LotusUserGroup offers recaps of some key sessions, so even those who didn’t attend can find out what was discussed, what demos got the audience excited, and what features and products you can look forward to in the coming months.

• Day 2 Keynote Session: Accelerating Social Business Leadership

• Spark Ideas, Featured by the Nerd Girls

• User Blast with Mat Newman

• What’s New in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.2 and Beyond

• What’s New in IBM Sametime

• What’s New in IBM Lotus iNotes Release 8.5.3 and Beyond

• What’s New in IBM Connections

• GURUpalooza

1) Check out our interview with Andy Pedisich, Chris Miller, and Rob Axelrod immeadiately after the keynote. Listen in as they discuss what was said, what was shown, what wasn't, and what you need to know about the session.

2) David Stephens of Avnet recaps the whole Lotusphere Opening General Session in an article here including some great pics.

Chui outlines how Mckinsey&Company are seeing companies implementing social technologies and where they're finding benefits, sometimes in surprising places they were not considering.

Finding htat over 90% of those who are actually using the technologies are reporting actual business benefit. Most people, currently derriving justr a small amount of benefit. But a small group of "fully networked" organizations are seeing large benefits.

Check out the report he's talking about here: https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/How_social_technologies_are_extending_the_organization_2888

Integration of sametime meetings into iNotes client.

New Notes browser plug in gives you access to Notes apps even when you don't have the Notes client installed.