Organizational and visioning meeting for participants in the Free the Net Vancouver initiative. Come along to buy a node ($70), bring your expertise from similar projects, or just to find out what's going on and how you can get involved

Demo Schedule

 

• come in the door and post your demo idea on the board
• 30 minutes of meeting other attendees (promote your idea, get votes!)
• presentation process starts at 6:00pm
• 30 second elevator pitches by all presenters
• attendees vote on top 4
• we will have 4 x 6 minute talks (time limit enforced, includes feedback time!)

Potential:

• Powerpoint Karoake (contestants / format TBD)
• Wrap up/discussion/hang out until 7:30pm
• Party moves to Six Acres (bar across the street)

Bryght guy and Urban Vancouver editor Richard Eriksson will be speaking at ONA 2007 in October in Toronto.

From the ONA 2007 Conference website:

Welcome to the ONA 2007 conference home page. We're very excited about this year's lineup. The planning committee has been hard at work creating a dynamic conference featuring speakers Hilary Schneider, of Yahoo!, and Ross Levinsohn, formerly of Fox Interactive.

This year, we decided to poll our members for ideas on topics and format. We received many great suggestions and have put together a thought-provoking lineup on journalism, the dissemination of news and information, and cutting-edge technology as well as hands-on workshops and quick courses.

The conference will culminate with the announcement of the 2007 Online Journalism Awards winners.

"This year's conference, our first international gathering, is not to be missed by online news professionals or anyone else interested in how news and information are disseminated online," said Ju-Don Marshall Roberts, conference chairperson and managing editor of washingtonpost.com. "The three tracks - community and convergence, content and design, and business - are designed to meet the needs of our various constituencies. In addition, we'll have several hands-on workshops and panels to give participants the skills they need in a multimedia landscape. Plan to attend and get your passport ready."

Bryght guy and Urban Vancouver editor Richard Eriksson will be speaking at ONA 2007 in October in Toronto.

From the ONA 2007 Conference website:

Welcome to the ONA 2007 conference home page. We're very excited about this year's lineup. The planning committee has been hard at work creating a dynamic conference featuring speakers Hilary Schneider, of Yahoo!, and Ross Levinsohn, formerly of Fox Interactive.

This year, we decided to poll our members for ideas on topics and format. We received many great suggestions and have put together a thought-provoking lineup on journalism, the dissemination of news and information, and cutting-edge technology as well as hands-on workshops and quick courses.

The conference will culminate with the announcement of the 2007 Online Journalism Awards winners.

"This year's conference, our first international gathering, is not to be missed by online news professionals or anyone else interested in how news and information are disseminated online," said Ju-Don Marshall Roberts, conference chairperson and managing editor of washingtonpost.com. "The three tracks - community and convergence, content and design, and business - are designed to meet the needs of our various constituencies. In addition, we'll have several hands-on workshops and panels to give participants the skills they need in a multimedia landscape. Plan to attend and get your passport ready."

In partnership with Yahoo!, you can join more than 40 of the world's leading thinkers in science, technology, innovation, design, media, exploration and the arts for Pop!Tech, an ideas summit like no other. From October 18-20, tune in and hear how forces shaping our future, learn about the breathtaking potential of new technologies, and listen to inspiring stories of visionaries changing the world.

Bryght guy and Urban Vancouver editor Richard Eriksson will be speaking at ONA 2007 in October in Toronto.

From the ONA 2007 Conference website:

Welcome to the ONA 2007 conference home page. We're very excited about this year's lineup. The planning committee has been hard at work creating a dynamic conference featuring speakers Hilary Schneider, of Yahoo!, and Ross Levinsohn, formerly of Fox Interactive.

This year, we decided to poll our members for ideas on topics and format. We received many great suggestions and have put together a thought-provoking lineup on journalism, the dissemination of news and information, and cutting-edge technology as well as hands-on workshops and quick courses.

The conference will culminate with the announcement of the 2007 Online Journalism Awards winners.

"This year's conference, our first international gathering, is not to be missed by online news professionals or anyone else interested in how news and information are disseminated online," said Ju-Don Marshall Roberts, conference chairperson and managing editor of washingtonpost.com. "The three tracks - community and convergence, content and design, and business - are designed to meet the needs of our various constituencies. In addition, we'll have several hands-on workshops and panels to give participants the skills they need in a multimedia landscape. Plan to attend and get your passport ready."

In partnership with Yahoo!, you can join more than 40 of the world's leading thinkers in science, technology, innovation, design, media, exploration and the arts for Pop!Tech, an ideas summit like no other. From October 18-20, tune in and hear how forces shaping our future, learn about the breathtaking potential of new technologies, and listen to inspiring stories of visionaries changing the world.

In partnership with Yahoo!, you can join more than 40 of the world's leading thinkers in science, technology, innovation, design, media, exploration and the arts for Pop!Tech, an ideas summit like no other. From October 18-20, tune in and hear how forces shaping our future, learn about the breathtaking potential of new technologies, and listen to inspiring stories of visionaries changing the world.

Newbies and Ninjas alike can work together to fix those last little bits. Resources and support will be available to newbies to get started with bug fixing and latch making. There are even issues that non-coders can fix! Everyone can contribute.

Find:
*Snacks and Drinks
*Free wifi
*Fun
*Documentation
*Instruction

Learn:
*How to review patches
*How to submit patches
*How to make patches

A unique regional business meeting focused on the strategic business opportunities in China!

6PM - 6:30PM

Drinks and Informal Networking


6:30PM - 7:00PM

The Ten Most Critical Insights about China That Will Help You Succeed in Business Alan Carroll, Executive Chairman, Pacific Rim Forum

7:00PM - 7:30PM

The 10 "Better Questions" To Design You Corporate Strategy in China 2008 - 2010 Andrew Gilkes, Executive Director, China Access 2008

7:30PM - 8:00PM

A panel discussion of the key strategic and operational issues being faced by foreign companies in China today.

8:00PM

Adjourn to dinner for those who want to continue the dialogue.

MobileCamp is an ad-hoc unconference-style meetup for anyone interested in the mobile web. Connect with mobile web developers, designers or content creators in and around Vancouver to discuss, share and extend your knowledge on how to design, develop and market mobile web apps, services or content.

We went from content silos to content management silos to enterprise silos. But by necessity, our need to share information is pushing us to collaborate beyond any arbitrary boundaries. What does this mean for our profession? By going to content management systems, are we just catching up with today, or preparing for tomorrow? Will Content 2.0 catch up to Web 2.0? Strategy A is bringing the first content management conference to Vancouver that covers content management from both the Web and XML structured authoring perspectives.

We went from content silos to content management silos to enterprise silos. But by necessity, our need to share information is pushing us to collaborate beyond any arbitrary boundaries. What does this mean for our profession? By going to content management systems, are we just catching up with today, or preparing for tomorrow? Will Content 2.0 catch up to Web 2.0? Strategy A is bringing the first content management conference to Vancouver that covers content management from both the Web and XML structured authoring perspectives.

We went from content silos to content management silos to enterprise silos. But by necessity, our need to share information is pushing us to collaborate beyond any arbitrary boundaries. What does this mean for our profession? By going to content management systems, are we just catching up with today, or preparing for tomorrow? Will Content 2.0 catch up to Web 2.0? Strategy A is bringing the first content management conference to Vancouver that covers content management from both the Web and XML structured authoring perspectives.