Day1: We're sitting in the auditorium, funky Chilean music coming through the speakers, laptops open everywhere, wi-fi being stretched to capacity in the background.  There is a definite feeling of excitement in the air as people from across the world who have only ever interacted over the digital landscape now meet each other face to face and exchange greetings and stories from everywhere.

If you didn't already know… the tag is #gv2010. Follow it.  The next couple of days is going to explode with all forms of media as ideas and opinions around Citizen Media are exchanged and processed through the hundreds of minds of bloggers, technology and media professionals.

This will trend on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, <insert your social network here>.  Almost 10.15am and the auditorium is already three quarters full.  Bring it on.