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:
Iranians on the Internet, Saturday, September 22, 20079:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., San Francisco State University, Rosa Parks Hall, Caesar Chavez Building, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CAFor more information write to: iraniansoninternetsf@hotmail.com.
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sounds intresting.
by Amir M (not verified) on Fri Sep 21, 2007 06:14 AM PDTsounds intresting.
There better be wireless!!!
by Chronos (not verified) on Thu Sep 20, 2007 05:10 PM PDT...
I'll be there!
by Mariam on Thu Sep 20, 2007 01:33 PM PDTCongratulations to everyone involved in organizing this event, and at my alma mater no less! :)
I'm looking forward to meeting the faces behind the Iranian blogosphere.
Fantastic Event
by nmilaninia on Thu Sep 20, 2007 09:21 AM PDTThis rerally does sound like a great event. I'm really irritated that I won't be able to make it.
how exciting can't waite
by meyou (not verified) on Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:19 PM PDThow exciting can't waite
KUDOS FOR ORGANIZING THIS!
by salim on Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:15 PM PDTKudos to everyone organizing this event. We need to have more of this sort of things....
I'll try to be there for the most of it, and looking forward meeting everyone in person, especially Jahan. And if we get some air time will be talking about crazymenu, http://www.crazymenu.com
Salim