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title: 'InnoTech Oregon 2008 is imminent'
date: '2008-04-14T09:00:46-07:00'
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# InnoTech Oregon 2008 is imminent

It’s hard to believe, but it’s almost time for [InnoTech Oregon 2008](http://www.innotechconference.com/pdx/ "InnoTech Oregon 2008"), the first big tech event of the year for Portland. Sean Lowery, who organizes the event, is [feeling the same way](http://blog.innotechoregon.com/2008/04/innotech_kicks_off_in_two_days.html "InnoTech kicks off in two days"):

> After 6 months of planning and preparation [InnoTech](http://www.innotechoregon.com/) happens **this week, April 16-17** at the Oregon Convention Center. It seems like just weeks ago it was October and we had the first planning meeting for the [NW CIO Summit](http://www.nwciosummit.com/), now after months and months of calling, emailing and planning, InnoTech Oregon is here. I won’t bore you again with how great this event is going to be, but with 100+ speakers, 2000 attendees, 90+ technology demos and must attend networking you can’t go wrong.

You can always check the [InnoTech has a mobile conference guide](http://blog.innotechoregon.com/2008/04/innotech_launches_mobile_confe.html "InnoTech launches mobile agenda") to find sessions to attend. Me? I’m really looking forward is the Open Source track:

> \[[Dawn Foster](http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/14/dont-miss-innotech-this-week-in-portland/ "Dawn Foster on InnoTech")\] will also be moderating a panel about [Open Source Communities](http://www.innotechconference.com/pdx/Event/Portland_Events/Open_Source_Communities.php) on April 17th with some amazing panelists and open source rock stars: whurley, Stormy Peters, Danese Cooper, and John Mark Walker. The session is part of an all day open source tracking being organized by Raven Zachary.

If you haven’t registered yet, the folks at InnoTech have offered a 25% discount to all of you [Silicon Florist](http://siliconflorist.com "Silicon Florist") readers. So, if you’re considering attending, please take advantage of it:

> Discounted InnoTech Oregon Conference & Exhibits Pass includes Breakfast Presentation with Don Tapscott, Author, WIKINOMICS, at the reduced rate of $45.00 per person ($60.00 per person standard price.) Click to select [INNOTECH GENERAL REGISTRATION](http://www.innotechconference.com/pdx/registration.php "InnoTech general registration") and enter Discount Code **SIL45D** to confirm your place at the breakfast.

If you’re already planning to attend and you happen to be on [Twitter](http://twitter.com "Twitter"), I’m planning to [hashtag](http://hashtags.org "Hashtags") my InnoTech related tweets as “[\#inno](http://hashtags.org/tag/inno/ "InnoTech hashtags")” and I would encourage you to do the same. (If you’re not already following [hashtags on Twitter](http://twitter.com/hashtags "Hashtags on Twitter"), you’ll need to do that in order for your tweets to be tracked by that service.) When you tag tweets [\#inno](https://siliconflorist.com/tag/inno/), I’ll make sure to include your twittered insights in any roundup posts.

I’m looking forward to seeing you there.