I’ve just arrived in Portugal for EMC2012 and am backstage. Looking around I can see the very best magicians in the world, chatting, eating, catching up. I’m sat next to Paul Harris, Eric Mead, Mike Caveney and Bill Malone.

At 9pm there’s going to be a live preview, with behind the scenes camera roaming around.

Make sure you come and check it out.

And remember, it’s still not too late to register. $3 per magician here. That’s less than a cup of coffee!

Here’s a sneaky backstage pic:

The Essential Magic Conference is the world’s first web conference for magicians. 33 speakers over 3 days of conference streamed live worldwide and takes place July 27th – 29th 2012. Everyone gets a front row seat at the Essential Magic Conference, the world’s only digital conference for magic and magicians. 33 stars of magic will be presenting, performing and lecturing. See them all from the comfort of your own home.

Tonight at 9PM UK and Portugal time there will be a LIVE PREVIEW from the studio, All the Speakers are here, and we’re ready to go.

Come and join us for a LIVE PREVIEW of EMC 2012

We are proud once again to be a Media Partner of the Essential Magic Conference.

The Essential Magic Conference is the world’s first web conference for magicians. 33 speakers over 3 days of conference streamed live worldwide and takes place July 27th – 29th 2012. Everyone gets a front row seat at the Essential Magic Conference, the world’s only digital conference for magic and magicians. 33 stars of magic will be presenting, performing and lecturing. See them all from the comfort of your own home.

There will be an open event on the evening of the 26th. It’s your chance to meet the Speakers and see the studio. Just visit the EMC Website on Thursday for details.

TELLER AND DERREN BROWN

On the 29th of July we EMC be interviewing Teller and Derren Brown as part of the EMC events, and they’ll be putting your questions to them!

Send your questions for Teller here:
teller@essentialmagicconference.com
Send your questions for Derren Brown here
derren@essentialmagicconference.com

They’ll pick the best of the questions and put them to these two incredible performers. Tip: Questions along the lines of “How do you do your best trick?” probably won’t make it 🙂

CONGRATULATIONS RAPHAEL

During the test EMC held the $3,500 prize draw sponsored by Murphy’s Magic Supplies. And the winner was Raphael R in Switzerland. Congratulations. You were an Early Bird registrant and your faith in EMC has been rewarded!

We are proud once again to be a Media Partner of the Essential Magic Conference.

The Essential Magic Conference starts Friday, and they have now released the Essential Magic Conference schedule and timings.

The conference starts at 3pm (portugal time) each day and runs until 11:30pm (portugal time), with breaks between some of the sessions.

The line up looks stunning yet again for this year with a who’s who in the world of magic speaking.

There is still time to register for this years Essential Magic Conference, and if you cannot attend any of the sessions, you can catch up with the On Demand replays of the sessions as well as an additional bonus, every subscriber receives a set of DVDs containing every lecture.

Its really a no brainer… get over to The Essential Magic Conference website and register

We are proud once again to be a Media Partner of the Essential Magic Conference.

The Essential Magic Conference is the world’s first web conference for magicians. 33 speakers over 3 days of conference streamed live worldwide and takes place July 27th – 29th 2012. Everyone gets a front row seat at the Essential Magic Conference, the world’s only digital conference for magic and magicians. 33 stars of magic will be presenting, performing and lecturing. See them all from the comfort of your own home.

Tonight the Essential Magic Conference gave us a preview of what we can expect from this years conference, allowing those registered (and those not already yet!) a glimpse into the quality of this conference

As always with EMC, the picture quality was fantastic, and viewable on all devices (laptops, desktops, and mobiles devices such as iPads, iPhones). During the preview Luis de Matos talked with Marco Tempest via a video chat about this years conference

Then the winner of the prize donated by Murphys magic was drawn

We’ll leave EMC to announce who won, but someone from Switzerland is very happy!!!

The Schedule for this years conference will soon be announced, and we’ll list it here just as soon as we get it, and in the mean time, it’s time to think of questions for the three interviews that will take part duing the conference; Derren Brown, Teller and Cyril Takayama you’ll be able to submit your questions to EMC directly soon.

So, as you can see, the video feed is of the highest quality, and the speakers, out of this world.. if you haven’t already… Register on the main Essential Magic Conference website

We are proud once again to be a Media Partner of the Essential Magic Conference.

The Essential Magic Conference is the world’s first web conference for magicians. 33 speakers over 3 days of conference streamed live worldwide and takes place July 27th – 29th 2012. Everyone gets a front row seat at the Essential Magic Conference, the world’s only digital conference for magic and magicians. 33 stars of magic will be presenting, performing and lecturing. See them all from the comfort of your own home.

LIVE BROADCAST 21st JULY!

This Saturday 21st July 2012, 7pm, we will be broadcasting live from Studio 33 in Portugal. This is a chance for you to preview our video and chat facilities and test your web connection. Join EMC2012 at their LIVE BROADCAST PAGE

SEE THE STUDIO
The live broadcast includes the first view of this year’s EMC studio.

$3,500 PRIZE DRAW
Watch live as we choose the winner of our $3,500 prize draw.

The live broadcast will take place at:

Portugal and UK | 07: 00pm
Los Angeles | 11:00 am
New York | 02:00 pm
Buenos Aires | 03:00 pm
Johannesburg | 08:00 pm
Tokyo | 03:00 am (Sunday)
Canberra | 04:00 am (Sunday)

Convert our 7pm Portugal time to your local time here;
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
We look forward to your feedback. You can use the chat to talk to other members. You can ask us questions. You can test your computer and online connection. Email us here.

Register on the main Essential Magic Conference website

We are proud once again to be a Media Partner of the Essential Magic Conference.