In particular, I plan to cover the conference proceedings from the viewpoint of how web-based, collaborative media such as Indymedia must adapt to meet the needs of its users in the age of Web 2.0 and pervasive self-publishing. That is, with technologies like blogging and open, collaborative endeavors like Wikipedia maturing well to point of becoming de-facto institutions, how can Indymedia and similar projects catch up? Should they catch up?