ICWSM 2008 promised to be a great event, and from what I hear, went well above expectations. Select videos are now available online, courtesy videolectures.

Closing remarks from Eytan:

• 180 attendees
• 103 submissions, 23% acceptance rate
• 946 cups (43 gallons) of coffee ;) — in the coffee (consumption) capital of the world
• Wikipedian Self-Governance in Action: Motivating the Policy Lens (video)
• 2009, 2010 plans well underway
• More data: spinn3r (Kevin Burton) , Boardtracker (Ron Kass), TREC
• Eytan plans to be less active within the community next year. His contributions will be missed.

Within just two years of its inception, ICWSM has turned into the most prominent cross-disciplinary conference for social media.  Kudos to everyone behind this.

(via Matt)