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Over the past few weeks, it’s definitely been crunchtime as we’ve been putting together the panels and demos for our Realtime CrunchUp on November 20 in San Francisco. After much back and forth, and with the help of our Realtime Board , we finally have an agenda we are very excited to present (see below). Get your tickets here . Speakers will include Twitter COO Dick Costolo, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Facebook VP of Product Chris Cox, Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley, angel investor Ron Conway, FriendFeed co-founders (and now-Facebook VPs) Paul Buchheit and Bret Taylor. The CrunchUp will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco and will kick off with a big roundtable discussion and one-on-one interviews, followed by startup demos and panel discussions drilling down into geo streams, media streams, marketing, and venture capital. If there is anything that is capturing the attention and excitement of the technology community right now, it is realtime streams. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and startups galore are all active in the realtime Web and will be at the event. Nearly 40 startups applied to fill ten demo slots for new realtime product launches. But as more of us immerse ourselves in our Twitter and Facebook streams, and Foursquare check-ins, the need to filter out the noise is becoming acute. That will be a big theme, and we’ll hear about different approaches to do that ranging from better user interfaces to better realtime search. We are also seeing the emergence of new types of streams, particularly geo streams that tell everyone where you are at any given moment, and media streams that inject photos, videos, and other content beyond text into the the realtime conversation. The CrunchUp will explore both the technological side of the phenomenon and the business side. These streams represent a new communications layer across the Web, as well as a platform for building products and startups. Come join us to find out where the stream is going next. If you feel like your company can add to the few holes left in the agenda, please contact us at realtime [at] techcrunch [dot] com . Bloggers and journalists can request a press pass by contacting Daniel Brusilovsky . The CrunchUp also provides an amazing sponsorship platform for start-ups and brands to reach both conference and networking attendees. Please contact Heather Harde or Jeanne Logozo to learn more about sponsorship packages and custom opportunities. AGENDA 9:00-9:30 AM From RSS To Realtime: A Conversation With Twitter COO Dick Costolo 9:30 to 11:00 AM Roundtable: Filtering The Stream. Getting Rid of the Noise. Facebook, VP of Product Chris Cox Seesmic, CEO Loic Le Meur Futurity Ventures, investor/entrepreneur Edo Segal CrowdEye, CEO Ken Moss Microsoft, GM of FUSE Labs, Lili Cheng Facebook, director of Platform Bret Taylor Thing Labs/Brizzly, CEO Jason Shellen Angel Investor Ron Conway 11:00-11:15 AM BREAK 11:15-11:45 AM The Social Enterprise: A Conversation With Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff 11:45-12:30 PM Where Is The Stream Going? Tomorrow’s Killer Apps (Demos) Hot Potato (event streams, launch) Seesmic (a special surprise) Rippol (video streams, public launch) Stealth Startup (RT news streams) Stealth Startup (RT image search) 12:30-2:00 PM Lunch 2:00-2:45 PM Where Is The Stream Going? Tomorrow’s Killer Apps (Demos) PlyMedia (new product launch) StatusNet (DIY microblogging, launch) Tweetmeme (new product launch) Stealth Startup (live video streams) Stealth Startup (RT social address book) 2:45-3:30 PM Media Streams: Are These The Ultimate Marketing Vehicles? DailyBooth , co-founder Ryan Amos Ad.ly , CEO Sean Rad Hollywood muscle (TBA) 3:30 to 3:45 Break 3:45- 4:30 Geo Streams: We Know Where You Are, Right Now Foursquare , CEO Dennis Crowley Twitter , GEO API engineer Ryan Sarver Google , Steve Lee, Group Product Manager Google Maps for Mobile and Google Latitude SimpleGeo , founder Matt Galligan Hot Potato , founder Justin Shaffer 4:30-5:00 Can We Kill Email Already? All Aboard The Micro-Message Bus A discussion with Paul Bucheit (Facebook/Friendfeed/Gmail) and Rob Goldman , CEO Threadsy 5:00-5:45 PM Where The Realtime Rubber Meets The Road: When Does The Serious Money Come In? A panel of realtime investors and founders will wrap up the day and point to where the industry needs to go next. 6:00 to 7:30 PM Realtime Party Tickets are on sale now . You can still get them for $395. Prices go up to $495 the week before the event. Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0

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