Marshall Kirkpatrick
VP of ReadWriteWeb.com. High on life and unicorn farts. Contact info:http://marshallk.com

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.

The International Startup Festival is a two-day conference on the business of startups. It brings together industry veterans and fresh faces, thought leaders and technology giants from around the world, for a series of lean, fast-paced events. It includes startup launches, inspiring keynotes, and deep-dives into mobility, gaming, and web...

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Rather than posting content on many third-party silos of data, we should all begin owning our own data that we're creating when we create it. Publish short status updates first on your own domain, and then syndicate to Twitter. Publish photos on your own domain, then syndicate...

  Open Source Bridge is a conference for developers working with open source technologies and for people interested in learning the open source way. Open Source Bridge is not a typical technical conference It’s entirely volunteer-run, by developers, for developers. Session tracks are technology agnostic; the conference content is based...

This June, ReadWriteWeb is taking New York City by storm with two days and two ways to experience the future of the Web with conversations, interaction and inspiration.

WebVisions is a nationally recognized conference that explores the future of Web design, technology, user experience and business strategy from May 25 - 27, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center.

Attend workshops with the experts, chill out in the WebVisions lounge, and network, share ideas and be inspired by an all-star lineup of speakers.

As THE event for digital marketers, ad:tech features the industry's most entrepreneurial and innovative marketers. By attending, you'll have the opportunity to network and learn from experts on what's hot in social media, mobile, viral, cross-channel, application-based and geo-location marketing. You can also walk the ad:tech Expo...

The Data 2.0 Conference connects over 50 speakers, company and startup demos and 500+ participants around in the new data economy. From Google Fusion Tables and SimpleGeo, to Socrata and Rapleaf, Data 2.0 organizes the top data innovators.

Register here: http://data2con.com/register/
Get 25% off by registering before March 25.
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"This event has been cancelled"

With his announcement this week that he intends to run for president in Egypt, Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei has cancelled his World Affairs Council of Oregon engagement on Monday, April 4 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Replacing ElBaradei in the four-part International Speaker Series will be...

A Cowboy Steampunk themed part at SXSW. Done by the same crew that did pastriesandpasties.com in 09 and the steampunk party that brought Maker Faire to Austin Texas in 2006. The lineup is already looking amazing... website should be up soon!

Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.

Continued discussion of startups, apps, and infrastructure... and fainting pygmy goat cheese

Introducing the LAUNCH conference

Fifty cutting edge, and never-before seen, technology companies will debut at the LAUNCH Conference on February 23rd and 24th, 2011.

There will be two competitions held at the event:

LAUNCH 1.0
This competition is for completely new companies that have never had any press, public demos and whose services are...

Strata is a new conference from O'Reilly, focusing on the business and practice of data

Unprecedented computing power and connectivity are bringing new layers of experience to our lives: a change that brings both opportunity and the challenge of new technologies and skills. The future belongs to those who understand how to collect and use...

World Affairs Council of Oregon presents the retired Commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan on: the future of American security.

Was a good conference last year.

Make It Happen at OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
The Call for Participation Is Now Open - Share How You're Innovating with the Open Source Community

OSCON brings together over 2,500 experts, visionaries, and hackers in the trenches to explore all that open source has to offer. OSCON is the premier gathering place to gain...

Dear Smart Person,

You are cordially invited to the Research Club Nerd Night at the new Research Club location.

Research Club has just moved into its first dedicated location after nearly a year of hosting discussions, salon-style dinners, events, and the popular Research Club Brunch. Located in the heart of the central-eastside industrial...