I’m looking forward to attending the Dublin Web Summit this Thursday and Friday.  The DWS – as it’s more commonly known – is a classic example of everything that is good about the enterpreneurial synergies that Ireland offers and which help to make the country unique in its service offering in 21^st Europe.

The presence of so many international tech leaders, illustrating the way in which Ireland has a tech- and web-focussed service industry with a business culture that positively encourages entrepreneurship, is one of the reasons why I feel that we actually have a decent chance of coming out of this economic catastrophe with something like new industry and jobs.

The main seminars on Thursday are: start up based discussions; discussions about the future of the cloud; and social media and marketing. Friday has a great mix of talks too, with the speakers list reading like a Who’s Who of the trend-setting web-based companies.

Time to learn some new stuff…