What

Barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering of passionate folks who want to share, interact and spread the love around what they spend their days and nights toiling away on.

When, Where and How

BarCamp KGP is going to be conducted in the Gargi auditorium in Vikramshila complex, IIT Kharagpur on Saturday, 3rd January 2009. Gargi only has a capacity of ~130 people, so register quickly! We can conduct practically the whole event in Gargi except for the food breaks when everyone can move out to the more spacious Vikramshila foyer, just outside Gargi and socialize.

List of suggested topics

Feel free to add to this list! - Artagnon

1. What is going to be the next big thing in web interactivity? AJAX/ Flash 2.0?
2. With lower-income groups gaining access to the net, how do we move towards minimalistic, yet elegant design?
3. Evolution of Web 3.0 (Semantic web): The end of Google?
4. Microblogging with Twitter and 12seconds: What's next?
5. 6 years on, are we heading for another Internet boom or bust?
6. With the emergence of Android and the freeing of Symbian, are we heading towards Mobile 2.0?
7. Is PHP relevant in today's Django/ Rails world?
8. Semantic Desktops, the next step?

Schedule

Here are some draft thoughts on the schedule, feel free to suggest changes! - Artagnon

• 1400 HRS Planners arrive and set up
• 1500 HRS Doors to Gargi open; Presentation grid available for afternoon signups
• 1515 HRS Introductory talk and BarCamp pre-party
• 1545 HRS Afternoon sessions: 1545-1615, 1615-1700, 1700-1715, 1715-1740
• 1740 HRS Snacks and beer break; Presentation grid available for early evening signups
• 1815 HRS Early evening sessions: 1815-1900, 1900-1915, 1915-1935, 1935-2000
• 2000 HRS Dinner break; Presentation grid available for evening signups
• 2030 HRS Ice-cream party
• 2045 HRS Evening sessions: 2045-2100, 2100-2130, 2130-2145, 2145-2200
• 2200 HRS Goodbye party; Doors close

Sponsors

Contact me if you'd like to sponsor the food/ T-shirts for this event. - Subhendu Panigrahi

Items to be sponsored

This is a rough draft. Financial details need to be worked out - Artagnon

• Food (Campers, please help us decide what you'd like to have! - Artagnon)
  • Coffee/ Tea cart throughout the day
  • Snacks
    • Generic sandwich snacks
    • Indian sweets and spices
  • Dinner
    • Complete dinner meals for all speakers
  • Ice cream
    • One cup of ice-cream for every participant
• T-shirts
  • Plain white t-shirts of various sizes with a customized Barcamp logo in front, sponsors' logo on the rearside
• Podcasting
  • One dedicated team to videocam the whole event and dedicated laptops to podcast it

Updates

1. Follow us on Twitter
2. Join the discussion forum at Google Groups
3. Check this page

Campers

Campers, please add yourself to this list by simply editing this page - Artagnon

Organizers

This event is organized by Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur. Members of ecell handling the various parts of the event are:

1. Ramkumar R alias Artagnon Event Coordinator
2. Subhendu Panigrahi Public Relations Manager
3. Abhilash BN | Tech Management