... || Contact | conference (at) a2geeks.org - e-mail [~dugsong] if you'd like to help \\ || The 1st annual a2geeks conference will bring together geeks from academia, industry, and the local community for a day of technical talks and knowledge sharing to support the Ann Arbor tech community. h2. Meeting Minutes ---- {contentbylabel:conference,minutes,|operator=AND|maxResults=10|sort=creation|reverse=true} h2. Supporting Organizations ---- * HKN * M-Powered * College of Engineering * SPARK h2. Speakers ---- Need to determine what kind of topics we're looking for, tailored to the interests of the local community. What do people want to hear about? Leave a comment at the bottom of the page... We also don't strictly need speakers for every topic - some topics we can propose or leave as open space / BoF sessions. h3. Confirmed h3. Potential {info} I've removed any non-local speakers given our focus on the local tech community - with the exception of Brad Feld, who could discuss what they're doing in Boulder to foster the startup/tech community there {info} || Name || Organization || Topics || Location || Contact || | Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson | [Foundry Group|http://www.foundrygroup.com/], [TechStars|http://techstars.com/] | VC, startups | Boulder | [~dugsong] | | Matt Toschlog \\ | Reactor Zero \\ | game industry \\ | local \\ | [~dugsong] | | Jose Nazario | [Arbor Networks|http://arbor.net] | malware, geopolitical internet security | local | [~dugsong] | | CmdrTaco | Slashdot | geek culture | local | [~dugsong] | | Scott Collins | Slashdot | Mozilla, Qt, software craftsmanship | local | [~dugsong] | | Jonathan Cohen | NVIDIA | graphics, GPUs, parallel computing, Spiderman 3 | local | [~dugsong] | | Trond Myklebust | [CITI|http://citi.umich.edu/] | Linux kernel, distributed filesystems | local | [~dugsong] | | Jon Oberheide | UM | hacking, lockpicking | local | [~dugsong] | | Jason Pellerin \\ | Leapfrog \\ | TDD in Python / Erlang \\ | local | [~dugsong] | | BMG, Erika Sherman | Ectomorph | electronic music, Detroit | local | [~dugsong] | | Davy Rothbart | [Found Magazine|http://www.foundmagazine.com/] | independent publishing | local | [~dugsong] | | Jim Rees | [CITI|http://citi.umich.edu/] | adventure travel, CERN/LHC infrastructure | local | [~dugsong] | | Mark Maynard | UM Tech Transfer | Ypsilanti, Shadow Art Fair, zines, blogging | local | [~dugsong] | | Jonathan Duty \\ | [Zattoo|http://www.zattoo.com] | ActiveMQ, Messaging for all languages \\ | local \\ | [Jonathan Duty|mailto:jonathan.duty@gmail.com] \\ | | Jonathan Duty \\ | [Zattoo|http://www.zattoo.com] | Online Advertising using Doubleclick's DART DFP. \\ Its not just for banner ads anymore. \\ | local | [Jonathan Duty|mailto:jonathan.duty@gmail.com] | | Tyler Erickson | [Michigan Tech Research Institute|http://mtri.org] | open source geospatial technologies | local | [Tyler Erickson|mailto:tyler.erickson@mtu.edu] | | Mark Newman \\ | UM SI \\ | ubiquitous computing \\ | local \\ | [~dugsong] | maybe former [Zattoo Tech Talks] speakers, or monkey.org folks, etc. h2. Sponsors ---- What sponsorship opportunities can we provide? Signage, collateral, shirts, after-hours events? h3. Confirmed h3. Potential Charter sponsors (usual suspects): * Yahoo\! (do a Hack Day?) * Google * Microsoft * Amazon
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