BarCamp Louisville - late September in Louisville, KY.
(dates, location and logo coming soon)
BarCampLouisville will be held in late September, 2008 to precede or run concurrently with IF (IdeaFestival). We are still needing to get a venue, sponsors and volunteers lined up.
What's a Bar Camp? Read this First! (copied from the BarcampRDU page)
A Bar Camp is an unconference where people interested in a wide range of technologies come together to teach and learn. Unfamiliar with the un-conference format? Here's the idea in a nutshell. Rather than having scheduled speakers, everyone pitches sessions the morning of the BarCamp. Those sessions are put on a schedule, and lots of little groups form for intense group learning. Everyone is expected to teach, to talk, to participate. Yeah, its different from a regular conference - but it works!
The idea of an unconference came together when people realized the best times they were having at conferences were the times between sessions - where people with like interests could meet ad hoc. The goal of BarCamp is to facilitate this type of interaction for an entire day. We supply the food, the space, the wireless, the projectors - you show up to teach and learn.
Barcamp Louisville Blog, Twitter and other ways to follow the event:
Event Details
Barcamp Louisville
- Date and time: Late September during the Ideafestival which is the 25-27
- Location: working on venue, Louisville, KY.
Registration
We will be limiting registration depending on the venue BarCampLouisville will be held at. Please add your name below if you plan on attending.
- Michael Schnuerle - www.metromapper.org
- Ben Thomas - www.louisvillegeekdinner.com | www.twitter.com/bdthomas
Schedule
Sessions
Product demos
Because BarCamps are not the best venue for you to demo your company's product and limited time we will not be holding any product demos.
Scheduling sessions
A BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference. Here's how sessions are run at a BarCamp
- People suggest sessions on the Wiki
- People claim sessions as leaders on the Wiki
- A time slot schedule will be drawn up based on the number of sessions suggested and claimed on the Wiki
The morning of the BarCampLouisville, session organizers will present an abstract of their sessions. Organizers will then sign up for slots on the time schedule, so the schedule will be created on the morning of.
Everyone is welcome to present, regardless of wether you've claimed a session or it is on the wiki. It's helpful to claim sessions on the Wiki, however, so we can get an idea of how many sessions to prepare for, how many projectors we need, and so forth.
You can expect sessions to be small, many times with 5-10 people. That's OK. The point is meaningful interaction, not lectures. Everyone is welcome to present, and the more people presenting, the more successful BarCampLouisville will be!
Proposed Sessions
Add your session topics to page link below.
Important Information
What We Need
As we get closer to the camp we will be listing items that we are still needing here. We also need volunteers to help the day of camp.
Important - Make sure any equipment you bring is clearly labeled with your name and email address!!!!**
Organizers
Host
Sponsors
BarCampLouisville is currently looking for sponsors. If you know any individuals/projects/companies that would be interested in helping support this event, please send contact info to michael.biven@gmail.com.
Donors
Organizing Committee
- Michael Biven
- Michelle Jones
(BarCampLouisville Organizers Page)
Volunteers
- Please add your name below!
- Your Name - yourname@example.com
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A big thanks to all of the previous BarCamp's for their ideas and work that gave us some great stuff to build off of.
