Alex Howard
Gov2.0 DC Correspondent, @OReillyMedia. Intrigued by technological change, taken with ideas, cooking, the great outdoors, books, dogs, and media, in all forms.

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Join IRE and NICAR in St. Louis for our annual conference devoted to computer-assisted reporting, Feb. 23-26, 2012, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott. Come and learn about tools you need to dig deeper into stories and give readers, viewers and your online audience the information they're demanding.
NICAR 2012

St. Louis · February 23-26, 2012
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This Month

Strata 2012

Santa Clara, CA · Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Next Month

Interactive Festival will feature five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders, the unparalleled SXSW Trade Show and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new digital works, video games and innovative ideas the...
SXSW Interactive 2012

Austin, TX · March 9-13, 2012
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July 2012

OSCON 2012

Portland, OR · July 16-20, 2012
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Way in the Future

Yes, the time is upon us. Everyone knows pi day is March 14th, but any true nerd realizes pi is not 3.14, but rather an irrational constant which continues infinitely in decimal expansion. Starting at 9:26:53 (.589... sec) AM, the longest extended Pi Day of our lives will come into action. The date, at the AM and PM hours, will be " 3/14/15 at...
The Only Pi Day of Our Lives

Across the world! · Saturday, March 14, 2015, 9am-9:30pm
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Been there, done that

Last Week

Submit to demo your social media focused tech here: <a href="http://bit.ly/tDZkxk">http://bit.ly/tDZkxk</a>
[7:00] Introduction by Peter Corbett (<a href="http://twitter.com/corbett3000">@corbett3000</a>), CEO, <a href="http://istrategylabs.com">iStrategyLabs</a><a...
DC Tech Meetup #11: Social Media Week Edition

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue · Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 8:00pm
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Last Month

Greetings ONADCers,
We are hoping you have all recovered from the holiday party by now and are ready for an exciting event we have planned to kickoff the new year.
Join us in January on K Street where Laura and Chris Amico, the team behind <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/">Homicide Watch D.C.</a>, will talk about being a...
ONADC January Meetup -- Homicide Watch

Bingham · Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:00pm
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Last Year

Knowledge and solutions for smart cities

The population density of cities demands actions to be taken to ensure sustainable and environmentally-friendly economic growth that is capable of improving the quality of life of their inhabitants. This is their main challenge and the reason why society is calling for more Smart Cities.
SmartCity World...
Smart City Expo & World Congress

Barcelona · November 29 - December 2, 2011
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Information and network technologies are influencing and changing the world, as we know it: from politics to economics to social habits. The biggest turning point for governments, institutions, media companies, journalists, came when they realized that speaking or telling their own story was not enough, now they had to listen. And not only that,...
Digital Technologies for 21st Century Democracy

Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, New York · November 8-9, 2011
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EPA Apps for the Environment Forum

Artisphere · Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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DCWEEK is a festival in the US capital focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of all kinds. It’s a series of 100s of distributed events powered by the community and complemented by core conferences, parties, and projects created by the festival organizers iStrategyLabs and Tech Cocktail. DCWEEK...
DCWEEK 2011

Washington, DC · November 4-11, 2011
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Join us at Contact, a participatory festival hosted by Douglas Rushkoff to explore the emerging forms of culture, commerce, collective action and creativity being catalyzed by social media technologies. More info and registration at http://contactcon.com/, on twitter @contactcon

The Contact Summit will be a participatory festival for ideas and...
Contact Conference in NYC

Angel Orensanz Foundation · Thursday, October 20, 2011, 8:30am-7:00pm
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Web 2.0 Summit brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together to discuss and debate the most critical issues and strategies driving the Internet economy now and in the near future.
Web 2.0 Summit

Palace Hotel, San Francisco · October 17-19, 2011
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ver the past several years, a growing movement of technologists, government officials, and activists has emerged, working to leverage technology to fundamentally change the way government works — to make government more open and more efficient. Over two days in October, the Code for America Summit will bring this community together for a candid...
Code for America Summit

San Francisco · October 13-14, 2011
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The Android juggernaut is gaining force and momentum. Android is now the dominant smartphone platform, rocketing past the iPhone and Blackberry. And the opportunity goes beyond phones—Android is powering tablets, set-top boxes, and a host of new embedded and connected devices. Android Open is the first conference to cover the entire Android...
O'Reilly Android Open Conference

Hyatt Regency San Francisco, CA · October 9-11, 2011
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Open Government Partnership launch

United Nations, New York City, New York · Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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The data opportunity is exploding, and it's happening breathtakingly fast. It's not just analysts and developers who stand to profit-entrepreneurs, marketers, product managers, and forward-looking members of the C-suite are all in hot pursuit of the value data brings to their business. Join us in New York this September for a full week of...
O'Reilly Strata New York

New York · September 19-23, 2011
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Join DCWW and Google’s, Ginny Hunt, as she goes beyond the buzz to discuss the latest social networking giant Google+. In just a few short weeks, Google+ went from a handful of beta testers to over 25 million users.
Everything you wanted to know about Google+ * *but were afraid to ask!

Google Washington DC · Thursday, September 15, 2011, 6:30pm
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From the event website: "offering leaders of the world's great data repositories an opportunity to meet, to share insights into their work, and to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the worldwide data community."
Wolfram Data Summit

Washington, DC · September 8-9, 2011
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Google is famously driven by data. Until Google+ that data was about web pages, places and news. Now that Google has added people to the mix, how will they use this data? Is social data really critical to Google's mission of organizing the world's information, or is it more relevant to their business model of advertising? In conversation...
Inside Google+: Bradley Horowitz talks with Tim O'Reilly

Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 1-2:00pm
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Government Open Source Conference.
GOSCON DC

Washington, DC · Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Would you pitch a project? Launch a web site? Teach a hack? We’re going to find out when we conduct our second Ignite event at OSCON.
OSCON

Oregon Convention Center · July 25-29, 2011
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The O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference continues to explore what's at stake at the intersection of location, mobile, and social. The premier conference for all things location-aware, Where 2.0 brings together CTOs, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, business developers, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders to shed light on...
Where 2.0 2011

Hyatt Regency Santa Clara · April 19-21, 2011
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On March 29 & 30, NASA will host its first Open Source Summit at Ames Research Center in Mountain View California. This event will bring together engineers and policy makers across NASA and respected members of the open source community to discuss the challenges with the existing open source policy framework, and propose modifications that...
NASA Open Source Conference

Nasa Ames Research Center · March 29-30, 2011
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Join us for an awesome party to celebrate the launch of the Awesome Foundation DC!!

Get your ticket to awesome here: http://dcawesome.eventbrite.com/

Your $10 Ticket to Awesome includes 1 drink and 3 Awesome Tokens to donate to a selection of awesome ideas that will be demo'ing their awesomeness! ($15 = 8 Awesome Tokens, $20 = 13 Awesome...
Awesome Foundation DC Launch Party

ONE Lounge DC · Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 6-10:00pm
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Kicking the day off at the Twitter Retreat will be a discussion with three people who are in the information trenches, learning what kind of a role social media is really playing in Tunisia and beyond.

Participants:
Andy Carvin (ACarvin) has taken journalism to a new level by becoming a 24/7 curator of Tweets about Tunisia, using his trusted...
Twitter Retreat -- Special Panel

Icenhauer's · Monday, March 14, 2011, 11:30am
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Casual lunch meetup of people working with or interested in Open Government, Government 2.0, tools for democracy etc. The Foodspotting SxSW Street Food Fest 2011 is happening that day (http://www.foodspotting.com/sxsw) so there should be plenty of options for everyone to grab a bite.
Open Gov Meetup at SXSW 2011

2nd & Brazos · Sunday, March 13, 2011, 12pm-1:30pm
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We're gathering Austin's best food trucks together for an afternoon of BBQ, tacos, meat pies and more.

Download Foodspotting for Secret Menu items and to participate in a photo scavenger hunt - win prizes!

Featuring the following Food Truck stars:
- Along Came a Slider
- Boomerang's Pies
- Chi'Lantro
- Clem's Hot Diggity...
The Foodspotting SxSW Street Food Fest 2011, Presented by Blackberry

SxSW · Sunday, March 13, 2011, 11am-4:00pm
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The Mashable SXSWi House 2011 will break the mold of the traditional SXSWi events schedule. Working with SXSWi and our partner sponsors, we will create a two-day platform that will include private events, VIP networking hours and large open parties. From Sunday, March 13th to Monday, March 14th, Mashable will be hosting a combination of private...
Mashable House SXSWi 2011

Buffalo Billiards · March 13-15, 2011
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DCI Group Digital, Engage DC and Rock Creek inivite you to catch up with old friends and network with new friends down at SxSW on Saturday. Join us for a cocktail or two, because it is always 5 o'clock somewhere.

About the hosts:

DCI Group Digital (www.dcigroupdigital.com)
DCI Group’s Digital Team produces innovative digital advocacy...
DC meets Austin Happy Hour

Moonshine Patio Bar and Grill · Saturday, March 12, 2011, 4-7:00pm
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