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I read last week in the Oregonian that the Open Source Conference, OSCON, is moving next year from Portland to the Bay Area. Travel costs are a major reason behind this decision. It’s interesting to me that, as much as the Internet provides unprecedented global connectivity, good old face-to-face interaction is still the norm for this type of event. What do you think?

“One web. One world. One wish.” That’s the slogan behind the worldwide OneWebDay event to be celebrated each year on September 22. It’s being described as a sort of “Earth Day for the Internet.”

Portland’s celebration will take place in Pioneer Courthouse Square from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. There will be demonstration booths, speakers and music. As I write this, speakers include:

• Commissioner Dan Saltzman
• EasyStreet President & CEO Rich Bader
• Wiki patriarch Ward Cunningham (now CTO at AboutUs)
• PersonalTelco President Michael Weinberg
• One Economy Sr. VP Rob Bole

Booth topics include Internet safety, blogging and microblogging, wiki, mobile web, social networks and sharing Wi-Fi connections. There will also be “how to” demos about Internet banking, jobs, health and education.

Check out how you can participate. http://onewebday.org