The Jeff Pulver Blog: VON Israel 2007: A Great Event

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October 18, 2007

VON Israel 2007: A Great Event

VON Israel 2007 took place earlier this week (Oct 14/15) and overall it was a great event.

Continuing the momentum of VON Israel 2006, VON Israel 2007 brought together both a mixture of international speakers as well as many of the leaders of the Israeli Internet Communications industry. I enjoyed the opportunity I had a chance to catch up with Israel’s Minister of Communications, Ariel Atlas. It was also great to see the diverse range of people who spent time at VON Israel, people ranging from the European Union’s Ambassador to Israel, Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal, to Ami Erel, the Chairman of Cellcom and the numerous early-stage entrepreneurs who went to VON Israel to have their ideas and dreams validated.

On the news side, VON Israel generated a number of headline news stories covered in the Israeli business press and our event was also covered by a number of Israeli bloggers.

“Social Media” was one of the hot/buzz topics of the conference. This was a topic which came up during my opening keynote on Sunday and was covered by a number of speakers including Yossi Vardi during his speech on Monday. VON Israel provided a great environment for people interested in both carrier and enterprise VoIP solutions.

I’m looking forward to returning to the States and preparing for Fall 2007 VON in Boston where I will be sharing my perspectives on the future of the Internet Communications Continuum.

Tags: Social Media, Social Communications, VON, VON Israel, voip, Israel, Jeff Pulver