The third edition of Tech@State took place November 4-5, 2010, in collaboration with the World Bank. The event is already full, but can be viewed online at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tech-state live and after the event. This Tech@State will address Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Civil Society 2.0 initiative. The conference will explore applications of technology to ensure civil society organizations operate more effectively and collaboratively. Join the discussion on our LinkedIn Group. For more information on Civil Society 2.0 please take a look at What is Civil Society 2.0?
On November 4, 2010, the morning activities started at the George C. Marshall Center at the Department of State, with presentations to introduce aspects of the Civil Society 2.0 concept, followed by discussions on five civil society topic areas:
| 7:45-8:30 | Registration, Light Breakfast, Networking |
| 8:30-8:35 |
Opening Remarks Susan Swart, CIO, U.S. Dept. of State |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Defining Civil Society 2.0 Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation, Office of the Secretary of State |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Why Civil Society is embracing 2.0 Brian A. Gallagher, President and CEO, United Way Worldwide |
| 9:15-9:30 |
Aid, Development and Civil Society 2.0 Maura O'Neill, Senior Counselor to the Administrator for Innovation at USAID |
| 9:30-10:00 |
What Civil Society 2.0 means for the Tech Community Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media |
| 10:00-10:30 | Q&A |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:40 |
How technology is impacting Civil Society Beth Kanter, CEO, Zoetica, and Co-Author, The Networked Nonprofit Mark Horvath, Invisible People TV Shawn Ahmed, The Uncultured Project |
| 11:40-12:10 | Q&A |
| 12:10-12:15 |
Closing and information on afternoon and Nov. 5 activities |
| 12:15-12:45 | Travel to the World Bank |
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12:45-2:00 1:00 1:15 1:30 |
Lunch served at the World Bank Welcome by Christoph Pusch, Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), World Bank and Suzanne Hall, Department of State (12th floor banquet room) How the World Bank is leveraging technology for Civil Society 2.0 Civil Society 2.0, World Bank and Shifting Perspectives |
| 2:00-2:05 | Information on Breakout Sessions and Nov. 5 activities |
| 2:05-2:30 | Move to Breakout Sessions/Break |
| 2:30-4:30 Breakout Sessions |
Democracy Transparency and Civic Engagement Breakout 1 Andrew Rasiej, Personal Democracy Forum (Group Leader) Simon Rosenberg, NDN Oscar Salazar, CitiVox Kathryn Peters, Democracy Works Breakout 2 Breakout 3 Breakout 4 Breakout 5 |
| 8:30 | The unconference will start with breakfast at the World Bank |
| 9:00 |
Opening remarks David Weinberger, Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, and Wayne Moses Burke, Open Forum Foundation |
| 10:00 |
Scheduling the day The unconference allows participants to form their own agenda and sessions to more widely share expertise and explore the issues of Civil Society 2.0. |
| 10:30 | Session 1 |
| 11:30 | Session 2 |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 | Session 3 |
| 2:30 | Session 4 |
| 3:30 |
Closing |
-Civil Society 2.0 Frequently Asked Questions
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-Presenter Biographies
