YouTube's first ever live-streamed event took place in San Francisco and Tokyo November 22–23, 2008. It was hosted by a variety of YouTube celebrities, including The Black Eyed Peas rapper Will.I.Am, Katy Perry, the MythBusters, Akon, and more.

Jordanian Queen Rania was honored at the event with the first ever YouTube Visionary Award for her efforts to combat stereotypes and misconceptions associated with Arabs and Muslims.

As a sponsor for the event, Flip Video gave away a free Flip Video Mino to many of the audience members to record any of the event.