#HNLondon, December 2015

We have an cracking lineup for you to end the year on a high note. Please note that Jamie Knight is no longer able to make it to the event, however we hope to have him back at a future event.

18:30 - Beer and pizza
19:00 - Introductions with Sanderson Jones19:20 - Jack du Rose (https://twitter.com/jackdurose) - Colony - A platform for Decentralised Autonomous Companies using the Ethereum blockchain
The hierarchical company is outdated. It is inefficient at scale and is incompatible with the kinds of distributed, scalable organisations the internet should allow. Colony provides a new approach: a software platform for web and mobile which enables peer-to-peer organisations by providing structure and discipline.
19:40 - Philip Su (https://twitter.com/philipsu) - Building The World's Very Worst Site Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Remote Managers
Philip Su, site director of Facebook London, summarizes five years of leading Facebook London and working in Facebook Seattle down to 30 minutes of sarcasm. It's his little handbook of what exactly not to do, for all managers considering launching remote offices. The tone is intentionally sarcastic and overly dramatic. Many of the examples are pulled from past experiences both within and outside Facebook. Whatever you do, please do the opposite of what he recommends!
20:20 - break
20:30 - Will Critchlow (https://twitter.com/willcritchlow) - The future of search: 5 ways search is fundamentally changing
Search is undergoing dramatic changes taking it away from a focus on keywords and websites, towards conversational search and app indexes. Will is going to discuss the ways Distilled believes search is fundamentally changing including compound queries, implicit search signals, user signals as a ranking factor, the move from keywords to intents, and the drive towards data driven search.
21:30 - Pub http://www.thewindmillinthecity.com/

As always the event is accompanied by tons of free beer and pizza. Our beer has now been upgraded to 100% craft beer courtesy of our friends at Craft Rebellion (http://craftrebellion.com/).

Videos of past talks are online at http://vimeo.com/hnlondon . If you are into the whole Twitter thing, the hashtag for the event is #HNLondon.

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