{"id":3358,"date":"2018-04-24T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/04\/24\/register-now-for-me-convention-2018-in-stockholm-from-september-4-6\/"},"modified":"2018-04-24T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T16:00:17","slug":"register-now-for-me-convention-2018-in-stockholm-from-september-4-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/04\/24\/register-now-for-me-convention-2018-in-stockholm-from-september-4-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Register Now for me Convention 2018 in Stockholm from September 4-6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/meConvention-frontrow-2018-640x360.png\" alt=\"me Convention 2018 in Stockholm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39799\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, SXSW in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz held the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/me-convention.com\/\"><strong>me Convention<\/strong><\/a> in Frankfurt \u2013 a three-day cross-cultural event uniting technology, design, and creative industries for a critical dialogue about the future. This year, me Convention moves the conversation to Sweden\u2019s vibrant capital, <strong>Stockholm<\/strong>, from <strong>September 4-6, 2018<\/strong> to showcase pioneers from all industries and reveal some of tomorrow\u2019s most innovative technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The unique and open platform of me Convention creates an intimate space for dynamic talks with top-tier speakers, inspiring keynotes, workshops, mentor meetings, and more. Join us to explore the <strong>2018 themes<\/strong> \u2014  <strong>New Society<\/strong>, <strong>New Leadership<\/strong>, <strong>New Economies<\/strong>, <strong>New Creativity<\/strong>, and <strong>New Bionomics<\/strong> \u2014 plus an outstanding evening program including concerts, art exhibitions, Startup Cities Pitches, parties, and film screenings.<\/p>\n<p>2017 speakers included astronaut Buzz Aldrin, artist A$AP Rocky, Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook), cyborg Neil Harbisson, Auma Obama (Sauti Kuu Foundation), monk Gelong Thubten, John Cohn (IBM), Amber Valletta (Master &amp; Muse), and many more. As you get ready for Stockholm, experience all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.me-convention.com\/en\/mercedes-benz\/events\/me-convention\/me-convention-talks\/me-convention-talks-2017\/\"><strong>2017 talks<\/strong><\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.me-convention.com\/en\/mercedes-benz\/events\/me-convention\/mystery-talks\/\">Mystery Talks<\/a> series presented by me Convention during SXSW 2018. Stay tuned for 2018 me Convention programming announcements and updates throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/me-convention.sxsw.com\/products\/reg-me\"><strong>Register<\/strong><\/a> to join today\u2019s makers and thought leaders for <a href=\"http:\/\/me-convention.com\/\">me Convention 2018<\/a>. Badges are available now at <strong>Early Bird rates until June 22<\/strong> at \u20ac329 ($402 USD). Students currently enrolled in college or university can follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/me-convention.sxsw.com\/students\">link<\/a> to secure a special student discount.<\/p>\n<p>SXSW is pleased to join Mercedes-Benz once again to host me Convention as an evolution of its mission to help creative people achieve their goals. Set your sights on Stockholm and secure your spot to #createthenew! Follow @meconvention on Instagram and Twitter, and sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.me-convention.com\/newsletter\">me Convention newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/me-convention.sxsw.com\/products\/reg-me\" class=\"button\" target=\"_blank\">Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\/news\/2018\/me-convention-2018-in-stockholm-registration-now-open\/\">Register Now for me Convention 2018 in Stockholm from September 4-6<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\">SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, SXSW in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz held the inaugural me Convention in Frankfurt \u2013 a three-day cross-cultural event uniting technology,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":3359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2018\/04\/meConvention-frontrow-2018-640x360.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-Sa","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}