Real estate and web tech met last week at the Real Estate Connect conference. The WellcomeMat team was among the attendees.

Co-founder Phil Thomas Di Giulio will present the real estate video startup at Tuesday’s Web2NewYork.

WellcomeMat has been active since 2004. ‘In the pre-YouTube days we were met with much resistance,’ Phil Di Giulio says, ‘but in 2008 it will be different story.

‘Video is going to become a major movement within the real estate industry. It’s a game changer. Video producers across the country are setting up their own production shops shooting real estate and local business videos.’

This month WellcomeMat launched an upgraded site that includes a new video player, social networking features, and the option to consolidate several member channels into a network.

At Real Estate Connect WellcomeMat co-founder Christian Sterner participated in a panel discussion on ‘New Ways to Market Properties Effectively’. A video of the panel will be up later this week.