Aral Balkan<p>Can’t believe it’s been 16 years since I organised the world’s first virtual web conference (it was called <head>, it took place over 3 days, had 4 simultaneous tracks, over 70 speakers, and local in-world conference hubs in London, Manchester, Brigthon, Fribourg, and San Francisco, as well as as pre-conference party and a separate virtual hub in Second Life).</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120420021405/http://www.headconference.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2012042002</span><span class="invisible">1405/http://www.headconference.com/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/headConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>headConference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/virtualConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virtualConference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/webConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webConference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>