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Update: We will do a planning meet on Thursday, October 22 evening. Venue to be announced. Join us to discuss the event. email preetamrai at gmail.com if you can join.

BarCampSingapore 4 is open to all developers/hardware hackers/designers/social-media professionals/startups and tech enthusiasts. We are also expecting tech professionals from other parts of Asia and beyond.  If this is your first barcamp, please check out  a visual guide to barcamps.

Hashtag

#barcampsg4

When

Saturday, November 21 2009.

Where

IDA Singapore, Suntec Tower 3, 14th Floor, 8 Temasek Boulevard, Singapore 038988. 

Map

Joining us from abroad. We are putting up this page with information on flights, visas and guesthouses in Singapore.

How to join

To join the barcamp, please edit the wiki and add your name and details below (under the Participants section, also please leave some form of contact email or twitter) If editing wiki is not your thing, you can fill in the form on this page. Bring your laptops and mobile devices.  Everyone is encouraged to present, lead discussions etc. 

Interested in presenting/moderating a session? 

Interested in presenting at the Barcamp?,  Edit this wiki and add your session to the proposed topics section below.  We have space for 36 sessions (of 30 minutes each) in the morning.  36 more slots after lunch are reserved for topics selected via audience votes at the venue.  The sessions can be in the form of a presentation, demo, discussion etc. Try to make it interactive and refrain from direct product promotion. 

 We also have multiple smaller rooms for ad-hoc discussion and brainstorming sessions.

 Earlier this year, we had an awesome barcamp in Singapore.  

Participants

1. BenjaminHyneck, http://www.benjaminhyneck.com, http://twitter.com/derbenjamin, German expat, living in Singapore since almost 3 years. Web evangelist and and MAC lover.
2. Noor Ali Lakhani, Developer working for Hewlett-Packard, Singapore By profession, I mostly work on J2EE, JSF, RichFaces By Passion, I also like to work on PHP, JS frameworks, etc., My website: http://www.linkdaily.net, twitter: heynoor
3. Mohd Hisham, http://mhisham.org, http://twitter.com/mhisham, I am a tech & social media enthusiast. I take photos as a hobby. I love all things tech. Oh, another thing. I'm A PC! :)
4. Preetam Rai, http://www.preetamrai.com, Twitter: preetamrai, Educator interested in technology, Mobile dev, hardware hacking, product design, travel and green tech.
5. Bernard Leong, http://www.bernardleong.com, @bleongcw, Pragmatic Idealist, Technology, Social Media and Entrepreneurship enthusiast, and like sharing, discussing and debating about ideas.
6. Claudia Lim, http://claudia.sg, @claudia10, A Storyteller. An Entrepreneur. Sharing what I learned, experienced and tested. And happen to be very passionate in the use of social media.
7. Vishnu Prem, @burnflare, 17 Year old, Hardcore Web and Mobile app programmer. C++/PHP/Java/Scheme/ObjC.Touching iPhone dev
8. Arul Kumaran, @ArulKumaran, Multi-platform (desktop, mobile, devices etc) and web application development consultant with a focus on flash platform. http://blog.luracast.com
9. coleman yee | http://metacole.com | @metacole | design thinker & educator | into user experience design, social media, and everything else.
10. Gwendolyn Regina T | www.SGEntrepreneurs.com | @SGEntrepreneurs
11. Patrick "keep the wiki page source clean" Haller http://patrick.haller.ws @7f000001
12. Justin Lee, http://www.justinlee.sg, @triplez82, Mac, Microsoft, and Linux developer/enthusiast, Developer Experience Design Research, Software Consultant, Thinker.
13. JasonOng, @jasonong, Dude.
14. Chin Yong, @chinyong, Where's My Car?, thinkingnectar.com
15. Wayne See, @weynsee, Developer
16. Wesley See, web developer
17. Ruprecht Cua, J2EE developer
18. Erwan Mace, @bitsmedia, Founder of Bitsmedia Pte Ltd, Mobile Application Development for iPhone | www.bitsmedia.com
19. Shinwe, professional and technologist in the 3D building applications space, http://www.germanium3d.com, http://twitter.com/germanium3d
20. Jon Petersen, @singeo, buUuk.com, will bring my own compass.
21. Thar Htet, just a curious beginner developer.
22. Alex Toh | alextoh.wordpress.com | @alextoh | Just an inquisitive Entrepreneur joining in the fun and buzz
23. Brennan Neoh | Digital Terrorist | @bren | Student + blogger + tech enthusiast.
24. Sean Bonner | seanbonner.com | @seanbonner | Soon to be opening up a space and moving businesses to Singapore, Hoping to make it for this.
25. Jacob Pang www.twitter.com/zakyn Gadgets, Geek, Gamer
26. Thar Htet Just a curious programmer. 
27. Muhammad Ashraf Khetran http://mehargarh8000bc.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ashrafkhetran, I'm working in Emerging wing of MOIP, Pakistan. I work as Management Associate, and like blogging, internet and social media. Online Marketing
28. Jerry Chen A young startup at www.expressinmusic.com which engages emotions through personalised songs with a social element to elevate opportunities for musicians, Engaging audiences. Would love to interact and discuss about the social media scene
29. Feulvarc'h Mathieu http://blog.metabaron.net twitter:metabaron French guy trying to find a job in Singapore and playing with latest technology such as augmented reality and so. Also help developping the first VoIP iPhone app
30. Zaw Myo Htun www.burmapyithar.com, www.burmapyithar.iblogger.org, media
31. Dhanasekar Technologist, with keen interest in Entrepreneurship!
32. Ofir Shalev Another inquisitive Entrepreneur joining in the fun and buzz
33. Lim Chee Aun http://cheeaun.com/ , http://twitter.com/cheeaun I'm a web developer who's crazy about meetups/conferences/barcamps. Interested to talk about Javascript.
34. James Norris http://jnorris.org - Just moved from Austin, Texas, (social) entrepreneur since first grade, multiple startups and small enterprises under my belt. Fascinated by social networks, social change, technology, and a slew of other topics.
35. Glenn Poh
36. Fabian Lua TEDxMITClubSingapore organizer and part of team launching MIT Enterprise Forum Singapore.
37. Balakumar Muthu www.i5bala.com, CEO/Chief Architect/Creator of LoveLogger.com : world's first pair-blogging platform and SweetCircles.com : a Social Weblogging Platform. A strong passionate Geek, Tech junkie, Web Developer / Designer, Information Architect, Blogger, Wikipedian, Social Media Architect, Writer, SEO Analyst, Java, Open Source programmer.
38. Sweska @sweska for twitter Currently working as a project engineer and a business school student at SMU, I'm always looking to meet people with ideas and their passions. Barcamp is defintiely one of the place i would wanna attend! Technology, design, corporate strategies and business
39. Jason Dinh, @xuki NUS Student ;-)
40. Jenny Nguyen
41. Gavin digital marketer User Engagement
42. Colin Pang student & budding (social) entrepreneur, with a myriad interests in tech & innovation, social media, economics, sustainable development, music, food, religion, etc. Social Entrepreneurship
43. James
44. Diana www.molemole.sg @molemole (I tweet in Hokkien occasionally), Social Media
45. Ong Jin Joo wp.jiinjoo.com
46. Ben van der Merwe http://twitter.com/bvdmerwe Software Architect. Agile processes and FOSS enthusiast. Would love to present.
47. Aen Tan http://aentan.com/ http://aentan.com/ http://www.coma.sg/ http://twitter.com/Aen I'm a designer and I gave a talk last year on "Uselessnism".
48. Jeremy Snyder http://jeremysnyder.cc, http://twitter.com/halffinn I work for Twinity, an online virtual world built on reality. Successful location-based services
49. Shahzad Khan http://www.ckcpark.net http://blog.dehog.net http://twitter.com/dehog I m a creative director at a gaming company thats based in Singapore. design, social media, art, typography, photography
50. Aaron Peng http://aaronpeng.org Just another blogger. Interested in doing startups. Social Enterprise and Media 
51. Zhu Kening (Ken) http://sites.google.com/site/kenswhiteboard/ NUS student in Human Computer Interaction
52. Nimesha Ranasinghe from NUS - Graduate student in Human Computer Interaction / Developer (Mobile/Embedded)
53. Roshan Peiris - NUS - PhD research student, Interested in Robotics, Human Robot Interaction and Human Computer Interaction.
54. Wang Xuan NUS PhD research student, interested in Human computer interaction.
55. Dilrukshi Abeyrathne NUS - MEng Research Scholar
56. Wei Jun NUS phD research student, interest in interactive media technology
57. Zhu Kening http://sites.google.com/site/kenswhiteboard/ Gaming, Human Computer Interaction High-freedom Tangible Interface 
58. Hooman Samani http://www.facebook.com/hoomansamani @hoomansamani PhD student of NUS, Mixed Reality Lab http://www.mixedrealitylab.org
59. Zeng Tao I'm a web designer from China, Nov, 21st is my last day in Singaplore, I'm very lucky can join Barcamp SG4. My blog: fj1982.com @ztao anything about Web and Visual deisgn no , thanks, i just wanan be a guest.
60. mili john tharakan textile artist and researcher. slow technology, workshop on using low tech for interactions
61. Wong Renhao I have a personal blog at http://internet125.blogspot.com, and I am a member of Tech65.org. You can find my Twitter profile at www.twitter.com/farinelli. I'm currently serving my NS liability and before this was studying the University at Buffalo's BA in Communication program on the SIM campus. I have an interest in tech, the performing arts, literature and Japanese culture. Jap culture, music evolution, film
62. Isman Tanuri @groovygenie 'Social media is for your customers' kind-of-guy.  /http://groovygenie.wordpress.com

63. VJ. I co-founded a startup www.SMSnoodle.com quite recently.This is my twitter profile www.twitter.com/chennaitomcruis

64. Mahesh Kumar http://www.result.com/people/mahesh-kumar http://blog.sime.nu http://mahesh427.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/mahesh427 Evangelist and patronizer of all things D Show me the money in social media

65. Bernard Loh No website, no blog, no twitter, just a male developer. Database, Microsoft Tech, Google

66. Andrew Peters http://aplink.wordpress.com & http://blog.koinup.com/ http://twitter.com/aplink - virtual worlds and social media for publicity & business development & creativity youth olympics games and the online scope of activities

67. Mak Hon Keat

68. Louis Currently a working programmer

69. Henry Bai Web 2.0, Social Media, Mashups

70. Akbope http://vkontakte.ru/id19214166 debates, social network, new technologies, education

71. James Shackleton jamesshackleton.com I take pictures. I'm a teacher. I'm interested in Open Source Software. I'm researching alternative platforms for educational use (Sugar at the moment). I like taking things apart (and heave a sigh of relief when they work again afterwards). I live in Vietnam. hardware hacking, software development

72. Lin Tingji Jovian, NUS Student @ Computing School

73. Olivier Amprimo, Enterprise 2.0, social computing, semantic computing - Twitter ID > oamprimo

74. Tze Yun, Glenn Poh, Anything :D

75. Josephine JK  Tan, Web 2.0 trainer/consultant, Facebook: http://facebook.com/NETCoachAsia Twitter: http://twitter.com/asiamedia

76. milson ng www.facebook.com/milsonng www.twitter.com/milsonng sustainable biz

77. laurent Roux http://www.orsiso.com 

78. Satish Pamidimarthi Technology Consultant @ a reputed digital media agency mobile app development, yql, social apis

79. Ronnie Lee Singapore. Using Expert Advisors (EAs) for trading; MQL4 coder/developer for automated forex trading

80. Shalabh Pandey: Digital Marketing Maven. Entrepreneurship devotee. Edit http://wwwchasingthestorm.com  To be author, songwriter, musician, and ecopreneur- all in one lifetime.

81. Ruby @rubyxxcube on twitter - Must be the least geeky or media/IT-savvy person on this guestlist. Crikey!  Social media networking, Blackberry applications (VOIP apps etc.)

82. Corrine http://freshlinks.orrine.com/

83. huie peh social media, UX enthusiast

84. Jakrapong Kongmalai blog: http://www.jakrapong.com follow me: http://www.twitter.com/jakrapong My name is Jak. A Thai Internet person. Live in Singapore for nearly 3 years now. Working for Yahoo! citizen journalism, local search, community management

85. Stephie Tan I am a full time freelance writer focusing on fashion, retail, and design. I write on Stephie Says (http://stephiesays.com) in my spare time.

86. Dwight Turner Social media strategist @dwightturner and charity advocate @insearchofsanuk. Excited to listen/present/discuss on all things relevant social media and/or social causes.

87. Chris Gomez, I do stuff.  |  Twitter: @chrisgomez  |  Website: http://enginealpha.com

88. Adrianna Tan, traveller, writer, photographer. girl geek starting up stuff in the web/aviation/hotel industry. @skinnylatte, better known as Popagandhi.com and one half of Fortylove.tv.

89. Cedric Chee | web ninja, tech & social computing enthusiast | @cedric_chee

     

Proposed Topics

1. Using Titanium for multi-platform development including iPhone and Android by Arul Kumaran

2. Play 1000+ chords with just 5 guitar chords - JasonOng
3. Spatial stuff in Ruby for the iPhone - Jon Petersen
4. Linux as the faster alternative - Brennan
5. Using the web to travel cheap and fun way, Green Tech, Tentative Skype video panel with techies in Japan, Middle East and East Africa - Preetam
6. The Economics of Dating: Adopting a freakonomics approach the economics of dating and everything about men and women. - Bernard Leong
7. For smart geeks: how to explain difficult concepts to lesser beings - coleman
8. Crowdsourcing OCR Correction through Game Playing - Lin Tingji Jovian & Olivier Amprimo
9. Hackerspace - Justin Lee & Ruiwen
10. Social Media Literacy - Concepts & Examples - Josephine JK Tan
11. Automated Forex Trading - the world of MQL4 and robotic forex trading - Ronnie Lee
12. Get Rich Quick or Die trying- How to monetize your digital influence. Shalabh Pandey
13. The future of travel/How to live the Discovery Channel Travel and Living life - Adrianna Tan 

Guests from Abroad

We are putting up this page with information on flights, visas and guesthouses in Singapore.

Barcamps/Tech events in the Region

Barcamp Phnom Penh, October 3 and 4, 2009

Barcamp Kerala, Cochin, India, October 11, 2009 

PestaBlogger, Jakarta, October 24, Indonesia,  2009 

e27's eChelon, Singapore October 24,2009

Barcamp Seoul, November 7, 2009

Barcamp ChiangMai 2, November 14, 2009

Barcamp Melaka, November 14&15, 2009

Barcamp Yokohama, November 21, 2009