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Here are the panels you won’t want to miss at this year’s conference!

10. The State of the Internet Memescape: 2008-10
Panelists: Tim Hwang (ROFLCon)
Description: Whether it’s Weezer’s “Pork and Beans” or LOLCat ubiquity, the internet memescape is getting enormously bigger and badder. This talk will assess current trends in internet culture and discuss how changes in the software and hardware environment will alter the construction, spread and evolution of online memes into the future.

9. Even Faster Web Sites
Panelists: Steve Souders (Google)
Description: Steve is the author of High Performance Web Sites and the creator of YSlow, the Firebug extension. Now working at Google, Steve discusses the next set of best practices he’s developed, including advanced techniques for loading JavaScript, where not to place inline scripts, and the importance of using multiple domains to improve web performance.

8. What your Startup Can Learn from Barack Obama and Howard Dean
Panelists: Michael Bassik (Air America Media), Jake Brewer (bigsight.org), Scott Goodstein (catalystcampaigns.com), Mary Katharine Ham (The Washington Examiner), Clay Johnson, moderator (Sunlight Foundation)
Description: BarackObama.com made more money online than most startups. So did Howard Dean before him. We’ve spent so much time talking about what happened, but little about how it applies to you. We will go in depth on their strategies from the top consultants and strategists from the 2008 election cycle. We won’t be talking about what happened, but rather about how it applies to you and your startup.

7. Video Blogging: Turning Wine into Gold
Panelists: Gary Vaynerchuk (WineLibraryTV)
Description: Gary will be discussing his knowledge and expertise about video blogging and self branding in the ever growing world of online video blogging

6. Help! My iPod Thinks I’m Emo
Panelists: Paul Lamere (Sun Microsystems), Anthony Volodkin (The Hype Machine)
Description: Music recommendation is broken - automatic music recommenders make mistakes that no human would ever make. In this talk, we will explore why recommenders make such dumb mistakes and we will explore some of the new ideas coming from recommendation and music researchers to help make music recommendations better.

The final 5 tomorrow!