Steve Thommes
americas platform sales @ google - agency, retail and fin serv verticals

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

It'll be fun.

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.

Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick...

6:30pm - 7:15pm - Pre-mixer, eat pizza
7:15pm - Intro by Christian of Payvment
7:20pm - Facebook app by RootMusic.com
7:35pm - Facebook app demo Apigee
7:50pm - Open Graph API by Facebook Technical Solutions Engineer, Matt Kelly
8:45pm - Mixer, more pizza
10:00pm - Wrap it up

Sponsored by Payvment.com and Appbistro.com
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At Under the Radar, you'll meet Bank of America, AT&T, Virgin America, MTV Networks and 350 other tech leaders to hear about who's adopting the cloud, who's innovating and why it matters to you. From the new data center to SaaS, the ROI for leveraging the cloud has never been more clear or compelling.

AGENDA ANNOUNCED!
See the...

(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...

Only a fraction of business financing comes from Sand Hill Road. Yet entrepreneurs still obsess over traditional big meeting/big money Silicon Valley venture capital. This heated panel debates what types of companies actually benefit from VC and reviews concrete examples of alternatives to traditional venture capital.

Bike Hugger is back for another year at SXSW with more Bike Culture than ever:

* Urban Ride
* BBQ
* After Party

{RV}IP was born out of a desire to celebrate independent film, music, and technology through the combined forces of karaoke, carpooling, and spontaneous rockage. Ning is the social platform for interests and passions — including karaoke, carpooling, and sponaneous rockage.

Join us at SXSW Interactive for karaoke, mayhem, cocktails,...

Wikipedia - A New Model for Global Collaboration

Jay Walsh
Head of Communications,
Wikimedia Foundation

Wikipedia is one of the five most visited websites on Earth, and
the largest encyclopedia and collaborative knowledge project in
history. In the age of the internet and new media technology,
Wikipedia has pioneered a successful and open model...

Join Women 2.0 for a two-day workshop on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 and Sunday, February 7th, 2010 in Microsoft's San Francisco office. The "Will It Launch?" workshop will be led by serial entrepreneurs David Weekly (Founder & CEO, PBworks) and Poornima Vijayashanker (Founding Engineer, Mint).

We will be working on a battle...