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SUMMARY:W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1416581/ ] W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking
      15-16 January 2009\, Barcelona Spain
      http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/cfp
      Social networks are increasingly going to appeal to people who are on the go. Whether using the mobile Web or handset applications\, many "made-for-mobile" communities have a web presence available on PC\; conversely on-line communities must offer their participants mobile access when the participant is without their PC and when social media is captured on the mobile device.
      Social networking is a complex\, large and rapidly expanding sector of the information economy. The impacts of emerging social networking tools will be far-reaching. For example\, user-generated content is causing changes in the traditional content/media industry structure. In the future\, community features could be an integral part of all digital (Web and other) experiences — from information/publishing to business and entertainment.
      Companies providing services for social media and social networking\, or adding social networking features to existing services\, must anticipate and begin working to resolve barriers to industry growth and stability. W3C believes there needs to be a time and place where the various actors of this industry can gather and discuss the challenges they'll need to face together to allow for healthy market expansion in the future. See our analysis of why now is the right time for this workshop
        
         http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/problem
      1.1. Goal of Workshop
      The high level goal of this workshop is to bring together the world experts on social networking design\, management and operation in a neutral and objective environment where the social networking history to date can be examined and discussed\, the risks and opportunities analyzed and the state of affairs accurately portrayed. Based on the facts and a consensus-based industry landscape\, plans for the future can be made by the industry participants.
      Within the W3C workshop\, the issues facing social networking growth can be documented and\, in this workshop in particular\, will take into account social networking on mobile devices/platforms with and without PC/broadband Internet services.
      The workshop should also explore whether it is worthwhile to consider the creation of an Interest or Working Group under the auspices of W3C to continue these discussions.
      To these ends\, workshop participants will:
          * Describe the ecosystem and social networking industry landscape using relevant terms and metrics\,
          * Discuss current technical and/or business issues being addressed within emerging social networking initiatives\, with an eye to understanding how these are or will apply to mobile social networking challenges\, and how these will be integrated with existing mobile industry constraints and trends. Solutions addressing privacy\, security\, and monetization on mobile are of interest.
          * Identify the gaps in the industry at technical and business levels so as to frame the challenges to continued and accelerated growth in the future.
      1.2. Scope of Workshop
      The scope of this workshop includes all aspects of social network industry needs with a special emphasis on mobile and converged (mobile/PC) community technologies\, challenges and opportunities.
      Topics that might serve as appropriate discussion points for position papers include\, but are not limited to:
      Technical
          * Interoperability of Social applications and User Generated Content
          * Approaches for inter-social network communication and referrals/invitations
          * Social Networks and the User Experience\, in particular user interface similarities and differences between desktop and mobile social applications\, and solutions for making social network sites accessible to people with disabilities
          * Identity federation\, privacy\, and security - scalable and interoperable technology to communicate metadata securely and in socially responsible fashion between and in communities
          * Sharing social network features between PC and mobile\, such as using social networks as addressbook\, Location-awareness\, Call-from-community
          * Mechanisms for securely sharing location\, while preserving privacy
          * Secure transaction/financial and recommendation tracking specifications for commerce within social networks - how to make social networks resources for trusted relations and privacy decisions
      Business
          * Landscape of existing social networking initiatives\, and their relevance to the mobile world
          * The role of operators within mobile social networks
          * Metrics to quantify social network size and growth (user types/profiles\, community size\, growth\, traffic/activity)
          * Monetization practices (advertizing\, subscriptions\, etc)
          * Security (profile management policies\, penalties)\, Ethics (disclosure\, privacy)\, Moderation practices and Accessibility
      1.3. Audience
      W3C encourages anyone interested in the topics listed in the scope section to participate in the workshop\, in particular representatives from:
          * social networks operators\,
          * handset manufacturers\,
          * mobile network operators\,
          * developers and providers of social applications or services\,
          * experts in usability\, security\, privacy and accessibility as applied to social networks\, and
          * industry organizations working on standardization around social networking.
      1.4. Requirements for Participation
      There is no participation fee\, but registration is required. Registration instructions will be sent to submitters of position papers. W3C membership is not required in order to participate in the workshop.
      Each participant must submit (or be co-submitter of) a position paper. The total number of participants will be limited. To ensure diversity\, a limit may be imposed on the maximum number of participants per organization.
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LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/392906/":Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Campus Nord @ Jordi Girona\, 1-3. (Mòduls D6 i C6)\, Barcelona\, Catalonia
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SUMMARY:Punto de Vista. International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/831224/ ] The Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival is a space for celebrating\, discovering and analysing the form of cinema generically grouped under the heading of ‘documentary’.
      It is held annually in Pamplona (Spain) in February\, and is organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Regional Government of Navarre.
      The Festival is open to all non-fiction audiovisual forms\, such as author’s documentaries\, creation documentaries\, experimental essays\, diary films or works created using home\, orphan or recycled materials.
      Punto de Vista aims to be a meeting point for all documentary film makers who\, in a free and experimental way\, explore the cinema ability for recording time and\, as Jean Vigo used to say\, “open our eyes and help us to look beyond the appearances”.
      Considering the nature of this cinematographic author\, Punto de Vista is an invitation for all film makers who offer a wider reality perception across their glances\, and across their untransferable points of view\, and who understand that the first of all ethical compromises for a documentary film maker is that one related to the cinematographic form itself.
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LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/156059/":Festival Punto de Vista @ C/ Navarrería 39\, Pamplona\, Navarre 31001
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SUMMARY:Da Camera: Cuarteto Casals
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1357361/ ] Arriaga String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major 
      Dvorák String Quartet in F Major\, Op. 96\, 
      “American” 
      Brahms String Quartet in A Minor\, Op. 51\, No. 2 
      Cuarteto Casals (Vera Martinez Mehner\, violin\; 
      Abel Tomas Realp\, violin\; Jonathan Brown\, viola\;
      Arnau Tomas Realp\, cello
      This rapidly-rising young Spanish quartet\, making its Houston debut\, took first prize in the 2000 London International String Quartet Competition. Presenting music of their compatriot
      Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga\, the so-called “Spanish Mozart” who died in Paris at the age of 19\, the quartet also performs the popular quartet that Dvorak composed during his American sojourn and Brahms’s beautiful String Quartet in A Minor\, Op. 51\, No. 2. 
      “Here is a quartet for the new millennium if ever I heard one.”
      — The Strad
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LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/76100/":Hobby Center for the Performing Arts @ 800 Bagby St\, Houston\, Texas 77002
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