Blogging from ‘Le Web’ – iContact’s Taylor Barr

Editor’s note: Taylor Barr, a comunications associate at e-mail marketing firm iContact in Durham, is in Paris on Dec. 9-10 to take part in the “LeWeb “ conference. One of the largest Internet conferences in all Europe, LeWeb is meant to attract innovators, entrepreneurs, and an array of people who are passionate about the future of the Internet, and how it will change the way people work and communicate. Taylor, on behalf  of iContact, plans to speak with others about how e-mail marketing will play a major role in the future of online business. Look for more updates as he reports live from the conference.

PARIS - LeWeb '08, one of the largest internet conferences in Europe, kicked off today in downtown Paris. The engagement opened with remarks by the creators of the conference (Geraldine and Loic Le Meur) and highlighted a few keynote speakers.

Of those headlining the conference, Dan'l Lewin (Corporate VP for Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft Corporation) and Nikesh Arora (SVP, Google) presented great ideas on how information is being gathered and transformed as technology advances and progresses.

For the second half of the day, a select amount of startups have been chosen to present in front of investors, entrepreneurs, and the media on the main stage of the exhibition. In year's past, this has been a great way for budding entrepreneurs to broadcast their ideas and expose their products and services to over 1,800 participants from over 40 countries.

(Note: Live streaming of the conference is available for those who couldn’t make the trip.)