We Media Global Forum

Large, well-funded, high-powered discussions by media corporations are nothing new, but the frequency of such events around internet-based citizen media is growing, as is their scale. We Media is responsible for Global Forum 2006 a two day shindig hosted by the BBC and Reuters, with attendees from the UN, Google, MSN, Al Jazeera, the controller of BBC1, and actor Richard Dreyfuss.

An interesting fringe meeting looks like the closest your average podcaster is likely to get.

Guest speakers: Dr Chris Yapp, Head of Public Sector Innovation, Microsoft, Suw Charman, Executive Director, Open Rights Group, Ben Metcalfe (benmetcalfe.com / backstage.bbc.co.uk), and Michael Tippett, founder of nowpublic.com.

Listen to the unedited, 67 minute recording here.

Further comments on the meeting here.