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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T110000
DTSTAMP:20090318T141923
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7513
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:00--7513
SUMMARY:I Just Don't Trust You: How the Tech Community Can Reinvent Risk
  Ratings
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Toby Segaran (Google), Jesper Andersen (Bloom S
 tudios). Financial technology – something we all thought was complete – 
 has been upended. Fundamental assumptions have been exposed as faulty. A
 nd now we have the opportunity to recreate our finance industry from the
  bottom up. We have a choice: a path of openness and information sharing
 , or more opacity and secrecy.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T115500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024738
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5369
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:55--5369
SUMMARY:txteagle: Crowd-Sourcing on Mobile Phones in the Developing Worl
 d
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nathan Eagle (MIT). txteagle is a mobile crowd-
 sourcing application that will be launching in Kenya on the Safaricom ne
 twork. It enables people to earn and save small amounts of money by comp
 leting simple tasks on their phones for companies who pay them either in
  airtime or cash. http://txteagle.com
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T140000
DTSTAMP:20090318T024744
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7630
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:00--7630
SUMMARY:The End of Obsolescence: Engineering the Post-Consumer Economy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lane Becker (Get Satisfaction), Thor Muller (Ge
 t Satisfaction). Consumerism is crashing, but the logic of digital, netw
 orked products promises a path forward. The emerging sustainable economy
  connects a renewed "repair culture" to reputation systems for companies
  and customers. It leads to the platformization of everything, ultimatel
 y allowing digital products to drive an overwhelming share of economic a
 ctivity.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T145500
DTSTAMP:20090312T215621
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7773
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:55--7773
SUMMARY:The Greatest Virtual Marathon: Computing and Materials in Sports
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael Tchao (Nike Techlab). The greatest spor
 ts athletes' records live and die by their hi-tech gear. They use new sw
 imsuits like the razor to shave seconds off their laps and sensors like 
 the Nike+ to record their training. Michael Tchao of Nike Labs will shar
 e with us the process behind these creations and the new materials and t
 echnology that make them happen.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T161000
DTSTAMP:20090312T214413
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6963
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-16:10--6963
SUMMARY:Mr. Hacker Goes to Washington
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Greg Elin (Sunlight Foundation). Want to help f
 ix democracy? Hackers, those crazy Utopian dreamers with DIY attitudes, 
 have begun a sustained assault on government with projects like the Sunl
 ight Foundation, OpenCongress, GovTrack, Watchdog.net, FedSpending, MySo
 ciety, and Public.Resource. The goal?
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T170500
DTSTAMP:20090312T184805
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5597
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-17:05--5597
SUMMARY:Building a New Biology
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Drew Endy (Stanford & The BioBricks Foundation 
 (BBF)), Jason Schultz (Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic,
  UC Berkeley School of Law), Jennifer Lynch (UC Berkeley School of Law).
  Three leaders in the technology and law of synthetic biology will prese
 nt a crisp and accessible briefing on new cooperative efforts to make te
 ns of thousands of open source standardized DNA parts.  Discussion to fo
 llow.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T090000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T084500
DTSTAMP:20090318T023939
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7339
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-08:45--7339
SUMMARY:Welcome and Announcements
DESCRIPTION:Opening remarks by Program Chair, Brady Forrest.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T093500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T090000
DTSTAMP:20090417T102513
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7645
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-09:00--7645
SUMMARY:Sustaining the American Family
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alex Steffen (Worldchanging). The American fami
 ly consumes resources vastly beyond its "share"--more so than other nati
 on's family. However, due to technology, increasing environmental awaren
 ess, and a changing economy, it is also the best poised to make a course
  correction. Worldchanging's Alex Steffen returns to show the results of
  his latest project about how to make us more sustainable.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T110000
DTSTAMP:20090315T074855
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5655
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:00--5655
SUMMARY:Electricity 2.0: Applying the Lessons of the Web to Our Energy N
 etworks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by James Governor (RedMonk), Tom Raftery (RedMonk)
 . For too long, power distribution has been a top down, subscribe-only m
 odel, but the electricity grids of tomorrow will be read/write, just lik
 e the Web.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T115500
DTSTAMP:20090319T152229
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6673
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:55--6673
SUMMARY:Superstruct: How to Invent the Future by Playing a Game
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jane McGonigal (Social Chocolate). What are the
  five biggest problems the world will face in 2019 – and how can we get 
 a head-start on solving them together? Find out in this talk, which pres
 ents the results of SUPERSTRUCT, the world’s first massively multiplayer
  forecasting game.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T140000
DTSTAMP:20090315T094421
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7026
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:00--7026
SUMMARY:Urban Homesteading: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Modern Making
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mark Frauenfelder (Make Magazine). In 1900 abou
 t 40 percent of Americans (40 million) lived on farms, and a similar per
 centage worked on farms. People were makers by necessity, and as a resul
 t they acquired many useful DIY skills that they applied to their leisur
 e activities as well.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T145500
DTSTAMP:20090312T222223
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7827
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:55--7827
SUMMARY:Sustainable Design for a Multiscreen, Info-Overloaded World
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kevin Lynch (Adobe). Understanding how humans c
 an better interact with and consume information is critical as we work t
 o solve the increasingly complex challenges before us. Adobe CTO Kevin L
 ynch will explore three aspects that will shape the next generation of c
 omputing applications.
END:VEVENT
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T161000
DTSTAMP:20090312T192703
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7069
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-16:10--7069
SUMMARY:High-Low Tech: Democratizing Engineering and Design
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Leah Buechley (MIT Media Lab). People knit scar
 ves and solder radios together in their homes and garages. In contrast, 
 companies produce high-tech things by high-tech processes. A host of new
  tools is making many of the resources previously available only to comp
 anies accessible to individuals, empowering people to design, engineer, 
 and build devices that integrate high and low technology.
END:VEVENT
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T170500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024902
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5388
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-17:05--5388
SUMMARY:QS: From Personal Data to Self-Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gary Wolf (Wired). This talk will trace the his
 tory of personal data collection from its surprising roots in the 18th c
 entury into its future as a form of self-knowledge. We will see some of 
 the great self-tracking projects of the past and present. No products wi
 ll be reviewed! This is a talk about the why of self-tracking, with illu
 strations from real experiments.
END:VEVENT
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T084500
DTSTAMP:20090318T110251
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7800
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-08:45--7800
SUMMARY:2D, 3D... 2.5D?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mok Oh (Where Inc.). Historically, 3D on the We
 b has always been associated with difficulties. Although 3D has been aro
 und for decades, from research labs to gaming to visualization of a 3D e
 arth, there are numerous reasons why 3D is still having majority adoptio
 n challenges.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T102500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T094000
DTSTAMP:20090313T025633
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7032
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-09:40--7032
SUMMARY:WattzOn: Crowdsourcing a Solution to Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Raffi Krikorian (Twitter), Jeremy Cloud (Synthe
 sis Studios). It is clear that our lifestyles have become environmentall
 y and economically unsustainable.  The solution will need to include wid
 espread power reduction. To this end, WattzOn provides a structured wiki
 -based tool to allow users to track personal power usage, understand ste
 ps they can take to lessen their impact, and improve the accuracy of the
  system by modifying the methodology and data.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T110000
DTSTAMP:20090314T114251
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5438
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:00--5438
SUMMARY:New Data Visualization: Reaching Through Maps
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Rodenbeck (Stamen Design). Stamen has been
  extending its work with interactive mapping and data visualizations pas
 t the slippy map metaphor into new territory, allowing you to reach thro
 ugh the pins-on-a-map approach that characterizes most work in this fiel
 d. By making the entire screen an active interactive surface, we're expa
 nding the possibility of what online urban mapping can do.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T115500
DTSTAMP:20090316T215535
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7514
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:55--7514
SUMMARY:Design Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Julian Bleecker (Nokia Design). Design is a kin
 d of authoring practice, crafting material visions of different kinds of
  possible worlds. Design’s various ways of articulating ideas in materia
 l to create social objects and experiences is similar to writing fiction
 . This is a presentation about the relationship between design, science 
 fiction, and the material elements that help tell visual stories about t
 he future.
END:VEVENT
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T142000
DTSTAMP:20090318T024913
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7576
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-14:20--7576
SUMMARY:Freedom and Control: Lessons from China for the World
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rebecca  MacKinnon (Global Voices). Governments
  all over the world are moving to censor various kinds of online and mob
 ile content, and to expand their capacity to spy on people's digital com
 munications. While the problem is worst in authoritarian countries, demo
 cracies are by no means immune. Meanwhile companies and others trying to
  provide web and telecoms services are caught uncomfortably in the middl
 e.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T090000
DTSTAMP:20090312T214528
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6201
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-09:00--6201
SUMMARY:Refactor Your Wetware
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andrew Hunt (Pragmatic Programmers, LLC). Softw
 are development happens in your head; not in an editor, IDE, or design t
 ool. We’re well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but 
 what about wetware—our own brains?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T133000
DTSTAMP:20090327T014316
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7043
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-13:30--7043
SUMMARY:Socializing Stuff: A Wireless Objects Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rob Faludi (Digi International, NYU ITP, SVA IX
 D). Objects are beginning to socialize. A new era of low-bandwidth, low-
 power wireless networks is enabling a revolution in device communication
 s. In this DIY session we'll insert you into those conversations and int
 roduce you to device communications technology that could change our hom
 es, cars, and clothes.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T200000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T190000
DTSTAMP:20090318T023929
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7689
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-19:00--7689
SUMMARY:Work On Stuff That Matters
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.). Tim O'Reil
 ly shares his views on technology's latest trends.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T090000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T084500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024759
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7340
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-08:45--7340
SUMMARY:Welcome and Announcements
DESCRIPTION:Opening remarks by Program Chair, Brady Forrest.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T092500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T090000
DTSTAMP:20090318T024124
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7290
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-09:00--7290
SUMMARY:Urban Futures
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Luebkeman (Arup). When we look at the wor
 ld around us we see many examples of places and spaces that we both love
  and hate. What would you "cut and paste" from different parts of your c
 ity to create the ideal sustainable urban environment? Arup has spent a 
 number of years discussing what the eco-city would need to look like if 
 we are going to move towards an Ecological Age.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T210000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T200000
DTSTAMP:20090315T071810
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6980
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-20:00--6980
SUMMARY:Ignite ETech
DESCRIPTION:If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if
  you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds?
  Would you pitch a project? Launch a website? We'll find out at Ignite E
 Tech.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T200000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T191500
DTSTAMP:20090317T045234
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7111
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-19:15--7111
SUMMARY:Using a 17th Century Instrument to Create the Music of the 21st 
 Century
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Zoë Keating (www.zoekeating.com). Zoë Keating i
 s a cellist. She plays solo, with rock bands, and writes music for film 
 and ballet. Her musical process involves live looping and layering. Keat
 ing will demonstrate how to use a 17th century instrument and a laptop t
 o make electronic music, and discuss the metaphysics of looping sound.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T191500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T184500
DTSTAMP:20090315T163009
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7571
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-18:45--7571
SUMMARY:Experimental Devices for Performance
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andrew Schneider (Andrew Schneider / The Wooste
 r Group). Schneider's multidisciplinary work attempts to investigate hum
 an and technological interdependence. Schneider sees this interdependenc
 e as both emotional and physical. We are all infinitely removed from eve
 rything, everyone, and from ourselves. Our inners do not connect to our 
 outers with any sort of transparency. Language separates us from the exp
 erience of the real. All of us is filtered.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T101000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T095000
DTSTAMP:20090315T072030
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7688
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-09:50--7688
SUMMARY:Low-Cost, Low-Power Computing
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mary Lou Jepsen (Pixel Qi). The key to developi
 ng low-cost computing in developing markets is power consumption. An oft
 en overlooked aspect of that is the screen. Mary Lou Jepsen, former CTO 
 of the OLPC, has started a new company aimed at a low-cost, low-power sc
 reen. She will share insights gained in manufacturing, developing, and d
 eploying this new technology.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T095000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T093500
DTSTAMP:20090313T032359
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7774
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-09:35--7774
SUMMARY:WITNESS: Capturing Crises
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sameer Padania (WITNESS). WITNESS works at the 
 intersection of human rights, media, and technology, and was founded in 
 1992 by musician and activist Peter Gabriel. Our mission is to use video
  and new technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights viol
 ations.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T094000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T092500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024050
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6670
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-09:25--6670
SUMMARY:Creative Commons: Creating Legal and Technical Interoperability
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Joichi Ito (Creative Commons). TCP/IP and The W
 eb were open standards and specifications that created an explosion of i
 nnovation by lowering friction and transaction costs for interoperabilit
 y. Creative Commons is creating a new layer of open standards and specif
 ications for interoperability and to lower friction at the legal/copyrig
 ht and semantics layer.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T144500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024918
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8832
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-14:45--8832
SUMMARY:How the Magic Circle Transforms the Commons: Games, Communities,
  and Civic Participation
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kati London (Area/Code). In his 1963 science fi
 ction book "The Game Players of Titan," Philip K. Dick envisioned a form
  of government based on gameplay. Everything from real estate law to mun
 icipal policy to marriage contracts were not only derived from playing t
 he game, but the design and sociality of the game had replaced governmen
 t itself.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T150000
DTSTAMP:20090318T024923
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8933
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-15:00--8933
SUMMARY:The End of Free Space
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jane McGonigal (Social Chocolate). Our 3-day ma
 ssively multiplayer thought experiment is over! Find out what exactly th
 e ETech crowd decided to do with their personal cube satellites -- and w
 hat it might mean for our future.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T160000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T153500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024924
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7769
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-15:35--7769
SUMMARY:Viral Forecasting
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nathan Wolfe (Metabiota, Global Viral). Current
  global disease control efforts focus largely on attempting to stop pand
 emics after they have already emerged. This fire brigade approach, which
  generally involves drugs, vaccines, and behavioral change, has severe l
 imitations.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T100500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T094000
DTSTAMP:20090319T152150
LOCATION:Imperial Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8143
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-09:40--8143
SUMMARY:Jackhammers, Polymers, and Diamonds: New Applications in Explosi
 ves
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Christa Hockensmith (EMRTC/New Mexico Tech). Ex
 plosives are usually linked to military uses or mining. Today there are 
 other uses for explosives on a large scale (diamond manufacture) or on a
  small scale (cartridges to operate instruments or machinery) or somewhe
 re in between.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T110000
DTSTAMP:20090326T210228
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7084
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:00--7084
SUMMARY:Out of China: Manufacturing the Chumby
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andrew "bunnie" Huang (Chumby Industries). Chin
 a is one of the U.S.'s biggest trading partners, and is one of the premi
 er regions for manufacturing electronic goods of all types. When startup
  Chumby Industries needed to migrate their U.S.-built Chumby device prot
 otypes to production, they sent bunnie Huang to China to build the Chumb
 y supply chain.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T115500
DTSTAMP:20090313T025424
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5497
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:55--5497
SUMMARY:Real Hackers Program DNA
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Reshma Shetty (Ginkgo BioWorks), Barry Canton (
 Ginkgo BioWorks). Come learn about synthetic biology and watch a fun han
 ds-on demo where we build a genetically engineered organism!  It's like 
 Spore, only real. No experience necessary.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T140000
DTSTAMP:20090311T164257
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5541
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:00--5541
SUMMARY:Why Study Aging?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Patil (Buck Institute for Age Research). 
 Chronological age is the primary risk factor for lethal conditions such 
 as cancer, yet we spend the vast majority of our resources on a disease-
 by-disease basis, "treating the symptoms" without addressing the underly
 ing cause. Patil will describe and defend our efforts to understand the 
 biological basis of aging, as well as efforts currently underway to inte
 rvene in the aging process.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T145500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024016
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5453
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:55--5453
SUMMARY:Open Fabrication and the Environment or Taking Spime Apart
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Igoe (Interactive Telecommunications Progra
 m, NYU). Recent innovations in materials and processes have radically ch
 anged how stuff is made.  There's not much talk, though, about how stuff
  is un-made. In this talk, Igoe will explain where stuff goes when you t
 hrow it away, how that's affecting the environment, and how sharing some
  of the intellectual property of the making process can facilitate the u
 n-making.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T161000
DTSTAMP:20090312T192105
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7482
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-16:10--7482
SUMMARY:From Anywhere and Anytime – To Here and Now: Imagining the Futur
 e of Technology in Culturally Relevant Local Contexts
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ashwini Asokan (User Experience Group, Digital 
 Home Group, Intel® Corporation  ). Four phrases come to mind while summa
 rizing the last decade of computing: “anywhere and anytime,” “always-on,
 ” “open source and available to all," “social networks that reach beyond
  geographical borders.” This talk explores the importance of localized e
 xperiences with technology, using a variety of examples from India, Chin
 a, Brazil, and many other countries.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T170500
DTSTAMP:20090311T072536
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5484
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-17:05--5484
SUMMARY:High-Tech Chocolate: Reinventing the Path from Pod to Palate
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Timothy Childs (TCHO ), Maribeth Back (FX Palo 
 Alto Laboratory). What happens when high-tech chocolate factory meets hi
 gh-tech research lab? TCHO of San Francisco is a new kind of chocolate f
 actory, founded by a Space Shuttle technologist and a chocolate industry
  veteran. TCHO is working with FXPAL, a high-tech research lab in Silico
 n Valley, to apply emerging technologies in clarifying end-to-end chocol
 ate production processes.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T115500
DTSTAMP:20090312T215630
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6758
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:55--6758
SUMMARY:Making Art with Lasers, Sensors, and the Net
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Aaron Koblin (Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
 ). Aaron Koblin will discuss the process of turning data into visual exp
 ression. As director of technology on Radiohead's latest music video for
  "House of Cards," he worked with sensor technologies as an alternative 
 to traditional video. Koblin will also discuss his role at Google's Crea
 tive Lab in San Francisco, and discuss some of his other data-visualizat
 ion software.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T140000
DTSTAMP:20090312T222218
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6685
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:00--6685
SUMMARY:Collaboration for Disaster Resilience: InSTEDD in the Mekong Del
 ta
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Rasmussen (InSTEDD), Eduardo Jezierski (In
 STEDD). Diseases are spreading faster. To detect them we need to enable 
 faster and accurate communication that can create life-saving responses.
  How do you do this without Western infrastructure in the jungles of Sou
 th East Asia? InSTEDD has been building SMS and mapping applications whi
 le figuring out multilingual issues, ad-hoc team creation, and data inte
 gration of disconnected systems.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T145500
DTSTAMP:20090312T215830
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5565
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:55--5565
SUMMARY:Enabling Citizen Science
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Paulos (Carnegie Mellon University). From 
 communication tool to “networked mobile personal measurement instrument.
 ” Mobile phones as “personal measurement instruments” enable an entirely
  novel and empowering genre of computing usage called citizen science. T
 hrough the use of sensors paired with personal mobile phones, citizens a
 re invited to participate in collecting and sharing measurements of thei
 r environment that matter most.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T161000
DTSTAMP:20090314T114124
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5558
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-16:10--5558
SUMMARY:The New "Situation:" Frameworks for Spatial Mediation
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ben Cerveny (Stamen Design), Tod Kurt (AFK Lab,
  ThingM). What does the platform look like that allows digital architect
 s to layer interaction models from massively multiplayer gaming and Wii-
 like gestural performance onto urban-scale environments? We are building
  software, initially for an amusement park in Dubai, that integrates the
  datastreams from thousands of modular sensor nodes into a high-resoluti
 on realtime spatial model of people and objects.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T170500
DTSTAMP:20090325T133627
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5446
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-17:05--5446
SUMMARY:The Real Time City
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andrea Vaccari (Senseable City Lab, MIT). Disco
 ver MIT SENSEable City Lab latest research in urban informatics and disc
 uss our projects, from the analysis of social dynamics in urban environm
 ents, to the development of prototypes of future interfaces and services
  for the city and its inhabitants, up to the deployment of urban furnitu
 re that crosses the boundaries of architecture to explore the impact of 
 new technologies in urban life.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T093000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T084500
DTSTAMP:20090312T191801
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5485
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-08:45--5485
SUMMARY:Bug Finding by Solving Constraints in the Cloud
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David Molnar (University of California, Berkele
 y). Software bugs can let people take over your computer, but finding th
 em is time-consuming. Learn how new advances in solving systems of const
 raints make it easier to find bugs by leveraging exactly how software wo
 rks. Learn about Metafuzz, which uses Amazon's EC2 infrastructure to tes
 t Linux binary programs on a large scale. Finally, learn about other app
 lications of solver technology.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T102500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T094000
DTSTAMP:20090314T215625
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5654
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-09:40--5654
SUMMARY:DIY for PWD: Do It Yourself for People with Disabilities
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Liz Henry (BlogHer). Wheelchairs aren't any mor
 e complicated than bicycles, but they cost a ridiculous amount of money.
  They shouldn't. Neither should other simple accessibility and mobility 
 equipment. You can't stand up all day at your desk, but you don't need a
  doctor to prescribe you a $6000 office chair. Open source gadget design
 s will help create a truly healthy industry and a culture of free invent
 ion.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T110000
DTSTAMP:20090313T025718
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/4963
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:00--4963
SUMMARY:How New Materials Change History
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Spurgeon (spurgeonworld.com). The discove
 ry and mastery of new materials throughout history have caused societal 
 upheavals that dwarf our more recent digital revolution. In this lively 
 talk, history of science junkie Chris Spurgeon shows how breakthrough ma
 terials changed the world. He'll also explore how we can all prepare our
 selves for the materials revolutions to come.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T115500
DTSTAMP:20090312T212113
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5349
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:55--5349
SUMMARY:Hearing the Light: New Technologies for Restoring Hearing via Re
 generation and Implants
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Shelley Batts (University of Michigan). Can dea
 fness be cured? Novel techniques such as gene therapy, cell replacement 
 and regeneration, artifical cell creation, and emerging types of cochlea
 r implants will be highlighted.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T090000
DTSTAMP:20090314T143138
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6987
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-09:00--6987
SUMMARY:Scratch: Visual Programming for Anyone
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Seth Raphaël (MIT Media Lab), Jay Silver (Lifel
 ong Kindergarten at MIT's Media Lab), Alec Resnick (stimulant), Amon Mil
 lner (MIT Media Lab). Scratch is a new, open source programming language
  that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, 
 games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the Web. Scratch is
  often described as a tool to teach kids how to program. This workshop w
 ill introduce Scratch to programmers and non-programmers alike.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T133000
DTSTAMP:20090313T224459
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5555
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-13:30--5555
SUMMARY:Maps from Scratch: Online Maps from the Ground Up
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michal Migurski (Stamen Design), Shawn Allen (S
 tamen Design). Designers and developers are advancing the state of onlin
 e mapmaking at a dizzying pace. The introduction of global slippy maps i
 n 2005 represented a new era of interactivity and sophistication in geog
 raphic user interfaces. Are we on the cusp of another such leap? Stamen 
 says yes, and shows what new work and new advances are being made to pus
 h the envelope still further.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T110000
DTSTAMP:20090319T152353
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5474
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:00--5474
SUMMARY:Cookie Scale Computing: Human-Computer Interfaces as Piles of Ge
 sture Sensitive Displays
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David Merrill (Sifteo), Jeevan Kalanithi (Taco 
 Lab LLC). We've built a new type of interface that brings computation in
 to our physical and gestural world: a set of cookie-sized, gesturally aw
 are, neighbor detecting wireless displays that act together as one inter
 face.  We call them Siftables.  People live in and know about the physic
 al world.  Computers should too.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T230000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T213000
DTSTAMP:20090315T023108
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7587
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-21:30--7587
SUMMARY:LateTech
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday for LateTech, our [somewhat] late night so
 irée where high tech meets comedy, magic, and more!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T203000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T193000
DTSTAMP:20090307T183447
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8801
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-19:30--8801
SUMMARY:Using Web 2.0 Techniques to Build Killer Mobile Apps
DESCRIPTION:Mobile will be the way people use the Web of the future: the
  only debate is how quickly the transformation will happen: 3 or 5 years
 .  An introduction will be provided on how to avoid the proprietary natu
 re of new mobile platforms and leverage Web 2.0 to build killer, cross-p
 latfrom apps. Those interested in mobile should attend and share their e
 xperiences.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T203000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T193000
DTSTAMP:20090309T005258
LOCATION:Crystal Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8889
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-19:30--8889
SUMMARY:Yahoo! SearchMonkey and the Semantic Web
DESCRIPTION:The Semantic Web holds the promise of enabling search engine
 s to understand webpages better than ever, leading to greater opportunit
 ies in how information can be presented to users. SearchMonkey is a Yaho
 o! Search application platform that promotes the structuring of the Web 
 among site owners and developers. Attend to learn more about SearchMonke
 y and discuss our use of structured markup.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T110000
DTSTAMP:20090316T173305
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7764
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:00--7764
SUMMARY:Building the Programmable Environment: Co-Design and Physical/Di
 gital Space Making
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jennifer Magnolfi (Herman Miller). The design a
 nd production of physical/digital spaces is at the heart of what we call
  the Programmable Environment. Instead of environments complete and fixe
 d in time, subject to renovation or demolition when their purpose is no 
 longer relevant, the result is a spatial system designed to evolve over 
 time, in interaction with the users who inhabit it.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T115500
DTSTAMP:20090312T191955
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7565
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:55--7565
SUMMARY:Technology Uses Us: Humans as an Ecological Niche
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Maureen McHugh (.). More and more we use biolog
 ical metaphors for our technology. Cars break and are fixed, but compute
 rs get infected. Technology evolves, competes, exploits our emotions. We
  are the ecological niche for technology. And its uses of us may be no m
 ore benevolent than our uses of our own ecological niches.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T140000
DTSTAMP:20090310T235523
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7743
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:00--7743
SUMMARY:Roll-to-Roll (R2R) Manufacturing of Flexible Displays
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Carl Taussig (HP Labs). Flexible paper-like dis
 plays will replace the use of print on paper in many applications such a
 s books, newspapers, and calendars. The required attributes of these new
  displays are readability in a variety of lighting conditions, low power
  consumption (bi-stability), light weight, mechanical toughness, and low
  cost.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T145500
DTSTAMP:20090315T073123
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7455
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:55--7455
SUMMARY:Sensors, Smart Content, and the Future of News
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nick Bilton (The New York Times R&D Labs). We a
 re currently in a time when sharing and social networks are changing the
  way we consume editorialized media and the definition of "'content" is 
 increasingly blurred. In the R&D Labs at The New York Times we are explo
 ring some of the questions around how we will consume information in the
  next 2 to 20 years.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T161000
DTSTAMP:20090318T024027
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5073
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-16:10--5073
SUMMARY:Priorities for a Greener World: If You Could Design Anything, Wh
 at Should You Do?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeremy Faludi (Worldchanging, Stanford, Project
  Frog). Does paper vs. plastic even matter compared to how you got to th
 e store? Everyone today is aware that there are looming environmental pr
 oblems, and many are looking to create change. This talk derives a list 
 of the industries and areas of our lives that most need change, in order
  of priority, and suggests what some of these changes should be.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T170500
DTSTAMP:20090318T024756
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6961
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-17:05--6961
SUMMARY:New Materials
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andrew Dent (Material ConneXion, Inc.). True in
 novation in materials takes on many forms, and for 80% of the world's po
 pulation means the effective use of often scarce resources. "Technology 
 Transfer," a term used to refer to the process of converting academic re
 search into usable products, is just as important whether between the de
 veloping and the developed world or between two disparate industries.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T110000
DTSTAMP:20090312T222206
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7480
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:00--7480
SUMMARY:Uncommon Knowledge and Open Innovation: Building a Science Commo
 ns
DESCRIPTION:Presented by John Wilbanks (Kauffman Foundation for Entrepre
 neurship). Research generates huge data sets. New formats in the semanti
 c web bring great promise to convert portions of the scientific canon in
 to machine-readable formats, at the same time that new collaborative lig
 htweight methodologies allow us to represent scientific arguments and kn
 owledge formation in real time. The Science Commons hopes to provide the
  infrastructure to make this happen.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T115500
DTSTAMP:20090313T063414
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8882
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:55--8882
SUMMARY:Save the Programmer. Save the Planet.
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike Mathieu (Front Seat). Mike Mathieu outline
 s the emerging civic software movement where tech-savvy heroes leverage 
 rapid development and improving web infrastructure to build projects and
  services focused on social impact. You'll come away with a new understa
 nding of some key players in the space, as well as some specific ideas f
 or actions you might take with your professional skills.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T140000
DTSTAMP:20090327T122459
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5450
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:00--5450
SUMMARY:Mobile Phones Reveal the Behavior of Places and People
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tony Jebara (Columbia University & Sense Networ
 ks). As more of us generate GPS data with our mobile phones, how can thi
 s aggregated information give us an unprecedented new understanding of t
 he people, places, and rhythms that make up our cities? Location data co
 mbined with learning algorithms lets us cluster different places and peo
 ple into social categories and tribes.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T145500
DTSTAMP:20090315T075059
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7085
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:55--7085
SUMMARY:Japanese Tech Culture: Demystifying "Weird" Japanese Toys and To
 ols
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lisa Katayama (TokyoMango), Fumi Yamazaki (Fumi
  Yamazaki). What do Japanese geeks, teenagers, and high school girls do 
 for hours behind their computers and cell phone screens? Katayama and Ya
 mazaki demonstrate several examples of web apps and gadgets that are fun
 , creative, and uniquely Japanese. Through these, we see how crucial, ha
 rd-to-grasp aspects of Japanese culture materialize as new obsessions wh
 en technology is thrown into the mix.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T161000
DTSTAMP:20090315T075253
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5552
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-16:10--5552
SUMMARY:Collaborative Play: Improving the World by Making Fun Stuff with
  Smart People
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rose White (City University of New York - Gradu
 ate Center / NYC Resistor ). A "hacker space" and a "community center" s
 ound like different places, but spaces organized in the last year, like 
 NYC Resistor and HacDC, have merged the two. These are cross-disciplinar
 y, self-organized, adult-education centers, mostly focused on technology
 , with heavy detours into related sciences and crafts, and they are aliv
 e with learning. You could build one in your city, too!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T170500
DTSTAMP:20090313T205430
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7634
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-17:05--7634
SUMMARY:Undesigning the Emergency: Against Prophylactic Urban Membranes
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Benjamin Bratton (University of California, San
  Diego). Constraint--the Conference's theme--is not only a set of condit
 ions against which design must struggle, to constrain is also itself a d
 esign strategy. Cambrian lurches forward in design ecologies tend to occ
 ur in response to an emergency, often a war.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T102500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T094000
DTSTAMP:20090318T104758
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5544
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-09:40--5544
SUMMARY:Tales from Technomadia
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Dunphy (Technomadia), Cherie Ve Ard (Tech
 nomadia). Why wait until retirement to explore the world?  Two Gen-X gee
 ks decided to give up their conventional homes almost three years ago to
  create a conscious merging of life, work, sustainable living, and adven
 ture. They share their adventures, practical advice, and insights to liv
 ing nomadically on the road while utilizing mobile technology to operate
  their lives and tech businesses.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T110000
DTSTAMP:20090312T225249
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5223
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:00--5223
SUMMARY:The Glass Bottom Float: Towards Civic Robotics
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Marc Böhlen (University at Buffalo / Ailab Zuri
 ch). A beach robot measures established and experimental water quality p
 arameters and offers itself as a resting spot in the water. Life guards 
 interview swimmers and send the results to the floating robot where the 
 human input and the machine data are merged to a joint, the swimming ple
 asure measure, an extended water quality metric neither humans nor machi
 nes can generate alone.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T115500
DTSTAMP:20090315T080445
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/4973
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:55--4973
SUMMARY:Robot Cars Solve Everything. Well, Almost.
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brad Templeton (EFF). The story of how robot ca
 rs, no longer science fiction thanks to DARPA contests, will change citi
 es, manufacturing, energy, and of course travel, not just by driving us 
 (saving millions of lives and trillions of dollars) but also by deliveri
 ng, parking, and refueling themselves to save the electric car and the p
 lanet.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T090000
DTSTAMP:20090318T143444
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7022
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-09:00--7022
SUMMARY:Holistic Service Prototyping: Sketching Hardware and Software
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Matt Cottam (Tellart, Rhode Island School of De
 sign and Umeå Institute of Design), Maia Garau (Dynamic Diagrams), Jaspe
 r Speicher (Tellart LLC), Brian Hinch (Tellart). The Economist has defin
 ed services as “products of economic activity that you can’t drop on you
 r foot.” Where businesses once viewed services as a necessary but inconv
 enient accompaniment to their product offerings, they now increasingly l
 ook to designers to develop holistic, human-centered, and innovative ser
 vice solutions that can help expand profits and cement brand loyalty.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T133000
DTSTAMP:20090315T071557
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8915
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-13:30--8915
SUMMARY:Learn to Make Cool Things With Microcontrollers
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mitch Altman (Cornfield Electronics). Even if y
 ou've never even sewn a button, you can learn to make cool things with m
 icrocontrollers.  Microcontrollers can do so many things:  turn off TVs 
 in public places, trip out to your brain waves, move objects, play games
  -- you can make microcontrollers do it all.  It's easy, it's fun, it's 
 where it's at!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T230000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T210000
DTSTAMP:20090315T073844
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7831
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-21:00--7831
SUMMARY: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:20090310T210000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T193000
DTSTAMP:20090308T214701
LOCATION:Gold Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8914
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-19:30--8914
SUMMARY:Tuesday Night BoFs
DESCRIPTION:Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions provide face to face expos
 ure to those interested in the same projects and concepts. BoFs are happ
 ening Tuesday and Wednesday in the Redwood, Crystal, Gold, and Empire Ro
 oms from 7:30p - 10:30p on Tuesday and Wednesday.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T090000
DTSTAMP:20090310T184052
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6663
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-09:00--6663
SUMMARY:LilyPad Electronic Fashion
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Leah Buechley (MIT Media Lab). Come build a shi
 rt that sings when you're squeezed, a purse that sounds an alarm when so
 meone touches it, or a jacket that shines and sparkles at your command. 
 This workshop will guide you through the process of building an interact
 ive garment that incorporates touch sensors, light, and sound.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090309T133000
DTSTAMP:20090310T184056
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5455
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-09-13:30--5455
SUMMARY:Hands-on RFID for Makers
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Igoe (Interactive Telecommunications Progra
 m, NYU), Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media, Inc.). Ever wanted to get a real 
 understanding of how RFID works? In this workshop, you'll  learn about t
 he different classes of RFID devices. We'll discuss what RFID can and ca
 n't do, what devices are already on the market, and what kinds of future
  applications are possible.    $70 materials fee required.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T115500
DTSTAMP:20090509T084935
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5348
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:55--5348
SUMMARY:Hacking Healthcare Technology in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike McKay (Baobab Health Malawi). Malawi has a
  population of 14 million. One million have HIV and there are just 280 d
 octors in the country. Baobab Health deploys touchscreen computers to cl
 inics that guide nurses through the complex process of HIV treatment. Th
 e combination of hacked hardware and open source software is challenging
  conventional ideas about what is possible in a place without doctors or
  electricity.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T110000
DTSTAMP:20090312T191830
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7744
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-11:00--7744
SUMMARY:All the Ways to Find You: GPS and Other Wireless Signals
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nick Brachet (Skyhook Wireless). Ever wonder wh
 y GPS isn't the one and only location technology you will ever need and 
 use? Ever wonder how Skyhook Wireless WiFi Positioning System works? Com
 e find out!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T140000
DTSTAMP:20090312T192639
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8005
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:00--8005
SUMMARY:The Yahoo! Query Language (YQL): A Deep Dive
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sam Pullara (Yahoo!). One of Yahoo!'s major goa
 ls is to become more open through the Yahoo! Open Strategy (Y!OS). At th
 e heart of Y!OS is an open and extensible platform that allows developer
 s to rapidly access Yahoo! network data and develop applications with ac
 cess control using an open authentication standard.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T145500
DTSTAMP:20090216T231944
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7700
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-14:55--7700
SUMMARY:Project Yggdrasil: Flexible Data Collection for Wireless Sensor 
 Networks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Arshan Poursohi (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). The c
 ollection of networked notes and devices in our environment is growing r
 apidly. These nodes and devices, already collecting and generating massi
 ve amounts of data, must be programmed and managed.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T110000
DTSTAMP:20090316T172741
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7799
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:00--7799
SUMMARY:Your Energy Identity and Why You Should Care
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gavin Starks (AMEE-Environmental Intelligence. 
 Everywhere.). As we progress to a post-scarcity society, either you'll m
 easure your consumption or someone else will. More data is becoming acce
 ssible than has ever existed. Whether driven by climate change, peak oil
 , or economic change, sustainability is now a fundamental factor of your
  business and your life. We'll unpack and map the dramatic changes comin
 g to industry, markets, politics--and you.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T115500
DTSTAMP:20090315T072319
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7907
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:55--7907
SUMMARY:Open Source Hardware—Good for Business?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Peter Semmelhack (Bug Labs). The business benef
 its of open source software are well documented. But can the same or sim
 ilar benefits also be realized by using open source hardware (OSH)? Pete
 r Semmelhack, founder and CEO of Bug Labs, will address some of these is
 sues, discuss the opportunties and challenges, and provide anecdotes fro
 m his experiences at Bug Labs.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T170500
DTSTAMP:20090315T073743
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5517
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-17:05--5517
SUMMARY:Robots: The Next Ten Years
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David Calkins (Robotics Society of America, et.
  al.). What coming in robots?  More than just the butler bot, we can exp
 ect to see many robots in all aspects of our life - home, work, hospital
 s, schools....  Single task robots will permeate our lives, as will tele
 presence bots giving us the ability to truly bi-locate. Noone can predic
 t the future, but we can get a sneak peak.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T161000
DTSTAMP:20090314T001209
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5350
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-16:10--5350
SUMMARY:Playpower: Designing 8-bit Learning Games for Radically Affordab
 le Computers
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Derek Lomas (The Playpower Foundation), Daniel 
 Rehn (Playpower Foundation), Jeremy Douglass (U. California San Diego). 
 Half the world lives on less than $2.50 per day and has minimal access t
 o education. The Playpower Foundation is using a radically affordable $1
 2 computer, based on an old video game console technology (now in the pu
 blic domain) as an 8-bit platform for learning games. Global poverty mee
 ts 8-bit design constraints--with only an open source community of 8-bit
  hackers in the middle?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T140000
DTSTAMP:20090310T214715
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8303
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:00--8303
SUMMARY:South Bay Salt Pond Restoration and Sun Labs Project Ravenswood
DESCRIPTION:Presented by John Y. Takekawa ( USGS Western Ecological Rese
 arch Center), Roger Meike (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). The South Bay Salt P
 ond Restoration Project is the largest tidal wetland restoration project
  on the West Coast. When complete, the project will restore 15,100 acres
  of industrial salt ponds to a rich mosaic of tidal wetlands and other h
 abitats.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T145500
DTSTAMP:20090312T220528
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8671
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:55--8671
SUMMARY:Cybercrime: Today and Tomorrow’s Threats
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alex Stamos (iSEC Partners, Inc.). It has long 
 been an unfortunate fact that the World Wide Web cannot be safely used b
 y the vast majority of people in the world. From advanced Flash and Java
 Script attacks to vulnerabilities in the fundamental technologies poweri
 ng the Internet, the last several years have brought a new slew of techn
 iques that are undermining the already shaky trust relationships that ma
 ke web commerce possible.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T110000
DTSTAMP:20090325T133643
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8840
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:00--8840
SUMMARY:Sense and Sensibilities: What Happens When You Can Measure Our O
 ffline Reality Like You Can the Online World?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sharon Biggar (Path Intelligence), Toby Oliver 
 (Path Intelligence). If I were to tell you that someone can observe wher
 e you go, what you look at, where you spend your time, and where you spe
 nd your money -  would you be concerned? Even if it was anonymous?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T115500
DTSTAMP:20090312T183135
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5524
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:55--5524
SUMMARY:Shared and Sometimes Stealthy: Urban India's Mobile Phone
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Molly Steenson (Princeton University School of 
 Architecture). We typically think of the mobile phone as a device belong
 ing to and used by an individual. Yet in urban India, people share their
  mobile phones in unique ways, regardless of class and depending on wher
 e they are in the city.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T175000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T170500
DTSTAMP:20090312T192716
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7091
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-17:05--7091
SUMMARY:Augmented Reality: From Science to Mass Market
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Stefan Misslinger (metaio, Inc.). Augmented Rea
 lity (AR) has been around for a while in Academic Research. Today, AR is
  being used for industrial, marketing, and mobile applications. This tal
 k will present metaio’s timeline of AR applications, as well as the adva
 ncement of the technology. And, what is yet to come.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T161000
DTSTAMP:20090312T220052
LOCATION:Empire Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8916
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-16:10--8916
SUMMARY:Smart Energy and What Lies Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rob Faludi (Digi International, NYU ITP, SVA IX
 D). A few words about monitoring your power; followed by a few more in r
 egard to Lord Kelvin, gadget-driven tasks, behavioral fantasies, paradig
 m breakers and trying to pass the grandma test.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T165500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T161000
DTSTAMP:20090307T192314
LOCATION:Valley Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7362
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-16:10--7362
SUMMARY:IEEE-Tech: Redefining Standards for Emerging Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Presented by William E. Lowell (Business Development Directi
 ves), Colleen Crary (IEEE Standards Association). In this highly interac
 tive and energetic workshop, participants will learn from each other, jo
 ining technology experts and IEEE-SA ProductNEXT presenters in shaping t
 he future of technology standards. We want to hear from you. How could t
 oday’s standards be improved for emerging technologies? Do standards res
 trict or slow new technology processes?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T110000
DTSTAMP:20090311T215712
LOCATION:Valley Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7013
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:00--7013
SUMMARY:FreeTech
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Christine Herron (Intel Capital), Kevin Epstein
  (Entrepreneur Magazine Press). A community organized event designed to 
 share and improve the essential skills required to participate in collab
 orative and innovative projects. The event features a mix of educational
  presentations and hands-on coaching from experts in participatory commu
 nities, and will run 11:00am – 5:50pm Wednesday and 8:45am – 12:40pm Thu
 rsday.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T140000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T084500
DTSTAMP:20090310T192437
LOCATION:Valley Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7014
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-08:45--7014
SUMMARY:FreeTech
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Christine Herron (Intel Capital), Kevin Epstein
  (Entrepreneur Magazine Press). A community organized event designed to 
 share and improve the essential skills required to participate in collab
 orative and innovative projects. The event features a mix of educational
  presentations and hands-on coaching from experts in participatory commu
 nities, and will run 11:00am – 5:50pm Wednesday and 8:45am – 12:40pm Thu
 rsday.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T115500
DTSTAMP:20090310T223734
LOCATION:Valley Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/8917
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:55--8917
SUMMARY:"Video for Change - The Tech Behind Building a Space for Human R
 ights Video"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sameer Padania (WITNESS). WITNESS founder Peter
  Gabriel had a vision - a place online where anyone anywhere could uploa
 d and share video footage or stories about human rights, and where this 
 video would kept safe, and used to create action.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T110000
DTSTAMP:20090312T214140
LOCATION:Valley Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5557
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:00--5557
SUMMARY:The Dotted-Line World: How Ubicomp Can Make Everything into a Su
 bscription
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike Kuniavsky (ThingM Corporation). Distribute
 d networks create distributed ownership. The identification and wireless
  networking pieces of ubicomp allow us to turn familiar objects into sub
 scriptions. At a fundamental level, this affects how those objects look,
  work, and are used, and it changes our understanding of the nature of o
 wnership and utility. What has already become a subscription? What will?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T140000
DTSTAMP:20090317T072037
LOCATION:Valley Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5578
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:00--5578
SUMMARY:Emerging Research and Technologies for Life Hacking
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alvaro Fernandez (SharpBrains). Life hacking. B
 rain training. One and the same. The brain's frontal lobes enable our go
 al-oriented behavior, supporting our so-called "executive functions," wh
 ich can be enhanced with targeted practice. Such as life hacking. This s
 ession will provide an overview of the cognitive neuroscience underpinni
 ng life hacking, and review the state-of-the-art of non-invasive tools f
 or brain training.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T154000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T145500
DTSTAMP:20090317T034528
LOCATION:Valley Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/5562
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-14:55--5562
SUMMARY:Designing for Urban Green Space
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Elizabeth Goodman (UC Berkeley). The number of 
 technologies for healthier and more sustainable  urban living can seem o
 verwhelming. This talk introduces four frameworks for thinking about tec
 hnology design for environmental living in cities in general and urban a
 griculture in particular. Liz will introduce three frameworks researcher
 s and designers have used to design technologies for sustainable living 
 in cities and suburbs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T110000
DTSTAMP:20090315T074821
LOCATION:California Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7281
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-11:00--7281
SUMMARY:ETech Maker Shed
DESCRIPTION:Come and check out MAKE at ETech 2009. We'll have the Maker 
 Shed on site where you can purchase electronics kits, participate in dem
 os, hack your own creations, and customize your official ETech Conferenc
 e T-shirt!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T140000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090312T084500
DTSTAMP:20090315T080219
LOCATION:California Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7283
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-12-08:45--7283
SUMMARY:ETech Maker Shed
DESCRIPTION:Come and check out MAKE at ETech 2009. We'll have the Maker 
 Shed on site where you can purchase electronics kits, participate in dem
 os, hack your own creations, and customize your official ETech Conferenc
 e T-shirt!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090310T110000
DTSTAMP:20090315T072546
LOCATION:California Room
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/7282
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-10-11:00--7282
SUMMARY:ETech Maker Shed
DESCRIPTION:Come and check out MAKE at ETech 2009. We'll have the Maker 
 Shed on site where you can purchase electronics kits, participate in dem
 os, hack your own creations, and customize your official ETech Conferenc
 e T-shirt!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T213000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20090311T200000
DTSTAMP:20090315T080021
LOCATION:Market Street Foyer
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/detail/6983
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech--s2009-03-11-20:00--6983
SUMMARY:ETech Fest
DESCRIPTION:ETech Fest, the ETech emerging arts showcase, will once agai
 n provide a platform for artists to present their vision of the intersec
 tion of art and technology at ETech 2009.
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR