I had a great time yesterday which ended up with great conversation and drinks and meeting fun folks. My session schedule for today:
8:45am Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Energy Literacy
Keynote Marina Ballroom D
Saul Griffith (Makani Power/Squid Labs)
The world has known, calculable amounts of energy are available. We'll take a science look at all of the earth's energy resources, both stored and renewable.
9:20am Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Your Phone is Your Controller: Collaborative Gaming in Public Spaces
Keynote Marina Ballroom D
Jury Hahn (MegaPhone), Dan Albritton (MegaPhone)
MegaPhone makes digital signage interactive using a regular phone call. Learn about this phone-controlled, real-time, multiplayer collaborative gaming platform that can be used from ANY phone, ANY service provider, in ANY country as a game controller.
9:30am Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Information Visualization is a Medium
Keynote Marina Ballroom D
Eric Rodenbeck (Stamen Design)
Information visualization is emerging as a medium with a wide range of expressive potential. Stamen Design’s work in visualization and mapping is among the most high profile online. Eric Rodenbeck will provide an overview and insight into the studio’s working process.
10:00am Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Multi-Touch Displays in the Real World
Keynote Marina Ballroom D
Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo! Research)
This session will discuss how socially oriented experience and activity-based theories of interaction drive the design and evaluation of technology.
11:00am Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Designing Magnets: Connecting with Audiences in the Wired Age
General Marina Ballroom E
Elan Lee (Fourth Wall Studios)
Your ability to connect with your audience will often define the success or failure of your project. This talk will use Alternate Reality Games to explore how this new genre of entertainment can give us insight into building, maintaining, and growing an audience.
11:50am Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Users, Socializers, and Producers: How Internet Technologies are Changing Our View of Ourselves
General Marina Ballroom D
Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo! Research)
This session will discuss how socially oriented experience and activity-based theories of interaction drive the design and evaluation of technology.
2:00pm Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Projecting Surveillance Entertainment
General Marina Ballroom F
Merci Victoria Grace (GameLayers), Justin Hall (GameLayers)
This session will explore current systems of surveillance entertainment and imagine them working in other contexts. including how our personal data trails yield raw material for play.
2:50pm Tuesday, 03/04/2008
The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism
General Marina Ballroom E
Ethan Zuckerman (Global Voices)
The Web was invented so physicists could share research papers. The tools of Web 2.0 are showing themselves to be extremely powerful in the hands of digital activists, especially those in environments where free speech is limited.
4:05pm Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Sexual Identity Online
General Marina Ballroom E
Violet Blue (Violet Blue)
People seek sexual expression online and encounter disaster or success, plus a steep learning curve about privacy, anonymity, 2.0 skills, and identity. Applicable outside the context of sexuality, online identity is a deliberate act.
4:55pm Tuesday, 03/04/2008
My Daughter’s DNA: A Father’s Odyssey in His Daughter’s Genome
General Marina Ballroom D
Hugh Rienhoff (MyDaughtersDNA.org)
Hugh Rienhoff's daughter was born with an undiagnosed syndrome. Not getting results from conventional medicine, he searched to find and sequence her genome. This talk focuses on the resources in the public domain to identify and understand genetic information.
6:00pm Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Exhibit Hall Reception
Event Marina Ballroom F
Visit the exhibitors, mingle with other attendee, and enjoy great refreshments and drinks at the evening reception.