@RachelBotsman at Wired London 2011 #wired11 #innovation

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending day 1 of Wired UKs first physical conference at the beautifully restored St Pancras Hotel. You should check out the hotel photo gallery here.

One speaker stood out for me from the morning sessions.

Bots

Rachel Botsman gave a great presentation on collaborative consumption. You can read the Wired write up here, plus a piece from the Guardian here. It was a great insight into a rapidly growing field, and amazing to hear of companies like airbnb that have taken over $4bn in bookings whilst being out of the mainstream gaze. 

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