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If you are here for the Party List, scroll down! Have a fun week.

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We've got photos! Click on the photos below to discover a whole lot of more photos from the week of Web 2.0 Expo 2008 in San Francisco!

Wow! What a week we have ahead! I think I'll need a 2-week vacation after that. It's not only pleasure however, as the days are almost fully booked with meetings - bloggers, journalists, and fellow startups.

We are also attending a workshop with Guy Kawasaki, which should be pretty cool. And founders of Jaiku (a Finnish startup acquired by Google last year) were kind enough to offer us the infamous Google lunch - speculations arise I'm sure - who's going to be next?

XIHA is also co-hosting a networking event on Monday 6PM at the Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission St, San Francisco) - you are very welcomed to join us! Other sponsors of the event are TripSay, Ironstar, ConnectedDay, Ideakone, Apprix, Gemilo, Ramblas and Futurice.

Please RSVP here: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/491643/

Hope to see you and enjoying the evening with us! And please excuse us if we look a bit tired after the 16-hour trip

Best,
Juhani
corp.xihalife.com

I tried to look for a list of parties at the Web 2.0 Expo, but couldn't find one so I decided to gather the ones that I know here. If you know others, leave a comment or send me an email to juhani(at)xihalife.com and I will add them to the list!

I'm also updating a public Google Calendar to help you scheduling.

www.google.com/calendar/feeds/...lendar.google.com/public/basic
iCal: www.google.com/calendar/ical/p...ar.google.com/public/basic.ics
HTML: www.google.com/calendar/embed?...do%40group.calendar.google.com

Web 2.0 Expo is held on April 22-25 in the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco, California. More info at www.web2expo.com

Hope to see you at the parties!!

Saturday

What: Startup the Party
Where: The Rausch Loft (19 Rausch Street Unit C)
When: Saturday, April 19, 8:00PM - very late
Info: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46336860416

What: Web Mission 2008
Where: Redwood Room at Clift Hotel (495 Geary St)
When: Saturday, April 19, 8:30PM -
Info: www.webmission08.com/agenda.html


Monday

What: Pownce Brunch
Where: Dottie's True Blue (522 Jones St)
When: Monday, April 21, 11:00AM -
Info: pownce.com/DigitalKNK/notes/1817275/

What: Pre-Web 2.0 meet-up with Flickr, Moo
Where: Kate O'Brien's (579 Howard St)
When: Monday, April 21, 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/469348

What: The Finns Are Coming to Web 2.0 Expo!
Where: Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission St)
When: Monday, April 21, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/491643/ (RSVP)

What: Social Media Club - San Francisco
Where: Adobe (601 Townsend at 7th St)
When: Monday, April 21, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Info: www.eventbrite.com/event/110484462

What: Web Monday Silicon Valley
Where: Citizen Space (425 2nd St)
When: Monday, April 21, 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Info: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7959317099

What: Love 2.0
Where: Harlot (46 Minna St)
When: Monday, April 21, 8:00PM - 11:00PM
Info: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11322066771

Tuesday

What: British beer tasting & European networking
Where: Hiller Aviation Museum (San Carlos Airport)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Info: crossingtheocean.net/seeda/hiller_event.html

What: GAB and Blogtropolis launch party
Where: Gray Area Gallery (1515 Folsom St)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 6:00PM - 11:00PM
Info: www.grayareagallery.org/

What: Official Digg Meet-up
Where: Mighty (119 Utah St)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30PM - 11:30PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/471398/

What: Ignite Web 2.0 Expo SF II
Where: DNA Lounge (375 11th St)
When: Tuesday, April 22, 7:00PM-
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467652/


Wednesday

What: Web2Open Takeout Dinner
Where: Yerba Buena Gardens (4th/Mission)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 6:00PM-
Info: www.eu.socialtext.net/web2open/index.cgi?schedule

What: Photobucket Developer Party
Where: Roe Bar & Lounge (651 Howard St)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Info: mashable.com/2008/04/16/photobucket-developer-party-tickets/

What: Evolve - Chi.mp and Mashable's Web 2.0 After Party
Where: Mighty (119 Utah St)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467885/

What: The Big Open Y! Party
Where: Yahoo! Brickhouse (500 3rd St)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/469035/

What: South Park Crawl
Where: South Park (Brannan / Bryant / 3rd / 2nd St)
When: Wednesday, April 23, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/454850/
Leverage Software: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23295987864
Six Apart: everything.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/connecting-with.html

What: Web2Open
Where: Moscone West
When: Wednesday, April 23, 8:00PM - 11:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467423/


Thursday

What: Booth Crawl
Where: Moscone West
When: Thursday, April 24, 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Info: en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/detail/3484

What: Amazon.com Networking Party
Where: Jillian's @ Metreon (101 4th St)
When: Thursday, April 24, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Info: www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=6972960853&topic=4431

What: After Hours Event
Where: Marriott (55 4th St)
When: Thursday, April 24, 6:00PM - 12:00AM
Info: en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/detail/4238

What: Women's Networking Evening
Where: Marriott View Lounge (39th Floor)
When: Thursday, April 24, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Info: en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/detail/4322

What: Web2Open
Where: Moscone West
When: Thursday, April 24, 8:00PM - 11:00PM
Info: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467423/

What: Web Mission 2008
Where: Redwood Room at Clift Hotel (495 Geary St)
When: Thursday, April 24, 9:00PM -
Info: www.webmission08.com/agenda.html


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