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
- 18:00 - Official pre-meetup at McHughs.
Saturday 21st June
- 9:00 - 10:00 - Session-setup (registering your session) & networking
- 10:00 - 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
The entire conference will also be streaming live online.
Planners
Andy McMillan (t) (goodonpaper.org)
David R. Newman (Queen's University Belfast)
Sponsors
If you are interested in sponsoring BarCamp Belfast '08, please get in touch.
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!
- Aventure Host The local webhosting company since 2003!
- Matt Johnston Grumpy old sod
Speakers
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Grannymar in conversation with Darragh Doyle | North and South | darraghdoyle at gmail dot com | Blogging: what it's about, how you should (and shouldn't), how to enjoy it, sharing your stories, selling your brand and ideas, building your audience. Using blogs and social networking together for your benefit. This will be an introduction and conversation we invite you to participate in and share your own experience, expertise and ideas. |
| Paul May | Belfast/Dublin | paul dot may at design by front dot com | Everything You Know is Likely to be Wrong - Perspectives/Strategies on creating value and remaining relevant in the technology industry. |
Brian O'NeillBelfast brian at freshideas dot ie Wo
