And finally, Liverpool gets a Barcamp!
The wiki key for editing is: c4mp
Update - Venue Announced. Website Launched. Sponsorship Opportunities. eventWax Registration. Party.
Details
6th - 7th December Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, Greenland Street, Liverpool, L1 0BS
The Novas CUC is a fabulous venue and we'll be very well looked after there. We have amazing space on the second floor, with great wifi, loads of power etc etc... The CUC also has its own bar and cafe and of course we'll be organising food and refreshments throughout.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1107224/
(Adding yourself on upcoming does not = a ticket)
Registration & Tickets
To register please do add your name here and also please register officially at eventWax here: http://barcampliverpool.eventwax.com:80/barcamp-liverpool/register
Anyone who forgets to do this but added their name here will of course get a ticket but please use eventWax so we can track numbers.
Organising:
Want to get involved? Add yourself here or send me a message (katie @ treasuremytext .com)
Interested in helping out:
Interested in attending:
Ideas for sessions
If you know what you're talking about already, let us know by adding your name and a description below
- John McKerrell - Not sure I'll do an actual talk on it but I'd like to have a big print-out of Open Street Map of Liverpool that people can annotate with corrections.
- Dave Verwer - How to win at Guitar Hero? I'd love to see that, and just have a play with Guitar Hero too (suggested by John McKerrell)
- Wii Tennis tournament! . . . Please!
- Katie Lips - The Amazing iPhone (insight into the iPhone opportunity for developers and businesses)
- Paul Stringer - The making of 'Coffee App'
- Paul Stirnger - An intro to Obj-C and Cocoa from a newbie previous java developers point of view
- Paul Stringer - Might role out the WebObjects presentation from BarCamp Leeds
- Paul Robinson - Draft title: You Suck. How Can You Stop That Mattering? :-)
- osfameron - something on Perl or Haskell or both.
- Don McAllister - Can do something on Podcasting - High Level or Technical
- Werewulf game - Social hacking game, "mmoooooooo", it's awesome, you get to lie, betray and deceive for the fun of it ;-)
- Chris D Pickford - Co-operative gaming versus head-to-head, and how to get more people having fun when playing games :)
- Stephen Clibbery - The 3D Web
- Chris Lyon - ... and measurement.
Party
There will be a Barcamp party on the Saturday night. We're hoping that the party will be sponsored by local startups.
To sponsor, see http://www.barcampliverpool.com/sponsor.html
Details of the party will be announced later on, but we'll host the private and exclusive party at a city centre venue. We're hoping it'll be a free bar.
Competition
There will be a demo competition for startups / ideas, with some great prizes. More info later.
Website
We have a Barcamp Liverpool Website at http://www.barcampliverpool.com/
Used for general info etc and announcements although I'll also add updates here.
Overnight
There's a list of Liverpool hotels here: http://www.barcampliverpool.com/accommodation.html
For people needing an overnight who don't want a hotel / want to organise a mini camp / have space to offer, please add your names here.
