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United Nations Foundation, created in 1998 is aiming at combining various technologies in order to strengthen the connections between people and enterprises in the UN. The Digital Media Lounge will gather world leaders, influential bloggers and interent entrepreneurs who will have a chance to discuss important issues such as poverty, hunger, HIV/AIDs, women?s health and climate change.

The upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt conference will take place in San Francisco, on the 27-29 of September. This event will be all about the most recent developments in technology and social media. The main topic of discussion will be the 'third wave' of internet technology, so exactly what we are witnessing right now - the development of social media, and its growing influence on our everyday lives.

Right now, thousands of New Yorkers are participating in a festival celebrating 'the thriving development of internet industry and community'. The event started on the 7th of June and will continue for a week, with dozens of meetings, speeches, conferences, and of course, parties.

Y Combinator is a company which helps startups with making their first steps 'from idea to company' and support young entrepreneurs with professional advice. They also organize conferences devoted to spreading knowledge about creating a successful startup.

Webby Awards, one of the most important and prestigious prizes given to exceptional internet entrepreneurs, or companies, organizations, or individuals who have great websites. The contest has over 70 categories, from which some are related to our favorite topic of social networking. Let's take a look at the winners, then!

Today, the second edition of Twestival is taking place. For those who didn't notice the event last year - Twestival is a charity event, organized by volunteers all over the world with the use of Twitter. Previously, the organizers gathered $250,000, which was later used to provide the citizens of Africa and Bangladesh with clean water sources. This year, some of the money will go to victims of Haiti earthquake.

Regardless of progress in medicine production and distribution, malaria is still one of the deadliest diseases in the world, taking the toll of about 2 million lives each year. United Nations are getting prepared for the World Malaria Day, April 25, 2010, and decided to incorporate the growing power and influence of social media in order to spread the awareness of the disease.

TechCrunch Distrupt is a three day event (24-26 May 2010) which will gather professionals from the worlds of social networking, media and new technologies. It will be a great opportunity for startup teams to promote their sites, and ideas, especially on the third day's Startup Battle, especially that the winner will get $50000 award.

Online Community Unconference East 2010 will take place in Digital Sandox, New York this Wednesday. The event is be sponsored by Answers.com and organized by Forum One Networks. The list of speakers was not published, but the organizers promise the presence of distinguished professionals from the fields of business, online marketing, social networking and many more.

Social Networking Conference will be held in Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, USA on January 27-29. This conference is intended for specialists who work in social networking related fields, and will cover a number of useful topics, such as:
- Enterprise Social Networking business strategies,
- mobile technologies for online community,
- Social Networking software,
- partnerships,
- venture capital,
- legal issues,
- internet/traditional marketing strategies,
- background search and payments