It's nine months days since Leeds' first BarCamp back in November...but rather than wait a whole year, we wanted to catch the Summer Sun, so come join us at Old Broadcasting House again, this time for two days of geekery and (hopefully) great weather on the 16th and 17th of August 2008!
Event details
Registration
- Head on over to register here...
When
- 16th + 17th August 2008
- Doors open at 9:30am each day, with the event beginning at 10:00am
Where
Car Share
- Anyone people travelling into Leeds willing to bring along a few passengers?
Hotels & Accomodation
Who's talking about BarCamp Leeds2008?
Sponsors (confirmed)
Schedule
Each session will be 30 minutes with a ten minute break in between. We expect four session rooms, so we can accomodate 36 sessions throughout Saturday and 18 on Sunday.
Saturday 16th
| Time | Main Room | Boardroom | Classroom | Training Room |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Intro | xx | xx | xx |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Board Wrangling | Board Wrangling | Board Wrangling | Board Wrangling |
| 11:00am-10:30am | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 11:40am-12:10pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 12:20pm-12:50pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 2:40pm-310pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 3:20pm-350pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 4:30pm-5:00pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 5:50pm-6:20pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 6:30pm-7:00pm | Outro | | | |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | After Party | | | |
| 9:00pm- late | After After Party | | | |
Sunday 17th
| Time | Main Room | Boardroom | Classroom | Training Room |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Intro | xx | xx | xx |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Board Wrangling | Board Wrangling | Board Wrangling | Board Wrangling |
| 11:00am-10:30am | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 11:40am-12:10pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 12:20pm-12:50pm | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 12:50pm-13:30pm | Outro | | | |
Additional Activities
- Ross Brown & Deb Bassett are looking to organise a code-a-thon, developing a website for a charity in 24 hours over the course of the weekend...kinda like the one at Digital Scarborough earlier this year...
- We've been thinking about organising a 'tech amnesty' on the day - encourage people to donate old books, guides, unused tech, gadgets and schwag and enables others to help themselves or donate to a recycler or charity.
What To Bring
- Laptops
- All the chargers/cables you'll need
- Cameras - still or video
- An idea for a session/presentation/talk
- Presents for the organisers ;)
What We'll Provide
- A venue!
- Wifi (and a few wired connections)
- Food & Drink (and maybe some schwag...)
- Projectors, screens, whiteboards, PA systems and such for presenters
- A video diary room!
"NOTE: if anyone presenting needs anything specific from the network please can you let us know by contacting any of the organisers ASAP so we can ensure the right ports are opened. The default setup is a little limited but with notice we'll be abe to accommodate your needs."
Accessibility
- Old Broadcasting House is newly refitted and entirely wheelchair accessible.
- We'll aim to get some talks simultaneously translated into British Sign Language (fingers crossed!).
Proposed/Desired Sessions
- Add proposed topics here. The schedule is decided on the day, by the people there, so this is by no means final! Also feel free to leave ideas for topics you'd like to see.
- Your proposed session - You!
- Why online journalism is dying and what you can do about it - Paul Robinson
* 1st Rule: You do talk about Bar Camp.
* 2nd Rule: You do blog about Bar Camp.
* 3rd Rule: If you want to present, you must write your topic and name in a presentation slot.
* 4th Rule: Only three word intros.
* 5th Rule: As many presentations at a time as facilities allow for.
* 6th Rule: No pre-scheduled presentations, no tourists.
* 7th Rule: Presentations will go on as long as they have to or until they run into another presentation slot.
* 8th Rule: If this is your first time at BarCamp, you HAVE to present. (Ok, you don't really HAVE to, but try to find someone to present with, or at least ask questions and be an interactive participant.)
Planners
Volunteers
- You!
- Andrew Disley - I'm happy to help out on the day.
- Sandra O'Donovan - Too shy to talk but will happily help out. Although I'm leaving early Saturday, off to a Leeds footy match!
Participants (aka Campers)
This list is for information only - make sure you also register at Eventwax so we can keep track of numbers!
Accommodation List: People wanting a sponsored hotel room or donated sofa/floor on Saturday night
(please cross out if you can can help someone out)
Task List
(please cross out when it's done)
Tech
Someone to photograph and someone to podcast/video cast the day's sessions.
Some Nintendo Wiis for gaming fun later in the evening.
Non-tech
Lunch
Coffee/Tea/Snacks
T-Shirts / Mugs / USB srives
Some prizes to give away...
Who's Blogging?
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag BarCampLeeds08 for content related to this event
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YouTube
del.icio.us
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LiveJournal Community for UK Barcamps
Aftermath
Imran Ali says:
We haven't had a 'beforemath' yet!
