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BarCampAdelaide

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BarCampAdelaide is part of BarCampAustralia

See previous BarCampAdelaide event pages:

BarCamp Adelaide 2009 

Need to contact BarCamp Adelaide? Want to get involved or sponsor us?

Email: barcampadelaide@gmail.com, or Twitter: @barcampadl

 

 LATEST NEWS

The most up-to-date news on all BarCamp Adelaide planning can be found at the website, http://www.barcampadelaide.com.

 

If you are on Google Wave, search for BarCamp Adelaide - there is a planning discussion thread.

 

What is a BarCamp?

BarCamp is a conference organised by people who are interested in sharing ideas in an open environment. It looks to network groups of people together with common interests and share information and ideas. You do not necessarily have to work in the fields covered, just show a general interest.

It is not a traditional conference and usually runs on an open grid format, with presenters choosing a timeslot during the day when they arrive, usually 15-30 minutes long. BarCamp traditionally covers things like web apps, open-source technology, gaming, social media and more! 

At BarCamp, participants are traditionally all expected to participate in some way. If you have cold feet about talking in front of everyone, why not help out in another way, or present with a friend! 

BarCamp Adelaide 2010 will also be free to attend.

  

What is the story behind BarCamp Adelaide?

BarCamp in Adelaide was first run in 2007 as a traditional weekend camp style event south of Adelaide. After reports of other states in Australia continuing on with the successful franchise, Adelaide got involved again in 2009 with a BarCamp on February 21, with 30 attendees. It was $15 for entry, which provided lunch, drinks, cupcakes and a BarCamp Adelaide lanyard. 

The social networking phenomenon in Adelaide is growing, though we are slower to catch on to it all than other states, it is quickly growing. This is mainly thanks to media exposure of social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter to bring likeminded people in the industry together to share ideas.

 

Adelaide also has CupcakeCamp which is coming up on November 22, 2009.

 

Planning Discussions

Most planning for BarCamp 2010 will be done via IRC. To participate, go to http://webchat.freenode.net and connect to the channel barcampadelaide with a nickname. If you are a Twitter user, connect with your Twitter username (unless it is already registered to someone else). BarCamp planning chats will be advised three to four days ahead of time on the official BarCamp Adelaide Twitter account, http://www.twitter.com/barcampadl.

 

There may be one or two face-to-face discussions in the Adelaide CBD, these will be advised after an IRC discussion if we feel that one is necessary. All event information will be posted at the website and on Facebook as an event invitation.

 

Who, What, Where, When 

  • Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and several related topics, covered in an unconference style.
  • What? A good opportunity for the many flavours of geeks in Adelaide to share ideas and projects. You don't have to contribute, you just have to be interested.
  • Where? TBA, still in planning stages.
  • When? February/March 2010
  • How much? Free!

 

Facebook Group and Website

We have created a Facebook group for BarCamp Adelaide. Feel free to join and contribute your thoughts and ideas! Also be kept up to date with the latest events. An invite for the main event will also go out to members of this group.

The website is currently down since the last BarCamp but will return shortly with all the information here, plus landing pages for sponsors.

 

IT Support and Internet Access 

  • Internet Access: As the venue, sponsors and date has not been set, this is TBA.
  • Tech Support: Almost everyone at the event will be able to assist in some way, just ask!

 

Discussion in social media

Please use the tag "barcampadelaide" when blogging about this event, or #barcampadl for hashtagging on twitter.

Use the tags when uploading photos to flickr, presentations to slideshare, videos to youtube, etc...  

 

Topics from 2009

  • Government Filtering
  • R18+ Rating for Games in Australia
  • General Gaming
  • General Technology or Future Technology
  • Social Networking (YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter)
  • Internet Security
  • Programming
  • Web Applications
  • Open Source Technologies