Piryx.com and RealPolitix.com will definitely be there! In fact I'll be at the DC Time Capsule Ceremony while my partner naveed attends the Austin one!
Very exciting! -T On Sep 15, 3:00 pm, "Carl Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One Web Day in Austin - "the Earth Day for the Internet" > > Host: Maggie Duval & Jon Lebkowsky > > Monday, September 22, 2008 > 10:00am - 8:30pm > > Cafe Caffeine > 909 W. Mary > Austin, TX > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The idea behind OneWebDay is to encourage people to think of > themselves as responsible for the internet, and to take good and > visible actions on Sept. 22 that (1) celebrate the positive impact of > the internet on the world and (2) shed light on the problems of access > and information flow. > > OneWebDay is a global, decentralized event. We're encouraging people > around the world to meet up on Sept. 22 to talk about the threats to > the net and how the web could change lives around the world in the > future. > > Our Austin event features a day-long extended > uber-Jellyhttp://tinyurl.com/63fgz7), featured speakers and interviews about > how > the Web has changed lives. In addition to our speakers (list > developing - there may be changes - stay tuned) we'll be asking random > attendees: > > * how the web has changed your life > * how you'd like the web to change the world in the future > * your favorite online event ever > * something you've done online with other people in other countries > > and posting our clips on YouTube, Blip.tv and dotSub.com as part of a > global video mashup. > > Confirmed Speakers (Subject to Change) > > Bill Leake (10:30 - 11:15) > What is Google up to, anyway, and how will it continue to change (and > why we should care)? > > ----- > > David Armistead: (11:30 - 12:15) > The Internet as key enabling technology for the emergence of the new > global sustainability economy > > David's Bio: David Armistead has been involved in business and > organization development, strategic planning, and future studies > projects since the early 1980s, and has worked directly with major > culture leaders, multinational firms and state and federal government, > and also high tech manufacturing and small business. > > ----- > > Sarah Vela (1:30-2:15) > My life as an orchid, or how the Internet saved me from obscurity > > ----- > > Jon Lebkowsky (2:30 - 3:15) > Online Communities and Social Networks: the web has always been about people. > > Jon's Bio: Jon Lebkowsky writes about culture, technology, media, and > sustainability, and has been blogging regularly since 2000. He's an > acknowledged authority on social media and online community. He leads > web development projects and consults with businesses and nonprofits > on web strategy and social technology through Social Web Strategies, a > consulting partnership with David Armistead. > > ----- > > Andrew Donoho (4:30 - 5:15) > Telecommuting and the Co-web - Mediating the real world with the web. > > Andrew's Bio: Andrew Donoho, Web Theorist with IBM's Emerging Internet > Technology Team, has a long history working with both web standards > and implementations. He was an early participant in crafting XHTML > v1.0 and v1.1 and SVG v1.0. He has been creating and pushing > implementations of the bi-directional web since 1999 and is extending > that idea to building a Co-Web with a scalable UI for the last 18 > months. He is trained in experimental physics with a degree from the > University of Texas at Austin. He still lives in Austin with his wife. > ----- > > Tom Brown & Rich Vázquez (5:30 - 6:15) > Open source currency - Solving social problems with Intentional Economics > > Tom's Bio: Tom Brown is a co-worker who has deployed OpenID on > multiple high profile nonprofit websites. These days > HeresTomWithTheWeather is contributing Ruby on Rails code to projects > hosted on github. Tom is the co-founder of SuperBorrowNet, Inc. > > Rich's Bio: Rich Vazquez is a board member of the Austin Time Exchange > Network, longtime editor of LasCulturas.com and currently works in > software security and web programming. > > ----- > > Matt Buck (6:30 - 7:15) > Fighting the Peace War on the Internet Front > > ----- > > Scott McCollough (7:30-8:15) > The soon to be complete loss of the right to privacy and > constitutional or legal privileges on the Internet, and the joint > efforts and planning by government and the major Internet access > providers to carry this out. > > Scott's Bio: Bio: W. Scott McCollough is an attorney whose practice > focuses on communications, computer and Internet law and regulation, > with an emphasis on representation of consumers and small competitive > and new technology application and service providers. He also provides > instruction and training in those areas to individuals, groups, and > companies. He is Board Certified in Administrative Law by the Texas > Board of Legal Specialization. Past activities included 10 years as an > Assistant Texas Attorney General and Contract Consumer Advocate > (representing residential and small business consumers) with City of > Austin Electric Utility (1994-1999). Past Regulatory Counsel for Texas > ISDN Users Group and Texas Internet Service Providers Association. He > has unparalleled knowledge and experience relating to those places > where technology and regulation intersect - and often collide - all > the way up the protocol stack. > > ----- > > More info about OneWebDay here:http://onewebday.org/ > More info about Jelly in Austin here:http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin > > http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=37484059... > > ttp://www.myspace.com/one_web_day --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. 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