First Digital Death Day A Success

May 20, 2010 · Posted in Conference, Event 
Photo: The Digital Beyond

Photo: The Digital Beyond

From all signs, it appeared that today’s Digital Death Day was a great success. The first (un)conference dedicated to death and technology drew 30 participants, including sponsors Legacy Locker, Entrustet and Data Inherit – all services catering to people who want a secure way to pass on the their digital assets after they’ve died.

Twenty sessions were proposed, including:

  • Thinking About Forever (@jeremytoeman & @bigburg)
  • Defining Digital Assets (@jeremytoeman & @bigburg)
  • How Can Funeral Directors Help Families with Digital Death (@ryanthogmartin)
  • Safe Media Hosting Requirements
  • Open-source Model for Digital Afterlife Services (@DigitalBeyond)
  • Relative Strangers (@restinpixels)
  • Legal Context: Terms of Use, Service Providers and Digital Death

    • Session notes will be available in the next few days. In the meantime, you can check out the highlights of the day from the Twitter back channel.

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    6 Responses to “First Digital Death Day A Success”

    1. Ryan Thogmartin on May 21st, 2010 1:43 am

      Thank you for posting this! Digital Death Day (DDD2010) was a huge success!! There was great conversation and many suggestions on how to proceed with bringing Digital Death conversations to other industries.

      Super stoked to continue the conversation!!

    2. Evan Carroll on May 22nd, 2010 6:32 pm

      Adele,
      Thanks for posting the recap. I can tell you were following closely from home. We certainly missed you!

      Here’s the first in my series of recap posts. I also have some podcast interviews coming.

      http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2010/05/digital-death-day-good-people/

      Cheers!

    3. Adele McAlear on May 23rd, 2010 12:12 am

      Ryan – I hope to be able to connect with you in the future.
      Evan – thanks so much for stopping by. I’m really looking forward to your posts and podcasts. Thanks for sharing!

      I really wish I could have been at Digital Death Day, but I’m happy that technology makes it easier for us all to stay in touch remotely :)

    4. RBrian Burkhardt on May 23rd, 2010 2:07 am

      Thanks for posting on this important topic to the Funeral Consumer. This is affecting Families today, and many are unprepared to deal with their loved ones digital assets when they die.

      Your Funeral Guy, Digital Funeral Director

    5. Steve on May 28th, 2010 6:52 pm

      Thanks for posting on this important topic to the Funeral Consumer. This is affecting Families today, and many are unprepared to deal with their loved ones digital assets when they die.

      Your Funeral Guy, Digital Funeral Director

    6. Rob England on June 26th, 2010 3:20 pm

      Wow, sorry I missed it. I’ve been building a body of ideas around this at http://www.digitalfamilytrunk.com. I hope folk will contact me there to discuss

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