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"Here\u2019s Mashable\u2019s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section.\nNot on this list? Contact us and let\u2019s establish a media partnership. :)\n\nNovember 17-19, 2008, Mountain View: Mashup Camp is a free, unconference-style event focused on connecting and engaging hundreds of members of the Mashup community at a grassroots level. Chalk Talks, SpeedGeeking sessions, Best Mashup Contests, panel discussions, free meals and an extensive list of \"rock star\" speakers including Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), distinguish Mashup Camp as the go-to event for anybody (software developers, IT pros, etc) with an interest in the mashup approach to software development.\n\nNovember 17-20, 2008, San Francisco: Attend the Advanced Learning Institute\u2019s 3rd National Forum on Social Media for Internal Communications: How To Engage Employees, Drive Change &amp; Improve Your Bottom Line Using BLOGGING, PODCASTING &amp; The Latest WEB 2.0 Technologies this November 17-20 in San Francisco to learn how to use social media for internal communications and leverage the latest interactive tools and techniques to advance your organizational goals.\nHear from leading experts at Wachovia Corporation, JetBlue Airways, Sabre Holdings, IBM, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and more on how to integrate social media technology into your communication programs to engage employees and dramatically improve internal communications.\nIf you mention Mashable when registering, you'll save $200.\n\nNovember 18, 2008, San Francisco: At SF New Tech, hear live 5 minute demos of great companies, enjoy cocktails and conversation, and more.  This month, 23andMe, 11SquareFeet, MixMatchMusic, ChoiceBot, Hubpages, and FixYa will be presenting.  It all goes down at Mighty @ 119 Utah St at 6:30pm.  Be there!\n\nNovember 18, 2008, Mountain View: Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks group is about sharing, teaching, learning, and networking around current and future web-based geospatial and social networking technology.  You belong if you are an entrepreneur, VC, developer, social-networker, product manager, programmer, developer, visionary, geographer, geologist, explorer, marketer, business exec, project manager, student, or creative person who is curious about Web 2.0 mapping and social networks.   We meet on the third Tuesday of every month at Google in Mountain View, CA.  We welcome all and exclude no one.  This month, hear presentations from OpenLandmark and Wichro.\n\nNovember 18-19, 2008, Redwood City: At the VentureWire Technology Showcase, you will see 125 early- and later-stage start-ups from the U.S., Asia and Europe who have been deemed as industry stand-outs in Advertising, Business Technologies, Media, Mobile Applications, Networking, Web and Wireless. Selected for their breakthrough technologies, the presenting start-ups are truly positioned to redefine their markets. This is your chance to scout these prime deal prospects, acquisition targets or business partners as well as potential competitors. Spend two days mixing and mingling with the tech industry\u2019s leading venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, analysts and other influential figures.  More information and a discount code is right here.\n\nNovember 18-19, 2008, Toronto: Join nextMEDIA \u2013 Monetizing Digital Media, a unique two day event that brings together the broadcast, new media, and advertising communities to focus on the dollars and sense of digital media. More information and a discount code is here.\n\nNovember 24-25, 2008, Israel: Affiliate marketers unite in Israel for Affilicon Israel.  For the first time ever, you have the chance to meet face-to-face in Israel with top affiliate marketers and learn from experts in Search Engine Optimization, social networking and media, and other leading internet technologies.  At Affilicon, network with highly successful affiliates who live and breathe the world of affiliate marketing.  Meet new people and explore new potential relationships with operators and vendors.  Want more information?  And perhaps a discount code?  Click here.\n\nDecember 3, 2008, San Francisco: The 2008 Holiday Season is upon us and when the NYC Webgrrls Community gets together for the Holidays, it is an industry event, not only about revelry but also about the celebration of the achievements of women in technology and business.  The event starts at 7PM with a 2-hour open bar followed by great Italian food, door prizes, and drawings.  More information is here.\n\nDecember 3, 2008, San Francisco: Silicon Valley Rocks! is the first music showcase featuring performances from Silicon Valley's tech community - from VCs and entrepreneurs to bloggers and software developers - to raise money for Music in Schools Today (MuST) a Bay Area non-profit that seeks to rescue school music programs from budget cuts. The full details are here.\n\nDecember 4, 2008, New York City: Webgrrls is having a NYC party just like the one in San Francisco the night before (scroll up for more information).  Or just get the information and RSVP.\n\nDecember 9-10, 2008, San Francisco: The Mobile Media Investor Conference (MMIC) program will happen in San Francisco and is your opportunity to network with mobile industry leaders and investors. At the MMIC program, you can hear case studies and learn real examples of how to make money and how to raise money in the mobile media world.  Your 10% discount is here.\n\nFebruary 4-5, 2008, Denver, CO: Web Directions focuses on professional development for web designers and developers, interaction designers, user experience professionals and other practitioners in the web arena, whether they work as a contractor, in a design agency, in small or large businesses, in government, education or the not-for-profit sector.\nThe conference features two in depth days of leading web design and development experts, an optional two days of half day intensive hands on workshops, as well as numerous networking opportunities. Whatever your or your company\u2019s role in building or managing web sites, applications or communities, Web Directions is full of practical, valuable insights, education and inspiration. Book before December 5th for just $795 \u2014 but Mashable readers can get another $50 off, simply by using the promotional code WDN09MB.\n\nFebruary 6-7, 2009, Orlando: In today's economy, maintaining a competitive advantage is crucial, whether you are a freelancer, or run a development shop. Using the productivity benefits of Rails helps us to stand out in the crowded space of developers and development firms. And the Rails core team hasn't kept us wanting, adding features such as internationalization, compatibility with Ruby 1.9 and JRuby, thread safety, and much more. And if the Rails Rumble proved anything, it's that a small team of Rails developers can accomplish a great amount with little time. So how do we as developers continue to improve how we work and what we produce? Get more information by attending the acts_as_conference.\n\nFebruary 12, 2009, Santa Monica: The highly-anticipated Twiistup will hold their 5th and largest event to date on Thursday, February 12th at a massive hangar in Santa Monica, CA.   The search is on for startups to \"show-off\" at the event.   Fifteen showoffs will be selected to showcase their products and services to an audience of investors, entrepreneurs, press and other influencers in tech, media and entertainment.  You can find out how to apply and register for the event by clicking here.\n\nMarch 9-10, 2009, London: The Social Networking World Forum is the perfect event for professionals to learn and discuss the future development of social media.  The two day conference and exhibition will provide a focused platform for the global social media industry. The conference aims to address core issues such as monetization, future technologies/services, engaging social groups with brands and how businesses can get the most out of social and business networks.\n\nMarch 9-12, 2009, San Jose, CA: Registration is now open for the eighth annual O\u2019Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, O\u2019Reilly\u2019s flagship event for disruptive, innovative and groundbreaking thought. ETech 2009 will feature exciting program content in new areas of urban sustainability, personalized healthcare, mobile telephony and materials &amp; mechanics. Register by January 12 and Save $300 - https://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/register.  Mashable readers get a 15% off discount on top of that using code et09mash. View the growing lineup of speakers at http://en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/schedule/speakers."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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