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How to Develop Digitally Convergent Devices for Cars - Tuesday, March 14th

Think that having a GPS in your automobile is cutting-edge? The gadgetry planned for the next generation of vehicles will make today's devices look like child's play.

Derek Woodgate Principal, The Futures Lab

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RSS: Not Just for Blogs Anymore - Tuesday, March 14th

Direct from industry leaders to your ears, the newest ideas and developments in the world of Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

Moderator: Adina Levin VP Prod, Socialtext

Scott Johnson  VP of Engineering,  Feedster
Adina Levin  VP Prod,  Socialtext
 

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How to Add Video to Your Blog - Tuesday, March 14th

Video is the next wave in personal publishing. In this session, experienced pros tell you the basics of adding this feature to your blog.

Moderator: Sarah Hepola Writer, The Morning News

Eddie Codel Producer, Geek Entertainment TV
Schlomo Rabinowitz Janitor, SOAPBOX Kunstwerks
Mike B Slone Founder/ Creative Dir, InkNoise Inc
Michael Verdi freevlog.org
Sarah Hepola Writer, The Morning News

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How to Be a Virtual World Entrepreneur - Tuesday, March 14th

Go beyond telecommuting to the office -- find out how people just like you are making a living running their own businesses inside virtual worlds.

Moderator: Glenn Thomas Dir, Producing Future

Peter Ludlow 
Glenn Thomas  Dir,  Producing Future
Reuben Steiger  Platform Evangelist,  Linden Lab

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How to Convince Your Company to Embrace Standards - Tuesday, March 14th

Web developers the world over understand the benefits that standards-based development provide, but how do you get management or a client to understand as well? A small band of committed geeks got AOL and Time Inc. to embrace Web standards, not only in the Development organization, but throughout the company -- including Design and Senior Management. Come learn how they did it, and how you can do it too.

Moderator: Kevin Lawver Web Standards Guy, AOL

Kimberly Blessing KimmieCorp
Steven Chipman  Principal Software Engineer,  AOL
Alla Gringaus  Web Architect,  Time Inc
Arun Ranganathan  Principal Software Engineer,  AOL Inc
Kevin Lawver  Web Standards Guy,  AOL

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Democratization of the Moving Image - Tuesday, March 14th

Videoblogs are dramatically changing the state of international online video promotion and distribution. From film and TV content to personal videos, this powerful visual medium is now in the hands of anyone. We will discuss how inexpensive tools (a high quality video camera and computer) and a massive amount of new distribution platforms (e.g. software, TV over IP, phones, video iPods, etc.) make it easy for a home-made video or professional sitcom or film to be distributed all over the world.

Andrew Baron Producer, Rocketboom
Amanda Congdon Host/Producer, Rocketboom

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Dogma Free Design - Tuesday, March 14th

As web applications begin to behave more like desktop applications, we need new, more sophisticated design approaches. Learn about these from four top design professionals.

Moderator: Joel Grossman Managing Principal, Pivotal Click

Kelly Goto  Principal and CEO,  gotomedia
Luke Wroblewski  Principal Designer,  Yahoo!
Dirk Knemeyer  Principal,  Involution Studios LLC
Joel Grossman  Managing Principal,  Pivotal Click

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Commons-Based Business Models - Tuesday, March 14th

Open source software business models have gone from theoretical to profitable over the past half decade-companies like Red Hat, MySQL, JBOSS, and IBM. How will peer production business models prove out in the content space? Learn how pioneering commons-based businesses are creating what Business 2.0 calls the next multi-billion dollar industry.

Moderator: Joichi Ito ,

Ian Clarke Coord, Freenet Project Inc
Teresa Malango VP of Music Licensing/Business Partnerships/Media Rel, Magnatune
Jimmy Wales Pres, Wikimedia Foundation Inc
Joichi Ito

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Consumer is the Producer: DIY Media - Tuesday, March 14th

New technology allows consumers to play an active role in producing media and objects. How does this not-so-subtle change impact the final product?

Moderator: Christian Crumlish Director of Information Architecture, Extractable

Limor Fried  Artist/Engineer,  EYEBEAM
Cameron Shaw  Principal Prod Mgr,  AOL Inc
Phillip Torrone  Editor,  Make Magazine - O'Reilly
Natalie Zee  Contributing Editor,  Make Magazine/O'Reilly
Christian Crumlish  Director of Information Architecture,  Extractable

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Building a Start-Up Technology Company - Tuesday, March 14th

There is no more satisfying or potentially lucrative path for web professionals than being entrepreneurial. Get a practical blueprint for success from an industry leader who has helped build both new software product companies and design services firms.

Moderator:

Dirk Knemeyer Principal, Involution Studios LLC

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Cashing In Or Selling Out: The Future of the Independent Web - Tuesday, March 14th

You slave independently to build great things, so great that everyone wants to buy your creations. What approach do you take when big money comes calling?

Moderator: Mike Tatum VP Strategy & Dev, CNET Networks

Jane Wells  Info Designer,  Superdecent
Mike Tatum  VP Strategy & Dev,  CNET Networks
Chris Messina  Dir of Experience & Open Source Ambassador,  Flock
Jesse Sanchez  Co-founder,  YouAreTV

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Behind the Scenes: Developing OS X and Longhorn - Tuesday, March 14th

Designers who were in on the process of developing OS X and Longhorn talk about why these operating systems look the way they do.

Moderator: Tom Merritt Editor, CNET.com

Tom Merritt Editor, CNET.com
Cordell Ratzlaff Creative Dir, Frog Design Inc
Mark Ligameri Creative Dir, Frog Design Inc

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What People Are Really Doing on the Web - Monday, March 13th

At SXSW, you are in special company. Does the rest of the world eat, breath, and live interactive technologies like you do? Does your audience? Find out from the people who ask questions of your audience every day, the pollsters. Join researchers from Harris Interactive, Yahoo!, etc., as they talk about the things people are doing on the web, cell phones, etc.. Learn what you hear to create technologies that better serve your audience.

Moderator: Joel Greenberg Sr Planner, GSD&M

Holland Hofma Brown  VP Internet Panel Mgmt,  Harris Interactive
Joel Greenberg  Sr Planner,  GSD&M
Michele Madansky  VP Corp & Sales Research,  Yahoo!
Max Kalehoff  VP Mktg,  Nielsen BuzzMetrics

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WTF: WaSP Task Force Panel - Getting the Job Done Right - Monday, March 13th

Whether it's keeping Microsoft to their promised improvements to IE, educating developers about how to make DOM Scripting accessible and useful, addressing the ever-growing snake pit of accessibility issues, improving products such as Dreamweaver and Contribute, and continuing evangelical efforts for the adoption of Web standards, WaSP has been on the front lines since 1998. In this session, meet key Task Force members of WaSP, learn what it takes to solve standards issues in such a fast-paced world and offer your opinions and suggestions to the group, too.

Moderator: Molly E Holzschlag Pres, Molly.com Inc

Steven Champeon  CTO,  hesketh.com Inc
Matt May  Dir of Technology,  Blue Flavor
Drew McLellan  Web Application Developer 
Dori Smith  Writer 
Jennifer Taylor Macromedia
Chris Wilson  Group Program Mgr,  Microsoft
Kimberly Blessing KimmieCorp
Molly Holzschlag  Pres,  Molly.com Inc

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Web Standards and SEO: Searching for Common Ground, Part 2 - Monday, March 13th

Web standards experts and search marketers discuss how to accomplish marketing objectives with strong copywriting and semantic markup.

Moderator: Aaron Gustafson Sr Web Designer/Dev, Easy! Designs LLC

Eric Meyer Principal, Complex Spiral Consulting
Aaron Gustafson Sr Web Designer/Dev, Easy! Designs LLC
Ed Shull CEO, USWeb
James Hagans Blogger, Performancing

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Web Standards and Search Engines: Searching for Common Ground - Monday, March 13th

Experts from the web standards community and developers from the major search engines discuss how semantics can help websites and search engines accomplish their goals.

Moderator: Molly E Holzschlag Pres, Molly.com Inc

James Hagans  Blogger,  Performancing
Aaron Gustafson  Sr Web Designer/Dev,  Easy! Designs LLC
Peter Morville  Pres,  Semantic Studios
Molly Holzschlag  Pres,  Molly.com Inc
Tim Mayer  Dir Product Mgmt Yahoo! Search,  Yahoo!

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The Perfect Pitch: How to Attract Money for Your Digital Convergent Business - Monday, March 13th

In order to successfully secure funding, entrepreneurs need to be prepared to answer tough questions from potential investors. What types of things do investors look for when making funding decisions? What is the best way to approach investors? Which investors are the right ones to approach? What are potential warning signs to investors and how can weaknesses in the business plan or model be mitigated? This panel of successful entrepreneurs, angels, and venture capitalists gives practical tips to entrepreneurs in search for funding for their ideas.

Moderator: Ashwani Dhar Managing Partner, Venio Capital Partners

Joshua Baer Founder & CEO, Skylist Inc
Harlan Beverly CEO, Bigfoot Networks Inc
Sachi Gahan Principal, CenterPoint Ventures
Ashwani Dhar Managing Partner, Venio Capital Partners
Peter Huff

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WaSP Annual Meeting - Monday, March 13th

Each year, the Web Standards Project holds its annual meeting at SXSW as so many WaSPs are in attendance. Last year, Microsoft Robert Scoble walked by the meeting and was told by Group Lead Molly E. Holzschlag that the meeting was closed and we'd need to catch up with him later. A bit snubbed by the exchange, Robert blogged about the incident, which in turn not only lead to the beginnings of a peace treaty between WaSP and Microsoft, but the formation of a working Task Force that's born much fruit. The turn of events was so compelling that WaSP decided to open the annual meeting to the public, allowing any interested party to observe our annual process and participate during an open exchange at the end of the session. Special commentary on WaSP, its history, and its activities will be made by its co-founder, Jeffrey Zeldman, as well as Group Lead Holzschlag and many other activity coordinators within the influential grass roots organization.

Moderator: Molly Holzschlag Pres, Molly.com Inc

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Selling Big Ideas to Big Clients - Monday, March 13th

What's the best way to sell interactive advertising to some of the biggest companies in the world? Any way you can. Come listen and learn.

Moderator: Todd Connelley Assoc Creative Dir, TM Advertising

Jeff Benjamin Interactive Creative Dir, Crispin Porter & Bogusky
Pete Lerma Principal, Click Here Inc
Jamie Thomas Creative Dir, Winnercomm
Todd Connelley Assoc Creative Dir, TM Advertising

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Standard Deviation: Hacks and Dirty Tricks for the Web - Monday, March 13th

Standards are not the end-all be-all of web methodologies. For years, people have been hacking together ugly, daunting, proprietary, but perfectly functional code. Hear the reasons and learn the tricks from the renegade side of the fence.

Moderator: Sergio Villarreal Web Developer, Slide

Glenda Bautista Agendacide.com
Aaron Boodman  Chief Monkey,  Greasemonkey
Kevin Gibbs  Software Engineer,  Google
Johnnie Manzari  Designer,  Slide
Sergio Villarreal  Web Developer,  Slide

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The New Startup Cultures - Monday, March 13th

Joe Kraus, founder of Excite, said not long ago, "There's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur because it's never been cheaper to be one." Much has changed since the first Web boom, not the least the way that technology companies invent, build, and create value with their products. Starting a startup is a very different experience today, with more options available to people, different yet still viable business models, and multiple options for how to operate. So what does it take to be an entrepreneur these days? How can one succeed? Which choices are the best? This panel will cover four panelists talking about the choices they've made and how they worked (or didn't) for them.

Moderator: Lane Becker Dir of New Ventures, Adaptive Path

Ben Brown  Internet Rockstar,  Consumating.com
Tony Conrad  CEO/Founder,  Sphere
Toni Schneider Automattic Inc
Anita Wilhelm  Co-Founder,  Caterpillar Mobile
Lane Becker  Dir of New Ventures,  Adaptive Path

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Peter Morville Presentation: Ambient Findability - Monday, March 13th

At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet, the user experience is out of control, and findability is the real story. Access changes the game. We can select our sources and choose our news. We can find who and what we need, when and where we want. As society shifts from push topull, findability shapes who we trust, how we learn, and where we go. In this thought-provoking talk, best-selling author Peter Morville explores the future present in mobile and embedded devices, GPS and RFID technologies, search algorithms, findable objects, evolutionary psychology, and the long tail of the sociosemantic web.

Peter Morville Pres, Semantic Studios

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Remixing Business for a Convergent World - Monday, March 13th

How is digital convergence and "remix culture" changing the business world, and what must new and established businesses learn in order to survive?

Moderator: Eric Steuer Creative Dir, Creative Commons

Alexandra Samuel Founder, Social Signal
Robert Scoble Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Sloan Foster Chief Mktg Officer, Armida Technologies
Jason Levitt Eep! Eep!
Eric Steuer Creative Dir, Creative Commons

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How to Blog for Money by Learning From Comics - Monday, March 13th

Trying to make blogging pay? Look no farther than web comics, those revenue pioneers. Cartoonists and bloggers compare their money making prowess.

Moderator: Nicole Lee

Bill Barnes Cartoonist, Overdue Media LLC
Kevin Cheng Co-Founder, OK/Cancel | Off Panel Productions
Dave Kellett Cartoonist, Sheldon Comics
John Gruber Raconteur, Daring Fireball
Nicole Lee

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How to Maintain a Design Playground - Monday, March 13th

Everybody needs a place to fail, but a commercial design project is not that place. Design playgrounds are personal, pressure-free, online environments that encourage free design play and unfettered experimentation. Successful design is a diamond hidden in the mine field of failure, and design playgrounds plunder that mine field. Panelists will share the history and practice of their own design playgrounds, and discuss how these playgrounds have influenced their commercial work.

Moderator: Curt Cloninger, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Dustin Hostetler Graphic Artist, upso.org
Jemma Hostetler Sans Nom
Curt Cloninger University of North Carolina at Asheville

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Microformats: Evolving The Web - Monday, March 13th

Microformats are simple semantic XHTML extensions for expressing numerous common concepts (people, events, etc.) on today's Web. Panelists will demonstrate and discuss microformats support in their websites.

Moderator: Tantek ?elik Chief Technologist, Technorati

Tantek ?elik Chief Technologist, Technorati
Chris Messina Dir of Experience & Open Source Ambassador, Flock

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Digital Preservation and Blogs - Monday, March 13th

How will tomorrow's historians understand the development and impact of blogs? What evidence will future researchers turn to when they want to examine the influence that blogs had on Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, or how a blog post disgraced 60 Minutes by revealing that what was believed by Dan Rather to be a legitimate memo about George W. Bush's military service was a forgery? What primary source material will show that it was a blogger who filed a Freedom of Information Act request and posted 361 snapshots of coffins of solders killed in the US war in Iraq? The emergence of the early web, and of blogging, stands to be like early film; if the preservation of blogs does not begin soon, most of the initial output of this new medium and genre will be lost, and future understanding will be limited to the scraps that survive.This fall, a group of students in the Library and Information School at Pratt worked on a small project to preserve a handful of blogs. Join us as we discuss the technical, social and legal problems posed by this endeavor.

Moderator: Carrie Bickner Web Developer, The New York Public Library

Josh Greenberg Assoc Dir of Research Projects, Center for History and New Media/George Mason University
Alison Headley bluishorange
Mike Linksvayer CTO, Creative Commons
Colin Wells Pratt Institute
Carrie Bickner Web Developer, The New York Public Library

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Does Your Blog Have a Business? - Monday, March 13th

The Does Your Blog Have a Business panel will discuss how to use your entrepreneurial, developer, and design skills to build your blog into a business. A mix of creatives on the panel will ensure a lively, spirited discussion, debate, and lots of examples of blogs that have become businesses.

Moderator: DL Byron Principal, Texturadesign Inc

Phoebe Espiritu
Eric Rice Founder, Audioblog.com
Shaun Inman haveamint.com
Jeffrey Zeldman Founder, Happy Cog Studios
DL Byron Principal, Texturadesign Inc

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CSS Problem Solving - Monday, March 13th

Today's web designers and developers produce on standards-based technologies for their web sites and applications. As these web builders get more familiar with CSS for their web sites designs, they face major issues working with this design language. In this presentation, a panel of CSS ninjas solves real-world CSS problems submitted from SXSW attendees.

Moderator: Christopher R Schmitt Principal, Heatvision.com Inc

Ethan Marcotte Creative Lead, Vertua Studios
Dave Shea mezzoblue.com
Charles Wyke-Smith Dir of Production, Nacio Systems
Christopher Schmitt Principal, Heatvision.com Inc
Tiffany B Brown Owner, Webinista LLC/Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design Eye for the List Guy - Monday, March 13th

Join the Design Fab Five as they tackle their latest: one of the most well known, well loved and well used sites on the World Wide Web. Just as they did with Jakob Nielsen in the original Design Eye for the Usability Guy, and last year's hit "Idea Guy", they will do a soup to nuts strategic redesign while handing out tips, techniques and some lessons learned.

Moderator: Keith Robinson Creative Dir, Blue Flavor

Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios
Cameron Moll cameronmoll.com
Paul Nixon Apple
Ryan Sims Lead Designer, Neubix
Keith Robinson Creative Dir, Blue Flavor

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Designing for Community with 'Zero-Advertising' Brands - Monday, March 13th

How do you create and manage a global community-centric business where the line between customers and content producers has been completely erased? How do you ensure growth based upon community/customer support without advertising? This is a peek into a few businesses that do just that.

Moderator: Maggie Mason, Adaptive Path

Jeffrey Kalmikoff Creative Dir, skinnyCorp
Jake Nickell Pres, skinnyCorp
Maggie Mason Adaptive Path

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Cluetrain: Seven Years Later - Monday, March 13th

Seven years after "The Cluetrain Manifesto" proclaimed the imminent triumph of networked individuals over corporate marketers, Cluetopia is still unreached. Are we getting there?

Moderator: Henry Copeland Founder, Blogads.com

Christopher Locke Cluetrain
Doc Searls Senior Editor, Linux Journal
Heather Armstrong Author, Blurbodoocery
Henry Copeland Founder, Blogads.com
Brian Clark Founder/CEO, GMD Studios/IndieWire

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Content Distribution on the Mobile Web - Monday, March 13th

You've got a great idea for compelling mobile content and / or a cutting-edge mobile application. Now how do you translate this idea to a workable app, what distribution options are there, is there a business model?

Moderator: Marc Brown Pres, Buzznet

Marc Brown Pres, Buzznet
Derrick Oien Pres & Co-founder, Intercasting Corporation
Andy Tiller CTO, Cognima/ShoZu
Paul Smith Pres, mPulse Media

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Building Buzz for Your Web Project - Monday, March 13th

How do you increase interest in your online venture without spending big money on advertising? This diverse group of experts will reveal their best buzz-building secrets.

Moderator: Philip Kaplan CEO, AdBrite Inc

Jamison Stafford Iventa Corp
Rufus Griscom ceo, Nerves
Keith Richman Break Media
Philip Kaplan CEO, AdBrite Inc
Joanna Angel Porn Star, BurningAngel.com

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Web 2.1: Making Web 2.0 Accessible - Sunday, March 12th

Web 2.0 represents an exciting shift in web development... and new concerns for universal access. Learn what's being done to ensure Web 2.0 benefits everyone.

Moderator: James Craig Sr Design Tech, Frog Design Inc

Faruk Ates Owner CEO Web Kaizen Specialist, KuraFire Creations
Derek Featherstone Further Ahead
Shawn Henry Web Accessibility, W3C/WAI
James Craig Sr Design Tech, Frog Design Inc
Matt Vande Voorde Publisher, Accessible Content Magazine

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Wild Web Wrestling: Standardzilla vs Tabelella - Sunday, March 12th

Is your web site a lean, mean design machine? Our premise is that accessible web sites tend to minimize download time, avoid code bloat, and reliably render across platforms and browsers. Come test your site with our panel of experts. Live analysis of chosen and submitted sites, highlighting accessibility, usability, information architecture and standards compliance.

Moderator: Glenda Sims Sr Systems Analyst, University of Texas at Austin

Giorgio Brajnik Asst Prof, University of Udine
Liz Danzico Dir of Experience Strategy, AIGA
Steve Guengerich Knowbility - Austin Usability
Bob Regan Adobe
Glenda Sims Sr Systems Analyst, University of Texas at Austin

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Venture Capital vs. Credit Cards: Funding Strategies for Digital Convergence Businesses - Sunday, March 12th

The world is "flat" in the sense that trade and political barriers have lowered, and instant, casual communication are becoming the rule. Are investment practices changing as a result of this new connectivity?

Moderator: Laura KIlcrease Managing Dir, Triton Ventures

Andrew Allemann Managing Dir, Fluid Innovation Group Inc
Vinay Bhagat Founder & Chairman, Convio Inc
Sarah Endline Mastermind & Chief Rioter, sweetriot
Ed Sattar CEO, 360Training
Laura Kilcrease Managing Dir, Triton Ventures

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Sink or Swim: The Five Most Important Startup Decisions - Sunday, March 12th

You've got a The Next Great Idea and three brilliant engineers who want nothing more to work insane schedules for a year. This panel will discuss the key decisions you're going to face during your first year of existence that define the culture of your company. We're not going to tell you how to get funded, we're going to discuss what decisions matter and which ones don't. Come hear it from the folks who've done it and, sometimes, done it right.

Moderator: Michael Lopp Sr Engineering Mgr, Apple

Evan Williams CEO, Odeo, Inc.
Joshua Schachter Creator of del.icio.us; director of engineering for Yahoo, del.icio.us
Joel Spolsky CEO, Fog Creek Software
Michael Lopp Sr Engineering Mgr, Apple
Cabel Sasser Co-Founder, Panic

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Tagging 2.0 - Sunday, March 12th

"Tagging 2.0" - is tagging (user-driven description of data on the Web) *THE* key element of "Web 2.0"? What new tools can help us organize an internet's worth of information for our own use and to share with others? Tagging systems are taking off now, what are the issues for communities of users and for those just trying to make sense of their own stuff? This session will show what's new with tagging and get insights from a variety of perspectives, from folksonomies to the Semantic Web.

Moderator: Don Turnbull Asst Professor, Univ of Texas at Austin

Adina Levin VP Prod, Socialtext
Prentiss Riddle Tech Evangelist, Shadows.com
Rashmi Sinha Uzanto
Thomas Vander Wal Principal & Sr Consultant, InfoCloud Solutions Inc
Don Turnbull Asst Professor, Univ of Texas at Austin

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The Future of Education in a Digitally Convergent World - Sunday, March 12th

From online degree programs to instant knowledge available on Google and interactive online education in the K-12 space, digital convergence is transforming education in meaningful ways. But we are only beginning to explore the ways in which digital technology can change and improve education around the world. From virtual online communities to adaptive learning programs and 3D simulation worlds, the future of technology in education will continue to change dramatically. This panel will explore what is next in the world of technology-enabled learning.

Moderator: Jessica Shadoian Instructional Designer, Enspire Learning

Michael Anderson Mgr Course Dev & Technology, UT System TeleCampus
Andrea Angelo Pres, EnterAbility
Betsy Spears Chief Imagination Officer, PIE Labs Inc
David B Palumbo Pres, CTB/McGraw Hill
Jessica Shadoian Instructional Designer, Enspire Learning

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Running Your New Media Business - Sunday, March 12th

If you started a company today; who would fund you, who would you hire, and how would you structure it? This panel of serial entrepreneurs will take a stab at it.

Moderator: Bryan Mason COO, Adaptive Path

Erika Hall Partner, Mule Design Studio
Jeff Robbins Lullabot
Jennifer Robbins Littlechair Inc
Bryan Mason COO, Adaptive Path
Evan Williams CEO, Odeo, Inc.

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Respect Your ElderBloggers - Sunday, March 12th

The hottest frontier for technology may be the retirement community. As the baby boomer generation ages, creating the largest elderly market segment in history, blogs and online communities are reducing isolation and mental stagnation. Are today's developers of tools, services and networks considering the needs of senior and boomer-users as they work on features, user interface, marketing and more? We'll take a look at why it's good for business to cater to the market, a look at why it's simply good to reach out to the market, and mostly at how to reach out - from development issues, to communications issues to the need for community outreach offering both technical and financial support.

Ronni Bennett Blogger
Lori Bitter Partner, JWT Mature Market Group

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Revenge of the Blogs: Election 2008 - Sunday, March 12th

During election 2004, blogs anointed Dean, launched Clark, then rescued Bush. Will bloggers be forgotten by 2008... or kingmakers?

Moderator: Henry Copeland Founder, Blogads.com

Michael Krempasky Edelman
Ruby Sinreich Web Maven of NetcentricCampaigns.org & Founder of OrangePolitics.org, Netcentric Campaigns
Henry Copeland Founder, Blogads.com

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Increasing Women's Visibility on the Web: Whose Butt Should We Be Kicking? - Sunday, March 12th

Where are the women online? Stop asking "where are the women?" and think bigger: Why don't women have a public profile equal to their contributions? And whose fault is it? In 2005, the topic of gender, gender diversity and the lack thereof reared its head in many ways. There were very public flare-ups over the lack of women represented everywhere -- from the Op-Ed pages of major newspapers to technology conference schedules where male speakers outnumbered female speakers by ratios of 5 to 1 or worse. Given the fact that women make up half (or more) of the world population and a significant and growing segment of the technology workforce and consumer base, the issue is not that women aren't there. The issue is why women don't have a profile equal to their real participation. Women are writing tech books; women are blogging as much as men; women represent the majority of engineering undergrads, but somehow they're not stepping out from behind the curtain and sharing the spotlight. Now whose fault is that? To answer this question, BlogHer has recruited women who perceive the issue in very different ways?and therefore propose very different solutions.

Moderator: Ayse Erginer

Virginia DeBolt
Tara Hunt Online Mktg Mgr, riya.com
Jan Kabili Photoshop author/blogger
Liz Henry BlogHer
Ayse Erginer

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League of Technical Voters - Sunday, March 12th

The League of Technical Voters is a new non-profit organization that will motivate and assist techies in influencing the political sphere. Policymaker buy in is essential to the success of this project. Come hear opinions and advice from across the political spectrum on how to most effectively work with and influence government policy and process.

Moderator: Silona Bonewald Owner, League of Technical Voters

David S Isenberg isen.com, LLC
Silona Bonewald Owner, League of Technical Voters
Donna Kidwell Owner, Kalitechna Consulting
Mark Strama State Rep, .

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How to Make the Most of Maps - Sunday, March 12th

Map hackers discuss how to get started on hacking, the differences between mapping platforms, why maps are cool and the future of mapping.

Daniel Catt
Glen Murphy UI Software Engineer, Google
PJ Hyett
Jared Upton-Cosulich Founder, CommunityWalk

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How to Roll Your Own Web Conference - Sunday, March 12th

Should you start a conference? How would you do it? What are the risks and rewards? Successful conference creators will share tips on booking speakers and space, getting the word out, spending and making money, and above all delivering value.

Moderator: Jeffrey Zeldman Founder, Happy Cog Studios

Bruce Livingstone CEO, iStockphoto Inc
Eric Meyer Principal, Complex Spiral Consulting
Maxine Sherrin Westciv
Jason Fried Pres, 37signals
Jeffrey Zeldman Founder, Happy Cog Studios
Molly Ditmore mollygolightly.com

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How to Develop for (Convergent) Personal Devices - Saturday, March 11th

As a typical user's set of web services and commerce accounts grow, the looming problem continues to be "how do I keep track of all this stuff?"

Moderator: Jon Lebkowsky CEO, Polycot Consulting LLC

Marc Canter CEO, Broadband Mechanics
Peter Rojas Editor, Engadget
Jon Lebkowsky CEO, Polycot Consulting LLC

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Holistic Web Design: Finding the Creative Balance in Multi-Disciplined Teams - Sunday, March 12th

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You'll see how accessibility, content, CSS, information architecture, JavaScript, usability, visual design, and XHTML create better experiences by working together rather than alone.

Moderator: Garrett Dimon Information Architect, GarrettDimon.com

Shaun Inman haveamint.com
Jason Santa Maria Art Dir, Happy Cog Studios
Carl Sieber User Interface Designer, fd2s Inc
Eris Stassi
Garrett Dimon Information Architect, GarrettDimon.com

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Demystifying the Mobile Web - Sunday, March 12th

Mobile is the next wave ... Or so we have been told. How do we as designers approach this phenomenon, prepare and strategize for the soon-to-hit 3G future?

Moderator: Brian Fling Dir of Strategy, Blue Flavor

Dave Shea mezzoblue.com
Cameron Moll cameronmoll.com
Kelly Goto Principal and CEO, gotomedia
Brian Fling Dir of Strategy, Blue Flavor

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Design and Social Responsibility - Sunday, March 12th

Balancing the preferences of your clients against what you know to be good practice for usability, accessibility, standards compliance and other socially responsible elements of information architecture can be difficult.Panelists will help you make good choices and communicate effectively about them.

Moderator: Sharron Rush Exec Dir, Knowbility

Kelsey Ruger Dir Technology/Web Ops, Webxites
Gordon Montgomery Principal, gmeta.com
Sharron Rush Exec Dir, Knowbility
Thea Eaton Snert Studios

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DIY Now More Than Ever - Sunday, March 12th

Do it yourself web production is rivaling even the biggest internet players. Zero budgets or even nascent skills are no longer a barrier to launching successful web projects. Teams of two or three can accomplish what used to take large groups to produce. Learn how these bootstrappers used their abilities to turn good ideas into huge accomplishments without going into life-long debt or making a deal with the devil.

Moderator: Ted Rheingold Top Dog, Dogster Inc

Mike Hudack Co-Founder, blip.tv
Lynda Keeler Founder, Delight Network
Matt Mullenweg
Gina Trapani Editor, Lifehacker.com
Ted Rheingold Top Dog, Dogster Inc

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Bloggers in Love: Intimacy, Technology and Mask-Making - Sunday, March 12th

Moving in together. Doing your socks in the same load of laundry. Merging the collections of music and books. Getting a joint checking account... Then the biggest step of all: merging your blogs. Gasp! Avert your eyes! We thought this was a family show! Couples blogging? You mean -- in public?! Living transparently online has many unintended consequences.We've all heard about the "blogger gets fired" and "my mother found my blog" stories, but this session will focus on the happiest of all blogging accidents: Love. This session will feature people who write about their relationships online, couples who blog, and what to do when one of you gets up on the wrong side of the blog.

Moderator: Julie Leung

Ponzi Indharasophang Blogger, www.ponzarelli.com
Jeneane Sessum Sessum Creative
George Sessum GES Productions
Lisa Williams
Chris Pirillo Pres, Lockergnome
Julie Leung
Heather Champ Community Mgr, Flickr
Derek Powazek Powazek Productions

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Blogging While Black Revisited - Sunday, March 12th

A renewed assessment of identity bloggers' reaction to, response from and engagement with the blogosphere.

Moderator: George Kelly Online Reporter

Tiffany B Brown Owner, Webinista LLC/Georgia Institute of Technology
Lynne d Johnson GM New Media, Vibe/Spin Ventures
Monique Judge
Tony Pierce Community Man, Buzznet
Jason Toney Editor
George Kelly Online Reporter

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Tantek ?elik Presentation: Creating Building Blocks for Independents - Saturday, March 11th

Blogs, Creative Commons, wikis, tags, microformats, BarCamp - all empower independents. How were these building blocks conceived, and what others can we construct for indie publishing and organizing?

Moderator: Tantek ?elik Chief Technologist, Technorati

Tantek ?elik Chief Technologist, Technorati

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Traditional Design and New Technology - Saturday, March 11th

Traditional graphic design has a rich history spanning decades. There are rules and theories, from typography to grid systems. How much of this has made it onto the web? Is the web the right place for traditional design values? Join the panel in discussing how much of the craft that traditional designers value have made it onto the web.

Moderator: Liz Danzico Dir of Experience Strategy, AIGA

Toni Greaves Creative Dir, Razorfish
Mark Boulton Dir, markboulton.co.uk
Khoi Vinh
Liz Danzico Dir of Experience Strategy, AIGA

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We Got Naked, Now What? - Saturday, March 11th

Some bloggers argue that you only become effective by putting more skin in the game, but is there such a thing as being too naked? Can you open your kimono in one blog post, and wear a button-down shirt in another? This panel showcases bloggers who opted to bring their personal lives onto their professional blogs, with varying degrees of success.Some have made an argument that you can bare all, and you should...to an extreme degree. Talk about your politics? Check. Sexuality? Check. Mental health? Check. Plenty of others - academics, attorneys, doctors - blog in full anonymity, fearful they risk their professional lives.Gender plays a huge role in this discussion. Some women feel that the pressure on women to avoid the personal is heavier, that a man talking about his kids at work is "humanized" by it while a woman talking about her kids at work elicits eye rolls. Yet, some men feel that the consequences for any show of weakness or need, e.g., emotion, can have professional consequences. Are men and women held to different standards as the personal and professional meld together? Hear from those who bare all, those who cover it all up and those who try to walk a tightrope somewhere in between. We intend to review the results of a survey of BlogHers on where they draw the lines between the personal and the professional.

Moderator: Elisa Camahort Co-founder, BlogHer

Laina Dawes Writer, Writing is Fighting
Jory Des Jardins Co-Founder, BlogHer
Elaine Liner Writer, Phantom Prof
Evelyn Rodriguez Principal, Dwelve
Elisa Camahort Co-founder, BlogHer

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Looking for XML in All the Wrong Places - Saturday, March 11th

It seems that everywhere you turn, it's "Do XML this, do XML that." Everyone wants to do everything with XML, and we're here to provide cautionary tales of nonexistent document analysis, improper data formats (neither hierarchical nor sequential), or situations in which the markup was 10x the data being described. We won't have time to cover every blunder, but the pain we've witnessed or experienced will hopefully keep you on the straight and narrow. We promise to keep it light, but maybe audience members can learn from the mistakes we've seen out there on the mean streets of XML.

Moderator: Thomas Myer Top Dog, Triple Dog Dare Media

Jennifer Linton Mgr, Comtech Services Inc
Simon St Laurent Editor, O'Reilly Media Inc
Thomas Myer Top Dog, Triple Dog Dare Media
Giuseppe Ferrigno Systems Architect, Hart Intercivic

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Public Square or Private Club: Does Exclusivity Strengthen or Dilute? - Saturday, March 11th

What happens when online communities decide to form a group around identities -- gender, race and/or interest? Are these groups essential to creating solidarity and strength for groups ignored by the mainstream and media? Or do these groups foster separatism and marginalize members? Do these groups ultimately weaken the strength of identity-based communities by alienating people who don't ?belong? in a group, but are deeply interested in it? What works best?a public square or a private club?Created in the face of raging blog debates about the lack of diversity in a dominant community, many smaller communities online have coalesced around off-line demographics. (Widely known examples include BlogHer, Brownbloggers, and various off-shoots of political party sites.)Why? What is the value in gender-specific, race-specific, interest-specific gatherings online? Do these efforts ultimately empower the individuals and the group?or prove to further insulate and isolate them? Does it ultimately benefit and broaden the larger online community when we ?artificially? (as some would call it) segment ourselves? Or does such a group risk harming itself by excluding people who don't fit the demographic but have a keen interest in participating in this community?The debate will feature those who think solidarity is a necessary step to empowerment, those who think self-segmentation is equivalent to promoting self-segregation?and those who hope there is a middle ground.

Moderator: Lisa Stone Co-Founder, BlogHer

Tiffany B Brown Owner, Webinista LLC/Georgia Institute of Technology
Melinda Casino Contributing Editor, BlogHer
Lisa Stone Co-Founder, BlogHer
Barb Dybwad Assoc Editor, Weblogs Inc

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