Come celebrate and protect the Internet!
Where: Washington Square Park, Teen Plaza (SE part of the park)
When: Saturday, 9/22, 3pm to 4pm
Who: Speakers will include:
- Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia)
- Andrew Baron (Rocketboom)
- Gale Brewer (NYC City Council)
- Birju Pandya (Charityfocus.org)
- Dana Spiegel (NYCWireless)
- Lauren Klein (One Laptop Per Child) and others.
What: FREE event, Music, wireless, surprises. Please come!
PLUS
Sept. 22, Noon to 2:30pm, free public classes in honor of OneWebDay at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, 721 Broadway (at Waverly), 4th Floor (map)
* you must RSVP to itp (at) onewebday.org to attend the ITP class at noon.
* (No RSVP required for the main event at 3:00 PM, just the ITP class, but we'd love to hear if you plan to come to the main event, too.)
Subjects to include:
* Dan Phiffer of ShiftSpace on how to be an empowered Web user
* Tom Lowenhaupt on the .nyc campaign
* Fred Benenson of Free Culture NYU on Creative Commons and online copyright
* More speakers to be announced soon
Who should attend: Anyone who likes the internet and its transformative effect on human lives
Why you should attend: The Internet is under threat around the world, and it's up to us to celebrate and protect it.
Events taking place 9.22 all over the world -- check out what's happening in other locations:
http://www.onewebday.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Official Website: http://www.onewebday.org
Added by this is emily on March 11, 2007