Barcamp Singapore 3 is here!
Saturday, 28 February, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.
Objective:
To bring together interesting people in the IT, media, energy, bio-tech and other sectors to share ideas in an collegial atmosphere of unabashed geekery.
Getting there
The venue is Teaching and Learning Centre at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, Singapore - 599489
The easiest way to get to Ngee Ann Polytechnic is via bus number 74 from Dover MRT (EW Line). As you exit from the ticket turnstiles, turn to your left to EXIT A. The bridge leads to Singapore Poly. At the end of the bridge is an escalator to the bus stop below. Take bus number 74 (every 10 to 15 minutes). Counting the starting bus stop, Ngee Ann Polytechnic is the 9th stop. The stop before Ngee Ann is Singapore Institute of Management.
We will place signs at the Ngee Ann bus stop leading you to the actual venue.
From Clementi MRT, you can take bus number 154 and 184. Bus numbers 52, 61, 74, 75, 151, 154, 184 also ply by Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
We have a page with the directions to the venue and nearby carparks.
Who is coming:
We have about 200 registered participants for the Singapore Barcamp 3 to be held on Saturday, 28 February 2009. List of attendees
Schedule:
You can come in and leave any time depending on the sessions you want to attend (unless you want to talk, In which case you must be present at 9.30 AM or 2 PM to post your topic) This is how the schedule looks like at the moment. 33 speaking slots are already taken up and we have 24 more sessions reserved for spot voting and selection on the actual day.
The detailed write-up on the sessions and the topics that have already been slotted are here.
We will also post the schedule outside each classroom.
This is how room 5 looks like. The slot from 12 to 12.30 PM will be filled in after we select the session from your votes.
Do you want to present or talk at the barcamp?
In Barcamps, we encourage the audience to present, give a demo and start a discussion. We have reserved 24 slots for topics selected at the venue. Come to the venue by 9.30 AM or at 2PM. Take a topic sheet from us and write down the name of your topic.
Two participants writing their topic on the topic sheet at the Bangkok barcamp in 2008
Paste this on the voting board. Pitch your topic to those around you. If enough people vote for your topic, we will allocate a time slot for your topic.
How to vote for a topic?
If you like any topics listed on the voting board, take a marker from us and draw a line on the topic sheet. You can vote for more than one topic.
Presenters post their topics on the wall for the attendees to vote. Attendees vote by drawing a mark on the sheet. (From Chiang Mai Barcamp)
Presenter guidelines and time limits:
Each presenter gets 25 minutes. The last 5 minutes are reserved for changeover and setting up of next presenter's laptop. We recommend 15 minutes presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A. We understand 25 minutes is too little if the discussion is getting really interesting. We encourage you to lead the interested participants to one of the many open areas just outside the venue. All the open areas have wifi, power and fans. Our timekeepers will alert you at 15 minutes and they will stop you at 25.
For future reference we request you to post your presentation slides on Slideshare with the tag barcampsg3.
Ideas for the audience:
If you are attending a session, we urge you to blog your thoughts. There are so many interesting sessions running at one time and often its hard to pick the one to attend. The more we blog, the more sessions we can follow virtually. If you are going to be twittering about the barcamp, use the prefix #barcampsg3 on your message. If you would posting pictures to Flickr or videos on YouTube, please use the tag barcampsg3
Other stuff:
We have had overwhelming response and we don't want to exclude anyone from the barcamp. This means we'll had to remove some of the tables and chairs in the classrooms to make some more space. Some of us will have to stand at the back or sit on the floor. We have arranged for lunch and refreshments during the tea break. Ngee Ann also has an excellent food court just minutes walk from the venue.
Sponsors:
Organisers and Supporters
Linux Users Group Singapore, SGEntrepreneurs, The Digital Movement, e27 Singapore
Kelvin Quee, Claudia Lim, Bill Claxton, Preetam Rai
