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"This week, Mashable would like to share more upcoming events, parties, and conferences to be held in the web 2.0 sphere.\u00A0 Not included on this list?\u00A0 Email us and let's establish a media sponsorship with you.\nApril 8-9, 2008: Today and tomorrow is the 1st annual online Video Search Summit in San Francisco.\u00A0 It is a must-attend summit for anyone in the online video industry. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to hear from and meet with the world's leading online video experts. The Video Search Summit will be covering issues such as online video advertising, indexing the video web, user experience, accuracy and the future of online video.\nHear and meet leading experts from Blinkx, Truveo, tubemogul, Mefeedia, CastTV, taboola, clipblast, pixsy, everyzing, and many more companies as they show you how to unleash the full potential of online video. Registration information and a discount code for Mashable readers is here.\n\nApril 22-23, 2008: SMX Social Media Marketing is the event for internet marketers who want to learn the tactics needed to harness the power of reader-engagement sites and tools like Del.icio.us, Digg, StumbleUpon and Propeller.\nThe event will have presentations by Jason Calacanis of Mahalo and Jimmy Wales of Wikia Search and will jump-start your way to making social media a way of life within your startup or company. Mashable readers are also entitled to a discount.\n\nApril 22-25, 2008: Mashable is proud to announce a media sponsorship for the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco from April 22-25, 2008. Web 2.0 Expo takes the pulse of the Web ecosystem and looks to its future, shining a spotlight across the Web 2.0 landscape to show how the Internet Revolution is being created and delivered. It showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for designers, developers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers, product managers and business strategists, from start-ups to enterprises.\nWeb 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next generation web; people who have experiences to share and a passion for learning\u2014the hot new thing, lessons from failures, innovations and inspirations, and the practical applications of all of the above. Discounts are still available for Mashable readers; visit our post for more Web 2.0 Expo information.\n\nApril 23, 2008: Mashable and Chi.mp are proud to announce: Evolve, the Web 2.0 Expo after party on April 23rd, 2008 at Mighty in San Francisco, California. Our co-host, Chi.mp, will be announcing and sharing a sneak preview of their new platform that will set you up with your own free domain that comes with a content hub and identity management platform\u2026 \u201CIt\u2019s where you will break free for free \u2013 and truly own your digital self online.\u201D\nMore information about the party is at the Evolve page.\n\nApril 24, 2008: Enjoy an evening of indulgence and libations as GLAM\u2019s recent acquisition is announced. Participate in a \u201CSpringMix\u201D fashion show, interview with vloggers, and dance the night away at the SpringMix party.\nAlso, meet influential marketer Rohit Bhargava and learn about his book, Personality Not Included. Attendees will also receive goodie bags and have an opportunity to meet with folks from GLAM, Ogilvy, Twiistup followers, Girls in Tech members, folks from 24 Seven, fashionistas, stylists, reporters, bloggers, and of course, San Fran A-Listers.\nWe have a ticket giveaway in progress, and if you want to attend the event, check out the rules on our SpringMix announcement post.\n\nMay 12-14, 2008: The O\u2019Reilly Where 2.0 conference, to be held on May 12-14 in Burlingame, CA, will feature experts from Loopt, Yahoo/Flickr, Google, Autodesk, Frog Design, and FortiusOne who will discuss the significance of the geospatial web, which has continued to grow with the help of the internet.\nSave 15% when\u00A0 you register with our promotional code which you'll only be able to access if you visit our Where 2.0 conference announcement page, and that's where you can find out more information about the event.\n\nMay 28-29, 2008: On May 28th and 29th in San Francisco, join some of Google\u2019s engineers and talk about building superb applications with Google Code and other open web technologies. The Google I/O conference will discuss AJAX, JavaScript, tools that leverage Google Maps, social applications, APIs, mobile apps, and more.\u00A0 Register for the event at the Google I/O page.\n\nJune 3, 2008: Submissions are now being accepted for the next event to be held on June 3rd, also in Mountain View. The 11th conference will feature 32 emerging startups in the following areas: advertising, casual gaming, commerce, measurement tools, messaging, mobile applications and tools, publishing, search, rich internet apps, search, social Media/networking, virtual communities, video, web design tools, and widgets and desktop enhancements.\nCriteria for selection include a unique value proposition, ability to monetize product/business, large market opportunity, must still be considered \"under the radar\" - launched within the year, company must be an actual startup - not a new product from a large company, and should have been in beta and beyond - must have customers/beta testers/or using the product in the market.\n\nJuly 17, 2008:  At Twiistup, connect with the LA tech &amp; media communities, check out some hot start-ups, and enjoy this huge summer evening event.  Register now to demo your company. Tickets go on sale on April 2nd, which is just two days away."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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