Introduction
BarCampBrighton3 is an unconference to be held at the University of Sussex from 10.00AM Saturday 6 Sept - 5.30PM Sunday 7 Sept.
Getting there
Sussex University Student Union (SUSU)
Falmer House
Brighton
Google Map of the venue
More travel information
Car Sharing
If you are looking for a lift, or fellow passengers to share the petrol costs, please list yourself and your starting location below.
Alistair Macdonald - St Albans, Hertfordshire (driver or passenger)
Tickets
All tickets are sold out - if you can't make it, please email Glenn Jones: glenn.jones AT madgex.com
On the Weekend
Talks
This bit is really important. There are no spectators at BarCamp, only participants. Everyone must give a talk on any subject they feel like. Less scary alternatives to talks: discussions, panels, brainstorms, whiteboard session, demos. Your room will be provided with a projector, bring anything else you need with you. Each session lasts 30 minutes.
Board
Here is a digital version of the board: BarCampBrighton3Board
Myspace Developer Platform
Our Gold sponsors, Myspace developer platform, are going to be running a Myspace "corner" as well as a session at BarCamp to demo and have you play with cool stuff you can do with their API.
In order to take advantage and join in the fun however, you must sign up to the Myspace Developer Platform by this coming Wednesday, as it can take up to 2 days to be approved.
Signing up is a 2 step process:
Then come along, meet Myspace and have a play!
Hackathon Challenge
There will be a Hackathon challenge this year, set by our hosts at the Students Union - read all about it and start thinking.
Things to bring
Laptop - don't forget your charger and please remember to bring any special laptop to VGA converter/cables for the projectors you may need. There will be wi-fi coverage. It may be worth backing up any material you are presenting onto a pen drive just in case.
Lanyards and wallets - We will have printed badges for everyone and these must be displayed at all times for security reasons. Can we therefore ask you bring along an old lanyard and badge wallet from another event. If you are going to dconstruct bring your lanyards and badge from there. Just in case you have not heard the term before, a “lanyard” is the event industry name for the ribbon used to suspend your badge from.
Really Important Note
Neither SUSU or the organisers of BarCampBrighton can take any responsibility for any items lost, stolen or damaged at the event. We would advise you to take reasonable precautions such as not leaving your laptop unattended, etc.
Who is making it happen
People involved
Mark Kirby
Glen Jones
Jonathan Markwell
Vicky Walberg
Premasagar Rose
Paul Silver
Offers of Assistance
Mark Ng - happy to come down the night before and be a dogsbody (might need a floor/sofa to kip on, though)
Vicky Lamburn - very happy to muck in where necessary!
Ron Hose (TokBox) - can set a video-conference at the event for anyone who can't make it down here.
Jay Caines-Gooby - Might be able to help with the wifi setup but can't stay for the duration!
Barry Tucker - happy to help out where needed!
Sponsorship
Thanks to all our sponsors:
Gold (Paying for University of Sussex security staff, porters and cleaners)
MySpace
Silver (Paying for food and drink)
Mini-Sponsors (Paying for Student Union staff and additional costs)
Attendees
Attending? Add your name here, and if there are any topics you might want to talk or hear about feel free to mention them too. Don't forget - you need a ticket to attend, marking yourself as attending here or on upcoming does not get you in.
- Mark Kirby - interested in hearing about Mobile technology, gig listings online, Wordpress as a CMS.
- Mark Ng
- Paul Silver - will be talking about how Social sites deal with the death of members. I'm interested in hearing about real world use of Amazon S3 / EC2 behind websites and anything with a mix of psychology
- Laura Dewis - happy to talk about the Open Educational Resources movement - free access to university materials online and open source learning technologies, use of Web 2.0 technologies for learning
- Cennydd Bowles - talking about: design, cognitive psychology or booze. Keen to hear about anything that blows my fricking mind.
- Dan Donald - talking about identity and the socialisation of the web; interested to soak up my first BarCamp ;)
- Chris Skardon - Happy to talk about Source control practices (branching) and/or the Managed Addin Framework for .NET 3+ (if anyone wants to hear about them :))
- Tantek Çelik - would like to do a session with folks on topics related to: microformats, Social Network Portability, use of microformats for education and learning or even more esoteric topics like Body Optimization, productivity, reducing/eliminating use of email, buildering, how to be a super hero, etc.
- Barry Tucker - talking about either Global Carrying Capacity or BIM (not decided yet), looking forward to it (although a bit anxious about presenting).
- Raul P - Sunday session, will talk on language and design XXI.O
Backnetwork
Madgex has built a special version of backnetwork for Barcamp Brighton that has a group editable schedule. Backnetwork is an online space for Barcamp Brighton delegates. It has been design to help delegates interact, share information and make connections. All attendees should have received an invite.
See also
