Before launching into the promised coverage of the technology and trends sections, I thought it a good idea to describe what makes SIME unique, and also to put down a few caveats which are relevant to all that comes out of SIME. First up, SIME is not a pure business event. There is a strong visual arts theme, with in house AV teams, video creatives, live camera crews who mix and edit for the next sessions and a lot of traditional 2D paper and fabric arts. Each show has its own purpose and theme. If you want television and video, go to Milia. Movies, go to Cannes. Top level finance networking, go to ETRE. Lots of rapid data to assimilate? Then go to Essential Mediatech. Games? GDCE, Brighton or Leipzig (if it is running next year). US connections required for your start-up? Then get out to Web 2.0 Expo, DEMO09 or similar. Want to know how the money moves? Try something like EconSM. .... What is SIME for?   more »