Facebook Debate Schedule

[Update: some silly errors corrected in the debate section]

This is going out by email later today but thought it was worth posting here in case people had access to the Web but not their email.

Where BT Centre, City of London, EC1A 7AJ
When Wednesday 17th October 2007, 17:00 - 21:00

Full Schedule

17:00 - 17:15 - Registration
17:15 - 18:00 - Networking
18:00 - 18:15 - Welcome from the Host, Paul Walsh (me)
18:15 - 18:35 - Panel Presentations (setting the scene)
18:35 - 19:00 - Q&A with Panel (turn up the heat)
19:00 - 20:15 - Debate (is it me or is it getting hot in here?!)
20:15 - 21:00 - Networking
21:00 - till late - After-party (keep an eye on this blog for updates)

Panel Presentations

Paul Walsh - Chair
JP Rangaswami - “The significance of us having this conversation”
Chad Wollen - “Making money from Facebook”
Hugh MacLeod - “Changing how we communicate”

The Debate

Rules of engagement - Oli Barrett, Moderator

Motion 1 “This house believes; Facebook should be banned from corporate networks”

• For: Sam Setih & Damien Mulley
• Against: Robert Loch & Josie Fraser against

Motion 2 “This House believes that Facebook’s decision to open up its platform to all developers was a mistake”

• For:  Josie Fraser and Robert Loc
• Against: Sam Sethi and Damien Mulley

Motion 3 “This house believes that friend requests from your boss are best ignored”

• For: Sam Sethi and Damien Mulley
• Against:  Josie Fraser and Robert Loch

You don’t have to attend the conference to come to the after party. So make sure to keep on eye on this blog to find out where it’s going to be held.

Thanks again to Trusted Places for their sponsorship. My thanks also go to BT and Policy Unplugged for their support. Trusted Places will have a stand at the conference so why not stop by and say hi. You can always join their Facebook Group too.

For those of you not attending, it’ll be possible to view or take part in the debate using our Webcast. I’ll post details shortly as it deserves a post of its own.

Register now as places are numbered.

Hope to see you there. Please poke me and say hi when you see me hanging around afterwards.

After keeping my network closed, I’ve recently decided to open my Facebook network so feel free to connect with me; long story and I’ll explain later in the week.