Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Awards ceremony: Website van het Jaar

Yesterday evening I presented the 'Website van het Jaar' award ceremony in Hotel Arena in Amsterdam. The organization received more than 1.3 milion votes in 14 categories. I announced all the winners on stage, had a little chat with them and presented them with their prize. The big winner was Google.nl. For all the winners see the 'Website van het Jaar' website. IPAN was the host for this event and paid for some for the drinks. I took this photo 1 minute before we started. As you can see...

IPAN: Leaving as chairman

In the beginning of 2008 I will be handing over my title of 'Chairman' at IPAN to the next lucky guy. I have a pretty good idea of who that could be but in the end the members of IPAN will have to decide about that with their votes. I have been the chairman of IPAN for more than two years and it is time for a new team to take over now. The official event where members will vote on the new chairman will take place in early 2008. But on Tuesday, December 4, I will host an informal farewell...

Speaking on Education

On Monday, August 20 I will a guest at a special Immovator meeting in Hilversum. I will be doing a 'spoken column' for the audience about Education and Innovation. Here is the official invitation (in Dutch, sorry about that) http://www.immovator.nl/cross-media-zomercafe-speciale-editie-met-minister-ronald-plasterk Cross Media Zomercafé, speciale editie met Minister Ronald Plasterk U bent van harte welkom op een speciaal ‘Immovator Cross Media Zomercafe', op 20 augustus van...

IPAN & Gaming

On Tuesday July 3 there will be another IPAN meeting in Amsterdam and the subject will be Gaming & The Web. Maarten Brands (yoMedia, W!Games & Funky Fish) will be giving a short presentation how one is influencing the other. We will also have some live demos and a panel discussion with a few Game developers. If you are into games as a player or developer or have an opinion I suggest you join us. If you want to demo something, that is possible too. Just contact  and tell her...

IPAN Tonight: Not In Dubai!

In case you didn't read the newsletter; the IPAN won't be held in Dubai tonight but in Amsterdam in Hotel Arena. The event is about TV and we have a few great guests who are going to tell us about their vision: • Bas Könning, Media Filosoof van de Publieke Omroep • Ronnie Overgoor, Pitchtalk.tv • Edo van Santen, TV4B • Remco Bron, PCZapper Starts 19:30 but if you are early you can have a real IPAN dinner in the...

Bizarre Spam Problem?

Here is the thing: I have an email address (boris@ipan.nl) which works fine. Saskia also has an email address (saskia@ipan.nl) and that doesn't work fine. Some people (30%) get an immediate error from their SMTP or MAIL server. It says: Cannot send message using the server mail.xs4all.nl The server response was: 5.1.1 <saskia@ipan.nl>... No such user The interesting thing is that the mailserver seems to reject the emailaddress right away without even accepting it. Normally email...

IPAN Launch Event

IPAN Launch Event. Photo by IPAN. Yesterday I attended the IPAN Launch Event. It was the second Launch event we hosted. The first one was in 2006 and had a similar set-up: a lot of projects and companies about to launch present their companies at small tables in a big room. People walk around and get personal demos and presentations. We also had a jury (Johan van Mil, Han Gerrits and Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten) who spoke with all the companies and chose a winner. The winner was...

IPAN – De bron voor interactie

On February 6 you can demo and promote your new product, project or company at the IPAN Launch Event. It is free for start-ups! More information at the IPAN.nl website. IPAN - De bron voor...