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Tom Shepherd - Humanizing Lab Mice

Dr. Moria Gunn talks with Dr. Tom Shepherd, CEO of Scottish firm, CXR Biosciences, about their work adding select genetic switches to lab mice.

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Panel: Steven Berlin Johnson, Monica Guzman, Hal Roberts - "Citizen Gain":...

Join best-selling author Steven Berlin Johnson as he discusses the changing face of online journalism, one in which citizen journalists and bloggers are news gatherers and information curators. Both...

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Mike Doyle - Food Safety

Dr. Moira Gunn discusses food safety with Mike Doyle, Director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia. They dive into the challenge, prefaced by the statistic that 15% of our food...

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Shane Harris - A Nation Under Surveillance

Dr. Moria Gunn tracks down Intelligence and Homeland Security correspondent, Shane Harris, to review information technology and surveillance in America today.

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Vivek Kundra - A Conversation with Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra

Join Ellen Millar as she talks with Vivek Kundra, the 'rockstar of government data', about the data transparency initiatives currently occurring within the Federal Government. From data.gov to booking...

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Panel: Lena Trudeau, David Wennergren, Michele Weslander Quaid, Alan Cohn -...

Developing software solutions for the defence and intelligence industries is not normally open to public discussion. In this exciting talk Lena Trudeau interviews experts from Homeland Security, the...

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David Troy - Mobile Devices and Social Media for Crowdsourced Citizen Journalism

The 2009 presidential election was the most closely monitored election in US history, thanks in part to the efforts of tech entrepreneurs like David Troy. Troy speaks at the 2009 Emerging...

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Rajiv Mehta and Hugh Dubberly - Reframing Health As More Than Health Care

As attempts to reform and improve the American health care system plod forward, little is said about giving patients more tools to manage their own health and wellness. Rajiv Mehta and Hugh Dubberly,...

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Jesse Stay - What's New in Social Networking?

Social networking expert Jesse Stay joins Phil and Scott to discuss recent changes and issues with Facebook and other networking sites. In addition to reviewing recent Facebook announcements, he also...

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Clay Shirky - Technology Insight

In this Gov 2.0 presentation Clay Shirky explains why an L.A. Times wikitorial effort went wrong and compares it with the continuing success of Apps For Democracy.

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Clay Johnson - Apps for America II

Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs, reviews several entries from the 'Apps for America II' development contest which make exclusive use of the Data.gov knowledgebase.

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Burton Richter - Climate Change and Energy

Dr. Moira Gunn talks with author and Nobel Laureate, Dr. Burton Richter, about the science behind the earths rapid warming.

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John Podesta and James Fallows - Diplomacy 2.0: Social Media, Diplomacy, and...

John Podesta and James Fallows discuss Gov 2.0 communication challenges for presidential candidates and administrations, and how messaging strategies and tactics affect international perceptions of...

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Matthew Ericson - Red State, Blue State: Election Maps at The New York Times

Journalists tell stories. In this Where 2.0 presentation, Matthew Ericson talks about how the New York Time's team of designers, cartographers, and developers worked as journalists to create...

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Political Savvy: Guidebook for a New Landscape - NewSchools Summit

As educational leaders, how much time do we spend on political and policy issues? That question frames this 2010 NewSchools Summit session, which features an accomplished panel of educational reformers...

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danah boyd - Transparency Is Not Enough

Data transparency is not enough; danah boyd powerfully argues that the character of data depends on its interpretation and states her case for data literacy. If people are ignorant about how data is...

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Micheal Krasny - Finding God

Dr. Moira Gunn talks with prominent public radio host, author and agnostic, Micheal Krasny, about the contents of his new book, Spiritual Envy … An Agnostic's Quest.

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Tim O'Reilly - Government as a Platform for Greatness

The government is not a vending machine for services. In this Gov 2.0 presentation Tim O'Reilly discusses how the government can be a development platform for greatness by taking advantage of web 2.0...

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Doug Kaye - A Witness to a the Egyptian Revolution

In a departure from the typical technology interviews and presentations, Doug Kaye reviews the recent trip to Egypt that started just before the country's demonstrations commenced. He tells the story...

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Tom Rachman - The Internet Age of Journalism

Dr. Moira Gunn talks about journalism and the internet with author and former Former Associated Press correspondent, Tom Rachman. Rachman's debut book, The Imperfectionists, begins as a celebration of...

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Jeffrey A. Sorenson, Clay Johnson - Apps for the Army and The Sunlight...

In these two Gov 2.0 presentations, Jeffrey A. Sorenson and Clay Johnson, respectively, showcase the inventive winning entries and motivations behind "Apps for the Army" and The Sunlight Foundation's...

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When IT Succeeds and Fail in Government - Gov 2.0

From rebuilding communities in Detroit around technological and artistic innovation to improving legal services, each of these speakers share their experiences and insights as to why groups succeed -...

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Julius Genachowski - Julius Genachowski's FCC Net Neutrality Order

John Heilemann talks with FCC chair Julius Genachowski about the FCC's policy-making positions and challenges for the 21st century; including spectrum reapportionment, net neutrality, keeping up with...

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Micah Sifry - Open Government

One of the great aspects of 21st century technology is the ability to use and keep track of public information. Unfortunately, many government agencies choose not to take advantage of the ways to...

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Wade Davis - In the Silence

Dr. Moira Gunn talks about the life of explorer, George Mallory and his conquest of Everest with National Geographic's Explorer-in-Residence & Anthropologist, Wade Davis.

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Mark Kramer - Shared Value- Future of Green

This audio interview from the Environmental Defense Fund's Future of Green Calls covers complex interactions of the philanthropy sector, socially conscientious nonprofit organizations, and for-profit...

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Rachel Sterne - Road Map for the Digital City: How @nycgov is Realizing its...

In the face of Hurricane Irene, New York City's website was overwhelmed by residents checking evacuation plans and searching for updates. Fortunately, the data on flood zones were available from other...

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Keith Rockwell and Antony Taubman - Inside the WTO

Dr. Moira Gunn learns about the challenge of getting essential medicine to all people while navigating through the legal guarantees of drugs patents, from WTO reps, Keith Rockwell and Antony Taubman.

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Michael Calabrese - The Myth of Spectrum Scarcity

Spectrum, according to Michael Calabrese, is an infinitely renewable resource. However, exclusive use, auctions, and large corporations lead to a massively inefficient use of that spectrum for...

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Richard Whitt - The FCC's National Broadband Plan: A Critique through the...

Are you aware of the array of obstacles facing America's broadband policy? Richard Whitt covers how the national broadband plan was affected by the economic meltdowns of 2008 and 2009, court decisions,...

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