day three

what a day!
first: caught the end of "social media in the mid-east" and then heard the panel on "axis? what axis?" with Esra'a Al Shafei (of mideastyouth.com) and Mary C. Joyce of the Obama campaign. very interesting and moving (especially the social media in the mid-east part).
this was followed by Jimbo Wales giving a talk on Wikipedia and Wikia... which was sometimes a little boring because he was so to speak preaching to the choir: i'm guessing most people there knew what wikipedia is and how it works. basically it was more of an advertisement for wikia. but it was good and partly inspiring.
talking about inspiring and moving: cory doctorow's speech on the internet, free culture, three-strikes-you're-out, creativity, net-neutrality, and lots more.
then we ran and caught a small lecture on changing German copyright. Dr. Till Kreutzer wrote his doctoral thesis on that and had some good observations to make and his proposal was to separate the protection of rights of the creator (composer, writer, musician) from the protection of rights of the producer (record company, publishing house).
lunch
then a panel on political blogs in Germany... which was ok.
last: panel "new european public in the net?"... good.
getting a cold... so, after walking to the location for the after-party we decided to go home, go to bed. also: we need to catch the train at 10 to 8AM...
conclusion: good but exhausting day and especially with the onset of a cold it is time to get some rest.