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
- 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
- Technical: AJAX, folksonomy, Ruby On Rails, CMS, Webdesign, ...
- Marketing: 'long tail', contextual advertising, Bubble 2.0, product placement, guerilla marketing, ...
- Psychology: group dynamics, blogger's ego, flame wars, memes
- Mobile: SMS, micro-apps, interactive TV, PDA, ...
- Mashup: Web APIs, RSS, Maps, Tagclouds, aggregation, ...
- Media: podcasting, timeshifting, PVR, (electronic) music, DJing, ...
- Youridea: have a better idea? Get in touch (peter _at_ forret _dot_ com)
- LISA: Large Scale Infrastructure Management
WHERE
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!
- Pascal: thinks 1 day + social evening activity is ambitious enough for a 1st time
- in May (see table below)
- Watch out for LinuxTag and Sane not to collide with lots of interrested people.
- ( 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 | May 19 | May 20 |
| 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 |
| Sergio Beristain | 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 |
| Steven Noels | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Thomas Bouve | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Miel Van Opstal | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Jesse Wynants | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Pieter Jelle De Brue | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Pieter Baert | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Bert Balcaen | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Claudio Capo | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Bart Claeys | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
| Kris Buytaert | May 5 | May 6 | May 12 | May 13 | May 19 | May 20 |
Campers:
LOGISTICS
Sponsors
Peter
