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Tim O'Reilly

Tim O'Reilly

Founder and CEO: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O’Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, the Web 2.0 Summit, and the Gov 2.0 Summit. Tim’s blog, the O’Reilly Radar “watches the alpha geeks” to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim is on the boards of CollabNet and Safari Books Online, and is a partner in O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.

Sessions

9:00am Wednesday, 09/09/2009
Opening Welcome
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Richard O'Neill (The Highlands Group)
Tim O'Reilly and Dick O'Neill welcome you to Gov 2.0 Summit. Read more.
9:15am Wednesday, 09/09/2009
From the Digital Commonwealth to the Digital Nation
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Aneesh Chopra (Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy)
Sounding a Web 2.0 theme 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin spoke of the power of doing good by collective action for public benefit. In this far-reaching conversation, Tim will explore with new Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra his ideas for harnessing technology to build a digital commonwealth and a digital nation, a new model for cooperation between citizens and their government. Read more.
1:00pm Wednesday, 09/09/2009
The Killer App of Gov2.0: A Conversation with Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Craig Mundie (Microsoft Corporation), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
All good platforms have "killer apps" that drive their adoption, so if government becomes a platform, what is the killer app that will make Gov 2.0 matter to every citizen, not just the technical elite? Is it electronic medical records? Is it broadband for education? Is it the smart grid? What are the policy issues that we'll need to address in order to make this technology reach every American? Read more.
1:50pm Wednesday, 09/09/2009
Measurables
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Hal Varian (Google), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
Being able to measure outputs to gauge success becomes more important and more possible in a data-driven world. Real time economics is one of several important new ideas that will be essential to implement to achieve the goals of the new administration, in using technology to reinvent government. Tim O’Reilly checks in with Hal on how he sees these possibilities. Read more.
10:25am Thursday, 09/10/2009
Clouds Over Washington: The Cloud and How It Can Serve Government
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Werner Vogels (Amazon.com), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Casey Coleman (U.S. General Services Administration)
What might be happening that could clarify things or make complexity knee bending and overwhelming for government agencies? In this discussion we explore how the move to cloud computing might provide significant benefit to openness, transparency, and easier collaboration-or result in significant problems. Read more.
5:15pm Thursday, 09/10/2009
Gov 2.0 Summit Wrap-Up
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Andrew McLaughlin (Executive Office of the President)
TBD Read more.
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  • Nextgov
  • Anita Borg Institute
  • Express
  • The Highlands Group
  • The Huffington Post
  • InformationWeek Government
  • The Washington Post
  • Who Runs Gov
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  • Microsoft
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  • Intel
  • Palantir Technologies
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  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Aquilent
  • JackBe
  • Salesforce.com
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  • Synteractive
  • Touchstone
  • Case Foundation
  • Government Executive Media Group
  • Nextgov

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