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What is the best conference welcome video you’ve ever seen?

11th June 2013

My answer to What is the best conference welcome video you’ve ever seen? on Quora

Webstock always have awesome opening titles. Here’s their 2013 one: Webstock ’13 opening—it’s worth hunting around for previous years as well.

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