This is the part where you get to claim your space in the universe (or at least at ETech).
Got an itch you need scratched? An idea burning a hole in your head? A cool hack? Give us a preview of it here!
All presentations will be in the Valley Room. We’ll provide the A/V hookup for your laptop, as well as whiteboards / markers / other standard things to facilitate communication (including coffee).
You bring the ideas, words, and energy. Metaphorical soapbox optional.
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Wednesday 3/11/09: 11:00am to 6pm
Thursday 3/12/09: 8:45am to 2pm
Proposed Sessions as of this moment
Anyone who attends can present or lead a conversation! If you are interested in presenting, you can sign up on the grid on site. If you don’t know if you will attend, you can still suggest session topics – the more ideas, the better! The standard session will be 50 minutes long, but feel free to suggest shorter topics as we can always consolidate discussions.
Sessions
Wednesday
| Time | Session Description |
| 11:10 to 11:20 AM | Welcome / Introduction |
| 11:30 to 12:20 PM | Open Grid – Time to sign up to present a session… |
| 12:30 to 1:20 PM | “The Democratization of IT” Kevin Epstein (Entrepreneur Magazine Press) |
| 1:20 to 1:45 PM | Starting Social Movements Online Hitesh |
| 1:45 to 2:20 PM | Making the most of open social networks Eric |
| 2:25 to 2:55 PM | “The Future of ADD People” Obie |
| 3:00 to 3:30 PM | “Open Source Sensing” Christine Peterson |
| 3:40 to 4:10 PM | BREAK |
| 4:10 to 5:00 PM | “Yahoo Query Language (YQL), Applied” |
| 5:10 to 6:00 PM | ROBOTS! (David Calkins) |
Thursday
| Time | Session Description |
| 8:45 to 8:55 AM | Welcome / Introduction |
| 8:55 to 9:05 AM | Open Grid – Time to sign up to present a session… |
| 9:00 to 9:30 AM | “Rewired State: How to hack the government with geeks and beer” |
| 9:30 to 10:05 AM | “Why not take drugs all the time? Physiology & Identity” Quian Norton |
| 10:05 to 10:50 AM | “Programmable Environments: Co-Design” |
| 11:00 to 11:50 PM | “Behind the Scenes at the California Academy of Sciences” Sasha Harris-Cronin |
| 12:00 to 12:40 PM | “Internet Advertising on the Edge”
Marissa Louie |
| 12:40 to 1:05 | “Hacking Education: Online Fun Learning Tools / Ecosystem” Hitesh |
| 1:05 to 1:55 PM | “Making and Sharing: Building New Hacker Spaces” Rose White (City University of New York – Graduate Center / NYC Resistor) |
| 2:00 to 2:10 PM | Daily Wrapup / Postmortem |