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McCombs Web 2.0 Panel WIKI

This WIKI will serve as a collaborative page for the event.

The McCombs Web 2.0 Panel will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 5:30 PM on the campus of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

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View the Official Invite

Contact Information and Directions

FYI - the room we're in has a class in it until 5pm. So we won't be able to get in before that anyway.

Campus Map
The physical address of the building is:

McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Sta B6000
Austin, TX 78712-0201

Map here: http://elfURL.com/75t
GSB is on ground floor (2) - From South (Main) entrance on 21st St. - walk straight in, past escalator (to your right), and you will be facing the door of GSB 2.120
Parking - not many options on campus. You can either park in the streets just outside of campus or you can try the lot at the Museum on MLK

Panelists

Alex Muse - M | Ventures
Brian Oberkirch - Weblogs Work Like It Matters
Dave Panos - Pluck.com
Ben Brown - Consumating, Austinist

Tentative Agenda

Introduction of Event (Kayvaan) [5 Minutes]
Panelist Introductions/Bios (Kayvaan, John) [10 minutes]
Panelist Company Briefs [20 minutes total; approx 5 minutes/company]
Discussion of themes [25+ minutes]
- What is Web 2.0?
  - Ok - what is Web 1.0
  - RSS / Aggregation / Readers
  - "Social" software
  - Web as platform - why the next generation Internet matters
  - Blogging
    - Personal Publishing
    - As corporate communication tool / Marketing
- What does Web 2.0 mean for information managers
  - Collaboration
  - Service-Oriented Architecture
  - What If McCombs internal SIS applications were designed with Web 2.0 principles:
    - One-slide diagram showing what the McCombs systems would be like if they were all designed with web as platform principles
    - Personal "McCombs Aggregator" that consumes feeds from all of our IS systems
- What does Web 2.0 mean for Entrepreneurs
  - Describe Web 2.0 business/revenue models
  - What is the start-up environment like for Web 2.0?
- Why DID Microsoft just reorganize
  - "Microsoft’s restructuring shows that the software giant is preparing for the challenges of the coming "second Internet revolution," and for new releases of virtually every major product in its portfolio." (Gartner, 9/23/2005)
- Are Yahoo! (Yahoo! on Web 2.0), Google and Amazon "Web 2.0" companies?
- Is this another bubble?
- What is the effect of the internet and Web 2.0 on journalism and media publishing?