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After a month of working on it, we're finally ready to shout from our battleground state rooftops...

Mark your calendar for October 10, 2008 at the Hilton Polaris! A star-studded lineup of technology innovators is coming toColumbus to discuss not only the future of Web 2.0, but also how the upcoming election may greatly affect what they do and how they do it. This event is free but registration is requested.  We do promise advanced registrants preferred seating so I encourage you to register today!  Come hear what these innovators see as the next big thing, and why they believe Barack Obama’s technology policy plan is the right plan to help them get it done.

What: 2.Ohio, a special event bringing together two of today’s biggest Web 2.0 innovators with Ohio’s technology community.

Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn) and Judy Estrin (author of Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy and former CTO of Cisco) have committed to speaking at a 2.0 technology event in Columbus in support of Senator Obama.  Oh yes.  This is mighty exciting.

October 10, 2008 @ 6:00 p.m.
Polaris Hilton
Columbus Ohio 

Free and open to the public

Online Registration  (for preferred seating)

I love my state.  I love the livability.  I love the beauty.  I love the people.  But if I want to attend an interesting tech related event, where do I go?  To one of the coasts.  DC.  Boston.  San Francicso. 
NYC.

And what one often finds at those events is a good number of folks who have flown in from other places.  Folks who recognize the value of working in a location where the cost of living is reasonable and who know how to use online tools to communicate and collaborate with their colleagues around the country (and around the world).  Technology innovation can take place in anyone’s garage ☺ or anyone’s home office regardless of where they live.