Who's talking about us

• David Crow
• Craig Fitzpatrick
• Alec Saunders
• Scott Lake

What is it?

What is BarCampOttawa? Think of it as a way to get the tech/geek community together in Ottawa. Only one thing is certain: It's up to you to decide. The most important thing you should take away from the event? Relationships with other geeks in Ottawa!

(As stolen from BarCampNYC, as copied from...) 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 with one.

Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.

When you come, be prepared to share with barcampers. When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.

Questions? Check out the google groups mailing list at: http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp/ or just post them in the "Questions" section at the bottom of this page.

News

08 Dec 2005: Wiki up!

08 Mar 2006: We have a date - Saturday, April 22, 2006

17 Mar 2006: We have a site - BitHeads at 1309 Carling Ave

Similiar Things

• http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68610,00.html
• BarCampPaloAlto2005
• http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8392
• Seattle MindCamp: http://seattlemind.com/

Who

Add yourself! Include your instant messaging or email info if you like. If you think you might want to help out, by all means add yourself to the organizers list and sign up for: http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp/

Organizers

• Alec Saunders Alec Saunders .LOG Iotum alec@iotum.com
• Peter Childs pachilds@sympatico.ca
• Craig Fitzpatrick
• David Keys

Attendees

• RandyCharlesMorin - and I will be RVing.
• DavidCrow - roadtrip
• TobiasLuetke - jadedPixel, rubyonrails core dev
• DanielWeinand - jadedPixel
• RichLoen - InGenius
• BryceJohnson - I too would like to make the roadtrip Navantis / The Chicken Test
• CraigFitzpatrick - Devshop.com, Blog craig_fitzpatrick@rogers.com
• RossMacLeod - drossmacleod@gmail.com
• Mark Stephenson - Axionic
• Frederic Boulanger - Macadamian
• Scott Lake - jadedPixel, Technologica
• Mitch Brisebois - SensoryMetrics
• GavinMcKenzie - gavin.mckenzie@bellnet.ca
• Chris Justus - ServerSideGuy FastBugTrack Alcea
• Ben Houston - Neuralsoft / Exocortex Technologies
• Alain Désilets - NRC's Institute for information Technology: I would LOVE to attend, unfortunately I will be at CHI 2006 in Montreal.
• Add your name here!

Proposed Sessions

Barcamp is about participation and discussion. What do you want to talk and learn about?

• How about one on dealing with changing requirements but still delivering on time?
• Could we see the Iotum demo that won the "Demo God" award this January?
• How about a Voice 2.0 presentation / panel discussion?
• serendipity or hysteria- context, presence, relevance, tigers, oh my!

• Add some!

When

Saturday, April 22, 2006.

Where

BitHeads ( http://www.bitheads.com/index.php ) has offered their fantastic site at 1309 Carling Ave.

Cost

Free as in beer. But there's a catch. Attendees are expected to contribute back to the conference by participating actively. "Active participation" might mean giving a presentation, helping with a presentation, blogging or podcasting the event, or whatever other creative ways to contribute people can come up with.

Sponsors

The following companies are helping sponsor the event.

Gowlings - http://www.gowlings.com

Macadamian - http://www.macadamian.com

DevShop - http://www.devshop.com

Iotum - http://www.iotum.com

inMedia - http://www.inmedia.com

JadedPixel - http://www.jadedpixel.com

We're still looking for sponsors for:

• morning coffee & snacks
• lunch for the group
• event t-shirts

Questions

• Getting to Ottawa - anyone from TO interested in renting a car? Or are we riding RV style with Mr. Morin

• add questions here...