This was the pre-conference version of the agenda for 2007...
It did change a bit during the conference

We'll post a version of the 2008 agenda shortly

BOFs will be possible at all times during the conference -- other meeting rooms will also be available for BOFs at various times.

Friday - 9 November               

1:00 - 9:00 pm

 

4:00 - 6:00

1.17 Intellectual property
1.17.1 copyrights & lack thereof
1.17.2 Getting compensated in an age when "information wants to be free"
1.17.3 music business
1.17.3.1 decommoditization of music (i.e. no longer selling CDs)
1.17.3.2 DRM

1.14 arts & crafts
1.14.1 artisan papers
1.14.2 artist in residence
1.14.3 book making / binding
1.14.4 bubbleology
1.14.5 clothing
1.14.6 art
1.14.7 hacking art cars
1.14.8 impossible bottles
1.14.9 kinetic sculpture
1.14.10 origami
1.14.11 photography
1.14.12 writing implements

6:00 - 7:30

Dinner

 

7:30 - 8:15

Opening Session (then brief human search engine)

 

8:15 - 9:30

1.32 Voting systems

BOF ???

9:30 - 11:00

Show and Tell - 1-10 minutes each presenter

BOF ???

11:00 - 12:00

1.19 Music
(jam session will be after midnight)
1.19.1 drums
1.19.2 home built instruments
1.19.3 string instruments
1.19.4 themed jam session
1.19.5 Live Sound - Is it really as bad as suggested? What can be done to improve it?

BOF ???

midnight

Buffet (a late-night meal)

01:00 - ??

Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions

Saturday - 10 November

7:30 - 9:00 am

Breakfast buffet

 

 

(w/ video)

(may have video)

(may have video)

9:30 - 10:30

1.27 Robots
1.27.1 entertainment robots

1.4 Cell phones
1.4.1 Helio, iPhone, Linux Phone, Nokia

2.14 The cost of low cost / the culture of low cost
2.14.1 hidden costs of offshoring

10:30 - 11:30

1.29 Spectrum
1.29.1 white space

1.30 Vehicle Technology
1.30.1 autonomous vehicles
1.30.2 cars
1.30.3 real alternative auto drive trains (e.g. Prius)
1.30.4 recumbant electric bicycle

Python

11:45 - 12:00 An informal group picture -- everyone, please be there

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00

1.1 Alternative fuels / conservation
1.1.1 alternate energy
1.1.2 conservation
1.1.3 ultra capacitors
1.1.4 peak oil + peak natural gas + climate change

1.24 Personal area networks

1.12 Gaming
1.12.1 classic board games
1.12.2 gambling
1.12.3 game theories
1.12.4 puzzles
1.12.5 retro gaming
1.12.6 word games

2:00 - 3:00

1.28 Space
1.28.1 very deep space
1.28.2 NewSpace: Innovative approaches to exploration and settlement of space
1.28.3 Commercial

1.13 Geospatial Temporal organization
1.13.1 GPS navigation
1.13.2 Hyperlocality – Bruce Sterling’s prophetic vision of the hyperlocal future
1.13.3 maps

1.23 Evolving the organization
1.23.1 management styles
1.23.2 managing teams
1.23.3 Google and Yahoo! taking over the valley
1.23.4 Will Microsoft ever be the good guy

3:00 - 4:00

1.3 Virtual worlds
1.31.1 social networks

1.20 IT Revolution

Don't Try This At Home

4:00 - 5:00

1.1 Novel human interfaces
1.1.1 spatializing audio
1.1.2 tactile interfaces

1.3 Botnets / phishing
1.3.1 phishing / pharming
1.3.2 spammers

1.10 Education
1.10.1 OLPC
1.10.2 How do kids learn the basics of making things
1.10.3 teaching about science

5:00 - 6:00

1.8 Distributed Apps
1.8.1 distributed apps performance
1.8.2 distributed apps scaling
1.8.3 practical distributed apps & tools e.g. S3 and EC2

1.25 Rapid prototyping
1.25.1 TechShop
1.25.2 stereolithography

Performing Arts
dance, improv

6:00 - 7:30

Dinner

7:30 - 8:15

Re-Opening Session

 

 

8:15 - 9:15

Fireside chat

BOF ???

9:15 - 10:15

1.7 Multicore programming
1.7.1 the end of uniprocessor programming
1.7.2 multicore apocalypse

BOF ???

10:15 - 11:15

1.26 Refereed talks

BOF ???

11:15 - 12:00

Show and Tell - part 2

BOF ???

midnight

Buffet (a late-night meal)

01:00 - ??

Birds of a Feather (BOF)

Sunday - 11 November

7:30 - 9:00 am

A light continental breakfast buffet

 

 

(w/ video)

(may have video)

(may have video)

9:30 - 11:00

1.18 Math for the rest of us
1.18.1 less advanced math

1.2 Body optimization
1.2.1 body movement
1.2.2 rimonabant – CB1 antagonists (weight loss drugs)
1.2.3 approaching happiness
1.2.4 personal fulfillment

1.21 New news media
1.21.1 democracy.tv
1.21.2 dinosaur media's death grip

BOF ???

11:00 - 11:15

Reminder, room checkout time is 11:00 am

11:15 - 12:30

Brunch -- a buffet including breakfast and lunch dishes

12:30 - 1:00 pm

Contest prizes, special giveaways, final announcements, awards, etc.

1:00 - 2:30...

1.16 Identity
1.16.0 (social impacts of)
1.16.1 cyber bullies
1.16.2 effects of anonymity
1.16.3 electronic thugs
1.16.4 gangs online / online gangs
1.16.5 judging character online
1.16.6 Justin.tv
1.16.7 surveillance society
1.16.8 technology issues
1.16.9 State of the Metaverse 2007
1.16.10 Second Life

 

For those registered for Sunday evening, enjoy the area but be back for dinner

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Dinner

8:00 - 10:00?

Special Sunday Evening Session

A Conversation on Photography

10:00 - ??? The single malt, grappa, and other sipping libations session -- BYOB (place or places TBD)

 

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