I left Brussels on Tuesday afternoon to get on the plane to Romania because I had to give a presentation at NetCamp, which turned out to be a wonderful and very well organized event from EvenSys. Microsoft was one of the main sponsors there, so it also offered me the opportunity to meet up with the local DPE manager, Bogdan Musat. Unfortunately I arrived a little late due to a plane switch in Prague, so the I missed the speakers dinner. Nevertheless, the entire Wednesday was incredibly pleasant. I attented most of the speaker keynotes, and I got to be on stage with Hugh Macleod, which to me is a pretty cool experience on itself, since I kinda admire his style quite a lot. Other interesting speakers on the event were Eric Solheim, Nir Manor, Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz and Mihai Crasneanu. Radu Ionescu presented right after me and shared a few very remarkable insights and views on the entire Web 2.0 meme. I really enjoyed the entire day and the evening dinner as well. After the dinner Diana took me for a ride through the city so I could at least see some of the most important cultural buildings before I headed back to the hotel. Thanks a lot Diana :-) I had a wonderful time, and it was really nice of you to take me on a guided tour. I had to check out at 4 AM to get to the airport in time and fly back to Belgium. I made a small compilation of the footage I shot at NetCamp and I’ve just put it online. Enjoy :-)

Video: NetCamp Romania

My overall impression of Romania is that all the people I met were very nice, very open and very ambitous. I can’t count the number of people who told me to get in touch again as soon as I would travel back to the country. I came home with a bunch of new friends and a pile of business cards. I feel honored to have been invited and enjoyed the hospitality. Thanks, Dana and Christian, you guys rock! This was a superb event!

PS: I taped Hugh’s entire presentation, but I think he needs to approve it first before I put it online. I’ve put my slideshow online at my marketing blog, and as soon as the guys from NetCamp throw my keynote online, I’ll link to it, or post it on this blog.

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