A Cincinnati smoothie of communications and technology

Monday, September 21, 2009 by Chuck Gose
Later this week, I'll be trekking down to Cincinnati to attend the Digital Hub Initiative. It looks to be an event right up my alley because it's a smoothie of communications and technology. Local AMA, Ad Club, IABC, PRSA chapters are involved, as well as the Digital Signage Association.

It's refreshing to see the digital signage community get involved in a show like this one, and not just the likes of Digital Signage Expo and other industry-specific shows (nothing against those of course).

Digital Hub InitiativeLabeled "all things digital," the two-day event (September 24-25) features a digital signage panel on Friday. I'm looking forward to the cast of characters appearing on the panel. Only one panelist appears to be a digital signage network operator, but we'll see where the discussion goes. Taking a glance at the full schedule shows off a diverse cast of speakers from a variety of fields.

I don't think it's too late to register if you're interested. Here's the event summary from the site:
After phenomenal success in 2008, Cincinnati’s Digital Hub Non-Conference is back with a vengeance! The Second Annual event promises “bigger & better” in promoting our region as the Digital Hub it is – the Hub of “All Things Digital” in advertising, design, marketing, communications and public relations. In 2009, instead of a single group calling the shots, the event is being driven by numerous local professional groups, all with interest in the same Big Idea.

Often times, conferences can be a letdown but I know some of the people organizing this one and I am expecting great things. Any conference that focuses on improving communication is always worth attending.

A communications and technology smoothie.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009 by Tim Burke:
Chuck, thanks for attending this year's event. I hope you enjoyed it. As chairman of the marketing & PR committee for the digital signage association, I was concerned that last year's event had no digital signage involved. So I got involved in the steering committee and put together the panel on digital signage you attended. It's good to see DOOH getting attention now from agencies, brands and new media types. I appreciate you attending our session and hope you enjoyed the conference as a whole.