Staff Reporters
Oct 15, 2014

#SocialMatters: Twitter highlights

HONG KONG - A selection of insights and comments bubbling out of Social Matters, which is taking place in Hong Kong today.

#SocialMatters: Twitter highlights

Please see all of our Social Matters coverage.

As befits a social-media conference, following #socialmatters on Twitter is second-best to being there. Here's a selection of tweets from chatty attendees, including our gang of editors on the scene.

The conference, a joint venture by Branded and Social@Ogilvy, included presentations this morning from:

  • Vine king Zach King (see our story on this presentation)
  • Alex Light of Vice Australia
  • Pratik Thakar of The Coca-Cola Company
  • Ben Russell and Billy Sountornsorn of LinkedIn
  • Euntaek Hong of Kakao Corp.

 

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