David Eaves (Andrea Reimer was stuck in a Metro Vancouver board meeting) presented a lively, well thought out session on Vancouver's Open Standards, Open Data, Open Source Initiative. Notes after the jump.

After Luke Closs's presentation on Test Automation and Open Web Testing, I am much more up to date and aware of automation testing issues and how one would strategize it. This talk alone makes the conference worthwhile for me. Check out my notes after the jump.

How similar are designing green buildings and Software Development? The Green Building Brain web app is a great example of this and was discussed in What does Green Building have to do with Software Development? Check out my notes after the break

Notes from Jacob Appelbaum's excellent Tor: Anonymous Communications for the Dept. of Defense... and You. This talk was enthusiastic and geeky but in a friendly, inviting "change the world" way. Time for Vancouverites to run their own Tor servers!

Notes from Angie Byron's excellent keynote Women in Open Source (note that this applies to all minorities, not just women!).

A stirring call to political action to address copyright and other civil liberties issues. Full On the Pirate Party Keynote notes after the break.

Here are some pre Open Web 2009 Conference Audio podcasts on AudioBoo.fm

• Documenting Dissent with Frank Lopez
• Vancouver Open Data Workshop - Be There!
• Walkah - Drupal Powering The Open Web
• Angie Byron Will Rock Women In Open Source
• Find Out About Mozilla & Open Web Reaction To Google Wave

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We are now accepting registration for this year's Open Web Vancouver conference! Register here!

Thanks to all the people who submitted such great talks! The CFP is now closed, and we are going to cobble together a talk schedule and publish the calendar within the next week or so. As well, stay tuned for registration and early bird pricing details!