(FYI:  This is a collaborative website that anybody can edit to register, add sessions/ideas, volunteer for time slots, etc, HOWEVER, only one person can edit it at a time.  If you want to edit (for example, to register), but it shows that somebody else is editing it, please try again soon. Remember, you have to sign in to the website (upper right) first, and then click on "EDIT" on the upper left to make changes.  Cheers!)

Building on the OpenSesame BarCamp held in February, we are organizing this one specifically around open source web and mobile technologies in the "OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon" in Beirut on October 31.  (More info below.)  Through this event we are providing a forum to discuss open source web technology initiatives and how we can promote their use in Lebanon, and collaborative problem solving around open source tools. Please see theme/topic discussion below for current ideas, and please add your thoughts.  Please join us!

Who should come?  Technology developers, entrepreneurs, students, bloggers, journalists, and anyone else interested in open source technologies wanting to learn more, share knowledge, and meet interesting people.  (Note, this is not a basic training program on web/tech too, but all people are welcome.)

OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanon; Nov 7, 2009) 

OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanon; Nov 7, 2009)  Timeline Kickoff planning session: Sunday, October 4 (at RootSpace) Deadline for Free Pre-Registration: October 25 (if no food sponsors come up, or sponsors to cover food costs, we may ask people for a $5 donation to order pizza :-) ) Event: Saturday, November 7 (tentative), 10am-5pm (registration also available on-site at $20... so pre-register!) Location: The Rootspace Premises What's next?  Good question... www.barcamp.org/BarCampLebanon is open for ideas. :-) OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon Open Press Release Session Notes Session Schedule WHAT is a BarCamp?  HOW will it work? This site/project is open & collaborative. Calling All Bloggers, Writers, Twitterers, Taggers, etc. (use tag: "#barcamp-lebanon") Team Session Suggestions Project Needs (please sponsor, or help us find sponsors!)  Volunteer Slots on the Day of the BarCamp (to help with registration, information, etc) How to Register

Timeline

• Kickoff planning session: Sunday, October 4 (at RootSpace)

• Deadline for Free Pre-Registration: October 25 (if no food sponsors come up, or sponsors to cover food costs, we may ask people for a $5 donation to order pizza :-) )

• Event: Saturday, November 7 (tentative), 10am-5pm (registration also available on-site at $20... so pre-register!)

• Location: The Rootspace Premises

  Come at 10am... give a call if you have any difficulty finding the office (71-346-744, or 03-311-588).

• What's next?  Good question... www.barcamp.org/BarCampLebanon is open for ideas. :-)

OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon Open Press Release

http://www.barcamp.org/OpenSesame-BarCamp-Lebanon-press

Session Notes#SessionNotes

http://www.barcamp.org/OpenSesame+BarCamp+October+2009+Lebanon-notes

Session Schedule

Link posted on Oct 31 after schedule is determined by the participants.

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WHAT is a BarCamp? 

An "open source conference", of sorts... we propose the theme, invite people, and then we collaboratively create the schedule that day.  What does that mean for you?  To make this work, we need people who want to lead discussions, and people who want to participate in discussions.  Check out the Wikipedia description, or the official Bar Camp website. (we'll be posting up there soon... and yes, as far as we know, this is the first Bar Camp to be held in the Arab World) 

HOW will it work?

We invite everyone to gather at 10am for coffee and snacks and to meet each other.  Sometime soon after we gather for a brief welcome to the event, and then everyone in attendance helps to collaboratively set the agenda for the rest of the Bar Camp.  We will have a grid on the wall with different rooms and time slots (short sessions), and lots of pieces of paper for you to write your session idea down on.  You can find other people with similar ideas to join together for a session, or not.  As you wish. 

The rough schedule will be:

• 10-11am: welcome, coffee/snacks, chat, then collaborative scheduling session (COME EARLY, THIS PART IS IMPORTANT)
• 11-11:45am: Session 1
• 12-12:45: Session 2
• 1-2pm: Lunch
• 2:15-3pm: Session 3
• 3:15-4pm: Session 4
• 4-5pm: report back to the group (casual discussion of coolest things during the day); hang out, clean up, go home! (or wherever else you want to go...)

This site/project is open & collaborative.

This site and this project are also "open source" and participatory... you can contact us to discuss how you want to help/participate, but you can also directly add/edit/update info here, right on this page.  Everyone is an organizer. Please join us. 

Calling All Bloggers, Writers, Twitterers, Taggers, etc. (use tag: "#barcamp-lebanon")

In order to make all blog/twitter/facebook postings related to this event searchable, please tag everything with: "#barcamp-lebanon".  Thanks!

Team

Session Suggestions

Make your interests known by suggesting discussion sessions you would like to have or voting for existing suggestions. To do so, edit this page and modify the table below.  (You can suggest sessions for things you know about, or for questions you have, or just for people interested in a certain topic to discuss, etc...)

Project Needs (please sponsor, or help us find sponsors!) 

• In-kind sponsorships welcome!  ... or donate cash to cover the above items.  (FYI, all organizers/etc are volunteers, so all donations go to this event, ... any extras go to support the next event.)  See needs above...  (please contact us for information about cash sponsorships... 03-138-770, <innovate (at) therootspace (dot) org>.; it is definitely worth your while! (sponsors will be well-rewarded!  (depending on the level, signs/flyers at event, blog posts, on our website and facebook group, emails, and online globally as the FIRST BAR CAMP IN THE ARAB WORLD, as far as we know, though correct us if we are wrong) 

• Sponsors... please write your name/contact info (and what/how you are sponsoring the event) 

Volunteer Slots on the Day of the BarCamp (to help with registration, information, etc)

Saturday Set-up: 9am-10am (4 people) 

Sign-In Shift 1: 9:30am-10:30am (2 people)

Sign-In Shift 2: 10:30am-11:30am (2 people) 

Saturday Close-down: 4pm-6pm (4 people)

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How to Register

The best/easiest way to register for OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon is to sign in to this site (on the upper right corner of this page), come to this page, and click on the "EDIT" button on the upper left corner of this page.  Then you can add your name (and other information) to the list below.  You can also add sessions suggestions, or sign up for a volunteer slot! (If you have difficulty, feel free to contact us at 03-138-770 or <innovate (at) therootspace (dot) org>.)