Many of us consider speaking and workshop leading as part of our businesses, part of our professional work. That makes us quite different to someone who perhaps speaks once or twice a year, at conferences that have grown from a community they are active in. To try and gain wider insight I put a survey online, and I am so glad that I did. Over 200 people completed the survey, 168 completed it fully. They ranged from people who have spoken at a single conference up to 100 conferences in the last 12 months.

The event is a 3-in-1 formula – the combination of business Conference (Filmteractive Conference), content Market (Filmteractive Market), and digital art Festival (Filmteractive Festival). The event is organised by the Lodz Media Klaster Foundation, the Polish National School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz, and the Digital One interactive agency. The aim of Filmteractive is to create an ideal meeting place, where filmmakers, interactive directors, artists, marketers, and potential investors may network and exchange their professional know-how.

DrupalCon, Symfony Live and WebVisions will co-locate their May 2013 conference in Portland, Oregon

attendees can buy a pass to just one of three conferences or purchase a Combo Pass to get access to all three events, which will include admission to an exhibit hall and the attendee lunches. Tickets for Symfony Live and WebVisions will be available this month, and DrupalCon Portland will will go on sale January 2013.

Join us for three full days and nights of activities, including more of the provocative and enlightening speakers that the HOPE conferences are known for. In addition, we have access to a massive amount of space to put together all sorts of hacker projects and assorted fun stuff. In the past we've had huge hackerspace villages, film festivals, Segway rides, lockpicking villages, a wide variety of vendors, art installations, live radio, vintage computers, robots, ham radio installations, electronics workshops, book signings, and the country's biggest supply of Club-Mate.

The second year for our largest conference will bring our community together to explore the Future of Digital. Mashable Connect 2012 will feature premier speakers who will provide insight into the technologies and trends that are shaping the next era of digital innovation.

Join Mashable and our community to inspire and be inspired. The conference will cover new ground, break news, feature special networking events and include some Disney magic along the way.

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