On Wednesday, next10 closed its gates. After four years in Hamburg, this year's edition was the first in the German capital. 1385 people finally registered for the show, and more than 100 speakers were on stage.

The programme featured several keynotes given by inspiring, creative and technical savvy pundits, lots of talks by Game Changers and an elaborate discussion of the vibrant App Economy with many of the relevant players on stage for an entire conference day. All that summed up to three parallel, two-day conference tracks.

Many of our speakers, sponsors and partners made news during the conference. Check out the press room for sources and TechCrunch for coverage. Many thanks to all of them, including everyone who spent his hard-earned money for making this possible!

Paul Jozefak wrote a lengthy guest post on TechCrunch about next10, which he concluded as follows:

In summary, I feel my time was well spent in Berlin. The Next10 has established itself and I believe this is one of the events you should attend if in this market in Europe. You can get some great insight into the EU market if you aren't based here by spending a day or two attending.

Thanks Paul, and we'll surely heed your tips for next11.

The whole conference was videotaped, and we'll release the videos on sevenload as soon as post production is done. In the meantime, check out zaplive.tv where the livestream coverage of Track 1 and Track 2 is archived and can be viewed.

The next10 team now takes some rest to recover from the strain of the past weeks. Thanks again to everyone and see you next year in Berlin!

Photo: © André Krüger, boschblog.de. More photos on flickr.

This is a video from appstory.tv. They are a media partner of next10 and producing lots of quality content. Check out their YouTube channel for more.

Stefan Weitz is Director of Search at Microsoft. He spoke today at next10.

Today In just four days next10 will kick off in Berlin. We are happy to welcome you starting at 8:00 AM at STATION-Berlin, Luckenwalder Straße 4-6, 10963 Berlin. More than 1000 1100 1200 1300 participants are already registered.

Still in need of a ticket? Consider getting yours now, as tickets are selling fast and we are switching from the regular price of € 790 to the late price of € 990 (both ex Fee and VAT) after regular tickets are sold out. Register now and get € 200 off! (Less than 20 10 5 tickets left.)

Already got your ticket? Then RSVP now and show off your participation at next10 with your Twitter avatar, at Xing, Facebook, Upcoming and LinkedIn.

Check out the programme! With more than 100 speakers and 40 hours programme, next10 is the largest next ever. On May 11, 9:00 AM Peter Lovatt alias Dr Dance and John Rogers of Local Motors will open the conference with two keynotes. Louis Rossetto who founded WIRED magazine and now is a Game Changer in chocolate production with TCHO will speak at 11:00 AM.

The first afternoon belongs to renowned international agencies and best practice cases. At 5:30 PM the Visual Effects Award is given to the lucky winners, before conductor Itay Talgam closes the first conference day with his keynote. After that the Official next10 Party takes place. Tickets just for the party are available in the ticket store.

The second conference day is opened by IT-expert and hacker Pablos Holman, and the blogger and PR professional Brian Solis speaking. The whole Track 2 is dedicated to the exploding App Economy. MP3 inventor Karlheinz Brandenburg gives a keynote speech at 1:30 PM on "How to be a Game Changer". next10 will end with the Closing Party starting at 6:30 PM. Join us for the Brandenburg keynote and the Closing Party with the Berlin Ticket!

Set up your personal agenda for next10! To facilitate your conference planning, you may want to check out next10.sched.org, sign up and build your personal conference schedule. Mobile users can try the iPhone App (powered by Cellular) or Android App (powered by Mobile Roadie). Our media partner WELT KOMPAKT will provide a printed programme.

Speed Dating: To find the right people at such a big conference like the next we are initiating a Speed Dating. It works like any normal speed dating: We have a long table for 10 couples, a limited time to get in touch and a rotating system. Get in touch with a lot of interesting people from different companies. Maybe you can find the perfect investor for your start-up or the right agency for your company and vice versa. Learn more.

Accreditation: Please bring a print-out of your ticket that you received via mail from amiando as you registered. We will provide you with your badge at the conference accreditation, open from 8:00 AM on both days. Please note that the badges will not be send to you before the event! If you arrive early, you won't have to wait and get a breakfast instead. Of course you can leave your luggage at the wardrobe.

Travel & Accommodation: It'll be a first: staying in Berlin for the next conference. To be sure you'll know your way around and where to stay best, we've collected a few useful hints and tips for you. For your convenience we've arranged special prices for you at the Concorde Berlin hotel (5 Star Superior) as well as several art'otels and Park Plaza Hotels (3 & 4 Star). Learn more.

Design your own next t-shirt: At the Spreadshirt booth, you can create and buy your customised next10 shirt, scarf, netbook bag or baby one-piece. Keep in mind that we have a greater amount of shirts, sweaters and other stuff for your creative urges available in our online store.

Big thanks to our sponsors: As everyone knows it's impossible to build up a conference as big as next conference all alone. But luckily we're surrounded by great partners supporting us and it's about time to mention them and say a genuine thank you to our sponsors right now.

Two old German sayings are telling the truth about our situation. Good things come to those who wait and Haste makes waste.

As you never could promise a specific release date for an iPhone App, we are now totally happy to present the next10 App for iPhone and iPod touch, and it works on iPad, too. iPhone OS 3.0 or higher is required.

With the kindly support of our partner Cellular we can provide features such as:

• Programme: Get an overview of all conference sessions
• Personalization: Filter the next10 program down to your favorite sessions
• Up-to-date: Be always up-to-date with next10 news, even after the conference
• Details: Get detailed information on all speakers and their sessions
• Twitter wall: Who is twittering about the conference by using #next10 and what?
• Tell your friends: Share your favorite sessions via Facebook, Twitter or E-Mail.
• Evaluation: Vote the sessions you're attending.
• Get in touch: Find other participants.
• Find the tracks: Use a map of the location STATION-Berlin.

At most conferences you can find only one specific type of attendees. For next10 it's totally different: Some people are working at start-ups or maybe they are investors, others come from agencies or huge companies, but they all share some interests or passions.

To find the right people at such a big conference like the next we are initiating a Speed Dating. It works like any normal speed dating: We have a long table for 10 couples, a limited time to get in touch and a rotating system.

Get in touch with a lot of interesting people from different companies. Maybe you can find the perfect investor for your start-up or the right agency for your company and vice versa.

You are interested? Please fill out this simple form. First come, first serve! We will get back to you as soon as possible.

As everyone knows it's impossible to build up a conference as big as next conference all alone. But luckily we're surrounded by great partners supporting us and it's about time to mention them and say a genuine thank you to our sponsors, media partners and event partners right now.

We really appreciate the great support and help. Thus we are able to set up next10 just the way we were hoping to. We're looking forward to guiding our partners through the final planning of their presences in Berlin.

Here's to a great conference on May 11 & 12!

You should definitely have a close look at our valuable sponsors at next10 to explore new products and services:

• Projekt Zukunft
Projekt Zukunft is an initiative for structural change in Berlin as an information and knowledge society. The goal is to develop the city into an internationally recognised, competitve and attractive location. The campain is an initiative of the Berlin Senate for Economics, Technology and Women's Issues. The communication, media, and creative industries cluster of Projekt Zukunft oversees one of the most successful fields of Berlin's economic policy.
• Jung von Matt
Jung von Matt was founded in 1991. Today, the advertising agency offers a complete repertoire of marketing communication services: brand identity, direct marketing, events, film, literature, media, music, online, public relations, planning and, as always, advertising. When it comes to awards for creativity and effectiveness, Jung von Matt has been the most successful agency in German-speaking Europe for the past 20 years. The company slogan says: A good idea is like the Trojan Horse. It's so attractive that people gladly let it in. But at its core, it only has one goal: conquest.
• spot-media
spot-media is a fast-growing, independent interactive agency in Hamburg. It was founded in 1996 and became part of the SinnerSchrader Group in February 2008. The two major business areas in the interactive business are: the ongoing maintenance of large Internet shops and portals on the one hand, and consultation and the development and implementation of websites and Internet applications for small- to medium-sized businesses on the other.
• Scholz & Friends
Scholz & Friends is a workshop of ideas, all designed to maximise the success of big brands with the aid of excellent creation and orchestrated communication. Since it was founded in Hamburg in 1981, the agency has enjoyed unprecedented success, starting in Germany and gradually spreading across Europe. Today, Scholz & Friends has around 800 employees and is active all over the Europe.
• AOE media
AOE media is a market leader in the provision of TYPO3 services to its many corporate and institutional clients worldwide. The enthusiastic band of highly qualified developers/programmers has installed many hundreds of TYPO3-based Enterprise Content Management solutions worldwide. AOE media was the first to apply TYPO3 services to big-scale projects for major commercial customers, implementing complex e-commerce and Open Source Business applications in TYPO3.
• SapientNitro
SapientNitro, part of Sapient, is the world's first customer experience company. SapientNitro creates and engineers highly relevant experiences that accelerate business growth and fuel brand advocacy for our clients. By combining multi-channel marketing, multi-channel commerce, and the technology that binds them, SapientNitro influences customer behavior across the spectrum of content, communication, and commerce channels, resulting in deeper, more meaningful relationships between customers and brands.
• Scout24
The Scout24 Group provides innovative e-business in the seven marketplaces AutoScout24, ElectronicScout24, FinanceScout24, FriendScout24, ImmobilienScout24, JobScout24, TravelScout24 and the Jobs.de and Local24 portals. Both private and business customers gain in their e-business activities from the group of companies' product portfolio and numerous services.
• ImmobilienScout24
ImmobilienScout24 is Germany's largest internet real estate marketplace, offering extensive services for every aspect of housing and relocation. The portal brings together vendors and property seekers. For every conceivable aspect of real estate, ImmobilienScout24 allows property seekers to make quicker and sounder decisions, and provides sellers a economical and comfortable platform with which to market property.
• neofonie
Neofonie is one of the leading providers of innovative technologies and converged applications in the areas of search, social media, mobile applications and e-publishing. It develops and creates a new generation of services and products that respond not only to market demands, but in the pioneering work previously unimagined uses.
• Microsoft Advertising
Microsoft Advertising is a new form of media partner for a new form of media. The company stands for: unbeatable reach and precision targeting; innovative new advertising formats and equally innovative costing models for maximising your ROI; scaleable solutions across online, mobile, email, IM, social networks and all other digital media.
• CoreMedia
In 1996, CoreMedia was founded as a spin-off from Hamburg University of Science and Technology. Today the company offers a total solution for creating dynamic websites, building communities and engaging people in a way that creates added value for them and greater returns for enterprises. The CoreMedia Web Content Management (WCM) enables enterprises to engage users as individuals, seamlessly across all touchpoints. Ith helps managing every aspect of digital communications.
• plista
plista is an Ad Network founded in July 2008 with the objective to establish a new and successful advertising format for publishers and advertisers on the Internet. The new ad format offers a new and innovative solution, in order to better market website and products. It provides relevant content in a relevant context and a CTR between 8 and 12 per cent.
• Smaato
Smaato is a pioneering mobile advertising company that operates the mobile ad optimization platform called SOMA™ - Smaato Open Mobile Advertising and partners with mobile publishers, mobile developers, mobile ad networks and mobile operators. SOMA's unique feature is the aggregation of multiple leading mobile ad networks globally to maximize mobile advertising ARPU.
• ZOONERS
Looking for a great concert, a chilling café or a good museum? Here you are right! Zooners is a platform where users find local business cards - called Zooncards - of good events and places in their city. Your personal pin board allows you to share single cards or the whole wall with friends or business clients. Programmed as a widget, every Zooncard can be placed via iframe on other websites.
• Madvertise
Madvertise is a specialist in mobile advertising and provides a broad reach of mobile websites and applications for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The company is primarily specialising in adaptations to the mobile needs and provides technology and platform. Mobile banner ads are their strength.
• SEOlytics
The SEO-controlling software SEOlytics is a tool for website search engine optimisation. The software supports online marketers as well as portal and shop owners to analyse the visibility of their website in search engines on a daily basis, to identify potential and so to increase their business success. The tool is offered as a license in three packages.


• OTTO
For many people, the OTTO name is synonymous with mail order. Mail-order sales have always been the mainstay of OTTO's business, and they still are. Its product range covers areas as varied as fashion, furnishings and technology. One main factor in the corporation's success is its focus on customer orientation, which results in high-quality products, excellent value for money and top-class service. With two main catalogues and some 60 specialist catalogues appearing every year, OTTO gives its customers access to up-to-the-minute trends specifically geared towards particular target groups. The successful multichannel retailer is also active in over-the-counter retailing and has numerous OTTO shops.
• Yiid.com

This year's Blogger Lounge is sponsered by Yiid.com. It will be an attractive meeting point for speakers and journalists as well. Yiid.com rolls out the "next poker" during the Official next10 Party. A Texas Hold'em Poker competition will be held and the winner will be rewarded. Yiid.com is a social aggregation service and recently launched the open dislike button.
• VZnet Netzwerke
With more than 16 million registered members on three platforms VZnet Netzwerke is market leader in Germany. studiVZ.net, schuelerVZ.net and meinVZ.net keep on growing, with thousands of new users joining every day. VZnet Netzwerke Ltd. was created in October 2005 as studiVZ Ltd. and has belonged to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group since January 2007.
• Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post, Germany's only universal provider of postal services, is part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world's leading mail and logistics Group. Via its nationwide network of retail outlets Deutsche Post provides a range of postal, financial and telecommunications services.
• next commerce
next commerce is a subsidiary of SinnerSchrader, a leading interactive agency in Germany. Under the slogan "from Google to your door" next commerce provides the development and operation of web shops, online marketing, innovative and promotional product representation and a premium implementation of the ordering process. The consistent brand communication across all contact points is in the foreground. next commerce develops and manages all relevant business processes for successful online sales from a single source.




• construktiv

construktiv is one of Germany's leading owner-managed advertising and online agencies. Founded by Kai Tietjen in 1997, it has now more than 60 employees working in both Bremen and Berlin.
The agency's three main divisions are advertising, online marketing and social media. Innovative and effective campaigns for some of Germany's most interesting brands are their passion. In 2006 construktiv founded the online portal Mister Wong which then became an independent company in 2009. Another brand by construktiv is online marketing specialist trafficmaxx.

You like individuality? You are wearing crazy shirts? Why don't you mix it and create your next t-shirt? With our partner Spreadshirt we are providing some ideas in our shop, but let your spirit flow. Make your own merchandise and wear it at next10 in Berlin!

You are unsure about buying your shirt now? Don't worry. Spreadshirt will be at next10, too. At the Spreadshirt booth, you can create and buy your customised next10 shirt, scarf, netbook bag or baby one-piece. But keep in mind that we have a greater amount of shirts, sweaters and other stuff for your creative urges (as you can see below) available in our online store.