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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T091000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T090000
DTSTAMP:20080128T022451
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1771
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-09:00--1771
SUMMARY:Welcome
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dave McClure (500 Hats). Welcome to the premier
  conference on social networks and social platforms.  Learn about the la
 test marketing & technical innovations happening in social networking fr
 om Google, MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo, and many more.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T094000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T091000
DTSTAMP:20071228T002855
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1775
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-09:10--1775
SUMMARY:The Future of Social Networks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Charlene Li (Forrester Research). Social networ
 ks are taking over the Web and changing how we interact with other peopl
 e and businesses. See where social networks are headed in the future, an
 d how business and technology is adapting.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T101500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T094000
DTSTAMP:20080202T213010
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1774
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-09:40--1774
SUMMARY:MySpace Platform: Business & Marketing Overview
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Amit Kapur (MySpace). MySpace is the largest so
 cial networking site in the world, and the sixth most popular web site o
 verall. Amit Kapur will present an overview of the new MySpace platform 
 and related advertising and marketing opportunities to reach over 100 mi
 llion MySpace users.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T110000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T103000
DTSTAMP:20080221T161058
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1790
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-10:30--1790
SUMMARY:Overview of Facebook Platform
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Benjamin Ling (Facebook). Ben Ling, director of
  Platform Product Marketing, will give an overview of the Facebook Platf
 orm. Come find out the latest developments with the Facebook APIs and ot
 her Facebook platform technology.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T112000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T110000
DTSTAMP:20080213T210257
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/2563
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-11:00--2563
SUMMARY:Ten Million in Ten Weeks: What Stanford Learned Building Faceboo
 k Apps
DESCRIPTION:Presented by BJ Fogg (Stanford University), Dan Ackerman-Gre
 enberg (Stanford University / 750 Industries), Robert Fan (Stanford Univ
 ersity / 750 Industries). September 2007: 100 students enroll in a Stanf
 ord class on building Facebook apps and social persuasion. By December t
 he students blew everyone away: 50+ amazing apps, 10 million installs, a
 nd 1 million daily users. Come hear their story and learn what happened.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T114500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T112000
DTSTAMP:20080213T175145
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1782
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-11:20--1782
SUMMARY:Your Business on Facebook: Facebook Marketing 101
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rodney Rumford (FaceReviews). Find out how to m
 arket your business on Facebook using a variety of tools and techniques,
  and see case studies of other businesses currently using Facebook as a 
 core marketing channel for customer acquisition.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T114500
DTSTAMP:20080226T232546
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3348
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-11:45--3348
SUMMARY:Giving Good Poke: Using Social Apps & Media for Social Causes
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Beth Kanter ( Beth's Blog). How one woman poked
 , prodded, tweeted, blogged and mobilized a networked army of supporters
  to rally their friends and personal networks and raise over $90,000 for
  Cambodian Orphans, winning the #1 spot for Global Causes for America's 
 Giving Challenge in January 2008.  Come hear the story and learn the sec
 rets of success for socially-networked, person-to-person fundraising.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T133000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T131500
DTSTAMP:20080213T174808
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/2540
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-13:15--2540
SUMMARY:Yahoo!'s MyBlogLog API: A Social Network Lookup Service
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ian Kennedy (Yahoo!). MyBlogLog powers the frie
 ndly little faces you see on many blog sidebars. But behind the cool lit
 tle widget there's a lot more going on; MBL enables users to store ident
 ity pointers to over 30 different social networking services.   With the
  new MyBlogLog API, developers can now build lots of cool mashups, some 
 of which Ian will demo & explain why Yahoo is so excited about them.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T141500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T133000
DTSTAMP:20080202T211313
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/2535
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-13:30--2535
SUMMARY:Social Networks & the NEED for FEEDS
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sean Ammirati (mSpoke / ReadWriteWeb), Ian Kenn
 edy (Yahoo!), Bret Taylor (FriendFeed), Kevin Marks (Google), David Reco
 rdon (Six Apart). The latest revolution in social networks is the rollou
 t of shared activity streams, such as Facebook's News Feed & Plaxo's Pul
 se. Come find out more about how feeds are changing the way people disco
 ver news, apps, and other information.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T141500
DTSTAMP:20080214T075416
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1928
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-14:15--1928
SUMMARY:Bring Your Own Platform (BYOP): Build, Buy, or Borrow?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Oren Michels (Mashery), Seth Sternberg (meebo),
  Jessica Alter (Bebo), Chris Damsen (Netvibes), Jeff Roberto (Friendster
 ). Facebook has Platform. Google has OpenSocial. Many social networks ar
 e choosing to also roll out their own application platform offering. See
  an overview of social platforms from Bebo, meebo, NetVibes, & Friendste
 r and find out what choices they made in creating their social platforms
 .
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T161500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T153000
DTSTAMP:20080213T210539
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1783
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-15:30--1783
SUMMARY:Widget Strategies & Social Platforms
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeremiah Owyang (Forrester Research), Hooman Ra
 dfar (Clearspring Technologies, Inc.), Jeff Nolan (NewsGator), Pam Webbe
 r (Widgetbox), Ben Pashman (Gigya). Widgets are rapidly spreading throug
 hout social networks and platforms. Companies are using widgets as new p
 ublishing and advertising channels, for both businesses and consumers. W
 hat advantages do widgets provide? And who's in charge of all of them?  
 Learn how to define your widget strategy, and how to conquer the world o
 f social platforms, news feeds, viral marketing, and more.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T161500
DTSTAMP:20080213T210622
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1785
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-16:15--1785
SUMMARY:Privacy Management & Data Portability for Social Networks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dan Farber (CNET Networks), Joseph Smarr (Plaxo
 ), David Lavenda (WorkLight), Allen Hurff (MySpace), Ben Metcalfe (Sword
 fish Corp / DataPortability.org). Social networks are letting more peopl
 e connect than ever before. Learn how social networks can help (or hurt?
 ) people trying to control and manage their privacy online, and how to e
 xchange data with friends, applications, and marketers.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T173000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T170000
DTSTAMP:20080206T013946
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3169
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-17:00--3169
SUMMARY:DiSo & The Web Citizen: Distributed Social Networking Starts Her
 e
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Messina (Vidoop). If someone wants to liv
 e "silo-free" and use / support distributed social networking technology
 , where do they start?  DiSo is a distributed social network project fou
 nded by Steve Ivy and Chris Messina, built on top of WordPress.  DiSo us
 es already-existing blog software building blocks, along with technologi
 es like XMPP and XFN for handling friend lists and message delivery.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T190000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T183000
DTSTAMP:20080302T205911
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3380
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-18:30--3380
SUMMARY:Facebook Sponsored Bar
DESCRIPTION:Prior to Appnite, please join us for spirits and refreshment
 s in the Marina Foyer.  Thanks to our sponsor host Facebook.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T200000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T190000
DTSTAMP:20080229T192410
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3317
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-19:00--3317
SUMMARY:GSP West AppNite
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dave McClure (500 Hats), Jim Scheinman (Charles
  River Ventures), Nick Gonzalez (SocialMedia). AppNite features 10 aweso
 me developers doing lightning-fast 5-minute live demos, with prizes for 
 the 2 best apps (as determined by audience vote).  Developers may enter 
 in one of two categories: 1) Facebook-compatible apps (Facebook, Bebo) a
 nd 2) OpenSocial-compatible apps (MySpace, Hi5, Orkut, Friendster, Ning)
 .
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T203000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080303T200000
DTSTAMP:20080302T221925
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3386
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-20:00--3386
SUMMARY:The O'Reilly Radar
DESCRIPTION: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:20080302T222728
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3409
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-03-20:30--3409
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.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T091000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T090000
DTSTAMP:20080229T190833
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1788
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-09:00--1788
SUMMARY:Announcements,  AppNite Award Winners
DESCRIPTION:Brief announcements about the day's sessions, plus a review 
 of the award winning apps from the previous night's AppNite Live Demo Co
 ntest.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T094000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T091000
DTSTAMP:20080210T023252
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1789
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-09:10--1789
SUMMARY:Technical Overview: MySpace Developer Platform (MDP)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jim Benedetto (MySpace). Jim Benedetto will pre
 sent an overview of the MySpace Developer Platform (aka MDP), how it fit
 s with Google's OpenSocial environment, and discuss opportunities for bu
 sinesses to build their apps and widgets on MySpace.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T101000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T094000
DTSTAMP:20080222T115557
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3167
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-09:40--3167
SUMMARY:Google & OpenSocial: Let's Get This Shindig Started
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David Glazer (Google). Google is involved with 
 many efforts to make the social web more real, more useful, and more ope
 n.  David Glazer will present how Google sees the space evolving, lesson
 s learned from the launch of OpenSocial, and where Google is going.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T110000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T103000
DTSTAMP:20080202T212341
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1791
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-10:30--1791
SUMMARY:Social Application Development 101: Elements of Style
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jia Shen (RockYou), R. Tyler Ballance (Slide.co
 m). What are the critical and necessary components of a highly successfu
 l social application?  Come learn the elements of style for building app
 s and widgets on today's social platforms.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T113000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T110000
DTSTAMP:20080210T023327
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1792
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-11:00--1792
SUMMARY:Introduction to OpenSocial Apps & Containers
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Patrick Chanezon (Google), Chris Schalk (Google
 ), Kevin Marks (Google), Lou Moore (hi5 Networks). Get a technical overv
 iew of Google's new OpenSocial platform, and see how it's being used to 
 develop cross-platform social applications for MySpace, Hi5, Friendster,
  Ning, and other popular social networks running OpenSocial containers. 
 Learn how to build an OpenSocial app that can be accessed by over 200 mi
 llion users on the Web.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T121500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T113000
DTSTAMP:20080213T210905
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/2593
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-11:30--2593
SUMMARY:Social Games for Social Platforms: Unleashing Viral Fun :)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeremy  Liew (Lightspeed Venture Patners), Mark
  Pincus (Zynga Game Networks), Shervin Pishevar (Social Gaming Network),
  Michael Lazerow (Buddy Media), John Hwang (Tripmonger). Social Games ar
 e a new category of fun, simple applications that operate on social plat
 forms.  Find out more about how Social Games are driving a new wave of u
 ser activity and developer innovation.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T133000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T131500
DTSTAMP:20080229T190529
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/3389
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-13:15--3389
SUMMARY:The Big Picture: Facebook App Stats & Trends, An O'Reilly Update
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Roger Magoulas (O'Reilly Media). Roger Magoulas
 , Director of Research at O'Reilly Media, will provide an update on the 
 big picture trends in Facebook application building and usage.  His pres
 entation will cover concentration of usage in top applications, as well 
 as a look at applications by category and other topics.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T141500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T133000
DTSTAMP:20080118T224753
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1794
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-13:30--1794
SUMMARY:Designing Viral Apps: Engineering the Viral Loop
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Justin Smith (InsideFacebook.com & Watercooler)
 , Andrew Chen (Futuristic Play), Blake Commagere (Mogad.com), David Gent
 zel (SocialMedia), Jia Shen (RockYou). Successful Facebook apps and widg
 ets can acquire millions of users in just days. Learn how top developers
  create the "viral loop" for their apps that generate growth and user ad
 option at almost no cost.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T141500
DTSTAMP:20080118T224840
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1795
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-14:15--1795
SUMMARY:Driving Fanatic User Engagement & Addictive Retention
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nick ONeill (Social Times), Mike Sego ((fluff)F
 riends), Keith Schacht (42 Friends LLC), Tim O'Shaughnessy (Hungry Machi
 ne), Zach Allia (Free Gifts). Apps with millions of users are great, but
  if your users never come back how much is it worth?  Find out how to ge
 t users addicted to your application or widget for life (or at least a f
 ew months).
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T161500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T153000
DTSTAMP:20080118T224945
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1796
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-15:30--1796
SUMMARY:Advertising & Monetization: Turning Apps into Dollars
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jim Scheinman (Charles River Ventures), Seth Go
 ldstein (SocialMedia.com), Scott Rafer (Lookery), Troy  Young (VideoEgg)
 , Murtaza Hussain (Peanut Labs, Inc). Ok, now your app is viral and has 
 a bazillion users. It's so engaging, they spend hours using it almost ev
 ery day. Just one last thing: it's Time to Get Paid. SHOW ME THE MONEY!
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T161500
DTSTAMP:20080213T211001
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/1797
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-16:15--1797
SUMMARY:Getting Funded, Selling Out: Pipe Dreams or Big Bucks?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Eldon (VentureBeat), Jeff Clavier (Softtec
 h VC), Jason Beckerman (Teach The People, Dank Apps), Lee Lorenzen (Altu
 ra Ventures). Congratulations, you've hit the jackpot. You've got millio
 ns of users, they're coming back daily, and you're making bank. Should y
 ou sell out? For how much and to whom? Or should you get funding? What w
 ill you have to give up?
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080305T000000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080304T203000
DTSTAMP:20080229T164428
LOCATION:San Diego Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/gspwest2008/public/schedule/detail/2164
UID:http://conferences.oreilly.com/gspwest--s2008-03-04-20:30--2164
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!
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