Web 2.0 Summit Videos on YouTube

I flew to San Francisco last week to attend the Web 2.0 Summit but now you can watch many of the sessions from the comfort of your home/office via YouTube.  OK, you probably don't have the time to watch all the videos, so here's a quick list of some of my favorite sessions:

Elon Musk

Lawrence Lessig

John Doerr

Mark Zuckerberg

P.S. -- Here's to hoping that more conference providers will post session videos like this.  It's a great way to extend the conference's community reach.

Comments

[Alvin Hutchinson]

A colleague and I were talking about webcast/videos of conference presentations recently.

I wonder if one day the availability of conference proceedings online will discourage registration and attendance. I wasn't going to attend the Web 2.0 Summit in either case, but I will watch some of these videos.

But let's say I want to attend a conference but am indecisive because of the registration fee, air fare and hotel that could total $1000 or more. If I can view even a fraction of the presentations online at no charge . . . . well?

[Joe Wikert]

Hi Alvin. You raise the key reason why most conferences aren't available for free viewing after the fact. Each conference is different, of course, but I tend to think the benefit of extending the conference's reach generally more than offsets the registration/attendance erosion. One of the key benefits to attending a conference like Web 2.0 is the opportunity to network with all the other attendees, speakers, etc. You obviously don't get that benefit from the YouTube videos, so while I think physical attendance is the better option for a conference like this, there's still a lot of value in watching the session videos. Also, don't forget that some conferences are sold out and you can't attend no matter how much you're willing to pay!

[Michael A. Banks]

Thank you for the links, Joe. John Doerr was more than intersting.
--Mike