Sean Ness
I work in Palo Alto at the Institute for the Future.

BLUE OUT TSHIRT: McLanahan's will have a "Stop Child Abuse, Blue Out Nebraska" tshirt on sale for $9.99 in their stores and online. 100% of the proceeds made (after costs) will go to Prevent Child Abuse PA. Thanks, McLanahan's! http://www.pennstateroom.com/product-detail/2973

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Be Curious. Change the world. INNOVATIVE SWEDEN  2-9 November, Alumni Center, Stanford University     We lead the world in innovation. Our curiosity, creativity and desire for change improve lives.   Sweden may be a small country, but we are full of great ideas. Our curiosity, creativity and desire for change have made us innovators. We...

KidsTech, a white paper on technology for and about the under-10 set. Children take the latest media and devices for granted, and have no context for situating the meaning of the objects around them. What kinds of new expectations about relationships, things, and places will emerge from touch-screens, ubiquitous mobile devices, and super-charged...

The Future of Science—A Multiverse of Exploration. Invisibility cloaks? Engineered evolution? Backyard genome sequencing? We scope out the most important scientific issues, tools, and communities of the coming decade in key domains from biology and materials science to physics and neuroscience. We’ll ask how the insular structures of academic,...

Innovating at the Intersection of Urbanization and Ubiquitous Computing. Research Director Anthony Townsend will explore the opportunities for new services and products arising as cities grow larger and we unlock massive new streams of data. How will this reshape your organization's business model and mission? Anthony will lead us on a tour of...

World Business Forum 2011 is a two-day transformational experience for leaders looking to achieve results. A platform for the ideas and trends that are shaping the future of business; Influencers, experts, change agents, doers - up on the stage and by your side. The annual meeting for those who do business, create opportunities and drive change in...

The NEXT 2011 Conference is our annual mindbooster – a rare invitation into the minds of today’s most daring thinkers on Digital, Food, Green, Design, and Health. Per tradition, the speakers is a unique and handpicked line up of knowledge and those twisted ideas that will shape tomorrow.

The conference is a single track conference that covers...

IFTF is opening up its second floor for coworking!
Where: 124 University Avenue, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto, CA - Map
When: Friday, June 17, 2011 (10am-4pm)
Transportation: IFTF is 1/2 block from the Palo Alto Caltrain station - Schedule
Rules: Be a good person. New to Coworking? Learn more here.

Whether you want to kick-off a weekend of hacking...

When everyone is gone and god's not looking, we need to pick up some sweet stereo equipment and maybe some new furniture for the mansion we're going to squat in.

The IFTF Technology Horizons research team would like to open the doors, gather the local community and share some of our recent research.

Details:

Where: 124 University Avenue, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto, CA (we are above E*TRADE...the door is to the right)
When: Wednesday, October 6th from 6 - 8pm
Transportation: IFTF is 1/2 block from the...

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and begins working on a new idea. What begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global communication revolution. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history...but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both...

Jeremiah here, this event is happening for real, although it started off as a joke.

Aftermath:
A 2 second video of the guilty collusioners: http://bit.ly/bq5U3v

Techcrunch has linked to this event, and even created a menu for it: http://tcrn.ch/bfrvBo

Hell, there's even an after party, you'll need a *wiki* to get on tho:...

(mt) is once again living up to the legend of hosting the SXSWi Closing Party for the 5th year! If there's a better way to express our love for SXSW beyond booking awesome bands, buying ridiculous amounts of drinks and hosting brilliant internet minds, please let us know.

Our promise to you:

No gross branded drinks (vista-margaritas and...

#thePARTY @SXSW.
March 16, 8-2 AM
Terrace 59, Speakeasy Rooftop
412 Congress Ave. Austin, TX

theMIX agency proudly presents #thePARTY @SXSW.

We're taking over Terrace59, the rooftop of Speakeasy. If you guys came to last year's party, you know what to expect.

We're bringing some of our absolute favorite artists at the moment to...

Join us for happy hour drinks and appetizers at Buffalo Biliards and get your geek on. Happily sponsored by Rackspace, Capital Thought, and Gowalla!

Party is limited to the first 250 guests who arrive - please let us know if you can come.

Mashable is proud to announce our 2nd Annual MashBash SXSWi, an evening celebration during Austin’s annual SXSWi festival. On Sunday, March 14th 2010 from 10pm till 1am, Mashable will be hosting an official SXSWi evening event at Buffalo Billiards in Austin, Texas, sponsored by Cliqset and Sony.

1,600 people will come and enjoy a night of...

Join PBS, NPR, FRONTLINE, ITVS, FUTURESTATES and ReadWriteWeb @KLRU's Legendary Austin City Limits Studio. Live music, Tex-Mex, Margaritas. (Free shuttles at the Hilton). Free to SXSW Interactive and Film badge holders.

**With performances by:**
Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea (http://nicoleatkins.com/)
Band of Skulls...

Join PBS, NPR, FRONTLINE, ITVS, FUTURESTATES, ReadWriteWeb and Blogads @KLRUs Legendary Austin City Limits Studio. Live music, Tex-Mex, Margaritas. Streamed live on video.pbs.org/sxsw (Free shuttles at the Hilton).