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Cisco CTO on telepresence and the use of tech in natural disasters

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Last month, I interviewed Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior about technology, gov 2.0 and open government. In the excerpt below, we talked about on the use of telepresence in government – over telepresence – and the opportunities around teleworking.

I’m very much looking forward to her conversation with Tim O’Reilly at the Gov 2.0 Summit on private sector lessons that translate to the public sector next week. I’ll be posting more excerpts from our interview on Monday.

We also talked about the role of technology in natural disasters. An excerpt from that conversation is embedded below:

CrisisCommons and floods in Pakistan

What Warrior and I didn’t discuss then, with respect to the floods in Pakistan, is the CrisisCommons Marathon Weekend that begins today. It’s an international effort that spans the globe, from Canada to London to Bangkok to Sydney, leveraging the distributed efforts of concerned citizens and technology to provide aid in the massive disaster. For more information – and to help – consult the links below:

We will be working to assist our friends and partner organizations: OpenStreetMap, Sahana and Crowdmap (Ushahidi). Each individual city may also be working on tasks listed on the CrisisCommons wiki for pkfloods.

We’ll be working in a number of countries and timezones with staggered over three days. CrisisCamps in Canada and CrisisCamp Virtual will start on the evening of Friday, September 3, 2010. This is the same start time for CrisisCamp Sydney where the time will be Saturday, September 4, 2010 : 08:00 AEST. As we collaborate work across North America, we will run overnight and link to the CrisisCamp London team. The Canadian and Uk teams finish on Saturday, September 4, 2010 while the Sydney team will continue throughout Sunday, September 5, 2010.

Register for the Sydney, Australia CrisisCamp: Saturday, September 4, 2010: 08:00 AEST

Join CrisisCamp Bangkok for Saturday, September 4, 2010

Register for the Toronto, Canada CrisisCamp: Friday, September 3, 2010: 18:00 ET

Join Silicon Valley on Friday, September 3, 2010 5-10pm Pacific Time at 650 Castro, Mountain View

Register for the London, UK CrisisCamp: Saturday, September 4,2010: 10am GMT

Join us virtually:

Register to be a Virtual Crisis Camper

Fall 2010 Gov 2.0 Events Calendar

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It’s the first day of September, and with it the beginning of the fall conference season. After looking toward the months head, my colleague Laurel Ruma and I thought that it would be worth sharing the camps, panels, conferences and forums that were on our “radar.” We won’t be able to attend all of them, unfortunately, but the community should be aware of what’s happening. I hope to see many of you at the Gov 2.0 Summit next week.

Supernova Unconference

9/1 Govfresh, San Francisco

9/3-9/5 CrisisCamp Marathon Weekend, Global

9/7-9/8 Gov 2.0 Summit, Washington, D.C.

9/9-9/10 Internet Identity Workshop, Washington, D.C.

9/14-9/16 NSA Trusted Computing Conference and Exposition, Washington, D.C.

9/20-9/21 Govfresh, Manor, Texas

9/22 – 9/24 Online Trust and Cybersecurity Forum, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

9/22-9/24 National Association of Government Webmasters National Conference, St. Louis, Missouri

9/23 Amp Summit, Washington, D.C.

9/26 – 9/29 NASCIO 2010 Annual Conference, Miami, Florida

9/27 Ogilvy Gov 2.0 Exchange, Washington, D.C.

9/28 Govup, Tampa, Florida

9/28-9/30 Web 2.0 Expo, New York, New York

9/29 Govup, Huntsville, Alabama

10/4 Govup, Seattle, Washington

10/4-10/5 Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp, Chicago, Illinois

10/7 Govup, Denver, Colorado

10/8-10/10 City Camp London, England

10/12 Fedtalks, Washington, D.C.

10/16-10/17 CityCampSF, San Francisco

10/17-10/18 Place Summit, Cambridge, Massachusetts

10/18 – 10/21 Gartner Symposium, Orlando, Florida

10/20-10/21 Beyond 2010, Edmonton, Canada

10/21 Govup, Kansas City, Kansas

10/26 Govup, Austin, Texas

10/27-10/28 GOSCON, Portland, Oregon

10/28 Govup, Chicago, Illinois

10/31 NASA Tweetup at Space Shuttle Launch, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

11/1 Excellence in Government, Washington, D.C.

11/2 Govup, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

11/3 Govup, New York, New York

11/4 Govup, Boston, Massachusetts

11/4-11/5 Tech@State’s Civil Society 2.0 event. More info: What is Civil Society 2.0?

11/10 Open Gov West, British Columbia

11/11 FedScoop’s 2nd Annual Cloud Computing Shoot Out, Washington, D.C.

11/15-11/17 Web 2.0 Summit, San Francisco, California

For events down under, check out Craig Thommler’s useful shared Gov 2.0 and social media events calendar. You’ll find comprehensive guides to all government-related events at GovEvents.com or GovEvents.org. And, of course, you can follow Govfresh events here.

If you have an event related to Gov 2.0 that I’ve missed, please add it in the comments or @reply to @digiphile on Twitter.