BIG Broadband, Telepresence and Remote InnovationThis page should contain 1) descriptions of sessions or 2) links to user-created pages describing ideas for sessions.

You can also sign-up for a room and a time-slot, if you'd like. If there are conflicts, we'll resolve them on the day of the event.

(See how to edit this wiki for information on how to edit this page. The wiki invite key is innov8.)

Brief Instructions

1. Create a new page. Use the SessionTemplate or a blank page template.
2. Describe your idea on the new page. Save it.
3. Return to this page, edit it, and add a link to your new page.

or...

1. Edit this page and just add a short description to the table below.

Ideas

Agenda

Name (with link, if necessary)	Description
Urban Neighborhood Health Atlas	A multi-layer urban map that helps explore and understand data about an urban center.
Innovation Fight Club	A competitive session where individuals generate impromptu innovative business ideas.
Automating innovation	Casual (interruptable) talk on the automation of innovation, some F/OSS manufacturing projects, biotech, computational neuroscience, and projects like the societal engineering knowledge base or OSCOMAK as catalyzing innovation. Could be geared towards explaining how to actually use it (as in, during the talk immediately, pop out a laptop or blackberry with a shell), etc. Stuff.
ACTLab Presents- "The Pedagogy of Innovation	Joseph Lopez, Dusin Younse and Brandon Wiley from the ACTLab will give an introduction to an innovative program at the University of Texas called the ACTLab. The brain child of Sandy Stone, the ACTLab is a group of classes focused on teaching students how to "make stuff". Their Fall courses are "Extreme Free Style Hacking" and "The Uncanny". If you have an interest in learning about how a "think tank" type program can be created in a University without corporate "help", come to their session for a great breakdown of how a program can not only teach students to "take risks" and "be awesome", but also find success with their "risking taking".
Co-company - Innovation in the consulting and service industry business structure	A Co-company is a member-based community of free agents who collaborate under a common brand while maintaining their autonomy. We'd like discuss the concept and use Conjunctured as a case study.
BIG Broadband, Telepresence and Remote Innovation	The U.S. is no longer the top economy for IT competitiveness and innovation. According to the World Economic Forum, in 2005 we fell from #1 to #5 behind Singapore, Iceland, Finland and Denmark, largely because we also fell behind in broadband adoption. What new apps are enabled with each bump in bandwidth? And what is needed to preserve global competitiveness? (by Wayne Caswell)
The DTV Transition Time Bomb	Real world tests by TeleTruth.org uncovered serious problems with the Analog-to-Digital transition that will affect millions of Americans currently receiving terrestrial TV broadcasts when the FCC takes back analog spectrum in February 17, 2009. The FCC offers a $40 rebate for converter boxes but never tested them (i.e. allows vendors to do self-testing) and neglects to warn consumers of pending problems. When the deadline approaches, and they start transitioning in mass, the @#%$ will hit the fan. Fly-by-night scam artists disguised as “experts” will emerge to take advantage of the senior, disabled, low-income, non-English-speaking minority, rural/tribal, and others.
Creating Austin as the Emerald City	What is your perspective and vision for the greater Austin area?  What possbilities can we create for Austin as The Emerald City?  What does this term Emerald City convey to you?  How would we define it? (by Neville Reynolds)
Revenue Models for Social Entrepreneurialism	There are inherent challenges to creating innovative organizational and business models that both create a large positive social impact and are financially sustainable. (by Neville Reynolds)

 

 

In our continued quest to make this wiki a dream to use, you can also sign-up for a slot on the agenda. If there are conflicts, we'll work it out.

 

We have four rooms. We plan to use two rooms for one-hour long presentations and panels (a la BarCamp) and two rooms for two-hour long problem/solution sessions.

Room A / Presentation, Panel
Time	Name
10am-11am
11am-12noon
12noon-1pm	BIG Broadband, Telepresence and Remote Innovation
LUNCH
2pm-3pm	Innovation Fight Club
3pm-4pm
4pm-5pm
5pm-6pm

Room B / Presentation, Panel
Time	Name
10am-11am	What is InnovationCamp and how do Problem/Solution Sessions Work
11am-12noon	ACTLab Presents- The Pedagogy of Innovation
12noon-1pm	Automating innovation
LUNCH
2pm-3pm
3pm-4pm
4pm-5pm
5pm-6pm

Room C / Problem-Solution
Time	Name
11am-1pm
LUNCH
2pm-4pm   DTV Transition Time Bomb	Wayne Caswell
4pm-6pm

Room D / Problem-Solution
Time	Name
11am-1pm
LUNCH
2pm-4pm
4pm-6pm