Iranians on The Internet, A One-Day Gathering

There will be a day-long gathering in San Francisco State University on Saturday, September 22, 2007 from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The event is sponsored by SFSU's Iranian Culture Club. Following are the meeting agenda and details. Please plan on joining us if you can. Come meet your local bloggers and listen to them read their favorite posts. Meet Iranian internet professionals and media representatives and ask them questions. Celebrate the community that works hard to keep you entertained, informed, and connected to Iranian community worldwide.

9:30 Tea and Chat

10:00 Kickoff Introductions

10:10 Bloggers (Ala Hazrat Haj Agha, Baloot, Bayramali, Farangopolis, Shena dar Shenzar, Nimeh Shab, Saat-Sheni, Tameshk, Omid Memarian, Yoldash, Berkeley Forum, Baraneh, From Berkeley.

(Please note: This presentation is predominantly in Farsi, with English readings.)

11:00 "Gender and Sexuality in Weblogistan," Sima Shakhsari of Farangopolis

(Please note: This presentation is conducted in English.)

11:20 Bloggers continue reading selected blog posts and meet the audience, Q/A

11:50 Lunch Break

12:15 Balatarin, Mehdi Yahyanejad

(Please note: This segment is conducted in Farsi.)

1:00 To Be Announced

1:15 Iranian.com, Jahanshah Javid, and Iranian.com writers: Persis Karim, Bruce Bahmani, Ari Siletz, Nazy Kaviani

(Please note: this segment is entirely conducted in English).

2:15 Remarks by Dr. Elaheh Enssani, Commissioner, City and County of San Francisco, followed by

Speech addressing Iranians on Internet, Ross Mirkarimi, Supervisor, City of San Francisco.

(Please note: this segment is entirely conducted in English).

2:45 Video Conference, Sanam Dowlatshahi of Khorshid Khanoom

3:45 Wrap Up

4:00 Exit

Special Guests and Artists: Bia2.com; bebin.tv; Iranican; Arash Sobhani (Kiosk); Hamed Nikpay; ParsArts.com.

Please join us if you can. Here’s the event venue:

For more information write to: iraniansoninternetsf@hotmail.com.