BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering 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.
MiniBarCampChristchurch is being held in solidarity with various other Barcamps around the world, as part of BarCampEarth this weekend.
It's being organised at the last minute, but the BarCamp format is so light it's actually possible to get away with that.
Event details
When
Friday, 17th August, 12pm->7pm + PubCrawl
Where
Canterbury Innovation Incubator
200 Armagh St, Christchurch, New Zealand
Google Map
Where to stay?
It's just a one day event, but anyone who's looking to come visit and wants to stay the night we might be able to arrange something - contact seth AT interclue DOT com urgently.
Sponsors
WiFi - Interclue, or maybe Cheap Hot Spots
Food/Beverages - ??
Schedule
(Probably) at the Bohemian Restaurant/Bar, which is across the road, through the alleyway, to the left, and has a nice view over the river.
We'll order Pizza, or something.
Anyone have ideas? We could either head back to the Bohemian or just do our usual pubcrawling around at the Twisted Hop, Fat Eddies, and so on...
Proposed Sessions
Since we are constrained for Presentation Time and *Prep Time*, I suggest short sessions, maybe 10-15min+10-15min questions.
Seth and Karl from Interclue will talk about Browser Addon Development, contrasting what we know about Firefox, IE6, IE7, and others.
We should have a Planning/Brainstorming Session for a proper BarCampChristchurch to be held later in the year, perhaps over a weekend so we can attract a few more people from the rest of the country.
Topics I would like to hear about
Ben Kepes on SaaS in NZ
Someone from Leftclick about increasing Conversion Rates
Someone from e-agent about Cheap Hotspots
Something from Eurekster about Swickis, or Widget Development in general
Someone from SLI about Custom Search Engines
Something about the Singularity (or Epidemic Simulatation) from Joel Pitt
Anything opensourcy from the Effusion Group
Phil Pearson on PeopleAggregator
Mark Rocket on what's up with his new Rocket Lab
Someone from CII to talk about CII and/or Powerhouse
Someone from Ecobob on sustainable housing
Somone from the HIT Lab about what they're up to over there
Someone on the new SuperComputer project at Canterbury
Someone from the Software Cluster on what they're doing for Web Companies
Planners
Seth Wagoner (ph +64-21-784409, sethATinterclueDOTcom)
Volunteers
Participants (aka Campers)
Seth Wagoner - Interclue
Task List
(please cross out when it's done)
Tech
Wifi
Projector, White Boards
Photo
Video
Audio
Streaming or Stickam or Skype
Non-tech
Lunch
Coffee/Tea
Tables and chairs
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Who's blogging?
Seth Wagoner
