I would like to organize a conference, and following the general meme of an open business plan (that I have pursued recently), I am opening the discussion to whoever is interested.

The theme I am interested in is Social Architecture: Tools and Technologies for a New Wave of Social Media. The social architecture term I am shamelessly lifting from the recent interaction with John Hagel (see here), one of the authors of Can Your Firm Develop a Sustainable Edge? Maybe I can coerce John into participating?

I will also be sending out emails, inviting various tech firms, thought leaders, and researchers to jump in. I guess I still don't trust blogging to be the sole mechanism of getting things rolling on an activity like this.

I hope to explore dozens of themes at the symposium, but all circling around social media, and the social architecture that arises from our interactions through these technologies and tools. I am eager to create an opportunity for a wide range of researchers, analysts, entrepreneurs and users to interact. And I want to explore Marc Cantor's contention (see here) that this has to be more than just a brief real world event: it needs to be an ongoing community, with continuing virtual activity after the symposium is over, and leading up to the event itself. Marc's already said he's interested. Now, all I have to do is convince some weak-minded people to do all the hard work involved (wink).