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BarCampAlbany

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Saturday

31 March 2012
  9am - 5:30pm (setup at 8:30am)

Bulmer Telecommunications Center (BTC) [virtual tour]
Hudson Valley Community College
80 Vandenburgh Ave., Troy, NY 12180 [Google Map]

Parking is at Vandenburgh and North Drive.

 

BarCamp 2012 is coming 31 March 2012!

Please Pre-register

PLEASE HELP US PLAN! By pre-registering, we get an estimate of the amount of food, drink, etc that we'll need for the event.

 Presenting at BarCamp is entirely voluntary. Registration does not oblige you to present.

Sponsors

Tech Valley Ruby Brigade The Capital Region's Ruby user group
INOC: Independent Network Operations Consortium Virtual ISP, data center, co-location, and network services 
Enable Labs Rails developers in Troy, New York
HVCC
Hudson Valley Community College
Tech Valley Mobile Developers Network Our local mobile development user group 
Labrats Software Software development
Troy Web Consulting  Bringing business and technology together
Major League Gaming Video games as a competitive social activity
GrandSlam Alley A business accelerator for gaming and software in Troy, NY

 

Parking

  Free, no-permit parking is at Vandenburgh Ave. and North Drive immediately in front of our meeting space, the Bulmer Telecommunications Center. 

 

Meeting Room Configuration

  We will have three meeting rooms plus an auditorium. Each space has an LCD projector connected to a computer kiosk with a Windows computer and a VGA & audio tether for connecting a laptop. Each meeting room will seat 40 with rows of tables and chairs for easy computing. Some rows will have table-top access to power outlets. All three meeting rooms have whiteboards (and we'll have some markers on-hand), but in the middle room, the projection screen covers the whiteboard.

View the floor plan including table organization and screen placement.

 

Internet Access

  We will have connectivity via HVCC's Guest WiFi network. The username and password will be posted at the event. 

 

Meals/Food

  Breakfast will consist of at least a selection of bagels, hot tea, and both regular and decaf coffee from Dunkin Donuts. Cream cheese, butter, peanut butter, and hummus will be available. Although the bagels are made in a facility that handles nuts, we've requested that no nut-based bagel flavors be included.

  Lunch will consist of at least turkey subs and roast beef subs as well as a small selection of hummus/roasted red-pepper wraps and tomato/mozzarella wraps for vegetarians. All subs will have tomato, lettuce, and onions. All dressings (Italian, mayo, mustard) will be on the side.

  We'll have coleslaw, potato salad, potato salad with egg, and macaroni salad, too.

  We'll also have a couple of vegetable platters and chips.

  There will be no seafood or pork products.

  Water, hot tea, and a selection of sodas will be available all day.

 

Schedule (tentative)

  The schedule of speakers will be set by participants on the day of the event.

8:30 am Setup
9:00
Sign-in and initial scheduling
9:30 
Welcome session and overview
9:45 - 10:30
First round (we have 3 available meeting rooms)
10:45 - 11:30 Second round
11:45 - 12:30 Third round
12:30 - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 

Fourth round

2:15 - 3:00 Fifth round
3:15 - 4:00 Sixth round
4:15 - 4:30 Closing remarks
4:30 - 5:00 Clean up

Twitter Feed
Event hashtag: #bcAlbany
@AlbanyBarCamp

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Proposed Talks

  We welcome your ideas for topics that either you'd be willing to present on or that you'd like to hear presented... this isn't an exhaustive list... just what people have dared to mention out loud :)

People have said they would be willing to present on... 
...and would like to hear someone else present on
 
  • SPARQL and ARQ
  • The R Language
  • Redis "Primer" (David Czarnecki)
  • Ruby APIs with Grape and Sinatra (David Czarnecki)
 
  • Intro to MongoDB (H. "Waldo" Grunenwald) 
  • Why Config Management is a Good Idea; focus on Chef (H. "Waldo" Grunenwald) 
 
  • Using Backbone.js to structure complex JS apps (Jim Connell)
  • Tips and tricks for "native" web app development (Jim Connell)
 

Volunteers

  If you'd be interested in volunteering your time for the event (either in planning or setup/clean-up on the day of), please email organizers [at] BarCampAlbany [dot] org

  We'll need help signing people in, setting up food, clean-up, ensuring that sessions run smoothly, etc.

Get involved

  Again, please contact organizers [at] BarCampAlbany [dot] org

 

Posters & Logo

  If you'd like to help us promote the event, please feel free to use these files or to improve upon them.