Media, Entertainment, Technolgy Summit

University of Chicago is organizing a great event tomorrow for those interested in media, entertainment and technology. The unique thing about this event is that they offer 50% discount for students. Here is there poster:

Media, Entertainment and Technology Summit 2009

Chicago Booth Harper Center, Hyde Park, ChicagoFebruary 27, 2009

Competing for Attention: Setting the Pace of the Media Space

IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE. . .
How the way you experience media and entertainment is changing
How technology is enabling these new experiences
How businesses and academics are thinking about these changing experiences and new technologies
IT'S TIME TO EXPERIENCE . . .
New types of media
New forms of entertainment
New technologies
IT'S TIME TO MEET . . .
Great business minds
Great academic minds
Interesting business colleagues across a wide spectrum of companies
Students keen on technology, media, and entertainment from a wide variety of disciplines and schools

More info and registration: http://www.metsummit.com/

Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association

If you are a marketing/sales professional interested in hospitality industry - this article is for you. I found out about a good organization defenitely worth checking out: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International http://www.hsmai.org/Americas.cfm They are very active all across America but especially in Chicago since it is a major tourist and business destination. They organize various events as well as provide useful resources for industry professionals as well as beginners, students, for instance (free resume posting and free resume critique will be very helpful).

I strongly suggest checking out their Resources and Education and Events pages.

What's also unique about this organization is that they have subgroups - Special Interest Groups that provide some extra resources for people of certain interests in hospitality area.