PURPOSE
BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. All attendees must give a demo, a session, or help out in some way. Anyone with something to contribute and with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.
CONCEPT
- there will be several separate rooms for presentations/demos
- you will be able to propose your speech/demo on a public board the day itself
- there will be time to mingle between sessions
- there will be Wifi for the attendees - so live demos are possible
- there will be food and drinks in some way or another
- we will make it easy for people to meet eachother and find likeminded souls
- all questions/remarks/suggestions to peter _at_ forret _dot_ com
CONTRIBUTE
As stated above, everyone should contribute in some way. Some options:
- do a presentation on something you feel strong about (see TOPICS)
- do a demo of a software/tool/proof of concept (see TOPICS)
- take pictures of the event and make the good ones public
- do a podcast (audio/video) of the event and make it public
- taking (semi-) professional portraits of attendees (that they can put on their blog)
- doing something neat for side-animation (playing jazz, mixing cocktails, doing card tricks)
- help with preparations before/cleaning-up afterwards
- just writing a post on your blog is not enough - you must participate at the event itself!
TOPICS
- Techie2.0: AJAX, folksonomy, Ruby On Rails, CMS, Webdesign, ...
- Marketing2.0: 'long tail', contextual advertising, Bubble 2.0, product placement, guerilla marketing, ...
- Mobile2.0: SMS, micro-apps, interactive TV, PDA, ...
- Mashup2.0: Web APIs, RSS, Maps, Tagclouds, aggregation, ...
- Media2.0: podcasting, timeshifting, PVR, (electronic) music, DJing, ...
- Youridea: have a better idea? Get in touch (peter _at_ forret _dot_ com)
WHERE
- possibly Internation Presscenter - presscenter.org
WHEN
Now there's a good question. My initial idea was to do only 1 evening, but that might be too short (depending on # attendees/presenters of course). I would like to extend to a full day or maybe even 2 (with possibility to sleep over) But Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Sunday? All feedback is welcome!
- in May (see table below)
- ( use
date for dates that don't work)
| pascalvanhecke | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| bartdewaele | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| peterforret | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| clowillaerts | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 |
| inedehandschutter | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| frédéricdevries | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| wernerramaekers | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Cindy De Smet | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Bart Van Herreweghe | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Erwin van Hunen | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
Campers:
LOGISTICS
Sponsors
Peter
