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Michael Dale - Michael Dale is the main developer of MetaVidWiki Software.

Ben Drexler - Ben Drexler is an information technology associate for the Genocide Intervention Network, which is behind the Anti-Genocide project.

Janessa Goldbeck - Janessa Goldbeck is the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network. A recent graduate of Northwestern University, Janessa holds a Bachelor of Science in Magazine Journalism, a certificate in African Studies, and a certificate in Sustainable Development from the School for International Training in Uganda. Janessa is a former member of the national STAND Managing Committee where she served as STAND's first National Outreach Coordinator and oversaw the efforts of STAND chapters at more than 500 schools nationwide. Since graduating, Janessa has produced several short films on the student anti-genocide movement and appeared at numerous conferences, forums, and trainings on behalf of STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network.

Alan Gutierrez - Alan Gutierrez is Project Designer for City of New Orleans: A Mashup for Citizen Monitoring of the Recovery.

Abram Stern - Abram Stern (aka aphid) is a net.artist and garden pest. His artwork primarily engages aesthetics of participation, blurring the line between author/creator and viewer/consumer. Stern has a BFA in Digital Media from San Francisco Art Institute and a MFA in Digital Arts/New Media from UC Santa Cruz. Metavid, an archive of US congressional floor proceeding video, began as the collaborative MFA thesis project of its principal participants Abram Stern and Michael Dale. Metavid appropriates C-SPAN's re-transmission of government-produced video and uses closed captions to enable timed text searches. Video is provided at two sizes, encoded in a DRM-free open source video codec. All video, associated metadata, and the project's source code are made freely available to the public.

Francine Stock - Francine Stock is an artist, curator, and historian. In 2006, she was awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to create the New Orleans Virtual Archive. The NOVA will incorporate original images from the slide archive at Tulane School of Architecture with images of the city post-Katrina and plans for renewal. The NOVA will be publicly accessible through the new LUNA browser with an expected release in June 2008. Stock also serves as the Registrar for DOCOMOMO - New Orleans, an organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of manifestations of the modern movement in New Orleans.

Susan E. Walters - Susan Walters represents the California Emerging Technology Fund.

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01.: Susan E. Walters: Introduction

00 min 14 sec

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02.: Ben Drexler: Anti-Genocide Action Tracker

07 min 13 sec

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03.: Q1: Mobile Technology

01 min 14 sec

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04.: Janessa Goldbeck: Surgical Advocacy

00 min 57 sec

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05.: Q2: Twitter

00 min 32 sec

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06.: Q3: Building Branding

01 min 24 sec

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07.: Q4: Sustainability

01 min 49 sec

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08.: Q5: The Future

01 min 49 sec

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09.: Alan Gutierrez: City of New Orleans

07 min 32 sec

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10.: Q1: How It Works

01 min 20 sec

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11.: Francine Stock: Maps

01 min 03 sec

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12.: Q2: Preservation

02 min 41 sec

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13.: Q3: Other Mappers

02 min 34 sec

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14.: Abram Stern: MetaVid

04 min 56 sec

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15.: Michael Dale: Reuse

02 min 45 sec

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16.: Q1: Turnaround

01 min 15 sec

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17.: Q2: Search Results

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18.: Q3: YouTube, Features

02 min 38 sec

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19.: Q4: Usage

00 min 28 sec

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20.: Q5: Awareness

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21.: Q6: The Digital Divide

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22.: Q7: Other Countries

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23.: Closing Statements

03 min 43 sec

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FORA.tv Editors bring you The Big Ideas:

Ben Drexler on Technology and Anti-Genocide Activism

07 min 29 sec

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Alan Gutierrez Maps New Orleans Demolitions and Recovery

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Abram Stern on the MetaVid Congressional Video Archive

03 min 26 sec

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Partner:: NetSquared
Location:: NetSquared
Santa Clara, CA
Event Date:: 05.28.08
Speakers:: Michael Dale,; Ben Drexler,; Janessa Goldbeck,; Alan Gutierrez,; Abram Stern,; Francine Stock,; Susan E. Walters

Summary: The 2008 NetSquared Conference, a Mashup Challenge, will bring together a unique mix of people from the public and private sectors to develop and release mashups (web application hybrids) designed to provide deeper insight into the social issues affecting communities around the globe.

This year's panelists represent projects tackling a diversity of issues, including the rebuilding of the city of New Orleans, archiving of the congressional record, and global genocide.