Sept 18 – Oct 2nd
Geeks On a Plane
DC | London | Amsterdam |
DC/Europe 2009
Berlin | Prague | Paris

Overview
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
GeeksOnaPlane is a travel & technology group of top Silicon
Valley, US, & International startup entrepreneurs and investors.
Our fall tour to Europe will kick off Sept 18th in Washington, DC
and from there begin a 2-week orientation of top European
technology cities, events, platforms, & people. Join us!
Program Objectives:
* Meet startups, entrepreneurs, and VCs in DC, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, & Paris.
* Learn about trends in European web, mobile, gaming platforms.
* Gain insight into local markets, demographics, business models.
* Meet cool people, new ventures, and have fun on planes, trains, buses 

Geeks on A Plane:
Your Hosts
DC/Europe 2009
Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over 20 years as a developer,
entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, and internet marketing nerd. Dave
runs FF Angel, a seed-stage investment program for Founders Fund, and manages the
Facebook social incubator fbFund REV. Previously, Dave ran the developer program at
PayPal, and led marketing for Simply Hired. He is an investor in over 40 companies and
his passion is helping startups with product strategy, marketing, and startup metrics.
Dave runs Startup2Startup and Finance4Founders, two monthly dinner series for Silicon
Valley startup entrepreneurs and investors. He has organized tech & startup conferences
such as STARTonomics, Graphing Social Patterns, and Web 2.0 Expo. He has been a
visiting lecturer on social network platforms & apps at Stanford University.
Brady Forrest is the chairperson for several O'Reilly conferences including Web 2.0 Expo
in San Francisco, New York, and Berlin, and also Where 2.0 and E-Tech. Brady is also the
co-founder of Ignite, a global series of community-organized presentations on technology,
creativity, and innovation.
Brady writes for O'Reilly Radar tracking changes in technology. He previously worked at
Microsoft on Live Search, after his former company MongoMusic was acquired. Brady lives
in Seattle, where he builds and destroys art and science projects for Burning Man.

Geeks on A Plane:
Your Hosts
DC/Europe 2009
Founders Fund is a $220M early-stage venture capital firm based in San
Francisco. Founders Fund is run by entrepreneurs who have started and
managed their own companies, and is committed to innovation in venture
capital using a non-traditional, founder-focused approach.
The Founders Fund team is comprised of experienced company operators
with backgrounds in engineering, product, design, and online marketing
from companies like PayPal, Facebook, and Google.
OʼReilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books,
online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Since 1978,
OʼReilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development,
homing in on the technology trends that really matter and galvanizing their
adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are
creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the
company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
Ignite presentations are built on the following premise: If you had five minutes
on stage what would you say? What if you only had 20 slides and they rotated
automatically every 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting
together Ignite nights and telling their stories. Ignite was started in Seattle in
2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then hundreds of talks have been
given to over 10,000 people at 50+ local Ignite cities all over the globe.

Geeks on A Plane:
Tour Agenda
DC/Europe 2009
Sept 18-19 DC: Gov/Tech Meetup, White House Digital Media Team / State Dept
Startup2Startup Lunch, hosted by AIM/AOL
“Geeks On The Mall” museum tour
Sept 21-23 London: Seedcamp Week (Top 20 EU Startups)
Sept 24-25 Amsterdam: PICNIC Conference + Ignite Amsterdam
Sept 26-27 Berlin: Startup2Startup Brunch
Sept 28-29 Prague: Startonomics Seminar on Technology & Entrepreneurship
Startup2Startup Dinner + Ignite Prague
Sept 29-30 Paris: Startup2Startup Dinner + Ignite Paris
Oct 1-2 London: Future of Web Apps Conf

Washington D.C.
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
Sept 18-19 GoaP Kickoff Event in Washington, D.C.
GeeksOnaPlane will host a kick-off event in Washington D.C. with the White
House Digital Media Group and the State Department Technology Innovation
Team. Innovators in technology and policy will speak about how government
and technology can work together to produce solutions, and how technology
platforms can enable change on both the national and international stage.
AIM/AOL and Launchbox Digital will also host an afternoon Startup2Startup
lunch with ~75 tech entrepreneurs and technology policy representatives from
a variety of startups, platform companies, and government and non-profit
organizations. Attendees will discuss how technology & government partners
can create change and new opportunities for improving everyday life via digital
media and communications.
Before leaving for London & Europe, the tour group will visit several DC area
museums that focus on technology and digital media.
Special Thanks:
• AIM/AOL & Launchbox Digital
• White House Digital Media Group
• State Dept Technology Innovation Team

London (Seedcamp)
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
Sept 21-23 Seedcamp Week
At Seedcamp, participants will have the opportunity to meet and mentor the
top 20 startups from Europe. Several participants from GeeksOnaPlane will
also be featured speakers at the event. Over 100 developers, investors,
entrepreneurs, and tech business representatives from around the world will
meet with EU startups to help them build and develop their business.
Seedcamp will also cover:
* Product Design and Development
* Online Marketing and Customer Acquisition
* Business Models, Financing, and Fundraising

Amsterdam (PICNIC)
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
Sept 24-25
PICNIC is a cross-discipline platform for creative conversation and
collaboration. It’s a unique festival featuring a strategic conference,
complimented by hands-on workshops and matchmaking sessions.
Picnic will cover a wide variety of topics centered around three themes:
• Exploding Media
• The Next Economy: Social, Sustainable, Creative
• Life in Motion: Mobile & ME
Ignite Amsterdam will feature ~10 five-minute presentations by creative
and technical speakers on a variety of intense, innovative, and incendiary
topics guaranteed to fire you up and fire your neurons.

Berlin
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
Sept 26-27
Startup2Startup Berlin will host a brunch and networking event for both
local and international tech entrepreneurs and investors to share their
experiences around startups, technology, entrepreneurship, and business.
The event format will feature an experienced tech entrepreneur speaker who
will present a perspective on recent tech industry trends & business, followed
by roundtable discussion by attendees on similar topics & issues.

Prague
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
Sept 28-29 Startonomics Prague is a half-day tech & business seminar which will present
local and international perspectives on topics such as:
* Product Design & Development
* Online Marketing and Customer Acquisition
* Technology Platforms & Innovation
* Funding & Financing for Startups
Startup2Startup Prague will host a dinner and networking event for both
local and international tech entrepreneurs and investors to share their
experiences around startups, technology, entrepreneurship, and business.
The event format will feature an experienced tech entrepreneur speaker who
will present a perspective on recent tech industry trends & business, followed
by roundtable discussion by attendees on similar topics & issues.
Ignite Prague will feature ~10 five-minute presentations by creative and
technical speakers on a variety of intense, innovative, and incendiary topics
guaranteed to fire you up and fire your neurons.

Paris
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
Sept 29-30
Startup2Startup Paris will host a dinner and networking event for both local
and international tech entrepreneurs and investors to share their experiences
around startups, technology, entrepreneurship, and business.
The event format will feature an experienced tech entrepreneur speaker who
will present a perspective on recent tech industry trends & business, followed
by roundtable discussion by attendees on similar topics & issues.
Ignite Paris will feature ~10 five-minute presentations by creative and
technical speakers on a variety of intense, innovative, and incendiary topics
guaranteed to fire you up and fire your neurons.

London (FoWa)
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009
Oct 1-2
The Future of Web Apps Conference is hosting a 2-day tech
event at Kensington Town Hall on October 1st-2nd.
Presentations will be given by leading tech industry professionals
including speakers from Mozilla, Twitter, TechCrunch, Facebook,
Digg, Merb, jQuery, 280North, Virgin and more.
Selected workshops will include:
* How to build Facebook Connect + openID into your site
* Building Web Apps Using Atlas
* Kick-ass Online Marketing Techniques
* How to Build a Web App from A-Z

Geeks on A Plane:
Program Organizers
DC/Europe 2009
DC/Europe Planning:
Dave McClure, Founders Fund
Brady Forrest, OʼReilly / Ignite
Adriana Gascoigne, SGN / Girls In Tech
Wen-Wen Lam, Slingshot Labs
DC Kickoff Event:
Frank Gruber, AIM / AOL
Jared Goralnick, Awayfind
Ben Rattray, Change.org

Geeks on A Plane:
Local Event Partners
DC/Europe 2009
Washington D.C.
Katie Stanton, White House Director Citizen Participation, Digital Media Group
Alec Ross, US State Department, Sr. Advisor Technology Innovation
Frank Gruber, AIM / AOL; Jared Goralnick, Awayfind; Ben Rattray, Change.org
London (SeedCamp)
Reshma Sohoni & Stephanie Zardari, SeedCamp
Saul Klein, Index Ventures
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch UK
Amsterdam (PICNIC)
PICNIC Conference Organization
Berlin
Lukasz Gadowski & Katja Gleisberg, Team Europe Ventures
Prague
Jack DeNeut, Nelso
Paris
Phil Jeudy; Jacque Froissant
Collette Ballou / Ballou PR
London (FoWa)
FoWa Conference organizers / Carson Productions

Partners & Sponsors
Geeks on A Plane:
DC/Europe 2009