the facility where we’re having BIL doesn’t have internet. Robert Scoble, who will be filming all the talks, won’t be able to stream them online live if we don’t have at least 300kbs for him. If they can’t be streamed, they’ll be uploaded to a video service [...]

You might have noticed the increase in Sponsor logos on the BIL website. I thought it might be helpful to describe how each sponsor is helping BIL be a success.

Singularity Institute - They are covering the cost of the facility for both Saturday and Sunday.
Qtask and The Creative Space - These two sponsors are responsible [...]

We have over 100 people confirm they are attending by adding themselves to the wiki. If you’re attending, but haven’t added yourself to the wiki, please do so now. We’d like to have a pretty accurate estimate of how many people to expect: http://bilconference.pbwiki.com/Attendees
Also, everyone who’s attending is encouraged to speak. If you have something [...]

I just came across this great blog post by Ethan Zuckerman, the cofounder of Tripod and a TED attendee, titled BIL and TED, An Excellent Adventure.
If there are amazing people at BIL - both folks who came to TED, and amazing people who simply decided to come into town for BIL - does it become [...]