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Gather in San Diego to watch some of the opening matches. Beer. Barbecue. Setanta and FSC on constant rotation.

Join us for Free Taco+Beer at Spice Bar in the Arena District this Thursday July 17, 2008 (The Third Thursday of every month, not necessarily in the same location every month). Free Taco's and Beer will be available from 5 to 7PM. Music by DJ Dave Espionage! Spice Bar is located at 491 N Park Street, Columbus Ohio 43215 www.spicebar.net We are looking forward to seeing tomorrow! www.TacoBeer.org

A panel of experts introduces the DataPortability movement and the issues related to online identity and personal data. Data Portability: the option to use your personal data between trusted applications and vendors over the Web. The project's volunteers have worked together to create the DataPortability Reference Design to document the best practices for integrating existing open standards and protocols for maximum interoperability. This should allow users to access their friends and media across all the applications, social networking sites and widgets that implement the design into their systems. BAIA continues in its tradition to high level panel discussion by introducing a panel of experts in Data Portability to our audience in Silicon Valley. Join us on July 23 to understand, question and envision the future of the web as a platform. ---------------------------------- PANEL ---------------------------------- * Moderator: Mary Trigiani, Spada Inc. - www.spadainc.com * Daniela Barbosa, DataPortability - www.dataportability.org * Steve Greenberg, founder Ciabe - www.ciabe.com * Lorenzo Thione, founder Powerset - www.powerset.com ---------------------------------- TICKETS ---------------------------------- $10 members, $25 guests, $30 at the door IMPORTANT! You must RSVP at http://www.baia-network.org/members/event_subscription.aspx?EVENTID=1220 ---------------------------------- ABOUT BAIA ---------------------------------- BAIA events represent a unique opportunity to interact with leading professionals and business executives and network within the Italian and American business community. BAIA (Business Association Italy America) is an independent, nonprofit, member-based and sponsor-driven business networking organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The mission of BAIA is to create tangible value for Italian and American business interests by establishing a professional forum through which information, knowledge and opportunities can be openly and effectively exchanged. Accordingly, the BAIA events are primarily designed to reflect the interests of its members and its sponsors. BAIA's innovative approach to business networking is based on an open source governance model. BAIA aims to enjoy the support of anyone who shares the BAIA vision and is interested in an open exchange network for Italian and U.S. businesses. For more information on BAIA's activities and events please visit www.baia-network.org

The CUHK Center for Entrepreneurship, Booz & Company and the MBA Programmes are pleased to announce the fifth Booz & Company Social Venture Challenge for 2008.

Pre-opening events at the new Chipotle in West Des Moines, at Valley West Mall, Free Drinks and Food

成立社會企業的目的，是希望以營商的模式運用社會資源，透過市場機制與長期目標策略，使企業持續地運作 以解決社會問題。 現今許多年青人創業，已不單只限於財經金融等行業，社會企業逐漸成為他們的理想事業。 我們邀請了兩位年輕的社會企業家與大家分享他們如何憑著信念，以有限的資源建立了對社會有益的事業。

To register for one of the 120 spots at this event you must go to: http://conversation.eventbrite.com Please join us for a full day of networking, informal discussion, workshops, and presentations celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Cluetrain Manifesto and discussing the way in which social media is changing marketing, business development, product development, sales, and customer support Breakfast, lunch, and a closing cocktail reception are included. Conversation leaders for the day include Doc Searls, Peter Hirshberg, Giovanni Rodriguez, Thor Muller, Jeremiah Owyang, and Deb Schultz.

rabble.ca's new online video network, rabbletv will be bringing the intimacy of a coffeehouse poetry reading to computers across Canada. On Thursday, April 24 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., a live reading by Canadian poets Adam Getty and Alison Pick will be served up around the world in real-time by rabbletv. The event is part of National Poetry Month in Canada. It will be held, in the real world, at the My Dog Joe Coffeehouse in Westdale in Hamilton, Ontario and is co-sponsored by the coffeehouse and Bryan Prince, Booksellers.

RecentChangesCamp was born from the intersection of wiki and OpenSpace - a very wiki-like way of organizing gatherings. A lot of cool people into wiki, community and collaboration will be there - what do you want to talk with them about? Every participant is invited to lead their own sessions; the guideline is to take responsibility for what you love. In addition to general and technical conversations about - and actual coding on - wikis and other software, session topics from past RCCs have covered subjects from art to social organizing to philanthropy, playing a creative conversation game, and individual & group coding practices. See the past conference wikis for more complete lists and session notes. Anyone and everyone is invited to attend. You will especially enjoy Recent Changes Camp, if you happen to be any of the the following: * Member of any open wiki community or someone who uses wikis at work, school or in any other context * Interested in community, action, collaboration, creativity or any other activity in which the self-organizing power of wiki might be helpful * Interested in the OpenCulture and/or OpenTechnology movements * Interested in knowledge creation and sharing knowledge * A generally curious and inquisitive person

Hug any musician anywhere, whether s/he is a band nerd, a jazz cat, an orchestra dork or a rock and roll star. INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS !

IMPORTANT: in addition to joining this group, to be included you must sign up on: http://blogtropolus.eventbrite.com/ Web 2.0 Expo is just two weeks away – will you be there? More importantly, will you be in the one place where you are guaranteed to connect with the rest of the social media leaders who are at the conference? Now is your chance to register for the Web 2.0 Expo Blogtropol.us blogger lounge! Blogtropol.us is the dedicated media and networking lounge for bloggers, content producers, and journalists during Web 2.0 Expo 2008. In a private suite, in the middle of the conference action, Blogtropol.us is designed for you to host and share conversations among digital influencers – both online and offline. Open to all digital media-makers attending Web 2.0 Expo, Blogtropol.us is the exclusive venue for creating media and discussing conference happenings. Daily live streamed and on-demand video shows will be broadcast to cover the most important conversations of the conference for online discussion and sharing. CONNECT: Free bandwidth, power, workstations and superior Internet connectivity provided RE-CHARGE: Food, refreshments, beverages, and afternoon happy hour RELAX: Daily yoga sessions and chair massages FOLLOW: @blogtropolus on Twitter to keep up with all of the Blogtropol.us and Web 2 action, as it happens Blogtropol.us is brought to you by: Snap, Mzinga, Something Simpler Systems, BottleNotes, Pandora, drop.io, Socialtext, Radian6, Elephant Pharmacy, and CNET Webware. In order to participate you must have a Web 2.0 Expo Pass or conference pass AND you must register for the lounge at - http://blogtropolus.eventbrite.com. Space is limited!

Corey Denis and Mike McGinley will be talking to us about their many years of experience working in the music industry (they have some wild stories). They will also take us through the narrative of what is happening now as the major shifts happen. The questions I want to ask are: * Would the giants ever get on board with the Open Media Web? How can we build it so that they see the overall benefit? * Is there any sign of adoption of web standards in the music industry? * How far off are we from seeing real change? * And if real change to the SoCal structure is impossible, what are your predictions for the future of the entertainment industry? Should be a lively debate! Corey Denis has been a music lover/activist for years, making waves in the industry through her work with Ioda (http://www.iodalliance.com/) and is currently the Director of Marketing at Rumblefish (http://rumblefish.com/). She's been rockin the music industry for years and has quite a reputation for making things happen. For over twenty five years, Mike McGinley has garnered close business relationships with almost every major talent agency, management firm, and concert promoter both domestically and internationally. Mike has been focusing on the intersection between media and technology for the past 10 years now and has many interesting stories to tell. ++++++++++++++ These meet-ups are intended to get people interested and working in the media web together to discuss what it means to be open. Those working on open protocols, methods and formats on the web are very welcome, too! http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/466301

Save the date for San Diego's third barcamp, lovingly hosted at Microsoft's offices in La Jolla. More details will be posted in the coming weeks, but go ahead and start printing your business cards and preparing your talks for what's going to be our biggest 'camp yet.

Do you develop, build or dance like a superstar? Come hang out with Facebook and the interactive community on March 10th for a great party and live music at Austin's hottest new club, Pangaea. Doors Open at 9pm Open Bar 9-11pm. Hosted Red Bull Cocktails all night thanks to our friends at Red Bull! Slated Lineup: Chester French http://www.facebook.com/chesterfrench BT http://www.facebook.com/briantranseau 21+ only, ID required. People who have RSVPed to this event will get priority admittance. Bring SXSW Interactive badges as well. ---------------- For more info on SXSW and Facebook's involvement this year: http://www.facebook.com/SXSW Additionally, you can request to attend the Facebook Developer Garage taking place during SXSW here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21354550367 Interact, get friendly and friends.get

AMD is bringing the BlogHaus to SXSW this year! Produced in collaboration with SXSW, PodTech, and The Conversation Group, BlogHaus will be host to all your bandwidth, media-creating, networking, and thirst-quenching needs during SXSW. One-and-only InternetGeekGirl, Stephanie Agresta, and friends, will be our host for video interviews and coverage from the BlogHaus. The AMD BlogHaus at SXSW Interactive is its own dedicated lounge room in the Austin Convention Center, designed for media-makers to blog, vlog, meet-up, and relax. Thanks to Austin's own AMD, media-makers of all kinds during conference hours are welcome to make free use of high bandwidth Internet access, computer workstations, vlogging station, video gaming area, amongst plenty of power. We look forward to seeing you at SXSW!

This Thursday night, VAVi is bringing together the entire club for a fun night at Tap Room on Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach. It’s free to attend and you can meet people from all different teams. It starts at 5 PM and goes all night long. There will be a free Joust Tournament as well as a Rock Paper Scissors Tournament for charity. We'll be giving away prizes to the winners! VAVI is happy to announce The Tap Room as the official Bar of all Pacific Beach Leagues debuting Recess: The Ultimate Happy hour on February 28th