On 30 November 2007 Vibewire hosted our first-ever public conference, . A one-day conference on ideas, tools and techniques for building community dialogue in Australia. It was held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Surry Hills and took place over one day. It attracted a diverse group of over 120 guests, including corporate leaders, community organizer, NGO staffers, students, activists, regulators and bureaucrats. 

  was built around the idea that as newer and newer technologies develop, we need to harness the opportunities they create. Not just for talking to existing friends and posting holiday photos but to build community and community dialogue.

Our programme highlights included influential thinkers and speakers who have contributed significantly to the development of technologies and the discussions of the way they are used and their social roles and impacts in Australia. Our keynote speaker on the day was Mark Pesce (one of the early pioneers in Virtual Reality) who presented the paper ‘Hyperpolitics’

Following Mark’s address was a live international plenary themed ‘Deep Impact: Online Communications and Global Political Futures’, hosted by the International Institute of Communication’s Australian chapter. Taking place just days after the 2007 federal election, discussion explored the impact of online communications on politics and the effects of online movements in driving social and political change. Panelists included Camilla Cooke (Kevin07 campaign), Alan Rosenblatt (founder of Internet Advocacy Roundtable, Washington DC), Carol Darr (director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, George Washington University, Washington DC) and Brett Solomon (director, GetUp! Australia).

Three break-out sessions and were built around three main themes: the state of play, the next next and case studies. These workshops explored a wide range of topics from the legal terrain of online content to school students and their part in effecting social change to the role of technology in transforming relationships between developed and developing nations. Panelists joined us from a diverse range of backgrounds and organisations including Inspire Foundation, Lowy Institute, Sydney Leadership Program, Oaktree Foundation and Greenpeace