PDNYC members,

We are thrilled to have added Rick Heitzmann, from FirstMark capital, to the lineup for Mon July 28. See below for full event details!

Were gearing up with more regular meetings and starting off with a bang our Keynote on July 28th is renowned author/speaker, and Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) Godfather, Doc Searls.

Doc is co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto and author of The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge, a fellow at the Center for Information Technology & Society (CITS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an alumnus fellow (20062010) of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Hes also recently been a leading advocate of The Respect Network, the Worlds First Personal Cloud Network.

Docs keynote will focus on VRM, ideas from The Intention Economy, and how Personal Clouds are helping transform the personal data landscape.

After Docs keynote, well be featuring a brief panel on Personal Data Clouds and the state of the Personal Data Economy with:

Event moderator/MC John C. Havens, author of Hacking H(app)iness, Founder of The H(app)athon Project, and contributing writer for Mashable and The Guardian.

William Hoffman, who heads the World Economic Forum's initiatives on Data-Driven Development and the Global Agenda of the Information and Communications Technology sector.

Doc Searls, Doc is the godfather of the VRM (Vendor Relationship Management) movement. A fellow at (CITS) UCSB and (Berkman Center) Harvard, Doc works vigorously toward the realization of a better internet infrastructure predicated on more individual control over the digital self.

Rick Heitzmann, Rick is a founder and Managing Director at FirstMark capital. Rick has overseen many consumer and enterprise investments in the media, adtech, mobile and data sectors. FirstMark's portfolio includes two PDNYC alums, Disconnect and Dashlane... both of whom announced fundings in 2014.

The panel will be followed by Q&As from the audience and then on to networking and drinks supplied by the organizers. We look forward to seeing you there, and please pass the word! This is an exciting time in the Personal Data space and its a rare opportunity to get to see Doc speak.

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