Event Details

Date: 16th June 2007 (Saturday)

Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm

Venue: SCIT (Symbiosis Center for IT)

Plot 15 Hinkjewadi IT Park, Pune 411057

How to get there:

Google Map

SCIT Map

What's it all about?

BlogCampPune is a FREE unconference focusing exclusively on blogging, organized by bloggers for bloggers. It‘s built upon the principles of the famous BarCamp (ad-hoc unconference) focussed on sharing, learning and new ideas. This is going to be an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction between attendees. Any blogger who wants to contribute is welcome and invited to join. In the spirit of BarCamp, if you attend, be prepared to present something (even if it's just 10 minutes).

Visit our Blog.

Bring

• Ideas and demos.
• Laptop, pdas (if you have one)
• Memory Stick/thumb drive, wifi dongle (if you have one: for transfering presentations, demo code, etc)
• POWER STIPS/Extensions. Please each one bring one (if you have more than one bring that as well, you may help some one in need).
• If you have T-Shirts, corporate pens,Trial softwares, free accounts (for the cool service you just launched) etc that you want to share, this is probably a good place. We love freebies, if we like, we may blog it as well.

Provided

• Wiki, Wifi and Power
• Lunch, Coffee/Tea and snacks
• Tables and chairs
• Projector& White Boards
• All the help you need, to present at the camp

Participants

Add your name to the list.

Get a Blogcamp Pune badge for your blog.

Incase you have any problem in adding your name to the wiki please contact Tarun Chandel (tarunchandel AT gmail DOT com) or any of the unorganizers.

Suggested topics

1Use of Blogs for commercial purposes.

2How to catch more traffic on Blogs/ How to earn money through blogs ?

3Creation of attractive blogs.

Add the topics you want to discuss about or the topics you want to hear about at the Blogcamp Pune.

• order of presentations for event will be worked out at the event itself, using the whiteboard.
• sessions can be for maximum half an hour
• suggested session length will be 20 minutes+ 5 minutes Q&A
• try to keep it short and punchy
• DEFINITELY include a demo/examples if you have one - "A picture is worth a thousand words"
• carry your presentation in powerpoint format on a CD or flash/jump drive; also upload it somewhere on the web or on this wiki (to be doubly sure)
• after the event is over, we'd request you to upload the ppt on the wiki for benefit of those who can't make it to the event

Carpools

If you are coming to SCIT by car please add your details here if you want to carpool.

Buses

For campers coming from Pune

You can take The Symbisis Busses from Atur Center (Model Colony, near Om Super Market) to Hinjewadi. You will have to pay some nominal fair to use this bus service. Buses will be available at following timings:

These buses come via Aundh, so if you are coming from there, you can also board these buses at the Tennis Court Crossing (where people board Volvos)

Public Transport

I am aware of following routes, if you know more please add the details below:

1. Nigdi to Hinjewadi via Dange Chowk & Pimpri Road to Hinjewadi

2. Kothrud Bus Stand via Aundh Parihar Chowk to Hinjewadi

3. Maldhakka(Pune Station)to Hinjewadi

4. Corporation to Hinjewadi (Route No. 100)

For Campers coming from Mumbai

There are Volvos almost all the time from everywhere in Mumbai to Pune. Hinjewadi is jsut 4-5kms from the Expressway, you will have to get down just after Wakad at the Hinjewadi flyover. From there you can take a ric or hitch hike.

Where to Stay

Coming a day early?? Coming from outside Pune??

You can stay at The Tammana Hotel or The Lemon Tree Hotel at Hinjewadi, they are just 300mts away from SCIT.

FAQ

Do I need to register somewhere? Do I need a pass?

No! Just put your name on the wiki here and show up on the day of the event!

Is there a fee?

Nope. Thanks to our Sponsors, you don't need to pay anything to attend the event. Rather all the campers will get a Blogcamp Pune T-Shirt for free and did I mention that the lunch is also on us. So you just have to be there.

Do I have to have to have to have to give a session?

You are very strongly encourage to give a session. That said, you can also help in other ways - update the wiki in real time, Blog the whole event, shoot videos, make podcasts, take pics, help with organization, organize car pools, spread the word. But please don't just show up as a mere spectator! Be an active participant!

Do I need to get the topic of my talk/session approved?

No approval of any sort is required to present. Just add the topic of your session on the Wiki!

When (if?) will the schedule of sessions be made available?

We will put up a whiteboard on the morning of the event, where all the speakers can add their topics. Depending on the number of speakers we will spawn new threads. Thanks to SCIT we have a lot of space at our disposal.

Any guidelines for speakers such as duration, QA format et al?

Guidelines are given in the sessions section above.

Blogcamp Pune on the Blogosphere

Have you blogged about Blogcamp Pune?

Add your blog here

Media Coverage

Add your post here

Volunteers

We need volunteers for shooting pics, videos, recording podcasts, media coverage, hospitality arrangements (like buses, refreshments) etc.

Add your name here

Unorganizers