PodcastCon UK "A Resounding Success"

Over 100 podcasters attended Europe's first conference on podcasting.

Speakers included:

• Chris Kimber; Head of Radio Interactive, BBC – podcasting from a public broadcaster’s perspective
• Neville Hobson; For Immediate Release - podcasting as a tool for business communications
• Chris Ritke; 49 Media / Outhink.com
• Mark Hunter; The Tartanpodcast – using and promoting music in podcasts
• Richard Vobes; The Richard Vobes Radio Show – developing creative content for your podcast
• James Cridland; Head of Strategic Development, Virgin Radio – podcasting from a commercial broadcaster’s perspective
• Paul Nicholls, lawyer and podcaster (podcastpaul.com) – podcasting, legal issues, is speech really free? Defamation
• Milverton Wallace; Managing Director, Quixa NetMedia – podcasting, blogging and social media
• Chris Skinner, Simulacrum – a live version of Chris’s legendary Simulacrum podcast

"If PodcastCon UK signifies anything, it's that there is absolutely no shortage of creative ideas, imagination, energy and enthusiasm about podcasting as an entertainment and business tool," suggests WebProNews' Neville Hobson. "Conversations with people were simply idea streams - if only two or three of the things I heard about on Saturday come to fruition, there is a very bright future for the development of this medium in the UK."