February 2005
Program
What: Hot
or not: Buzz-worthy Internet Communications Technology for 2005
An interactive discussion with
Shabbir Safdar, CTO of Mindshare Interactive Campaigns
A number of Internet technologies are beginning to get a lot of press:
wikis, ringtones, SMS, RSS, and more. Sound foreign to you? Shabbir Safdar,
Chief Technologist of Mindshare Interactive Campaigns, will explain these
technologies and more in a language you can understand. He will provide
a guide for how to use these new communications opportunities.
Shabbir Safdar helps Mindshare's clients navigate the technological marketplace
to find the right solution for their campaigns. Whether it's integrating
an off-the-shelf product or designing something new, Shabbir uses his
expertise to help clients find the right balance of innovation, maintainability
and cost.
He is a recipient of the Electronic Frontier Foundations’ Pioneer
Award for his work defending free speech and privacy on-line. Prior to
starting Mindshare in 1997, Shabbir served as vice president for Information
Security at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He also established and led the
Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW), an ad-hoc group, which with its
partner organizations, was successful in ensuring the right to defend
freedom of speech and privacy on the Internet. Shabbir serves on the
Board of Directors of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. He received
his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Purdue University
and is a native of St. Louis, Mo.
When: Wednesday,
February 16, 2005
6:30
- 7:15 pm - Nibbles/Networking
7:15
- 8:45 pm - Speaker, Q & A and
End-of-Evening Networking
Where: The Charles Sumner School
1201
17th St., NW (17th + M Streets)
Washington,
DC 20036
Phone:
202-442-6060
Transportation: Metered parking available at 6:30 p.m.; two blocks from
Farragut North station at Connecticut Ave. and L
Streets, NW on the Red Line. Use the L Street (Connecticut Connection)
exit. Four blocks from Farragut West Metro at 17 and I Streets, NW on
Blue and Orange Lines. Use 17th Street exi
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