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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T083000
DTSTAMP:20071228T182905
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1625
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-08:30--1625
SUMMARY:Storyboarding for Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kathy Sierra (Creating Passionate Users). Can a
  PowerPoint business presentation be riveting? Can a tech manual be a pa
 ge-turner? In this workshop, you'll map your presentation, nonfiction bo
 ok, or even a user guide into a compelling three-act story template.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T083000
DTSTAMP:20080102T235821
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1576
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-08:30--1576
SUMMARY:iPhone Software Development: Past, Present, Future
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nate True (Nate True). Join us as we go through
  the history of iPhone hacking, and teach you how to create your first i
 Phone application.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T083000
DTSTAMP:20080327T163247
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1585
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-08:30--1585
SUMMARY:Live, Vast and Deep: Web-native Information Visualization
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Carden (Stamen Design), Eric Rodenbeck (Sta
 men Design). Information visualization is moving out of the research lab
  and into our everyday lives. This workshop will share Stamen's approach
  to visualization, outlining the process of taking real data from an onl
 ine API and shaping it into an informative, beautiful, and useful intera
 ctive graphic presentation.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T133000
DTSTAMP:20071228T182539
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1629
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-13:30--1629
SUMMARY:Debugging Hacks: What They Never Taught You About Solving Hard B
 ugs
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Marc Hedlund (Wesabe). If you're working on any
 thing at all interesting, sooner or later you'll hit a bug that will dri
 ve you mad trying to fix it. This workshop will give you a set of tools 
 and practices for finding, reproducing, fixing, and not regressing bugs 
 that "println" won't pinpoint.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T133000
DTSTAMP:20071231T162736
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1618
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-13:30--1618
SUMMARY:Kitchen Hack Lab: Food Hacking for Techies
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Marc Powell (Food Hacking). Real, live Hacker C
 hefs present interactive food hacking demonstrations. Topics will range 
 from food science lore to open source recipe development and food hackin
 g software.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T133000
DTSTAMP:20080102T235550
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1579
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-13:30--1579
SUMMARY:Making Things Talk Tutorial
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Tom Igoe (
 Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU). In this tutorial, you'll l
 earn how to make physical things talk using microcontrollers and network
 s in a hands-on project using an Arduino microcontroller, a variety of c
 omponents, and a copy of Igoe’s book, Making Things Talk. Limited seatin
 g.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T200000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T190000
DTSTAMP:20080303T013951
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3178
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-19:00--3178
SUMMARY:AppNite Live Demo Contest
DESCRIPTION:AppNite features 10 awesome developers doing 5-min App demos
 , with prizes for the best apps, as chosen by the audience.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T203000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T200000
DTSTAMP:20080222T024352
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2391
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-20:00--2391
SUMMARY:The O'Reilly Radar
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.). Tim shares
  his views on the technology's latest trends.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T213000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T203000
DTSTAMP:20080302T222503
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2002
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-20:30--2002
SUMMARY:Ignite ETech
DESCRIPTION:If you had 5 minutes on stage what would you say? Would you 
 pitch a project? Launch a web site? Teach a hack? We’re going to find ou
 t when we Ignite ETech.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T230000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T213000
DTSTAMP:20080220T235316
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2005
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-03-21:30--2005
SUMMARY:Monday Night Werewolf
DESCRIPTION:Werewolf is a game of paranoia and group behavior and a fun 
 way to get to know your fellow conference-goers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T092000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T084500
DTSTAMP:20080211T172311
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1614
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-08:45--1614
SUMMARY:Energy Literacy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Saul Griffith (Makani Power/Squid Labs). The wo
 rld has known, calculable amounts of energy are available. We'll take a 
 science look at all of the earth's energy resources, both stored and ren
 ewable.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T092000
DTSTAMP:20080227T233315
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1506
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-09:20--1506
SUMMARY:Your Phone is Your Controller: Collaborative Gaming in Public Sp
 aces
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jury Hahn (MegaPhone), Dan Albritton (MegaPhone
 ). MegaPhone makes digital signage interactive using a regular phone cal
 l. Learn about this phone-controlled, real-time, multiplayer collaborati
 ve gaming platform that can be used from ANY phone, ANY service provider
 , in ANY country as a game controller.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T094500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T093000
DTSTAMP:20080227T220201
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1588
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-09:30--1588
SUMMARY:Information Visualization is a Medium
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Rodenbeck (Stamen Design). Information vis
 ualization is emerging as a medium with a wide range of expressive poten
 tial. Stamen Design’s work in visualization and mapping is among the mos
 t high profile online. Eric Rodenbeck will provide an overview and insig
 ht into the studio’s working process.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T100000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T094500
DTSTAMP:20080227T220152
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3241
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-09:45--3241
SUMMARY:Project Darkstar: Putting the Massive in Massive Multiplayer
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Melissinos (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). The 
 video games represent one of the largest entertainment industries in the
  world, and online games is its fastest growing segment.  With this extr
 aordinary growth comes the issue of building truly scalable, "massive mu
 ltiplayer" solutions that are beyond what the industry deploys today.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T100000
DTSTAMP:20080309T220948
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1747
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-10:00--1747
SUMMARY:Place Matters: Social Encounters between the Physical and Digita
 l
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo! Research). This key
 note describes public community displays in social settings that are con
 nected to online social networking sites, allowing socializers to push c
 ontent between physical and digital spheres.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T110000
DTSTAMP:20080105T012352
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1778
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:00--1778
SUMMARY:Practice Makes Perfect: How Billions of Examples Lead to Better 
 Models
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Peter Norvig (Google, Inc.). The Internet gives
  us access to billions of pages of information, pictures, and videos. A 
 person could never look at all of them, but computers are faster than hu
 mans. What can a computer learn from all this information?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T110000
DTSTAMP:20080227T214904
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1570
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:00--1570
SUMMARY:Designing Magnets: Connecting with Audiences in the Wired Age
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Elan Lee (Fourth Wall Studios). Your ability to
  connect with your audience will often define the success or failure of 
 your project. This talk will use Alternate Reality Games to explore how 
 this new genre of entertainment can give us insight into building, maint
 aining, and growing an audience.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T110000
DTSTAMP:20080107T005816
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1551
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:00--1551
SUMMARY:Use Your Head: The Future of Mind Hacks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David Pescovitz (BoingBoing.net, Institute for 
 the Future, MAKE:), Daniel Marcus (Washington University School of Medic
 ine), Alvaro Fernandez (SharpBrains.com), Timo Hannay (Nature Publishing
  Group). How will advances in science and technology enable our brains' 
 hardware and software to be reverse-engineered, reconfigured, and, event
 ually, upgraded? Several provocative panelists weigh in on the future of
  mind hacking.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T110000
DTSTAMP:20080303T080103
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1339
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:00--1339
SUMMARY:The PC-free Internet: Ambient Computing
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David Rose (Ambient Devices). What happens when
  content leaves the screen, and is embedded in everyday objects and mate
 rials? David Rose will present a story of creating tangible internet obj
 ects for consumer electronics, health and wellness, public transportatio
 n, and energy consumption.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T115000
DTSTAMP:20080309T220839
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1487
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:50--1487
SUMMARY:Users, Socializers, and Producers: How Internet Technologies are
  Changing Our View of Ourselves
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo! Research). This ses
 sion will discuss how socially oriented experience and activity-based th
 eories of interaction drive the design and evaluation of technology.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T115000
DTSTAMP:20080105T012638
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1462
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:50--1462
SUMMARY:Modeling Crowd Behavior
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Paul Torrens (Arizona State University). Crowds
  are significant socio-technical systems, allowing pedestrians to swarm 
 in social and anti-social networks. This presentation focuses on our res
 earch in developing a visually and behaviorally realistic simulation pla
 tform for exploring crowds in dense urban settings.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T115000
DTSTAMP:20080203T021956
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1801
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:50--1801
SUMMARY:Tap is the New Click: Designing Gestural Interfaces
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dan Saffer (Adaptive Path). Nintendo’s Wii and 
 Apple’s iPhone introduced the power of using gestures to control devices
  and interactive systems. But how do you design for this interaction par
 adigm? Learn how to get started designing interactive gestures and gestu
 ral interfaces.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T115000
DTSTAMP:20080206T163232
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2514
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-11:50--2514
SUMMARY:Project Darkstar: Next Generation, Online Video Game Technology
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Karl Haberl (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). Online ga
 mes represent the fastest growing segment of the $40B worldwide video ga
 mes industry.  However, online server technology has not evolved as fast
  as client technologies and, as a result, leave the industry in a precar
 ious position as millions of new players discover online games and log-i
 n to play.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T140000
DTSTAMP:20080204T201927
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1457
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:00--1457
SUMMARY:Green Nano and the Holy Grail
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Stan Williams (Hewlett-Packard Labs). Green Nan
 o is a breakthrough and Stan Williams, Senior HP Fellow, will give a sta
 te of the world from his perspective on nanotechnology with a focus on H
 P's four most significant streams of work in the Green Nano arena.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T140000
DTSTAMP:20080113T163729
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1638
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:00--1638
SUMMARY:How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networ
 ks Are Social—Not Electronic
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Noah  Shachtman (Wired Magazine). Why have thin
 gs finally begun to shift in Iraq? The answer, in part, is that the U.S.
  dropped its techno-centric approach to prosecuting the war—and started 
 focusing on Iraq's social, political, tribal, and cultural networks inst
 ead.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T140000
DTSTAMP:20080105T014641
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1617
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:00--1617
SUMMARY:Projecting Surveillance Entertainment
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Merci Victoria Grace (GameLayers), Justin Hall 
 (GameLayers). This session will explore current systems of surveillance 
 entertainment and imagine them working in other contexts. including how 
 our personal data trails yield raw material for play.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T140000
DTSTAMP:20080201T201027
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2519
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:00--2519
SUMMARY:Content Driven Communications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Danielle Deibler (Adobe Systems). We've been he
 aring for years about next generation communications and Voice 2.0. This
  year talk becomes a reality. In this session hear the details around a 
 new set of web services aimed at making high quality real time voice, vi
 deo and messaging a part of every experience you have on the Internet.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T145000
DTSTAMP:20080203T022733
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2479
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:50--2479
SUMMARY:Botnets: Current State of the Net
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael J. Staggs (FireEye, Inc.). Bots, Bot He
 rders, Botnets. You hear these terms with increasing frequency, but what
  do they mean? What are bots? How do they propagate? What do they do? An
 d most importantly—why do I care?  This session provides attendees with 
 an overview of botnet behavior, attacks and countermeasures.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T145000
DTSTAMP:20080105T014757
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1597
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:50--1597
SUMMARY:The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ethan Zuckerman (Global Voices). The Web was in
 vented so physicists could share research papers. The tools of Web 2.0 a
 re showing themselves to be extremely powerful in the hands of digital a
 ctivists, especially those in environments where free speech is limited.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T145000
DTSTAMP:20080105T014814
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1589
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:50--1589
SUMMARY:Halo vs. Facebook: Emotion and the Fun of Games
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nicole Lazzaro (XEODesign, Inc.). Think gamers 
 get emotional from boiling lava monsters? Think again. From fiero to sch
 adenfreude emotions increase focus, memory, learning, decision making, a
 nd performance. Similar emotions drive participation from Flickr to Face
 book.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T145000
DTSTAMP:20080216T232704
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2523
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-14:50--2523
SUMMARY:On-Demand Databases: Or How to build High-Scale Data Storage on 
 a Low-Scale Budget
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike Culver (Amazon), Jay Ridgeway (Nextumi). A
  year ago the industry buzz phrase was “on demand computing”. In 2008 th
 e buzz is reality! This session will look at the next wave of innovation
 : namely structured data storage without formal schemas (in effect, a li
 ghtweight attribute store), implemented as an on-demand Web service.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T160500
DTSTAMP:20080228T222944
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1607
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:05--1607
SUMMARY:DIY Drones: An Open Source Hardware and Software Approach to Mak
 ing “Minimum UAVs”
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Anderson (Wired Magazine). Unmanned Aeria
 l Vehicles are becoming the new frontier of amateur robotics. Learn how 
  anyone can build fully autonomous flying drones with open source hardwa
 re and software.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T160500
DTSTAMP:20080105T015033
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1598
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:05--1598
SUMMARY:Sexual Identity Online
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Violet Blue (Violet Blue). People seek sexual e
 xpression online and encounter disaster or success, plus a steep learnin
 g curve about privacy, anonymity, 2.0 skills, and identity. Applicable o
 utside the context of sexuality, online identity is a deliberate act.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T160500
DTSTAMP:20080203T023841
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2409
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:05--2409
SUMMARY:Prediction Markets and the Flow of Information at Google
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bo Cowgill (Google Economics Group). For 2.5 ye
 ars, Google operated the largest experiment with internal corporate pred
 iction markets in existence. Find out what they learned about their mark
 ets, their business, and their organization.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T160500
DTSTAMP:20080203T024107
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2515
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:05--2515
SUMMARY:What it Takes to Make a Browser Smart
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alex Iskold (AdaptiveBlue). Smart Browsing is a
 bout wiring recognition of everyday things into the browser. Once the br
 owser detects that user interacts with books, music, movies, people, rec
 ipes, etc., it can be smart and helpful about connecting user to related
  information. Learn how AdaptiveBlue technologies leverage a mix of stan
 dards and common sense to enhance everyday browsing.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T174000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165500
DTSTAMP:20080105T015111
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1622
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:55--1622
SUMMARY:My Daughter’s DNA: A Father’s Odyssey in His Daughter’s Genome
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Hugh Rienhoff (MyDaughtersDNA.org). Hugh Rienho
 ff's daughter was born with an undiagnosed syndrome. Not getting results
  from conventional medicine, he searched to find and sequence her genome
 . This talk focuses on the resources in the public domain to identify an
 d understand genetic information.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T174000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165500
DTSTAMP:20080105T015135
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1654
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:55--1654
SUMMARY:Personal Productivity is Personal: Choosing What YOU Need to Ove
 rclock Your Workday
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gina Trapani (Lifehacker). From The 7 Habits to
  The 4-Hour Workweek, personal productivity comes in many packages, but 
 finding the right techniques to make your life and work better is up to 
 you. Here's what you need to know to overclock your workday.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T174000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165500
DTSTAMP:20080105T234919
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2148
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:55--2148
SUMMARY:Open Source Hardware
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Phillip Torrone (Maker Media), Limor Fried (Ada
 fruit Industries). Open source hardware is a term slowly working its way
  into many new projects and efforts, but what is it? What new hardware p
 rojects are out, successful, and what's next?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T174000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T165500
DTSTAMP:20080304T192035
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3416
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-16:55--3416
SUMMARY:Tour Of A Science Fiction Universe
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Matt Webb (Schulze & Webb). Description coming 
 soon.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T193000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T180000
DTSTAMP:20071228T180250
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1644
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-18:00--1644
SUMMARY:Exhibit Hall Reception
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibitors, mingle with other attendee, and enjoy 
 great refreshments and drinks at the evening reception.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T210000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T191500
DTSTAMP:20080222T194516
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1537
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-19:15--1537
SUMMARY:EFF 17th Annual Pioneer Awards
DESCRIPTION:Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation in a fundraiser hono
 ring the 2008 Pioneer Award winners. Since 1991, the Pioneer Awards reco
 gnize leaders who are extending freedom and innovation on the electronic
  frontier.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T233000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T203000
DTSTAMP:20080302T225953
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2163
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-20:30--2163
SUMMARY:ETech After Hours Party (hosted and sponsored by Walt Disney Int
 ernet Group)
DESCRIPTION:After a long day of conferencing, you’re invited to come enj
 oy drinks and hors d’oeuvres at the After Hours Party. Mingle with confe
 rence attendees, speakers, and Disney & ABC technology executives! The p
 arty will include an interactive lounge, demo stations, and a raffle mak
 ing it the perfect spot to chat about E-tech sessions, new technologies,
  and network!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T235500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T230000
DTSTAMP:20080303T072708
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2007
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-04-23:00--2007
SUMMARY:Tuesday Night Werewolf
DESCRIPTION:Werewolf is a game of paranoia and group behavior and a fun 
 way to get to know your fellow conference-goers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T091500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T084500
DTSTAMP:20080126T205008
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1630
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-08:45--1630
SUMMARY:How to Kick Ass
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kathy Sierra (Creating Passionate Users). What 
 does it take to be really, really, really good at something? Are our tec
 h tools making us smarter, dumbing us down, or...? The good news: having
  a "natural talent" for something is a lot less crucial for expertise th
 an we thought.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T091500
DTSTAMP:20080126T205114
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1685
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-09:15--1685
SUMMARY:An Open Source Platform for Personal Robots
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Steve Cousins (Willow Garage). In this talk we 
 introduce an open source platform for personal robots that integrates th
 e best technologies from various areas of robotics and work from top res
 earch institutions, within a flexible and lightweight modular architectu
 re.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T094000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T093000
DTSTAMP:20080302T002447
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3387
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-09:30--3387
SUMMARY:Ride the Fire Eagle: Open Location for All
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Coates (Yahoo! Brickhouse). What would the 
 world be like if everything on the network responded to your location? S
 ocial sites could become friend-finders, mobile devices could tell you a
 bout your environment, your home could respond to your proximity or abse
 nce. Fire Eagle is a new open geo platform designed to make this a reali
 ty.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T095500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T094000
DTSTAMP:20080225T223742
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1473
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-09:40--1473
SUMMARY:Personalizing the Device: How Communities Will Help Actualize Us
 er-generated Hardware and the Long-tail of Gadgets
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Peter Semmelhack (Bug Labs). Open innovation an
 d advances in collaborative development will help usher in the era of us
 er-generated hardware. This talk will focus on user-driven personalizati
 on and specialization as it relates to personal hardware devices.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T095500
DTSTAMP:20080222T174511
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3315
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-09:55--3315
SUMMARY:Elephant 2000: A Programming Language for the year 2015 Based on
  Speech Acts
DESCRIPTION:Presented by John McCarthy (Stanford University).  Elephant 
 2000 is a proposed programming language good for writing  and verifying 
 programs that interact with people (e.g. transaction  processing) or int
 eract with programs belonging to other  organizations (e.g. electronic d
 ata interchange)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T110000
DTSTAMP:20080105T021542
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2185
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:00--2185
SUMMARY:Futuretainment: The Asian Media Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike Walsh (Tomorrow). There is a new generatio
 n of connected consumers on the rise in Asia: Asian teenagers are voraci
 ously reshaping the concept of media across the region. It's the future 
 of entertainment—halfway between Shanghai and Seoul.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T110000
DTSTAMP:20080110T180922
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2166
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:00--2166
SUMMARY:Brain Imaging for Fun and Profit
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Daniel Marcus (Washington University School of 
 Medicine). Brain imaging is entering economics, politics, and law. In th
 is session we'll cover key concepts and directions in brain imaging, wit
 h a focus for DIYers on open source tools and open access data sets.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T110000
DTSTAMP:20080105T021654
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1412
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:00--1412
SUMMARY:The EFF's "On A Brighter Note..."
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Danny O'Brien (Electronic Frontier Foundation),
  Cindy Cohn (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Kevin Bankston (Electronic
  Frontier Foundation), Emily Berger (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Ti
 m Jones (Electronic Frontier Foundation), John Perry Barlow (Electronic 
 Frontier Foundation). A more-optimistic-than-usual Electronic Frontier F
 oundation reveals: near-future technology that will help defend your rig
 hts, policy initiatives that could help save the Net, and techniques you
  can bake into your work that will help preserve freedom online.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T110000
DTSTAMP:20080206T160023
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2524
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:00--2524
SUMMARY:Project Sun SPOT: Inspiring Future Gadgets
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Roger Meike (Sun Microsystems, Inc.), Arshan Po
 ursohi (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). A new generation of gadgets is emerging
  that can wirelessly communicate, sense their environment and affect the
  physical world around them.   Learn to use open source software and har
 dware to create everything from gesture-based interfaces to robot swarms
  to a rainforest monitoring system that may just save the world.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T115000
DTSTAMP:20080213T004312
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2496
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:50--2496
SUMMARY:Beyond RIAs: Rich Internet Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Freeman (Disney Online), Jason Davis (Disn
 ey Online). Today a user can earn points playing Spectrobes on their gam
 e console, then use them to purchase digital goods on Disney.com, all wh
 ile communicating with friends immersed in the Pirates MMOG or on their 
 mobile devices. These combined experiences represent an application that
  is an evolution from simple RIAs into a full-blown Rich Internet Experi
 ence (RIE)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T115000
DTSTAMP:20080203T045756
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1441
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:50--1441
SUMMARY:I Sing the Body Electric: How Our Bodies Are Changing Society, a
 nd Vice Versa
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Quinn Norton (n/a). Building on last year's Bod
 y Hacking talk, Quinn Norton looks at new subjects, new hacks, and new i
 mplications, with a little Walt Whitman thrown in for good measure.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T115000
DTSTAMP:20080105T021742
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2138
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:50--2138
SUMMARY:Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Medi
 a System, Law and the Market
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Johannes Grenzfurthner (monochrom, and Universi
 ty of Applied Sciences Graz). The term "context hacking" refers to uncon
 ventional forms or intervention of communication. Johannes Grenzfurthner
  will present projects by monochrom, a worldwide operating collective fr
 om Vienna.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T115000
DTSTAMP:20080213T004326
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1443
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-11:50--1443
SUMMARY:Web Visualization: Beyond RSS Lava Lamps
DESCRIPTION:Presented by J. C. Herz (Batchtags LLC). This presentation g
 ives a whirlwind overview of the shiny vizporn and kinetic data sculptur
 es to date and explains what it takes to make synthesis and visualizatio
 n of Web 2.0 data useful on a daily basis, for individuals and groups.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T140000
DTSTAMP:20080105T021800
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1594
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:00--1594
SUMMARY:Computing for Socio-economic Development
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kentaro Toyama (Microsoft Research India). What
  value is computing technology to a farmer earning $1 a day? Questions l
 ike this will be discussed through a sample of work from the Technology 
 for Emerging Markets research group seeking new applications of computin
 g for the world’s least privileged communities.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T140000
DTSTAMP:20080105T021818
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1651
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:00--1651
SUMMARY:Hackers Built My Motorcycle
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Pablos Holman (Komposite). The process of innov
 ation begins with discovery. Hackers are constantly disassembling the wo
 rld around them. Pablos Holman will show all kinds of delightful and sur
 prising things that hackers are capable of.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T140000
DTSTAMP:20080222T174615
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2413
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:00--2413
SUMMARY:Connecting Your Life to the Web, with Android
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dan Morrill (Google). Android will let develope
 rs build applications that don't just go with you, but become part of yo
 ur life. We'll introduce the Android platform and show a few examples of
  applications that fit into your life so naturally you'll wonder how you
  ever got along without them. Stop by to find out where Android came fro
 m, where it's going, and how you can take part.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T140000
DTSTAMP:20080303T172826
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2408
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:00--2408
SUMMARY:Antigenic Cartography: Visualizing Viral Evolution for Influenza
  Vaccine Design
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Terry Jones (Fluidinfo). Antigenic Cartography 
 is a new computational method that allows a unique visualization of vira
 l evolution. First published in 2004, the technique is now used to aid t
 he WHO in recommending the composition of human influenza vaccines. It i
 s also being applied to the design of pandemic influenza vaccines and to
  the study of a variety of other infectious diseases.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T145000
DTSTAMP:20080212T150542
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1615
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:50--1615
SUMMARY:Of Necessity and Humanity: What Cuba Can Teach Us About Ourselve
 s and Our Own Technology
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gwendolyn Floyd (ind), Joshua Kauffman (ind). T
 he Cuban people live in acute technological scarcity, yet illuminate str
 ategies for living and creating in a society of excess. This talk will s
 hare inspiring adaptations and surprising interpretations of technology.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T145000
DTSTAMP:20080105T022030
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1366
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:50--1366
SUMMARY:Really, Really, Really Intimate Interfaces
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kyle Machulis (Nonpolynomial Labs). Fitt's Law 
 applies a lot of places in UI design, but sex isn't one of them. What ca
 n we learn from sex hardware interfaces? If an interface is inviting eno
 ugh that someone is willing to have the most intimate of experiences usi
 ng it, can we apply these ideas to, say, installing printer drivers?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T145000
DTSTAMP:20080317T171640
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2481
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:50--2481
SUMMARY:Awareness: Artistic Experiments in Revealing Invisible Networks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kati London (area/code), Regine Debatty (We Mak
 e Money Not Art), Brooke Singer. Exposing invisible networks and their e
 ffects, technologists, artists, social engineers, and scientists are unv
 eiling the systems that surround us. Co-curators of ETech's Emerging Art
 s Fest will lead a panel discussion situating the work represented at ET
 ech and the context in which that work is being created and experienced.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T145000
DTSTAMP:20080312T125504
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3344
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-14:50--3344
SUMMARY:Disaster Tech: What is working and what is coming
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jesse Robbins (O'Reilly Radar), Mikel Maron (Ma
 pufacture). Twitter and Google Maps are being used in mainstream emergen
 cy management, and projects like InSTEDD will push them even farther.  T
 his session shows you what is working, what isn't, and what's next in Di
 saster Tech.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T160500
DTSTAMP:20080105T233736
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2142
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-16:05--2142
SUMMARY:Reality Mining: Inference in Complex Social Systems via the Mobi
 le Phone
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nathan Eagle (MIT). Teaching mobile phones to l
 earn from people's behavior: predicting future activities, inferring rel
 ationships, quantifying organizational rhythms.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T160500
DTSTAMP:20080105T233754
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1562
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-16:05--1562
SUMMARY:Personalized Genomics: Benefits and Risks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Pauline Ng (J. Craig Venter Institute). The rev
 olution of personalized genomics is just beginning. Biotech companies ha
 ve started to offer DNA tests that reveal a person's genealogy and disea
 se risks. This talk will help the audience assess the benefits of lookin
 g at their own genomes versus the privacy issues at risk.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T160500
DTSTAMP:20080105T233819
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1647
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-16:05--1647
SUMMARY:Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning with the Open Source 
 Computer Vision Library
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gary Bradski (Stanford and Willow Garage). This
  talk will demonstrate computer vision and machine learning applications
  and get you up and running on them using the commercially free Open Sou
 rce Computer Vision Library.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T165000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T160500
DTSTAMP:20080203T055239
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2361
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-16:05--2361
SUMMARY:When Applications Work Better with Voice…And When They Don’t
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Trevor Baca (Jaduka). Trevor Baca of Jaduka dra
 ws on mash-up analysis, behavior studies, and sociolinguistics to look a
 t those times where voice can pull us in … and push us away. Baca consid
 ers the application effectiveness of notifications (both text and voice)
 , voice search, text-to-speech, on-demand conferencing, and plain old DT
 MF in the automation and optimization of processes in different industri
 es.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T200000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T190000
DTSTAMP:20080105T233845
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1616
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-19:00--1616
SUMMARY:Coding Against Corruption
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lawrence Lessig (Creative Commons). More info w
 ill be provided soon. Lessig has discussed corruption on his blog (lessi
 g.org/blog).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T213000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T200000
DTSTAMP:20080303T183024
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2010
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-20:00--2010
SUMMARY:Emerging Arts Fest
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Regine Debatty (We Make Money Not Art), Kati Lo
 ndon (area/code), Natalie Jeremijenko (NYU), Scott Varland (NYU Interact
 ive Telecommunications Program (ITP)), Adam Simon (Socialbomb), Michael 
 Dory (Socialbomb), Paul Torrens (Arizona State University), Ryan McManus
  (Barbarian Group LLC), Andrew Bell (Barbarian Group LLC), Andrea Vaccar
 i (Senseable City Lab, MIT), Tucker Balch (Georgia Tech), Stewart Tansle
 y (Microsoft Research), Eric Kabisch. The first ever Emerging Arts Fest 
 provides a showcase for artists to present their vision of the intersect
 ion of art and technology.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T223000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T210000
DTSTAMP:20080303T072811
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2020
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-05-21:00--2020
SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Werewolf
DESCRIPTION:Werewolf is a game of paranoia and group behavior and a fun 
 way to get to know your fellow conference-goers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T084500
DTSTAMP:20080105T234456
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1899
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-08:45--1899
SUMMARY:AMEE: The World's Energy Meter
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gavin Starks (d::gen network ). If all the ener
 gy data in the world were accessible, what would you build? The Climate 
 Change agenda measures the energy profile of everything. AMEE is an open
  aggregation platform aimed to dramatically accelerate change, because w
 e need to.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T084500
DTSTAMP:20080225T220335
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3325
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-08:45--3325
SUMMARY:XO Laptop Hacks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media, Inc.). You won't 
 find the Linux-powered XO Laptop on store shelves: they went out to peop
 le who donated to the limited-time Give One Get One program. By now, mos
 t of the donors have their laptops, so it's time to push it to the limit
 . Bring your XO Laptop to this hands-on session, and Brian Jepson will w
 alk you through some of the cool hacks he's found.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T084500
DTSTAMP:20080105T234521
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1310
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-08:45--1310
SUMMARY:The Case for Africa as a Mobile Development Hothouse
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Joel Selanikio (DataDyne.org). Dependence on mo
 bile Internet access gives developers in Africa a unique perspective, fr
 ee of the baggage of the desktop browser. Learn how we can reap dividend
 s, new perspectives, and the potential for as-yet-unimagined application
 s.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T093500
DTSTAMP:20080105T234532
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1590
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-09:35--1590
SUMMARY:DIY Survival: Projects for the Apocalypse
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bre Pettis (I Make Things). Whether it's a red 
 button, volcano, avian bird flu, meteor, cosmic superhighway or economic
  collapse, this lecture will give you the information you need to make t
 hings that will help you survive.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T093500
DTSTAMP:20080225T220719
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3330
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-09:35--3330
SUMMARY:OpenMoko and Ubiquitous Computing
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael Shiloh (OpenMoko). The promise of Ubiqu
 itous Computing has been with us for a few years, but have the goals rea
 lly been achieved? In this talk we will explore the obstacles to Ubiquit
 ous Computing, and why I believe the OpenMoko project can help further t
 he development of true Ubiquitous Computing
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T093500
DTSTAMP:20080203T060023
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2543
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-09:35--2543
SUMMARY:CouchDB from 10,000 ft
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Damien Katz (IBM - CouchDB), Jan Lehnardt (Frei
 satz). CouchDB is a new kind of database that does not follow the relati
 onal paradigm of traditional databases. This presentation is a low-tech,
  high-level overview of CouchDB and the ideas behind it.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T093500
DTSTAMP:20080305T201832
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3426
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-09:35--3426
SUMMARY:Going Global With Theft-Based Activism
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Loosemore (Ofcom), Stefan Magdalinski (MOO 
 Print Ltd), Danny O'Brien (Electronic Frontier Foundation). For the past
  decade, through sites such as TheyWorkForYou.com, civic hackers have be
 en using the web to catalyse crowd-sourced reform of the UK's democratic
  institutions. Tom and Stef will discuss the application of these techni
 ques to global challenges such as the UN and climate change.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T110000
DTSTAMP:20080305T200216
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3418
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:00--3418
SUMMARY:A Bomb Shelter For The Climate Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Natalie Jeremijenko (NYU). Description coming s
 oon.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T110000
DTSTAMP:20080212T150617
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2316
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:00--2316
SUMMARY:Las Vegas: Behind the Scenes. What Sensors?  What Privacy?  What
  Anonymity?  The Whole Story
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeff Jonas (IBM). Jeff Jonas, who has architect
 ed and built numerous casino systems, takes you behind the scenes to des
 cribe the scams and "trip-wires" that make it possible to detect the unw
 anted—even before the opportunist arrives at the casino.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T110000
DTSTAMP:20080601T182237
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1298
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:00--1298
SUMMARY:Mobile Social Software from the Inside Out
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nicolas Nova (Media and Design Lab). In the las
 t 10 years, a wide range of location-based services have been designed a
 nd expected to reach huge markets. This session will review the reasons 
 why in 2007 this remains to be seen as well as alternatives models and s
 cenarios for the near future.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T110000
DTSTAMP:20080305T200341
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2542
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:00--2542
SUMMARY:Ensemble Learning: Better Predictions Through Diversity
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Todd Holloway (Ingenuity Systems). An introduct
 ion to how recommendation systems have been built. Particular considerat
 ion is given to the ensemble approaches used in the Netflix Prize compet
 ition as evidence of the value of combining multiple approaches.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T115000
DTSTAMP:20080110T180822
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1559
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:50--1559
SUMMARY:Synthetic Neurobiology: Towards Engineering Brain Circuits for H
 ealth and Human Augmentation
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ed Boyden (MIT Media Lab & Dept. of Biological 
 Engineering). Ed Boyden, from the MIT Media Lab, will describe some inve
 ntions that allow control of brain circuits with great precision and may
  help cure intractable neurological and psychiatric disorders.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T115000
DTSTAMP:20080226T143253
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3254
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:50--3254
SUMMARY:Personal Robots for Computer Science Education
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tucker Balch (Georgia Tech), Stewart Tansley (M
 icrosoft Research). Robots can be used as fun and effective tool and con
 text for education.  In this presentation we show how they can be used a
 s part of introductory Computer Science courses.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T115000
DTSTAMP:20080203T060902
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2458
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:50--2458
SUMMARY:Disruptive Supply Chain + Disruptive Technology = Disruptive Com
 merce
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Liam Casey (PCH International). Everyone talks 
 about Chinese manufacturing and how cheap that is. What few realize is t
 hat by converting manufacturing and shipping to JIT (Just-In-Time) a com
 pany never has to store the items it is selling. By reducing the initial
  cash outlays a smaller company can afford to make its own hardware and 
 scale up rapidly.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T123500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T115000
DTSTAMP:20080226T221222
LOCATION:Mission Hills
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3345
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-11:50--3345
SUMMARY:Why Won't Second Life Just Go Away, Already?  Understanding Web 
 2.0's Most Misunderstood Phenomenon
DESCRIPTION:Presented by W. James Au (The Making of Second Life). Overpr
 aised in 2006 then dismissed in 2007 by the media and Internet gurus ali
 ke, Linden Lab's user-created virtual world keeps growing, attracting co
 mpanies and organizations and millions of accounts.  How is this possibl
 e, and what does it say about the Internet's future?  The company's form
 er "embedded journalist" and author of *The Making of Second Life* expla
 ins.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T143000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T140000
DTSTAMP:20080126T210310
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1648
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-14:00--1648
SUMMARY:Building a Bright Green Future
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alex Steffen (Worldchanging). If everyone lived
  like a typical prosperous American, we'd need ten planets to sustain ou
 r way of life. What might a sustainable future look like? How do we use 
 ingenuity to design a future that's both bright and green?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T144000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T143000
DTSTAMP:20080203T061414
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1336
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-14:30--1336
SUMMARY:Twine: The Social Graph Meets the Semantic Web
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lew Tucker (Radar Networks). We'll discuss and 
 demo an innovative new service: Twine.com, built on a semantic web platf
 orm and designed to grow and enrich communities of interest.  Semantics 
 are used throughout as the system automatically annotates information wi
 th meta data, tags, and relationships.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T145000
DTSTAMP:20080227T222833
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/3312
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-14:50--3312
SUMMARY:Digital Democracy 2008 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Micah Sifry (Personal Democracy Forum). Four ye
 ars ago, at ETech 2004, O'Reilly hosted a seminal one-day Digital Democr
 acy Teach-In, focused on how internet technologies were "putting power b
 ack into the hands of the people." In 2008, the internet has become a ce
 ntral battlefield for the presidential campaigns, but how much are they 
 actually using the net to empower their supporters?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T153000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080306T150000
DTSTAMP:20080222T230512
LOCATION:Marina Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1748
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2008-03-06-15:00--1748
SUMMARY:The 4-Hour Workweek
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Timothy Ferriss (The 4-hour Workweek). More inf
 ormation coming soon
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