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We have some cool events coming up this week: a festival, a new energy conference, and again zombies!

Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum

The Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum takes place in Toronto an April 3-4 2012. It is the annual, must-attend conference for Feed-In Tariff contract holders, developers, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and government. This year’s forum offers participants the opportunity to understand the impacts of the FIT review for solar, wind, hydro and bioenergy sectors. Several leading industry figures are participating and over 130 top renewable energy and policy experts are speaking!

More info on the event’s website: http://www.amiando.com/ontariofitforum.html

I LOVE MUSIC FESTIVAL

If you’re planning a vacation on Tenerife – this week would be a great time for it! On April 6^th 2012, the I LOVE MUSIC festival takes place on the beautiful island, with a great line-up: Hardwell, Gregor Salto, Real el Canario and many more.

Check it out: http://farraworld.com/i-love-music-festival/

2.8 HOURS LATER

The zobmie event 2.8 HOURS LATER is going to the next round: on April 5-6 2012 the events is taking place in Glasgow. Survive the night without becoming a zombie and save the city from the apocalypse – that’s the challenge for all brave participants.

The event is already sold out, but you can still check out the webpage: http://www.amiando.com/EQZUCHI.html

Are you wondering what we are currently busy with?
After the great success of our last year’s Social Media and Events Report with about 10.000 downloads, we are working on the 2012 version at full speed! The report will once again show you how the event industry is using social networks, the importance of social media as a marketing tool for event organizers, and give you an outlook on how social media activities will change in the future. In this year’s report, we will also compare the results to last year’s data. The report further gives you valuable social media tips and points out some dangers of social media.
A high amount of data is the basis of significant results. That’s why for this year’s report, we will soon need your help! In April, all customers and everyone who’s subscribed to our newsletter will receive an email with a survey. Participants can not only contribute their experience with social media, as a little incentive there will also be a raffle where you can win great prizes! But we won’t give away more for now – more info following soon, we’ll keep you posted!

If you are not yet subscribed to our newsletter, you can change that here.

Download the Social Media and Events Report 2011 here (Englisch version) or here (German version).

A Zombie Apocalypse, Online Marketing, lots of Java and E-Commerce – that’s what you can expect this week:

2.8 HOURS LATER

Survive a zombie apocalypse in Glasgow – that’s the challenge at the 2.8 HOURS LATER event taking place in Glasgow from March 28 – 31. Find your way to the different locations around the city, make it to the Resistance HQ and avoid the gore-exuding zombies.  Doesn’t sound too hard, does it?

Find out how to play at http://2.8hourslater.com/

Affiliate Tactixx

For the sixth time, the Affiliate Tactixx conference takes place in Munich on March 27 – 28. Participants can expect various presentations and workshops dealing with the latest developments in the online marketing business. A special highlight will be André Morys’ keynote on the future of Conversion Optimization & Testing.

Check out the program and get one of the last tickets: http://www.affiliate-tactixx.de/

BerlinExpertDays

Topics from the world of Java will be in the center of the BED-Con 2012 in Berlin on March 29-30. You can exchange your experiences with Java, Java EE, Spring, JavaScript, NoSQL, Cloud Computing and many more and listen to many interesting lectures.

For details, visit http://bed-con.org/

Internet World

On March 27-28 you will find everything about E-Commerce at the Internet World in Munich, organized by the NMG. As premium sponsor we are looking forward to the great program the organizers have put together under the motto “The future of E-Commerce” with many speakers from Facebook, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Post, Dell and many more!

Check out the Internet World’s webpage: http://www.internetworld-messe.de/

Are you new to amiando? Or just insecure about creating events? Or would you like to learn about the latest features and the best tips and tricks for using the amiando software? Then you should check out our amiando live-webinar!

Every Tuesday at 5PM (CET) (German version) and Wednesday at 6PM (CET) (English version), an amiando expert is broadcasting live from Munich and you can experience it live from your computer at home! In the webinar, the expert explains and shows you how to create an event, set up a ticket shop with different categories, design the event page and much more! Of course, you can ask the moderator all the questions you might still have after watching the webinar. And the best: it’s free and new customers get a 50€-voucher for their first amiando event!

Register for a live webinar for free here and become an amiando expert yourself: German version: http://info.amiando.com/amiando-webinar-live

English version: http://info.amiando.com/amiando-live-webinar

You don’t have time to watch the live webinar? Click here to watch the recorded version!

Press Release: Neue Mediengesellschaft Ulm entscheidet sich für amiando als exklusiven Ticketingpartner für sämtliche Events

22. March 2012 by Myriam March 22nd, 2012 4:42 pmMyriam | Comments (0)

München – 22. März 2012 – amiando (www.amiando.de), Europas führendes Tool für online Eventregistrierung und Ticketing, wird exklusiver online Ticketing-Partner für die gesamten Veranstaltungen der Neuen Mediengesellschaft Ulm (NMG). Die NMG, einer der führenden IT-Verlage, nutzt somit amiandos Eventmanagement Lösung für die Abwicklung von über 25 Messen und Konferenzen pro Jahr. In dieser Rolle ist amiando auch offizieller Partner und Premium Sponsor der Internet World 2012, der E-Commerce Messe mit begleitendem Kongress, die am 27. – 28. März in München stattfindet.

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Are you looking forward to the Internet World in Munich next week? We do! We are happy to announce that amiando is the exclusive online ticketing partner of the Neue Mediengesellschaft Ulm (NMG), one of the leading IT-publishers. The NMG uses our event management solution for more than 25 exhibitions and conferences per year. This makes amiando the official partner and premium sponsor of the InternetWorld 2012, the e-commerce trade fair that takes place in Munich on March 27-28, 2012.

The NMG uses the amiando software for online registration and attendee management which made the whole event organization process much easier:

“During the first two events, we were already convinced of amiando. The whole process of organizing the events was much easier. amiando’s service is great, we especially appreciate the fast reaction to all our requests and the smooth  implementation of our wishes and demands. We’re looking forward to a successful Internet World!” says Nicole Rüdlin, responsible for conferences and xxhibitions at the NMG.

The Internet World takes place in Munich on March 27-28. The exhibition’s motto is “The future of e-commerce”. amiando not only handles the ticketing, but also several processes during the fair: entry management, name tags and on-site registration.  An amiando team of experts will be at the exhibition to support the organizer and guarantee a successful event.

“amiando is looking forward to a successful cooperation with the NMG and is proud that we could convince a leading IT-publisher of our event management software,” says Felix Haas, CEO amiando.

For more information, visit http://www.internetworld-messe.de/

Monday is Events of the Week-Day and we have some cool events coming up! Fitting the launch of amiando Green Ticketing, we have two events with green topics going on this week:

ECOSUMMIT

“Going green is smart” is the motto of the ECOSUMMIT, the international Smart Green Business Network and Conference for investors, startups, corporates and utilities fostering cleantech, renewable energy, emobility, smart green city and sustainability. The ECOSUMMIT 2012 takes places in Berlin on 22-23 March 2012. 400 participants are expected!

Check out this event: http://ecosummit.net/tickets

EV Battery Forum / EV Charging Forum

The EV Battery Forum and the EV Charging Forum take place in Barcelona from 21 to 22 March 2012. The topic: Electric Cars. At the conference, 11 vehicle manufacturers, 15 utilities and 5 battery manufacturers from 16 different countries come together to discuss the present and the future of the Electric Car.

Take a look at the agenda: http://www.evbatteryforum.com/europe/register-now

EXCEED

With over 500 participants, the Exceed is one of the largest e-commerce events in Germany. The Exceed 2012 takes place in Berlin from 22 to 23 March 2012. The following topics are discussed:

• Exceed 2012 // E-Commerce Beyond the Obvious
• Creative Commerce // The Customization 500
• Gender Innovation // E-Commerce for women
• Make it social, make it fast(er) // Impulse 2012
• Where’s the Party 2012 // Shopping-Party-Update
• Alternative financing models for new e-commerce

Check it out: http://www.amiando.com/exceed2012.html

Event registration is an exhausting business ­– and sometimes even the amiando team needs a break. What would be a better way of clearing our minds for new ideas and build an even stronger team than having some fun in the snow? So last Friday, almost 40 amiandos and amiandas from the offices in Munich, Paris and London packed their coats, snowboards and skis and got on the bus to spend two days in Wildkogel, Austria!

After arriving at the hotel, we took the gondola lift all the way up to the peak of the Wildkogel and had a fantastic dinner (lots of pork, Semmelknödel and Kaiserschmarrn!) at the Wildkogelhaus. Well-fed, we went on a 30-minute-sledge-ride with a fierce fighting at the finish line (which we all reached pretty much unharmed and in the end, all the meanwhile lost people made it back to the bus). Back at the hotel, parts of the group hit the night life of Neukirchen.

On Saturday, the group split up (intentionally, this time) and we all enjoyed a wonderful sunny day in the snow skiing, snowboarding and snow shoe hiking. In the evening, the bus took us back to Munich, exhausted and happy. Thanks, amiando!

We are happy to announce that amiando launches Green Ticketing at this year’s SXSW interactive festival!

Green events try to be as environmentally friendly as possible and with our completely paperless online registration and ticketing we already help events being green. But now we’ve thought of something new: from now on, delegates have the opportunity to buy CO2 certificates with each ticket in order to compensate for their carbon dioxid emission impact that is caused by traveling to and from the event.

How does it work?

When you buy a ticket for any event on amiando, you will be asked if you want to purchase a CO2 certificate. The cost of this certificate depends on the attendee’s traveling distance to the event, the type and the lenght of the event. The money from these certificates is used for reforestation projects – trees are planted which compensate for the attendee’s calculated carbon dioxide emissions.

Organizers and sponsors can also help making event management greener by paying the total cost for compensating the event’s carbon dioxide footprint.

“Event production and attendee travelling make events a relevant contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. As the tool of choice for thousands of event organizers we see it as our responsibility to act environmentally thoughtful. Therefore we are very happy and proud to help both event organizers and delegates to reduce an event’s carbon footprint”, says Felix Haas, CEO amiando.

Our provider of the CO2 certificates is ClimatePartner, a climate protection consultancy which works closely with environmental organizations.

Press Release: amiando launches Green Ticketing @SXSW

12. March 2012 by Myriam March 12th, 2012 4:35 pmMyriam | Comments (0)

Munich/Austin –March 14, 2012 – amiando (www.amiando.com) , one of the leading online registration and ticketing tools worldwide, announced today that it launches amiando Green Ticketing at this year’s SXSW interactive festival.
amiando’s online event management software allows event organizers and delegates to be more environmentally-thoughtful. Not only is amiando’s online registration system completely paperless, amiando now allows delegates to buy CO2 certificates in order to compensate for their carbon dioxide emissions impact that is caused by their travel to and from the event.
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