Dr. Mathew Johnson will present at the AESS Conference at the University of Wisconsin on Friday, October 9, 2009 on the topic of the social-environment project. The presentation will cover trends in the social environment landscape and include examples of blogs, wikis, and tweets to illustrate key points. It will compare characteristics of Web 1.0 versus 2.0 and show how users have evolved from passive surfers to active content creators and collaborators.