BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering of people to share and learn in an open environment. More information is available on the BarCamp website and on Wikipedia. Information on last years Barcamp is available at BarCampBelfast07.
If you are interested in attending, please register below. If you are interested in presenting at the event please register & claim your topic. Speakers are not pre-booked by the organisers - anyone can (& should!) talk. The key to allow editing is c4mp.
Event Details
When?
Saturday 21st June, 9am - 5pm
Where?
Queens University Belfast, Peter Froggatt Centre (map)
You can also add BarCamp Belfast '08 to your events on Facebook or Upcoming.
Schedule
Friday 20th June
- 21:00 - late - Official pre-party at Blackout, McHughs Basement.
Saturday 21st June
- 9:00 - 10:00 - Breakfast
- 10:00 - 10:30 - Session-setup (registering your session) & Introductions
- 10:30 - 12:30 - Morning Sessions and Workshops
- 12:30 - 2:00 - Lunch
- 2:00 - 5:00 - Afternoon Sessions and Workshops
- 5:00 - 5:30 - Wrap up and clean up
- 5:30 - late - Pub
Where can I stay?
For people coming from out of town, three close places to stay;
- The Ark Hostel, 44 University St
- Kate's B&B, 127 University Street
- Tara Lodge, 36 Cromwell Road
Sponsors
If you are interested in sponsoring BarCamp Belfast '08, please get in touch.
Planners
Andy McMillan (goodonpaper.org)
David R. Newman (Queen's University Belfast)
Volunteers
If you are interesting in volunteering to help with the organizing and running of BarCamp Belfast '08, please add your name.
- Darragh Doyle Happy to help :)
- Tracy Dempsey Just tell me what you need!
Speakers
Add your name to the list & either add an email here or send an email to Andy so we can keep you updated.
| Name | Location | Email | Topic |
| Andy McMillan | Belfast | andy at goodonpaper dot org | Undecided |
| David Rice | Belfast | me at davidjrice dot co dot uk | Something Rubyish |
| Brian Cleland | Newry | brian_cleland at yahoo dot com | Open Source Trends |
| Paul Browne | Drogheda | paulb at firstpartners dot net | Agile Projects |
| Florian Hollerweger | Belfast | fhollerweger01 at qub dot ac dot uk | Pure Data |
| Nick Fitzsimons | Belfast | nick at pennydistribution dot com | The New Music Economy |
| Gráinne Lennon | Newry | grainne dot lennon at intertradeireland dot com | InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Competition |
| Emma Persky | London | emma dot persky at gmail dot com | Hand Gesture Recognition |
| Tracy Dempsey | Belfast | tracy at soulambition dot co dot uk | Motivation/Resilience/Creative problem solving for when it all gets to you... |
| Daniel McLaughlin | Muff | dan dot mcl at gmail dot com | Server and Network Monitoring using Nagios (Open Source Software) |
| Lee Munroe | Belfast | lee at leemunroe dot com | Something web designy |
| Andrew Gribben | Lisburn | andrew at tvisted dot net | The Parallel World of Speciality Coffee |
Requested Topics
If theres anything you'd specifically like to hear on at BarCamp, request it below.
If you can fufil a request, please remove it and add your name to the Speakers list.
- Ruby On Rails
- Content Management Systems
- Open Source Software
- Freelancing
- Microformats
- Social Networking
- Blogging
Linux hardware session.
Bring along your devices that run Linux, and show them off. If you can bring something, add it to the following list.
| Hardware | What it is | Brought along by |
| Asus eeePC | £200 very portable mini-laptop, running Linux | David Newman, ... |
| FIC Neo1973 | OpenMoko open source mobile 'phone, everything is programmable | David Newman ... |
| MythTV box | a very flexible personal video recorder | David Newman, ... |
| Another Asus eeePC | With 2GB RAM and Ubuntu, it makes all the difference | Andrew Gribben |
Attendees
- Andy McMillan (t) (goodonpaper.org)
- Matt Johnston (cimota.com/blog)
- Darryl Collins (Banjax Ltd)
- Brian Cleland (OpenIreland)
- David Rice (davidjrice.co.uk)
- Lee Munroe (leemunroe.com, The Big Word Project)
- Paul Dundas (BCS Belfast) - unless I'm away that week, like always seems to happen for FOSS events
- Darragh Doyle (blogger, social network ideas)
- Paul Browne (blogger, Java Consultant)
- David Newman (Queen's University Management School)
- Richard Jolly (film maker, webcaster)
- Steven Wilkin (sickbiscuit.com)
- Philip Orr (homeofserendipity.com)
- Paul Anthony (webdistortion.com)
- Florian Hollerweger (Sonic Arts Research Centre Belfast)
- Steve Orr (NISP CONNECT)
- Kevin Noonan (Calbane)
- Paddy Donnelly (The Big Word Project)
- Gráinne Lennon (Seedcorn Competition)
- Iain Holmes (Openedhand)
- Matt Keenan (OpCode Solutions)
- Nick Fitzsimons (Penny Distribution)
- Emma Persky (t) - (Traveller with a Tale)
- Peter Armstrong (SpiralHosting.com)
- Jonathan McDowell
- Paul Browne FirstPartners.net
- Andrew Gribben (t) - (Developer, Blogger)
- Stan Hoben FD
- Phil O'Kane (t) (iced coffee)
- Conor McCluskey (conormccluskey.com)
- Tracy Dempsey (Soul Ambition - life, business and arts coaching)
- Lesley Woods (Biznet EIS)
- Daniel McLaughlin (What Of It Blog)
- Russell McQuillan (Extreme Scouting, Bitbuzz Wi-Fi)
Tagging
Please use "barcampbelfast" on Flickr, del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, Technorati etc.
