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"Social Media Week 2011 kicks off on Monday, Feb. 7 in nine cities worldwide, including Mashable's two office locations: New York City and San Francisco.\nJust like social networks, the program has exploded in the past year and is expected to be the biggest, most diverse Social Media Week since the event was first held in 2009. Panel topics will cover everything from the new age of marketing and advertising to the rise of social good and interactive entertainment.\nMashable staff will be there in full force, reporting, attending and presenting at a variety of panels in both New York and San Francisco throughout the week. Here's a look at the panels we'll be participating in as well as a few we have our eye on. Hope to see you there!\n\nMashable at New York Social Media Week\nTuesday, Feb. 8\n\nPublishers as Technologists, Hosted by JWT (Adam Ostrow, Editor-in-Chief)\nThe First 10,000 People Are Everything, Lucky Fashion and Beauty Blogger (FABB) Conference (Lauren Indvik, Associate Business &amp; Marketing Editor)\nThe Emerging Skills of Tomorrow's Journalist, Hosted by Mashable (Vadim Lavrusik, Community Manager)\n\nWednesday Feb. 9\nMaking Use of Facebook Data: Leveraging The Social Graph For Business, Hosted by Pixable, The Hotlist &amp; Social Amp (Sarah Kessler, Startups Reporter)\nThursday Feb. 10\n\nTips to Build Brand Relationships Amidst the Social Media Clutter, Hosted by MTV &amp; Text 100 (Brenna Ehrlich, Associate Media &amp; Entertainment Editor)\nNational Brand Voices and Hyperlocal Audiences: What is Engagement? Hosted by Engage121 (Meghan Peters, Community Assistant)\nGuided by Voices...The Changing Face of Music Discovery, Hosted by Spin Media (Brenna Ehrlich, Associate Media &amp; Entertainment Editor)\n\nFriday, Feb. 11 \nCheck In or Check Out: Avoiding Location-Based Nothingness, Hosted by JWT (Todd Wasserman, Business &amp; Marketing Editor)\n\nMashable at San Francisco Social Media Week\nTuesday, Feb. 8\nWhen Social and Digital Meet: What have we learned, what works and what's next? Hosted by Mekanism SF (Jolie O'Dell, Social Media &amp; Tech Reporter)\n\nOther Social Media Week Events to Watch\nNew York\nBeyond Blogspot: New Venues and Opportunities for Authors to Get the Word Out, Hosted by Little Brown Books\nEffectively Managing Online Community, Hosted by #CMmeetup\nInnovation Showcase: Social Media for Higher Education, Hosted by McGraw Hill Education/GradeGuru\nPay Attention! Social Listening Done Right, Hosted by JWT\nFuture of Science News Reporting, Hosted by Edelman\nSocial Good for All, Hosted by SapientNitro\nEvolving Influence Fashion Blogger Conference, Hosted by Independent Fashion Bloggers and Mac &amp; Milk Studios\nSan Francisco\nA Discussion on Location-Based Social Apps, Hosted by SimpleGeo\nCoTweet Conversation Series, Hosted by ExactTarget Social Media Lab\n\nFollowing Social Media Week Events Online\nNot in one of Social Media Week's nine locations? No worries. KickApps has created Facebook pages for each city hosting Social Media Week events. You'll find photos, livestreams, real-time conversations and more. You can also track tweets from across the globe by searching hashtag #smw11 on Twitter.\nTo keep tabs on Mashable's NextUp NYC event, follow the hashtag #jmash starting at 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 8. You can RSVP on our Facebook event page.\nAre you attending Social Media Week 2011? What events are you most looking forward to? Tell us your top picks in the comments below."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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