**This Webmission is now over. These pages are kept here for archive purposes.**

====== What is Webmission 2009 ? ======
We are [[http://eschnou.com|Laurent Eschenauer]] ([[http://storytlr.com|storytlr]]) and [[http://www.xavierdamman.be/blog/|Xavier Damman]] ([[http://tweetag.com/|tweetag]]),  two Belgian Web entrepreneurs in the making. At the end of May, we will travel for a week to San-Francisco to participate at the [[http://code.google.com/events/io/|Google I/O]] conference. We will spend a week in the region to meet startups, bloggers and investors of the region. Hoping to bring home some best practices, new partners and, even better, some financing for our projects. If you are a Belgian web entrepreneur interested in joining us, let us know !

====== Organization ======
The only thing we (Laurent & Xavier) formally organize is the event on Tuesday evening. For the rest, every participant if master of his own agenda. You can decide to share or keep for yourself as much as you want. If you organize a meeting with a company and that you are ok to have others join you, you can post a note on the [[Startup tour]] page.
====== Participants ======
Add yourself to the list once you have fully booked your flights.

  * Laurent Eschenauer ([[http://twitter.com/eschnou | @eschnou]])
  * Xavier Damman ([[http://twitter.com/xdamman | @xdamman]] | [[http://www.tweetag.com|Tweetag]])
  * Jean-Yves Huwart ([[http://twitter.com/JeanYves | @JeanYves]]| [[http://www.entrepriseglobale.biz|Entreprise Globale]]) 
  * Damien Van Achter ([[http://twitter.com/davanac | @davanac]]) 
  * Antoine Perdaens ([[http://twitter.com/tlg | @tlg]] | [[http://microplaza.com|MicroPlaza]])
  * Jérôme Cordiez ([[http://twitter.com/lovely_djay | @lovely_djay]] | [[http://www.lovelycharts.com|Lovely Charts]])
  * Arnaud Coomans ([[http://twitter.com/acoomans | @acoomans]] | [[http://www.commentag.com|Commentag]])
  * Rayes Lemmens ([[http://www.mylivepage.com | mylivepage]])
  * Sam Piroton ([[http://twitter.com/sam_piroton | @sam_piroton]] | [[http://www.lesannonces.be|Les annonces]])
  * Frédéric Monet ([[http://twitter.com/fmonet | @fmonet]] | [[http://www.cityplug.be|CityPlug.com]])
  * Kindja J. Lwabandji ([[http://twitter.com/kindja | @kindja]])

====== Program ======
  * 23/5: Flight to SFO
  * 24/5: [[Tourism 2.0]], visiting the Stanford campus, a stroll on University Avenue, Infinite loop, etc.... 
  * 25/5: [[Startup tour]] Day 1
  * 26/5: [[Startup tour]] Day 2, in the evening we host a [[BetaGroup San-Francisco]] in downtown San-Francisco
  * 27/5: [[Google I/O]] Day 1 - Evening at a Google I/O party ? Any other after hour party or place to go to ?
  * 28/5: [[Google I/O]] Day 2 (finish at 4pm) - Evening at the [[http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/727395/ | Webmonkey party]] ?
  * 29/5: Flying back to BRU


====== Logistics ======
  * [[Flights]]
  * [[Hotels]]
  * [[Google I/O]]
  * [[Documents]]

====== Events ======
A list of events happening in SF while we are there:
  * [[http://code.google.com/events/io/ | Google I/O]] - May 27th & 28th
  * [[http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/727395/ | Webmonkey relaunch party]] - May 28th 6:30PM
  * [[http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/pact/ | Plug&Play PACT 2009]] - May 28th - International startups invited to present to investors
  * [[http://parnassusgroup.com/twitterconference/ | 140 - The Twitter Conference ]] - May 26th & 27th
  * [[http://myspacesfdevjam.eventbrite.com/ | MySpace developper jam]] - May 26th & 27th

After departure:
  * [[http://twtrcon.com/ | TwtrCon - The Twitter Conference ]] - May 31st

====== Contacts ======
A list of interesting companies or people to contact/meet
  * [[Venture capital]]
  * [[http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/04/27/bay-area-investors-im-following-on-twitter/ | Bay Area investors to follow on twitter]]