It's late in the day, but you can still swing by Esther Dyson's PCForum
via the wiki provided to her by SocialText. See
http://www.socialtext.com/pcforum/
She's one of the most progressive investors in the world, and her forum
is one of the places to be. (01)
Eugene, Chris, thank you so much for bringing me into your
collaboratory. It's truly impressive what a hot spot of innovation this
is, and I'm very keen to find a way to link up a network of such, and to
also connect individual innovators with corporate thinkers. (02)
Peace,
Andrius (03)
Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@ms.lt
+370 (5) 2645950
Vilnius, Lithuania (04)
Eugene Eric Kim wrote: (05)
> For those of you in the San Francisco area, the PlaNetwork Conference
> from June 6-8 promises to be excellent. Lots of great speakers will
> be there, including Doug Engelbart, as you can see below. I'll be
> speaking there as well. I highly recommend registering!
>
> -Eugene
>
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> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 01:41:47 -0800
> From: Planetwork <info@planetwork.net>
> To: Jim Fournier <jim@geoman.com>
> Subject: PLANETWORK Conference: June 6-8, 2003
>
> Conference Announcement Please Forward
>
> PLANETWORK PRESENTS: Networking a Sustainable Future
> At the Golden Gate Club in the San Francisco Presidio
> June 6-8, 2003
>
> Featuring:
> A Keynote by Hazel Henderson
> Joan Blades from MoveOn.org
> and a special evening honoring Douglas Engelbart
>
> Amid accelerating crises across the globe, new social and technological
> forces are converging in a unique moment of opportunity. The Internet has
> enabled citizens around the world to mobilize with unprecedented speed and
> precision. On February 15th, millions of people world wide spoke out for
> peace. For the first time we could see our vast numbers around the world.
> Why stop there?
>
> NETWORKING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE will focus on the ways in which information
> technologies and the Internet can continue to play a key role in
> accelerating progressive change and establishing a peaceful Planetary
> Civilization.
>
> * How can the Internet allow us to see ourselves, and our collective
> aspirations, even more directly?
>
> * How can the Internet be used to mobilize global citizenry around other
> critical issues affecting our future: ecological destruction, resource
> depletion, human rights and economic justice?
>
> * What communications strategies would best enable us to mobilize networks,
> draw attention to specific issues, envision alternative solutions, and bring
> about change?
>
> * How might the financial resources of a newly networked global citizenry be
> mobilized to implement system-wide transformation?
>
> NETWORKING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE is an international forum that will bring
> together participants representing many of the key social and technological
> components necessary for a sustained global change movement. The event will
> explore four major themes:
>
> Global Systems:
> Over the last century, "systems thinking" has allowed scientists,
> environmentalists, philosophers and technologists to re-conceive the world
> in terms of holistic networks and emergent properties rather than
> traditional hierarchies of control. An ecological view of natural and human
> systems requires such a perspective. How might the Internet enable us to
> further develop a systems view of both our most pressing problems and their
> potential solutions?
>
> Social Networks:
> The open source software movement is accelerating across the globe. This
> design philosophy has also inspired a variety of 'below the radar' software
> initiatives specifically intended to empower social networks. These social
> network tools, many of which are now coming to fruition, have the potential
> to once again transform the Internet. Not only do they have the potential to
> radically increase the ability of millions of people to cooperate and
> self-organize around shared goals, but also to enable us to see ourselves as
> a whole - as a global community that share a commitment to common values.
> Such tools could give us a new sense of collective empowerment and political
> potency as citizens of the planet.
>
> Communications Strategies:
> The peace movement has given us dramatic examples of how strategic,
> cross-platform messages, such as those delivered by MoveOn via email, can
> galvanize immediate action on the part of millions of otherwise
> disenfranchised people. The forum will explore how a variety of
> communications strategies can support rich, vibrant, and diverse global
> culture. We will look at current models and explore a variety of questions:
> How can we integrate the online independent media with global social
> movements on a mass scale? What kind of alliance-building strategies, across
> both platforms and communities, do we need to employ? What role does radio
> play in reaching communities and how might it be further integrated into a
> comprehensive communications strategy?
>
> New Economic Models:
> With the fall of communism and the accelerating hegemony of corporate
> globalization, many are questioning the very foundations of our economic
> system. Many see this system and its ideology as the root of both our social
> dysfunction and our essentially suicidal environmental behavior. Beyond mere
> critique new efforts are increasingly focused on testing new models for
> constructive alternatives and implementing complimentary approaches within
> the existing system. These models range from Internet based barter, to
> virtual complementary currencies, to local currencies using smart cards.
>
> In addition to presentations and panels, the entire event is designed to
> support an active networking process for all participants. A collaborative
> *design shop* with multiple opt-in creative sessions facilitated by The
> Knowhere Store and Blue Oxen Associates will run throughout the conference,
> and a high speed wireless network, as well as ethernet, will be available
> throughout the building and grounds. All three parallel sessions, and much
> of the collabotorium will be captured on digital video, streamed live and
> archived. The conference portal site is built on a new open source
> collaborative platform, which many communities are adopting and extending as
> a universal adaptor to interconnect a growing number of existing systems.
> An account for document sharing and syndication is automatically created on
> this system for each conference participant is when they register.
>
> Come participate in this unique moment of opportunity!
>
> Register Now
> at the advance discount $295
> After April 20th $350 - After June 1st $400
> http://2003conf.planetworkers.org/2003_Conference/Registration
>
> For a current list of Presenters see:
> http://2003conf.planetworkers.org/2003_Conference/Presenters
>
> Or pass the word to follow the Conference link from:
> http://planetwork.net
>
> Presenters include:
> Sharif Abdullah - Commonway
> Joan Blades - MoveOn
> Wendy Brawer - GreenMaps
> Teresa Collins - FCE
> Atom Constantino - GTV
> Owen Davis - Identity Commons
> Brad deGraf - Venture Collective
> Bonnie DeVarco Quantum Viz
> David Dill - Stanford University
> Doug Engelbart - Bootstrap Alliance
> Victor Grey - Friendly Favors
> Joe Firmage - ManyOne
> Tim Foresman - Digital Earth
> Steve Foster - LinkTank
> Jim Fournier - Planetwork
> Jeff Gates - Shared Capitalism Institute
> Marian Goodell - Burningman
> Amy Goodman* - Democracy Now
> Jan Hauser - Navel Post graduate School
> Don Hazen - Alternet
> Hazel Henderson
> Steve Hock - Chaordic Commons
> Ken Jordan - LinkTank
> Brewster Kale - Internet Archive
> Mitch Kapor - Open Software Apps
> Kevin W. Kelly - Images of Earth
> Eugene Kim - Blue Oxen Associates
> Anthony Lappe* - GNN
> Marshall Lefferts - FCE
> Hunter Lovins* - Natural Capitalism
> Oliver Lowenstein - Fourth Door Review
> Tom Matze - AFL-CIO Online
> Dan Merkle - Indy Media
> Rob Miller - Burningman Portal
> Tom Munnecke - Givingspace
> Heather Newbold - Earth Charter
> Michael O'Rourke - Dimension7
> Paris* - Guerrilla Funk
> Bill Pease - Get Active Software
> Annette Riggs - GEO Systems
> Neil Sieling - WorldLink TV
> Joe Skopeck - BFI EarthScope
> Nova Spivak - Lucid Ventures
> Chuck Stein - GeoFusion
> Greg Steltenpohl - InTerra
> Bruce Sterling* - Viridian Green
> Gail Taylor - Knowhere Store
> Hardin Tibbs - GBN
> Michael Tolson - Envoii
> Greg Watson - MRET
> * Invited but as yet unconfirmed
>
> for 2003 conference information email info@planetworkers.org
>
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