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What is BarCamp?
The idea of BarCamp came from Foo Camp where a bunch of the best techie minds in the world got together to talk about new technologies, and to create opportunities for cross-fertilization between people and technologies. Since only the top minds from some of the largest companies in the world were invited to attend, two people in California decided to make a camp for the rest of us. Now, there are BarCamps somewhere in the world almost every day. The goal of BarCamp Saskatoon, is to bring together, for an afternoon, people who love technology to talk and to learn. Each person who attends has to be willing to talk about something or volunteer (registration, set-up, teardown, etc.). There will be a number of sessions which will be picked by the attendees at the start of the day.
This year, BarCamp topics will be organized into 3 broad streams; Science, Business, Art.
Attendees should bring any gadgets they have: laptop, mobile phone, camera, laser pointer, whatever.
When and Where?
BarCamp Saskatoon will take place on October 16, 2010 from 2:00pm - 9:00pm at Louis'. Near the heart of the beautiful University of Saskatchewan campus, Louis' facilities and staff have everything we need for BarCamp. Louis' is located on the lower floor of the Memorial Union Building (93 Campus Drive). There are multiple conference areas. Internet access is available. Registration/set-up at 1:30 pm, sessions start at 2:00 pm.
Head over to Eventbrite now to register. (To receive a FREE t-shirt, you must have signed up by Thurs. Sept. 16/10)
Supporters
- Louis'
- Omnilogic Systems Inc.
- Point 2 Technologies
- VendAsta Technologies
- EMAP
- Team Fisher at Royal LePage
- zu
- Sharp's AV
- SaskInteractive
- Sata
- Culcher
- YasTech
- SMPIA : Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association
- Vecima Networks
- I would like to sponsor Barcamp...
How Much Does it Cost?
BarCamp Saskatoon is free. However, if you plan to attend you need to sign up so we can gauge how many will attend. Everyone who signs up before Sept. 16 will get a free BarCamp Saskatoon t-shirt. We will also have some "vintage" shirts available. We will also ask for a small donation, for those who can afford it, to cover some expenses ($5 to $10, depending on what you can afford).
How do I Stay Up to Date?
Check out the blog barcampsaskatoon.org. Subscribe to the RSS feed on that page, and keep checking the blog and this wiki for updates. If you have a blog, please link to the BarCampSaskatoon blog.
Join the Facebook group and Follow us http://twitter.com/barcampstoon for the latest info!
How do I Sign Up?
If you want to attend, you must register.
Let us know what topics you are interested in hearing or talking about by emailing us, or if you are comfortable using Wiki software, you can edit this page and add your ideas to the "Talk" or "Hear" sections, below.
Ideas - What Do You Want to Hear or Talk About?
At BarCamp, anyone can present. In fact, presenting is actively encouraged. Talks can be as short or as long as you like. You can use slides, a web connection, or forgo slides altogether. Talks can be technical or non-technical.
The Barcamp ethos is about sharing information. There is no overriding theme to the conference, however this year we are encouraging talks that fit into the categories of Science, Business, or Art. If you would like to talk at Barcamp you can either sign-up below or sign-up on the day.
Talk
- Name, Category (Science, Business, Art), Topic
- Allan Dowdeswell, Business, What I Learned After a Year as a New Company
- Nate Heagy, Science, something to do with iOS application development
- Travis Wiens, Science, Microcontrollers for Fun and Profit
- Dale Zak, Science, Lessons From A Freelancer
- Kim Schmidt & Dave Kellow, Business, FunEmployment
- Kari Halsted, Business, Caring for (and exploiting) your non-technical types
- Mike Nash, Science, Why Scala? Advanced object/functional software development
- Dave Mosher, (Science/Art) - Fun with Minecraft, An objective look at the future of indie gaming.
- Dan Merino, Science, IPTV, The Future of TV.
- Lee Vermeulen, Science, GPL and online collaborative game development, OnLive/Digital distribution
- Carrie Gates, Science, Mac VJing Software Overview or Brainwave-Controlled Video Mixing (not sure if I will have time yet or not)
- Ralph Deters, Science, IPTV & Erlang
- Nova Alberts, Business, Opportunities for Interactive Creators in the Changing Media Landscape
- Daren McLean, Science, Report on Web of Change Event
- Daren McLean, Business, The Two Twenty - a venue for co-working
- Michelle Spezowka, Business, BrandCamp
- Jordan Boesch, JavaScript Templating (jQuery tmpl/Mustashe JS etc)
- ...
Plus Lightning talks (~5 min each):
- Name, Topic
- Kevin Stricker, CaCert.org (will do assurances during BarCamp bring 2 pieces of govt ID, at least one with photo if interested)
- Ginger Koolick, How to plan and run a BarCamp
- ...
Hear
Is there something in particular you would like to hear about at BarCampSaskatoon? Make it known here...
- What do you want to hear about?
- Digital rights law in Canada
- Animation and stop-motion
- (Purely) Functional Programming
- Approaches to offline database synchronization. Particularly in regards to database driven app development that can be used off line and then synced up to a central database.
- Why writing/running unit tests on a DB application is more than just a giant pain.
Can I help in some other way?
You can help by telling everyone and their dog about BarCamp. Or Email us if you want to pitch to set up/tear down.
BeerCamp
Starts after tear-down.
Traditionally, we gather after BarCamp to get to know each other better and discuss the day's events. Everyone welcome!
*Note: You do not have to speak at this conference, but you should be willing to participate in the discussions (if you know something about what is being talked about or if you have questions).
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