Julia Stein organized

literary panel "Satire, Romance and Silicon Valley Literature"

at California Studies association conference
with two leading writers about Silicon Valley
Ellen Ullman- wonderful novel 'The Bug"
Paulina Borsook- great critique of Silicon Valley culture- Cyberselfish
My panel is at 3;30 April 24, Friday.

Students free with ID card

CSA Conference Schedule

“Debugging the Silicon Dream: Real Life in a Virtual World”
Friday, April 24, 2009
De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA

Track I: Debugging Silicon Valley
(Workshop-oriented sessions) Track II: Fragmented Technopolis Track III: Material World in a Digital Age
8:30-9:00 Registration and Breakfast

9:00-9:50 Welcome: De Anza College President, Brian Murphy
Plenary: Richard Walker & Nari Rhee

10:00-11:20 Challenges to Community Organizing in the Valley

Terry Christensen, SJSU
Matt Hammer, PACT
Mark Linder, SJ Parks & Rec
Dayana Salazar, SJSU/ Communivercity
Arts, Youth & Civic Engagement

Jaime Contreras, Generation Engage
Jan English-Lueck, SJSU
Angel Luna, Silicon Valley De-Bug
Kelli Seacat, Montalvo Arts
The Economic Crisis & the Valley

Ashok Bardhan, Center for Real Estate Research, UC Berkeley
Sarah Lacy, co-host of "Tech Ticker" on Yahoo Finance
Chris O'Brien, Business writer for San Jose Mercury News
Richard Walker, Geography, UCB

11:30-12:50 Housing & Homelessness

Carol Lamont, Executive Director, Destination Home

Shiloh Ballard, Director of Housing and Community Development, Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Right to the City

Chris Lepe, De Anza College
Aaron Cavin, U of Michigan
Dennis King, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Blanca Alvarado, former Santa Clara County Supervisor
Raj Jayadev, Silicon Valley De-Bug
Internet-qua-California-common

PANELIST NAMES PENDING

1:00-1:50 Lunch
Keynote Address: Glenna Matthews
2:00-3:20 Euphrat Art Museum
Perspectives on the Silicon Valley
Jan Rindfleisch, Euphrat Museum, De Anza College
Angela Buenning Filo, photographer
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Textiles, SJSU
Shorty Fatz, Bicycle creators
Immigration

Teresa Castellanos, Immigration Relations & Integration Services (IRIS)
James Lai, Santa Clara University
UNITE HERE Local 19 Representative
Shaping Nature & Community

Jon Christensen, Spatial Mapping, Stanford
Carrie Denning, Stanford
Michelle Beasley, Greenbelt Alliance
Richard Walker, Geography, UCB
Jane Mark, Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation

3:30-4:50
Green Economy & Workforce Development

Louise Auerhahn, Working Partners USA
Ian Kim , Ella Baker Center
Satire, Romance & SV in Fiction

Satire, Romance, and Silicon Valley Literature
Paulina Borsook, Cyberselfish
Ellen Ullman, The Bug

South Bay Studies Working Group
Discussion and launch of group.

5:00-5:30
Cultural Performance: De Anza College students
5:30-6:00 CSA Business Meeting (open to everyone) at the California History Center, De Anza College
6:00-7:30 Informal Dinner (no host) at the California History Center, De Anza College