opinion

Barcelona Summit Approaches

Joe D May 27, 2009

The First Annual Barcelona Summit is just around the corner and organizer Andreas Bischoff assures us it will set new event standards. It is billed as the first truly Pan European B2B and webmaster conference for the online adult industry and with the great help and support of founding sponsors and exhibitors the inaugural Summit has proudly announced participation representing 24 countries. With over 220 attendees already counted, the event promises to be a truly international affair.

The Summit offers you contacts over a wide spectrum of the industry. From webmasters to content producers, SEOs to graphic designers, Europe´s largest cam sites to international billing…

It all starts on Monday, the 15th of June with an AVN/CommerceGate sponsored golf tournament at the prestigious Montanyá Golf Club located near Barcelona - a great day outdoors near the beautiful Montseny National Park.

With an action packed, internationally oriented schedule, The Barcelona Summit offers you cross-border-networking-opportunities, country-oriented business panels, super webmasters, and really fun workshops with the stars from Private and SexSense.

Topping all this off will be an exquisite Spanish culinary experience and two superb parties with live Latin bands. All this will take place in the brilliant Summit venue hotel, ME Barcelona (on the Condé Nast hotlist for 2009).

Come and enjoy some fabulous business opportunities and expand your business empire in a 5-Star location in Europe´s hottest party capital.

Andreas tells me you don´t want to miss The Barcelona Summit!

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