As we all continue to network 24/7, how about a conference all about social networking in San Francisco, CA?  Userplane is sponsoring the upcoming Social Networking Conference event held on July 10 - 11, 2008 at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF in San Francisco, USA.  The event agenda includes a lineup of speakers such as Motorola, Twitter, Steve Wozniak, Piczo, and many others!  Userplane’s very own Mike Jones, Shane Hall and Kyle Ellis will be networking at the event and presenting our new and exciting Mediaplayer and our soon to launch (July 21st), Boards!  Visit Userplane at booths 104 and 105 and join in on the social networking too

Userplane has been working closely with Ticonderoga Ventures to exhibit in the largest of the four annual Social Networking Conferences. The Social Networking Conference will be taking place in Miami, January 31 - February 1, 2008. Covering all business aspects social networking markets, it’ll be the place to be on the east coast! If you’re attending, we’re adding to all the excitement by having a live demo of Userplane’s Desktop application at Userplane’s Exhibitor Seminar Series Workshop on Wednesday, January 31, at 1:30 pm. Visit us at our Userplane booth – located at booths #601 and #602 We’ll see you in Miami!

Tomorrow, December 19, Userplane’s business development team will be attending the first virtual Social Networking Conference, hosted by our friends at iDate. Our chat software is a key component to make this online-only conference possible! Over 300 high-profile executives from the social networking space have already signed up to attend. Please join us for this unique event at http://www.socialnetworkingexpo.com.

This week, Userplane’s business development team will be in full effect at PubCon in Las Vegas. If you’re in town for the conference, please stop by our booth (#409) to check out the newest/latest Userplane happenings and say hi.

Today, we launched our new version of the Userplane Directory.  This rollout will primarily affect Userplane community owners (Instant Install), who will see some new and improved features: 

- New “Most Active” chat section - updates every 5 minutes
- Ability to sort search results to only see the chats with active users in them
- Easier access to chat room personalization because it is now localized in one easy access area
- Faster “my users” section w/ enhanced usability
- You can now customize the window title of your chat
- You can now delete your communities and even your own account (Userplane ID)

We’ve been quite busy here in Santa Monica. Here are a few highlights from the last couple of months…

1) Userplane Feeds are introduced - Our initial Feeds API, Truveo Video Search allows you to embed advanced video search results on your site - which can be integrated with advertising and Userplane Money to generate additional revenue.

2) FREE Webrecorder is pushed out - Our record and share app - used for video profiles, posting a/v comments on profile pages, video blogs, and more - can now be installed with no monthly fees, supported by ads.

3) Userplane’s Facebook App - We join FB’s social graph with our very own chat app, which allows users to chat and instant message their Facebook friends using Userplane’s feature-rich tools.

4) Userplane Embraces Google’s OpenSocial - Our new APIs will allow OpenSocial application developers to integrate Userplane apps, such as Webchat, Webmessenger and Webrecorder, within their applications.

6) Our dev team diligently works on new version of Userplane Directory - about to launch! More details to follow shortly…

Userplane will be a sponsor and exhibitor at the 5^th annual Social Networking Conference, taking place in Miami, January 31 - February 1, 2008.

Scheduled topics are: new technologies, revenue models for social networking, mobile, venture capital, social networking and online personals marketing, social networking software, online personals software, global business strategies, partnerships, legal issues and payments. Historically, the Miami event has been the most significant and the largest. Converging at the Miami event are senior executives in the social networking and social media industry from several continents, including growth markets such as China and Europe.

While the Social Networking Conference is taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center , the Internet Dating Confernce will also be taking place down the hall. Registration to the Social Networking Conference also gets you complimentary admission to the dating conference.

Let us know if you plan on attending and would like to meet up! For more information on the event, please visit their website: www.SocialNetworkingConference.com

Userplane has many exciting events that we will be sponsoring or attending. Here is our upcoming schedule:

iDate
Barcelona
October 1-2, 2007
http://www.idate2007.com/innerpage-barcelona.php

The Future of Web Apps (FOWA)
London
October 3-5, 2007
http://www.futureofwebappps.com

CommunityNext: Platforms
Sunnyvale
October 5-6, 2007
http://www.communitynext.com/

Web 2.0 Summit
San Francisco
October 17-19, 2007
http://www.web2summit.com/

If you plan on attending any of these events, we’d like to hear from you. Send us an email: busdev@userplane – we hope to see you at some of these shows!

The Userplane staff will be attending the Facebook Developer Garage tomorrow night in Los Angeles.

The last Facebook Developer Garage in LA, held at the Mahalo office, was very informative. Attendees listened to presentations ranging from “How to Market your Facebook App” to “Best ways to Monetize a Facebook App”. We even recorded the Facebook Professor, Meagan Marks, presenting developer tip and tricks (we’ll post the video later this week).

About tomorrow’s event:

Red Bull headquarters in Santa Monica will serve as the meeting grounds for the first Los Angeles Facebook Developer Garage. If you’re interested in sharing your newest application, looking for people to help you polish up an exisiting application or just want to meet with some very like minded Facebookers, this first installment will give you the opportunity to talk Platform with people from the Los Angeles area.

This is a perfect place to ask questions, share ideas and do a little partying Red Bull style. Come and meet with the current Platform developers and pick their brains about how to make your very own app climb the download charts.

So come enjoy some good tunes, good food, good people, and good times over a cold can at Red Bull’s North American Headquarters.

Schedule (All times are displayed in PST - “Red Bull Time” meaning flexible)

7:30-9:00: Cocktails
9-10:00: Featured App Presentations
10-11:00: 5 Minutes of Fame (Application/Idea Presentations)
11-?: Halo2 tourney in Room8… let us know you are interested.

All of “5 Minutes of Fame” prezo slots will be assigned in the traditional Bar Camp manner - first come first serve.

Attending iDate SF allowed me to witness innovative ideas from successful social networks striving to go mobile. Listening to key speakers, panels and exhibitors including representatives such as Mark Brooks, Bebo, Dogster, Nokia, etc. worked up an appetite where Mark Lesnick prepared an amazing luncheon and mixer. Thank you everyone for a great time. We at Userplane look forward to iDate Barcelona and 2008 events.

Janet Hyunh
Userplane Account Manager