What is a BarCamp?
From Wikipedia:
BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences (or unconferences) - open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. The first BarCamps focused on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. The format has also been used for a variety of other topics, including public transit, health care, and political organizing.
BarCamp Christchurch
When: Saturday, 10th April, 2010
Where: Canterbury Innovation Incubator, 200 Armagh St, Christchurch (Map: http://tinyurl.com/ciinz)
Entry is free.
Planners
Seth Wagoner from Interclue (Twitter: @sethop, Email: seth at interclue dot com)
Pete Nicholls from MetaNation (Twitter: @aupajo, Email: pete at metanation dot com)
For more updates, follow @TheValleyInChch on Twitter.
Accommodation
There's a pretty tight-knit group of tech people in Christchurch. If you're looking for a place to say, let us know and we can probably sort something out.
Participants
(Add your name to the list below.)
Sponsors
We're actively looking for sponsors to help us with wifi and food on the day. If your company might be interested in sponsoring the event, please send an email to one of the planners.
Presentations
All presentations are scheduled the day they happen. Prepare in advance, but come early to get a slot on the wall. Presenters are responsible for making sure that notes/slides/audio/video of their presentations are published on the web for the benefit of all and those who can’t be present.
Proposed Sessions
(If you have a session you'd like to run, add it to the list below.)
Jonathan Hunt - Gov 2.0/Apps for Democracy/Civic Apps/Open NZ
Topics you would like to hear about
(If you have a session you'd like to hear about, add it to the list below.)
Experiences/examples with NoSQL
Mobile dev/apps case studies
Since this barcamp is two days before the proposed ACTA meeting in Wellington - a session on ACTA/Copyright/Software freedom might be in order.
