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Archive for May, 2011

Sponsored Post: Barry Schwartz & Molly E Holzschlag named Wharton Web Conference keynote speakers

This is a sponsored post by the Wharton School of Business.

The Wharton Web Conference is proud to host Barry Schwartz, author of “Paradox of Choice,” and Molly E. Holzschlag from Opera, as our keynote speakers for this year’s conference. The Wharton Web Conference brings together web professionals from around the area to learn cutting-edge ways of engaging their users and improve the usability, satisfaction, and operation of their Web sites.


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‘Great Ideas’ for fixing cycle of investment and entrepreneurship in Philadelphia

One Great Idea panel members from left: University City Science Center CEO Steve Tang, Ben Franklin Technology Partners President RoseAnn Rosenthal, City Councilman Bill Green and moderator Philadelphia Media Network CEO Greg Osberg, April 27, 2011 as part of Philly Tech Week. Photos by Yusuf Muhammad/Phrequency.com

How to break a cycle of investment and entrepreneurship leaving the region proved a central theme of the One Great Idea panel discussion and forum held by the Philadelphia Media Network as part of Philly Tech Week.

Hosted Wednesday night in the historic Inquirer building on North Broad Street,  the panel was moderated by Greg Osberg, the new CEO of PMN and publisher of the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com. It was the first event based on the network’s One Great Idea series, which asks leading Philadelphians for a single, actionable idea for making the region stronger.

Focused on the role of technology and entrepreneurship, the forum kicked off with a panel discussion between Stephen Tang, President and CEO of the University Science Center, Ben Franklin Technology Partners President RoseAnn Rosenthal and City Councilman Bill Green and closed with each presenting their own One Great Idea for the city.

Below, find those ideas and more from the discussion, attended by more 60 and capped by a reception on the building’s 12th floor deck.


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Thank you for coming to Philly Tech Week + send us your recaps

Philly Tech Week is a week-long celebration of technology and innovation in Philadelphia with over 60 events. There are three ways to check out what’s going on:

See Philly Tech Week events in a web browser with complete event information.

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Pick up our official Program & Magazine at select retailers and at PTW events, or download it here.

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From the bottom of our hearts we thank you, Philadelphia.

Thanks for volunteering time to organize an event, thank you for supporting the week through sponsorship, and thank for heading out to multiple events throughout the week. But mostly, thank you for making the first ever Philly Tech Week live up to its mission of collaboration across various parts of our city’s diverse technology community.

During the week, members of city government pushed for more transparency through open data, the city’s entrepreneurial community helped launch new companies while connecting our city’s technology talent with growing companies and artists got down at chiptune concerts and showed off their augmented reality skills. Most importantly however, is that people who care about the future of technology in Philadelphia got together to make our city a better place.

And when the city’s technology community got together for 60 PTW events, folks took notice. Some of the Philly Tech Week press includes the Inquirer, the Daily News and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Not to mention the robust #phillytechweek hashtag on Twitter.

After the jump, check out some of the photos, blog posts and videos that captured Philly Tech Week:


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