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	1 2 3 4 5	The Local Search Solution: Context or Accuracy? Vinicius Vacanti, Yipit What will be more important in the future of local search? Will it be improved context around resul... READ MORE What will be more important in the future of local search? Will it be improved context around results driven by the integration of user generated local reviews and content? Or will it be an increase in the accuracy of results spurred by the collection of more detailed business data? New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	How to Make Your Own Web Scripting Language Jim Barcelona, Dogster, Inc. When you code for the web, sometimes you just wish that your pseudo code would just work instead of ... READ MORE When you code for the web, sometimes you just wish that your pseudo code would just work instead of having to turn it into PHP, Ruby, or Python. In this panel, Jim Barcelona shares how he went about creating a new language, Mojo for the Web. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Touch Me: Creating Kinetic Systems (Touchscreens, Touchwindows, etc) Ian Coyle, Superheroes, Inc. Learn how to take interactivity to large format touch-enabled devices. Turn storefront windows into ... READ MORE Learn how to take interactivity to large format touch-enabled devices. Turn storefront windows into touchable monitors and speakers. Create 50+ inch touchscreens and kinetic systems. Learn the best practices for design, programming and application development for integrated touch applications. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Chicks Digg IT: How Women are Influencing the Future of Social Media Andrea Hill, Resource Interactive Men and women run on different OS. Just as Apple has surged into a new market position in 2.0, women... READ MORE Men and women run on different OS. Just as Apple has surged into a new market position in 2.0, women are pioneering the direction of the web and social media in an online world that was more male-populated just 10 years ago. What has changed? Meet these women who are on the front lines of the Internet -- they work on big brands, and are leading change in accessibility and architecture -- and hear their thoughts on the tech brother-sisterhood that is the social web. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Keeping it Human in the Age of Big Data Matthew Ogle, Last.fm "The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer pro... READ MORE "The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program." - http://news.google.com Or was it? At Last.fm we've grappled with how to present and filter our user-generated music data, but also how to mix in true editorial content. Humanizing core features was much of the impetus for the recent re-launch. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	DRM and Content Providers: A Match Made in Heaven? Guy Tennant, Entriq Is DRM a legitimate way for content providers to protect content creators' rights, or is it invasive... READ MORE Is DRM a legitimate way for content providers to protect content creators' rights, or is it invasive and unfair? Supporters of DRM say copyright holders need to prevent unlawful duplication of their work. Others maintain that the use of the word "rights" is misleading, and that the restrictions being used aren't covered by existing laws. Where is this headed, and who's right? New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Welcome to Your Posthuman Future Thor Muller, Get Satisfaction Prepare to jack in to your smarter, faster, happier you. Join us for the launch and demo of the firs... READ MORE Prepare to jack in to your smarter, faster, happier you. Join us for the launch and demo of the first consumer neural implant, with stunning demonstrations of a mainstream brain-computer interface used in situations ranging from shopping, dating, gaming, driving and business negotiations. [A fictitious product launch, this session offers mind-altering insights to interface designers, entrepreneurs and technologists alike] New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Mindshare: Emerging Technologies Get Social! Doug Campbell, Mindshare Doug Campbell runs a monthly event in LA called 'Mindshare'(mindshare.la). Each month, besides diver... READ MORE Doug Campbell runs a monthly event in LA called 'Mindshare'(mindshare.la). Each month, besides diverse presentations, Mindshare's tech team presents new technologies that encourage interaction between attendees: Flickr walls, Laser Graffiti, Chumby Spies, SMS Voting and Message boards, Wii hacks, Neuro-feedback games, augmented reality and more... New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Next-Gen Virtual Worlds: It's the Gameplay, Stupid Corey Bridges, Multiverse Virtual worlds are a fertile new medium. But first-generation virtual worlds all suffer from the sam... READ MORE Virtual worlds are a fertile new medium. But first-generation virtual worlds all suffer from the same design flaw: they force consumers to invent their own fun. This is where gameplay, or "structured interaction" if you're afraid of the G-word, becomes critically important. Consumers simply won't come back without it. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Welcome Our Robotic Overlords: The Birth Of New Hot Industry Sarah Lefton, UGOBE Do you have a robotic pet? Would you make costumes for an autonomous vacuum cleaner? Does your kid p... READ MORE Do you have a robotic pet? Would you make costumes for an autonomous vacuum cleaner? Does your kid prefer robotic to human characters at the movies? RIGHT NOW we are witnessing the birth of this industry which promises to explode in the coming decades: personal and companion robots. Come hear from an industry panel about what to expect from in the coming years and what makes a companion robot successful. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	How Digital is Making Physical Places More Social Jeremy Lockhorn, Avenue A | Razorfish Web 2.0 is making the web more social, but it’s also bombarding us with information and leading pe... READ MORE Web 2.0 is making the web more social, but it’s also bombarding us with information and leading people to fidget on blackberries rather actually interact with people. Digital overload makes us less connected and easily distracted. Suddenly new technologies are enabling shared digital immersive experiences; making physical space social again. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Politics, Technology, and Pop Culture Tom Serres, Piryx Inc. A shift is occurring in the world of politics. Campaigns are feeling a growing need to move online -... READ MORE A shift is occurring in the world of politics. Campaigns are feeling a growing need to move online - learning to compete in a new world – a world where technology offers the average political entrepreneur a whole new level of empowerment. Our discussion will probe this idea, offering a glimpse into the future of global politics. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	"State of the Union" in Open Source Security Tools Jay Jacobson, Edgeos The good, the bad, and the grossly inadequate. The landscape for open source security tools is const... READ MORE The good, the bad, and the grossly inadequate. The landscape for open source security tools is constantly changing and covers a myriad of aspects of the security world. We will discuss the current "state of the union" in the world of open source security tools, including the latest-and-greatest advancements, what is coming on the horizon, where there is room for improvement, and proposing some new ideas and concepts to address the greatest weaknesses in the realm of open source security tools. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Global Underground: Youth, New Media, and Social Change Ben Herson, Nomadic Wax This panel explores how digital technology is affecting social change on a global scale from three a... READ MORE This panel explores how digital technology is affecting social change on a global scale from three angles: advocacy, art, and media. The session focuses on new technologies such as digital film, music recording and social networking and examines how these new forms of communication can provide accessible outlets and global alliances among international artists, film makers and activists with a special focus on hip-hop. Using examples of documentary film and political music produced around the globe, the presenters will make the argument that digital technology is revolutionizing the masses in ways never possible before through social networking and activism, particularly among youth. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	XoIP – Everything Over IP Henri Duong, IPEVO Voice over IP has been around for years and only recently became a technology consumers actively emb... READ MORE Voice over IP has been around for years and only recently became a technology consumers actively embraced, incorporating services such as Vonage and Skype into their daily lives. However, as this presentation will explain, new devices are allowing people to take IP communication further – providing fresh ways to connect, communicate and share their experiences with others online. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	How to Monetize Twitter Nathan Wright, Lava Row, Inc. We all love to speculate how Twitter could/should be monetized. Why not round up some industry exper... READ MORE We all love to speculate how Twitter could/should be monetized. Why not round up some industry experts and let them argue and speculate about it? We'll put Ev Willams and Biz Stone in the front row so they can chuckle at us. :) New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Search Speed Dating: Select Your Favorite Search Platform Larry Cornett, Yahoo! Search Where is search going in 2009? Visionaries from Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft and Ask.com will join o... READ MORE Where is search going in 2009? Visionaries from Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft and Ask.com will join onstage to present their ideas on the future of Web search and want to hear from you. Questions will be answered on what each company is doing to advance the search market. Then, you decide. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	The HTML 5 Canvas Element Martin Kliehm, namics (deutschland) gmbh Canvas is an element originally introduced by Apple to create effects like wet floor and cover flow ... READ MORE Canvas is an element originally introduced by Apple to create effects like wet floor and cover flow in iTunes. It has been adopted by the HTML5 working group and subsequently been added by Opera and Firefox. There's also a library to emulate the behavior with SVG in Internet Explorer. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Online Healthcare – A Medical Revolution or a Nightmare? Amir Leitersdorf, iMedix As the healthcare industry continues to shift online, security issues and ethical questions arise. T... READ MORE As the healthcare industry continues to shift online, security issues and ethical questions arise. This panel will discuss the concerns surrounding online healthcare, health communities and the use of online personal health records. It will address how far the industry has advanced and what developments are forthcoming. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	The .edu's Need Our Help Rick Banister, P'unk Avenue Universities are starving for empowering web resources. Students, staff, and faculty have unlimited ... READ MORE Universities are starving for empowering web resources. Students, staff, and faculty have unlimited access to the internet, yet are constrained to monolithic enterprise tools like Blackboard. Social tools like Facebook, brightkite, etc. help users connect after hours, but there is a drought of educational communication applications. The stage is set to develop intuitive tools that connect students with faculty, promote collaboration without constraints of space, and prune the university paper trail. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	When the Semantic Web Meets User Generated Metadata Rachel Lovinger, Avenue A | Razorfish The Semantic Web promises to make the internet smarter, in part by adding structure and definition a... READ MORE The Semantic Web promises to make the internet smarter, in part by adding structure and definition around the content on the web. Sounds great, but who’s going to do all the work? As User Generated Content gives rise to User Generated Metadata, turns out it’s going to be… YOU! New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Streaming Ourselves to Death: Private Label Internet Radio Mark Lassoff, Internet Broadcasting Group While advertisers continue to pour money in to the dying medium of traditional terrestrial radio, so... READ MORE While advertisers continue to pour money in to the dying medium of traditional terrestrial radio, some are turning the traditional advertising model upside down. Streaming internet radio has been sucessfully "private labeled" by many companies as they produce brand favorable content audio online. You can too. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Oh the Fail I've Known Adam Keys, FiveRuns Some things sound like a great idea at the time. Hair bands. Crazy guys with a Casio keyboard. Even ... READ MORE Some things sound like a great idea at the time. Hair bands. Crazy guys with a Casio keyboard. Even the Rails core thought components were a good idea for awhile. Luckily, we eventually realize things are not all they were cracked up to be. Join Adam Keys as he admits to the lessons he’s learned about building applications with Rails and share your own. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Developing on the Unity Platform Sam Bennett, Ludorum This panel of developers from Unity as well as independents who developed on the platform will discu... READ MORE This panel of developers from Unity as well as independents who developed on the platform will discuss workflow and potential for virtual world and MMO design on the new Unity. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Man vs. Machine: Applying Social Engagement to RSS Ilya Grigorik, AideRSS, Inc. Controlling the online information fire hose is necessary, but we don’t all think like machines. W... READ MORE Controlling the online information fire hose is necessary, but we don’t all think like machines. What interests us is based on factors like relationships, spin, and viewing frequency. How do we account for quirks like personal taste and social interaction in filtering RSS feeds? How do we weight online engagement? New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Integrating iPhone Apps/Sites with Rich Internet Applications Jim Whitney, Whiteboard Labs With the mass adoption of the iPhone comes the need to develop and design seamless, cross-platform u... READ MORE With the mass adoption of the iPhone comes the need to develop and design seamless, cross-platform user experiences. This panel will delve into the issues, techniques, and technologies involved with successfully integrating iPhone apps and sites with rich internet applications. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	The Revolution Will be Televised: Reinventing Television UI Jared Benson, Punchcut Time shifting, expanding content options, social media and the mobile lifestyle are forcing a reinve... READ MORE Time shifting, expanding content options, social media and the mobile lifestyle are forcing a reinvention. But TV interfaces still suffer from poor discovery and lack content management – “guide” menus don’t guide, search needs an overhaul. Punchcut will share key insights and show next-generation, convergent television UIs. New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	After Efficiency Justin Spohn, Nemo By examining other industries such as manufacturing, this forward looking discussion will ask "what ... READ MORE By examining other industries such as manufacturing, this forward looking discussion will ask "what happens once things like SEO, semantic mark-up, accessibility and the like are common and their returns diminish?" Regardless of what area of the web community you work in the current tactical approach to findablity will become less an end, and more of a tool in a wider strategic quiver. This discussion will range in scope from strategy, to architecture and design. As models of efficiency become more well known and well documented, how will interactive projects differentiate themselves? New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Open Source for Snobs Ayah Bdeir, Eyebeam Furniture designers, industrial designers and architects are increasingly employing sophisticated, e... READ MORE Furniture designers, industrial designers and architects are increasingly employing sophisticated, elitist tools and materials in their processes. This, plus legacy misconceptions (and ego), have impeded embracing the open source movement despite its numerous revolutionary benefits. How can high-end design adopt opensourceness reappropriating it to create the next design industry revolution? New Technology / Next Generation
	1 2 3 4 5	Let Your Voice be Heard: Voice Interface Design Karen Cross, Tellme, a Microsoft subsidiary Using a mix of videos and stories, we will discuss the advantages of using speech over text or gestu... READ MORE Using a mix of videos and stories, we will discuss the advantages of using speech over text or gestural input depending on context, task, and available hardware. Our goal is to propose guidelines on when speech input makes sense; and when it simply gets in the way. New Technology / Next Generation

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