Decentralized Lightning Talks & Discussion

Is there a topic within decentralized and distributed technology that inspires you to spread the word to others about? Do you have interest in evangelizing and generating discussion around a business putting these concepts to use? Here's your chance!

We're going to try a structure that allows for a handful of individuals to introduce or explain an upcoming technology or service and follow up with discussion amongst the group. There's a lot of concepts brewing around the idea of decentralized and distributed technology; some of them get mainstream coverage, like Bitcoin and Open Garden while others have yet to break through, like various attempts at decentralizing social media and data storage.

Whether you have an idea to discuss or want to hear some inspiring, new ideas in the realm of decentralized and distributed technology, be sure not to miss this! :D

For some inspiration, I suggest watching Fred Wilson's talk at LeWeb this past December - http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/12/my-talk-at-leweb-yesterday.html - and perusing the subreddit we've been updating to keep track of recent ideas (which you are more than welcome to add to) - http://www.reddit.com/r/thetechgarden .

If you have something in mind, give me a heads up via email - paige@opengarden.com - or in the comments of this meetup. Since a lot of us have common interests, we don't want to overlap topics. Open Garden will also be giving an update on our mesh networking technology and some announcements about the company that you won't want to miss!

Rough schedule:

7-7:30 Peer Garden: Beers in the fridge + snacks on the counter + wait for stragglers

7:30-8 Intros + Open Garden update + announcements

8-9:30 Lightning talks + discussions on decentralized & distributed concepts!

9:30-10 Wrap up + finish networking

Thanks to 20Mission for the space once again!