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2006 Confirmed Speakers

The brightest minds in emerging technology

Below is a list of the many many speakers who will be at the 2006 event. Stay tuned for more.

Andrew Allemann (Fluid Innovation Group)
John Allsop (westciv.com)
Bill Anderson (praxis101.com)
Michael Anderson (UT Telecampus)
Joanna Angel (burningangel.com)
Andrea Angelo (Enterability)
Mike Appel (Avenue A | Razorfish)
James Archer (fortymedia.com)
Heather Armstrong (dooce.com)
Faruk Ateş (KuraFire Creations)
Joshua Baer (SKYLIST)
Christian Barnard (AT&T Online Services)
Bill Barnes (Unshelved)
Andrew Michael Baron (Rocket Boom)
Cameron Barrett (BlogCorp)
Brant Barton (Bazaarvoice)
Bert Bates (wickedlysmart.com)
Glenda Bautista (agendacide.com)
Lane Becker (Adaptive Path)
Jeff Benjamin (Crispin, Porter + Bogusky)
Ronni Bennet (Time Goes By)
Kori Bernards (MPAA)
Harlan Beverly (Bigfoot Networks)
Vinay Bhagat (Convio)
Carrie Bickner (NYPL)
Jimmie Bise Jr (sundriesshack.com)
Lori Bitter (beyondthenumbers.com)
Kimberly Blessing (kimberlyblessing.com)
Becky Bond (Working Assets)
Silona Bonewald (silona.com)
Aaron Boodman (Google)
Mark Boulton (markboulton.co.uk)
Dr. Jim Bower (UTSA, UTHSC and Numedeon, Inc.)
danah boyd (UC-Berkeley / Yahoo!)
Giorgio Brajnik (University of Undine)
Jim Brazell (Digital Media Collaboratory)
Cathy Brooks (otherthanthat.com)
Ben Brown (benbrown.com)
Holland Hofma Brown (Harris Interactive)
Marc Brown (Buzznet)
Tiffany B Brown (tiffanybbrown.com)
Colin Brumelle (Green Room Records)
Andy Budd (andybudd.com)
Bill Bull (frog design)
Michael Buffington (michaelbuffington.com)
Burnie Burns (Rooster Teeth Productions)
Richard Burns (CultureCatch)
DL Byron (texturadesign.com)
David Callisch (Ruckus Wireless)
Elisa Camahort (BlogHer)
Marc Canter (Broadband Mechanics)
Trudy Carlisle (The Thirsty Cups)
Melinda Casino (Sour Duck)
Rev Dan Catt (geobloggers.com)
Tantek Çelik (Technorati)
Heather Champ (Flickr)
Steve Champeon (hesketh.com)
Paul Chaney (Radiant Marketing Group)
Casey Charvet (Blastro.com)
Kevin Cheng (ok-cancel.com / offpanel.com)
Steve Chipman (AOL)
Neelan Choksi (SolarMetric)
Daniel Clancy (Google)
Andy Clarke (stuffandnonsense.co.uk)
Ian Clarke (Freenet)
Din Clip (The Thirsty Cups)
Leonie Clip (The Thirsty Cups)
Curt Cloninger (lab404.com)
Eddie Codel (geekentertainment.tv)
Barbara Cohen (Public Library of Science)
Corrinne Collett (Pratt Institute)
Aaron Coleman (Blockbuster)
Amanda Congdon (Rocketboom)
Todd Connelley (tm-interactive.com)
Maddie Cooper (Alamo Studios)
Tony Conrad (Sphere)
Henry Copeland (Blogads)
Jared Cosulich (communitywalk.com)
Jim Coudal (Coudal Partners)
Catherine Crago (semicongroup.com)
James Craig (frog design)
Traci Stafford Croft (The Ford Consumer Trends & Futuring Insight)
Dennis Crowley (dodgeball.com)
Christian Crumlish (Extractable.com)
Liz Danzico (Liz Danzico (AIGA + Boxes & Arrows))
Julie Davidson (30Boxes)
David-Michel Davies (Academy of Digital Arts)
Grace Davis (gracedavis.typepad.com)
Laina Dawes (Writing Is Fighting)
Virginia DeBolt (vdebolt.com)
Leda Dederich (scoutseven.com)
Chuck DeFeo (Salem Communications)
Jacob Dehart (skinnyCorp, Inc.)
Jory Des Jardins (BlogHer)
Ashwani Dhar (Venio Capital Partners)
Scott Dietzen (zimbra.com)
Garrett Dimon (Bright Corner / YourTotalSite)
Hope Dlugozima (WebMD)
Stacey Duda (The Barbarian Group)
Robyn DuPree (Bloglines)
Barb Dybwad (Weblogs, Inc)
Thea Eaton (Snert)
Dave Ellett (Powered)
Sarah Endline (Sweetriot)
Ayse Erginer (arse poetica)
Phoebe Espiritu (simplifierlab.com)
Dave Evans (Digital Voodoo)
Zack Exley (O'Brien, McConnell, Pearson)
Elaheh Farmand (bluebirdescape.com)
Derek Featherstone (furtherahead.com)
Giuseppe Ferrigno (Hart InterCivic)
Nick Finck (Blue Flavor)
Peter Flaschner (The Blog Studio)
Brian Fling (Blue Flavor)
BJ Fogg (YackPack)
Sloan Foster (armidatechnologies.com)
Mark Norman Francis (Yahoo UK)
Jason Fried (37signals)
Limor Fried (ladyada.net)
Chris Frye (feedburner.com)
Sachi Gahan (CenterPoint Ventures)
Susannah Gardner (hopstudios.com)
Jesse James Garrett (Adaptive Path)
Kevin Gibbs (Google)
Daniel Gilbert (Harvard)
Mark Glaser (PBS MediaShift)
Heather Gold (subvert.com)
Molly Golightly (mollygolightly.com)
Anastasia Goodstein (Ypulse.com / Current.tv)
Bijoy Goswami (aviri.com)
Kelly Goto (gotomedia)
Toni Greaves (Avenue A | Razorfish)
Joel Greenberg
Josh Greenberg (Center for History and New Media)
Adam Greenfield (studies-observations.com)
Rob Greenlee (WebTalk Radio)
Julianne Greer (The Escapist)
Tish Grier (Snarkaholic)
Alla Gringaus (Time Inc.)
Rufus Griscom (Nerve)
Joel Grossman (pivotalclick.com)
John Gruber (daringfireball.net)
Steve Guengerich (Knowbility / Bridgepoint Consulting)
Aaron Gustafson (Easy! Designs LLC)
Andy Hagans (performancing.com)
Erika Hall (Mule Design)
Alison Headley (bluishorange.com)
Helen Jane Hearn (helenjane.com)
Scott Heiferman (meetup.com)
Eric Hellweg (Harvard Business Review)
Liz Henry (darkshire.org/~lizzard/)
Shawn Lawton Henry (W3C Web Accessibility Initiative / WAI)
Sarah Hepola (sarahhepola.com)
Andrei Heraismchuk (Involution Studios)
Ness Higson (I Am Always Hungry)
Celica Hirschman (KCRW / One Little Indian)
Mary Hodder (napsterization.org)
Molly Holzschlag (molly.com)
Andy Horowitz (Seagate)
Dustin Hostetler (upso.org)
Jemma Hostetler (prate.com)
Mike Hudack (BlipTV)
Peter Huff (Blue Sage Capital)
David Humphreys (dbhumphreys.com)
Tara Hunt (riya.com)
PJ Hyett (wayfaring.com)
Ponzi Indharasophang (ponzarelli.com)
Shaun Inman (shauninman.com)
David Isenberg (isen.com)
Mark Ishikawa (BayTSP)
Joi Ito (neoteny.com)
Lynne d Johnson (lynnedjohnson.com)
Monique Judge (monique.ws)
Jan Kabili (saga2.com)
Jeffrey Kalmikoff (skinnyCorp, Inc.)
Max Kalehoff (Neilsen BuzzMetrics)
Erwin L Kaplan (US Army)
Philip Kaplan (adbrite.com)
Lynda Keeler (Delight Networks)
Jeremy Keith (adactio.com)
Dave Kellett (davekellett.com)
George Kelly (negrophile.com)
Donna Kidwell (consultant)
Laura Kilcrease (Triton Ventures)
Donna Kidwell (kalitechna.com)
Min Jung Kim (minjungkim.com)
Josh Kinberg (fireant.tv)
Erin Kissane (A List Apart)
Dirk Knemeyer (involutionstudios.com)
Sriram Kosuri (OpenWetWare)
Jason Kottke (kottke.org)
Mike Krempasky (redstate.org)
Eleanor Kruszewski (Yahoo!)

JD Lasica (Darknet)
Liz Lawley (mamamusings.net)
Kevin Lawver (AOL)
Jon Lebkowsky (polycot.com)
Nicole Lee (neekole.com)
Prescot Lee (FilmLoop)
Rich LeGrand (Charmed Labs)
Pete Lerma (Click Here)
Julie Leung (julieleung.com)
Adina Levin (socialtext)
Jason Levitt (Yahoo!)
Casey Lewis (Teen Fashionista)
Mark Ligameri (frog design)
Leonard Lin (upcoming.org)
Elaine Liner (The Phantom Professor)
Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons)
Jennifer Linton (ComTech Services)
Bruce Livingstone (istockphoto.com)
Chris Locke (rageboy.com)
Michael Lopp (randsinrepose.com)
Peter Ludlow (University of Michigan)
Kyle Machulis (Nonpolynomial Labs)
Charles MacInerney (yogateacher.com)
Michele Madansky (Yahoo!, Inc)
Teresa Malango (Magnatune)
Johnnie Manzari (slide.com)
Ethan Marcotte (sidesh0w.com)
Roman Mars (Third Coast Audio Festival)
Bryan Mason (Adaptive Path)
Margaret Mason (mightygirl.net)
Matt May (Blueflavor.com)
Tim Mayer (Yahoo!)
Dominique McAree (Wild Tangent)
Glennis McClellan (Republik Games)
Gray McCord (M3 Design)
Jane McGonigal (avantgame.com)
Dianne McGunigle (The Intelligence Group)
Drew Mclellan (allinthehead.com)
Jake McKee (davidandgoliath.com)
Eliseo Mendoza-Altamira
Peter Merholz (Adaptive Path)
Tom Merrit (CNET)
Chris Messina (flock.com)
Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com)
Jerry Michalski (Sociate)
Cameron Moll (Authentic Boredom)
Mike Monteiro (Mule Design)
Gordon Montgomery (gmeta.com)
Oliver Mooradian (The Thirsty Cups)
Peter Morville (Semantic Studios)
Markos Moulitsas (Daily Kos)
Matt Mullenweg (WordPress)
Glen Murphy (movinGmap)
Thomas Myer (Triple Dog Dare Media)
Antoun Nabhan (Sagamore Bioventures)
Kasi nee Nephilaine (Pixel Dolls)
David Neff (American Cancer Society)
Craig Newmark (craigslist)
Jake Nickell (skinnyCorp, Inc.)
Paul Nixon (Apple)
Chris Nolan (spot-on.com)
Tim Nolan (modernproblems.com)
Elise Nordling (Indie Pop Rocks!)
George Oates (Ludicorp)
Brian Oberkirch (Weblogs Work)
Derrick Oien (Interacasting)
Chuck Olsen (Minnesota Stories)
David Palumbo (Sapient)
David Pescovitz (boingboing.net)
Tony Pierce (busblog.com)
Veerle Pieters (veerle.duoh.com)
Chris Pirillo (chris.pirillo.com)
Derek Powazek (fray.org)
Francis Preve (Fap 7)
Schlomo Rabinowitz (Echoplex Park)
Arun Ranganathan (AOL)
Ron Rasmussen (KnowNow)
Cordell Ratzlaff (frog design)
Renuka Rayasam (Austin American-Statesman)
Joelle Reeder (Moxie Design Studios)
Bob Regan (Adobe)
Ted Rheingold (Dogster & Catster)
Eric Rice (ericrice.com)
Keith Richman (Break.com)
Prentiss Riddle (shadows.com)
Jeff Robbins (lullabot.com)
Jennifer Robbins (jenville.com)
Keith Robinson (Blue Flavor)
Eric Rodenbeck (Stamen Design)
Evelyn Rodriguez (Crossroads Dispatch)
Giovanni Rodriguez (Eastwick PR)
Peter Rojas (Engadget)
Mary Schenck Ross (Thinking Cap Learning)
Heath Row (squidoo.com)
Justin Ruben (Moveon.org)
Kelsey Ruger (WebXites)
Sharron Rush (knowbility.org)
Liza Sabater (culturekitchen.com)
Lisa Sabin (E. Webscapes)
Alexandra Samuel (alexandrasamuel.com)
Jesse Sanchez (youare.tv)
Jason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria.com)
Cabel Sasser (Panic Software)
Ed Sattar (360Training)
Joshua Schachter (del.icio.us)
Dylan Schiemann (dylanschiemann.com)
Christopher Schmitt (christopher.org)
Toni Schneider (Yahoo!, Inc)
Tina Schweiger (Yellow Fin Studio)
Robert Scoble (scobleizer.wordpress.com)
Doc Searls (Doc Searls Weblog)
George Sessum (Musick)
Jeneane Sessum (Allied)
Jessica Shadoian (Enspire Learning)
Michael Sharon (Socialight)
Cameron Shaw (AOL)
Dave Shea (brightcreative.com)
Maxine Sherrin (Web Essentials)
Irina Shklovski (Carnegie Mellon University)
Ed Shull (US Web)
Carl Sieber (fd2s inc)
Kathy Sierra (wickedlysmart.com)
Glenda Sims (glendathegood.com)
Ryan Sims (Neubix)
Rashmi Sinha (rashmisinha.com)
Ruby Sinreich (OrangePolitics.com / NetcentricCampaigns.org)
Kevin Sladek (Video Egg)
Mike Slone (dailyexperience.com)
Dori Smith (dori.com)
Paul D Smith (mPulse Media)
Kevin Smokler (kevinsmokler.com)
David Snyder (Opera Software)
Betsy Spears (PIE Labs)
Katie Spence (Mule Design)
Joel Spolsky (Fog Creek Software)
Simon St. Laurent (O'Reilly)
Jamie Stafford (iVenta)
Eris Stassi (erisfree.com)
Molly Steenson (girlwonder.com)
Reuben Steiger (Linden Labs)
Bob Stein (Center for the Future of the Book)
Bruce Sterling (author)
Seth J. Sternberg (meebo.com)
Eric Steuer (Creative Commons)
Lisa Stone (BlogHer)
Mark Strama (Texas House of Representatives)
Susan Struble (Sun Microsystems)
James Surowiecki (author)
David Swedlow (metastorming.com)
MIke Tatum (cnet.com)
Laura Swisher (TV personality)
Jennifer Taylor (Dreamweaver Task Force)
Glenn Thomas (producingfuture.com)
Jamie Thomas (winnercomm)
Danielle Tiedt (Microsoft)
Dr. Andrew Tiller (ShoZu)
John Tolva (IBM)
Jason Toney (negroplease.com)
Dave Toole (Outhink)
Phillip Torrone (MAKE Magazine)
Gina Trapani (lifehacker.com)
Mena Trott (Sixapart.com)
Don Turnbull (University of Texas)
Michael Verdi (freevlog.org)
Thomas Vander Wal (vanderwal.net)
Jeff Veen (Adaptive Path)
Sergio Villarreal (slide.com)
Khoi Vinh (subtraction.com)
Matt Vande Voorde (Accessible Content Magazine)
Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia)
Lloyd Walker (precurve.com)
Mark Wallace (Walkering.com / Second Life Herald)
Tony Walsh (secretlair.com)
Rick Webb (The Barbarian Group)
Adam Weinroth (Pluck)
Colin Wells (Pratt Institute)
Jane Wells (janeforshort.net)
Tim Westergren (Pandora.com)
Nancy White (Full Circle Associates)
John Wilbanks (Science Commons)
Anita Wilhelm (Caterpillar Mobile)
Alex Williams (Podcast Hotel)
Amanda Williams (metamanda.com)
Evan Williams (Odeo)
Jeff Williams (frog design)
Lisa Williams (cadence90.com)
Chris Wilson (Microsoft)
Nancy White (Full Circle Associates)
Dave Wolpert (Swordfish Communications)
Derek Woodgate (Futures Lab)
Luke Wroblewski (Yahoo! Inc.)
Charles Wyke-Smith (Nacio Systems)
J Wynia (wynia.org)
Natalie Zee (MAKE Magazine)
Jeffrey Zeldman (Zeldman.com)

Updated: 03/07/06
All subject to change