* Overview of the Drupal Commons distribution
    * A discussion of the business use cases for social business software
    * How to get involved in the Drupal Commons community and influence its evolution

This webinar is intended for line of business considering social business technologies, as well as Drupal developers, site owners who want to learn more about how Drupal Commons can help them deploy social business applications faster.

Date & time:    Thursday, August 12, 2010 – 1:00 PM EDT
Duration:    1 hour
Speakers:    Bryan House, senior director of marketing at Acquia, and Jay Batson, Acquia co-founder

Register Now: http://bit.ly/c49RnG

We hope that you will join us. If there are other topics you would like us to cover in future Webinars, please drop me a line.

Bryan House
Senior Director, Marketing
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Thursday, August 12

Friday, August 13

This year promises a great deal of added value!

• A heavy focus on mentoring and feedback
• A much improved mixer
• Better location
• More industry leaders
• Spoils for the weekend victor
• And a shot at $15K in funding

We’re in need of YOUR feedback already….. Along with the focus on mentoring and superb entrepreneurship, we’re involving some of the greatest examples of this in Nashville. Let us know what the most iconic businesses are in Nashville.

More development to come! Follow the leaders on Twitter: @leeGTurley, @NashvilleEC, @MichaelRBurcham and join us on Facebook.

Hash tag for this year is #NSW2010 and new site URL is www.NashvilleStartup.com!

Have a great day!

Lee G Turley

SMWCon Fall 2010 is the 5th International Semantic MediaWiki Conference. It will be held on the weekend of September 18-19, 2010 at the Open Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The conference provides an informal and engaging environment for discussing cutting-edge and emerging Semantic MediaWiki tools, extensions and applications.

General Information

SMWCon brings together developers, users, and organizations from the Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) community around the world. As with the previous SMWCons, SMWCon Fall 2010 will include presentations and discussions about current applications and the future development of Semantic MediaWiki and its extensions and applications. Participants are invited to present their own work and to discuss experiences and ideas. While the conference will have scheduled presentations, each will encourage free discussion and a rapid exchange of ideas. Registration for participation and proposals for contributions can be entered on the conference wiki homepage (see below).

Organizing Committee

Lloyd Rutledge, Open Universiteit Henk Scholten, BI-Team Michael Cariaso, KeyGene Daniel Hansch, Ontoprise GmbH Yaron Koren, WikiWorks Markus Krötzsch, University of Oxford Denny Vrandečić, KIT Jesse Wang, Vulcan Inc.

Venue and Accommodation

The Open Universiteit Amsterdam Study Center is very close to public transport, the highway and Schiphol, Amsterdam’s international airport. The Study Center has wireless and non-stop free coffee. A variety of hotels are available in the neighborhood of the venue. For more information, see the conference wiki homepage, or send an email to Lloyd.Rutledge@ou.nl

• 05:00 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Opening Remarks

  • Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
  • Co-Host: Tom Byers, Founder & Faculty Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
  • Co-Host: Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program

• 05:05 pm
  Ballroom 1

  The AlwaysOn Global 250 of 2009: Where They Are Now?

  • Tim Miller, VP, 451 Group

• 05:25 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Top Private Companies: The AlwaysOn Global 250 of 2009

  • Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
  • Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG

• 05:45 pm
  Ballroom 1

  The Anatomy of a Successful Startup

  • Host: Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
  • Mike Lee, Co-Founder, Tapulous, former Senior App Engineer, Apple Online Store & Apple Design Award winner

• 07:00 pm

  Reception in the Ford Alumni Gardens

  Gardens behind the France C. Arrillaga Alumni Center

Jul 28, 2010

• 08:15 am
  Ballroom 1

  Keynote: Turning on a Dime – Lessons from SAP’s journey into the world of Cloud Computing

  • Doug Merritt, Executive Vice President, SAP

• 08:35 am
  Ballroom 1

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

• 09:00 am
  Ballroom 1

  Here Come the Super Angels!

  Companies & strategies that work –and how to pitch (and find) the right Angel

  • Host: Sam Angus, Partner, Fenwick & West
  • Jeff Clavier, Founder, SoftTech VC
  • Aydin Senkut, Founder & President, Felicis Ventures
  • Allen Morgan, Partner, Mayfield Fund
  • Patrick Chung, Partner, NEA
  • Howard Morgan, Partner, First Round Capital

• 09:00 am
  Ballroom 2

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

• 09:45 am
  Ballroom 1

  Keynote

  • Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm

• 10:00 am
  Ballroom 2

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

  • Host: Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank
  • Soujanya Bhumkar, CEO, Cooliris
  • Kurt Garbe, CEO, ImageSpan

• 10:00 am
  Ballroom 1

  Mobile Monetization – Billions for the Taking

  Capturing and Monetizing consumer’s bite size behaviors. How advertising, virtual gifts and virtual currency have taken over the minds of millions and have turned in to real dollars for a number of startups. What business models and revenue channels will drive the next billion dollars in Mobile.

  • Moderator: Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
  • Neil Young, CEO, Ngmoco
  • Simon Khalaf, President & CEO, Flurry
  • David Marcus, Founder & CEO, Zong
  • Sunil Verma, Co-Founder and COO, MobClix

• 10:45 am

  Break

• 10:55 am
  Ballroom 1

  Keynote: Good Boss, Bad Boss

  • Professor Robert Sutton, Department of Management Science and Engeering, Stanford University

• 11:00 am
  Ballroom 2

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

• 11:15 am
  Ballroom 1

  Mobile Content Creation, Distribution and Consumption

  As smartphone and device sophistication grows, how will users create and consume digital content? What challenges will incumbent content creators face in the era of constant connectedness to get mindshare and engage the millions of mobile consumers around the world.

  • Host: Craig Menden, Partner, Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company Group, Sonnenschein
  • Sunil Verma, Co-Founder and COO, MobClix
  • Charlie Lax, Managing General Partner, GrandBanks Capital

• 12:00 pm

  Lunch

  Lunch will be served from noon to 1:30 pm

• 12:45 pm
  Ballroom 2

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

  • Sumit Rai, CEO, MobClix

• 12:45 pm
  Ballroom 1

  How are Hot Private SaaS/Cloud Companies Moving from Cloud 1.0 to Cloud 2.0?

  • Host: Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies
  • Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource
  • Marten Mickos, CEO, Eucalyptus

• 01:30 pm
  Ballroom 1

  How the Established Players are Competing in Cloud 2.0

  • Host: Gary Matuszak, Global Chair, Information Technology, Communications & Entertainment, KPMG
  • Kaj Van de Loo, Office of the CTO, SAP
  • Jim Curry, VP, Corporate Development, Rackspace

• 02:15 pm
  Ballroom 1

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

  • Host: Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank
  • Mike Cheiky, CEO, Cool Planet Biofuels
  • Mike Levy, CEO, OPEN Sports

• 02:45 pm
  Ballroom 1

  The State of IPO, M&A, and Secondary Markets

  Are IPO’s on the uptick?  Will the M&A bonanza continue through 2010?  What is the update on the Secondary Markets?

  • Host: Hale Boggs, Partner, Phelps & Phillips
  • Barry Silbert, Founder & CEO, SecondMarket
  • Dwight Badger, CEO, Advanced Equities
  • Ted Smith, Partner, Union Square Advisors
  • Sam Schwerin, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Ventures

• 03:35 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Video Presentation: The AlwaysOn Generation Speaks Out On the Future of Books

  • Host: Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program

• 03:45 pm
  Ballroom 2

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

  • Host: Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank
  • Bart Becks, CEO, SonicAngel
  • Tom Beecher, CEO, Mall Networks

• 03:55 pm
  Ballroom 1

  The Future of Books (and other formerly printed text media)

  Amazon sold more downloaded books than print last Christmas and Apple will sell a million iPads in 2010.  Is long-form text content?

  • Host: Suzanne Bell, Partner, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
  • Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program

• 04:30 pm
  Ballroom 1

  AlwaysOn "25 Women in Technology to Watch" List presented by Accenture

  • Co-Host: Elizabeth Tinkham, Global Lead, Management Consulting and Integrated Markets Communications & High Tech Industry Group, Accenture
  • Co-Host: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn

• 04:45 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Women and Entrepreneurship

  • Host: Elizabeth Tinkham, Global Lead, Management Consulting and Integrated Markets Communications & High Tech Industry Group, Accenture
  • Donna Wells, President and CEO, Mindflash.com
  • Victoria Ransom, Founder & CEO, Wildfire Interactive
  • Lisa Stone, CEO, BlogHer

• 05:15 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Monetizing Hollywood 2.0

  • Ben Silverman, CEO, Electus
  • Kurt Garbe, CEO, ImageSpan

• 06:00 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Keynote: The Past, Present, and Future of Silicon Valley

  • Steve Blank, Consulting Professor, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford School of Engineering

• 07:00 pm

  – Reception in Dohrmann Grove –

  The reception will begin after the networking session concludes.

Jul 29, 2010

• 08:10 am
  Ballroom 1

  The State of Privacy & Security In the Midst of the Open Revolution

  • Host: Randy V. Sabett, J.D., CISSP, Partner, Internet & Data Protection, Sonnenschein

• 08:55 am
  Ballroom 1

  How the Fittest VCs Have Survived

  • Host: Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG
  • Kevin Efrusy, Partner, Accel Partners
  • Daniel H. Ahn, Partner, Voyager Capital
  • Peter Sonsini, Partner, NEA

• 09:40 am
  Ballroom 1

  CEO Showcase Session

  The following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

  • Albert Santalo, CEO, CareCloud

• 11:15 am
  Ballroom 2

  CEO Showcase Session

  During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby.

  • Host: Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank
  • Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology, Inc.

• 11:15 am
  Ballroom 1

  Online Music – From Napster to Pandora – Where are the Consumers Now?

  • Host: Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West
  • Joe Kennedy, CEO, Pandora
  • Keyvan Mohajer, CEO, SoundHound
  • Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital

• 11:15 am
  Ballroom 1

  Open Session

• 12:00 pm

  Lunch

• 01:15 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Keynote #1: You Are Not a Gadget

  • Jaron Lanier, Author, You Are Not a Gadget, 2010 Time Magazine top 100 most influential people list

• 01:15 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Keynote #2: The Real-Time City & The MIT Sensible Cities Lab

• 02:00 pm
  Ballroom 1

  How “Real-Time” do we really want to be?

  • Host: Jamis MacNiven, Just the pancake guy, proprietor of Buck’s of Woodside
  • Jaron Lanier, Author, You Are Not a Gadget, 2010 Time Magazine top 100 most influential people list

• 02:30 pm
  Ballroom 1

  The Seed Round — CEO Showcase Session featuring The AlwaysOn Seed Council’s Top Seed Stage Companies to Watch

  • Host: Sam Angus, Partner, Fenwick & West
  • Larry Orr, Partner, Trinity Ventures
  • Mark Gorenberg, Partner, Hummer Winblad
  • Howard Hartenbaum, Partner, August Capital
  • Mark Gorenberg, Partner, Hummer Winblad
  • Greg Gretsch, Partner, Sigma Partners
  • Wim De Waele, CEO, IBBT

• 03:45 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Fireside chat: From the “Blogosphere” to the FB & Twitter Feed: Are We Better Informed?

  • Host: Michael Arrington, Founder & Editor, TechCrunch
  • Guest: Biz Stone, Co-Founder, Twitter

• 04:15 pm
  Ballroom 1

  The Open Media Revolution Is Over: Are We Better Off?

  • Biz Stone, Co-Founder, Twitter
  • Michael Arrington, Founder & Editor, TechCrunch
  • Chamillionaire , Rapper, Singer & CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment
  • Josh Tyrangiel, Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek
  • Robert Scoble, Chief Blogger, Scobelizer
  • Kevin Rose, Co-Founder, Digg

• 04:35 pm
  Ballroom 1

  Closing Remarks

  • Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn

Everybody has a story to tell, and with the Internet, it is possible to tell the story and be heard. Young people around the world use digital technologies to find a voice, an expression, a creative output and a space for dialogue. Gone are the days when the young were only to be seen and not heard. In the Web 2. 0 world, the young are seen, heard and are making a dramatic change in the world that we live in.

As Internet and digital technologies become more widespread, the world is shrinking, time is replaced by Internet time, we are constantly connected and intricately linked to our contexts, our people, our cultures and our networks. And you, yes YOU are a part of this change. In fact, as Digital Natives – people who have found technologies as central to their lives – you are directly affecting the lives of many, sometimes even without knowing about it.

An Open Call for Participation The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) in collaboration with the Frontier Foundation (Taipei, Taiwan) are calling out to young technology users to share stories about how they have tried to change things around them with the use of digital and Internet technologies. Conversely, if you feel that the presence of these technologies has significantly changed you in some way, we want to hear about that too! These can be stories where you have made a significant impact by initiating campaigns or movements for a particular cause, stories where you have used technologies to cope with problems in your personal and social life through your online persona in the virtual World Wide Web or stories where a small blog you started, or a Facebook group you created, or a plurk network that you started, or a discussion group that you participated in, led to a change that has a story to tell. The three day workshop will select 20 participants from all around Asia and in the Middle East to come and share these stories, to interact with facilitators and scholars who have worked in different countries and areas, and to form a network of collaboration and support. We will give your stories a face, a voice and a platform where they can be heard in your own voice, in your own style and in your own formats. Participants can fill in an application form (as given below) and forward it to digitalnatives@cis-india.org by 15th July 2010. Simultaneously a website will also be hosted online where the Digital Natives will contribute to the content. Selected participants will be encouraged to document in it. Expenses relevant to the project will be granted to the selected participants.

Application Form

Digital Natives workshop Dates: 15, 16 and 17 August, 2010

Venue:Taipei (Taiwan)

Name:

Gender:

Age:

Primary language of communication: Other languages you can read and write:

Email:

Postal address:

Describe your Internet related experience / initiative(s) in 300 words. Furnish with URLs where necessary. Optionally, if images and videos are part of the description, then upload them in a high resolution version to a secure website and provide the URL. Write in a few sentences about your expectation from the workshop.

Tick between the brackets:

[ ] I declare that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge.

[ ] I agree that Digital Natives will use the material I have provided for public use.

Please note that the information you provide will be kept for purposes of the Digital Natives project. Materials which you submit will be used for reporting to sponsors and for public use relevant to the project.

Hasina Hasan
hasina@cis-india.org
Digital Natives Co-ordinator
Centre for Internet and Society
+91-80-40926283

Funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, the United States Unified Community Anchor Network (U.S. UCAN) will be a nationwide, coast-to-coast advanced network infrastructure that, together with state and regional network partners, will enable the connection of America’s community anchor institutions—schools, libraries, community colleges, health centers and public safety organizations—to support advanced applications not possible with today’s typical Internet service. U.S. UCAN fills a critical gap linking community anchor institutions together into a national, open network with next-generation capabilities, operated with end-to-end transparency and the highest levels of performance uniquely suited to the needs of these communities.

U.S.UCAN will provide a network environment capable of supporting life-changing applications such as telemedicine and distance learning for all community anchor institutions, including those in areas previously considered too remote or economically depressed to support advanced network services. Led by the same advanced networking community that has already connected 66,000 community anchors through partnerships across public and private sectors, U.S.UCAN will prepare Americans—now and in the future—to compete successfully in an increasingly competitive global economy.

The network will offer its services to community anchors nationwide through a new not-for-profit organization (also called U.S. UCAN), which will be directed and governed by a partnership of the research and education networking community and representatives of community anchor institutions.

Contacts

General inquiries – info@usucan.org
Media inquiries – media@usucan.org, (734) 352-7037

The national network of scientists will facilitate the discovery of researchers and collaborators across the country. Institutions will participate in the network by installing VIVO, or by providing semantic web-compliant data to the network.

The VIVO National Conference, Enabling National Networking of Scientists, will bring together scientists, developers, publishers, funding agencies, research officers, students and those supporting the development of team science.

This two-day conference will begin with workshops and tutorials for those new to VIVO, those implementing VIVO at their institutions, and those wishing to develop applications using VIVO. Keynote speakers (to be announced) will present regarding the Semantic Web, Linked Open Data and the role of VIVO in support of team science. Panelists will discuss adoption and implementation findings. Feedback sessions will engage participants in requirements gathering and brainstorming regarding future network services. Presenters will discuss mapping, social networking, crowd sourcing, support for societies and other national network applications. For more information about the VIVO project and national networking, please visit http://vivoweb.org http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/vivo/