The official motto of BarCamp Zimbabwe 2011 is:
BarCamp Zimbabwe was held on 03 August 2011. This wiki page and the BarCamp Zimbabwe site were used to organise the event. Thank you to everyone that made BarCampZim a success!
The event is a networking and knowledge sharing event to bring tech and tech entreprenuers (and anybody else interested) together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue about tech issues in Zimbabwe and beyond. It will consist of user-generated sessions and discussions. BarCamp Zimbabwe will take place on August 3, 2011 at the KEG & Maiden Public House (Harare Sports Club). The theme is “Technology and Entrepnuership: We Are Stronger Together”. BarCamp Zimbabwe is a FREE event for anyone who is interested in using their skills, talent, and resources to benefit Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole.
A Barcamp is an "unconference" meaning that it's orgasnised by an open community of interested individuals. As opposed to normal conferences, it is not organized and administered by an organization or a company. The planning and preparation of BarCamp Zimbabwe will be coordinated through this wiki-page and the "BarCamp Zimbabwe" group on Facebook. Final details of the event are also available on a website created for the event, www.barcamp.co.zw
The BarCamp Zimbabwe Twitter Account is @BarCampZim
Event details
When: August 3 2011
Where: KEG & Maiden (at Harare Sports Club)
Confirming attendance!: To confirm attendance, please visit BarCamp Zimbabwe event page.
You need to confirm attendance so we plan with an accurate number of attendees. If you have any problems signing up, please don;t hesitate to send the organisers an email on barcampzim@gmail.com.
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
The BarCamp Zimbabwe Team is reaching out to members within the Zimbabwean ICT Community for support. BarCamps are, by definition, free to attendees. We use sponsorships to fund the event venue, internet connectivity, food, and other miscellaneous supplies. We also do accept in-kind sponsorships. If you have access to supplies that BarCamp needs, that we would have to otherwise use valuable resources for, please contact us.
The following packages are available for Sponsors:
Platinum (US $2,000)
Gold (US $1,000)
Silver (below US$500)
Sponsors are welcome to contact the Facebook group adminstrators or email the organisers on barcampzim@gmail.com
Program/Topics
So far the following topics will be presented/discussed:
For the BarCamp to be as collaborative as possible please suggest any other topics that you (or other individuals) would like to present and discuss. The topics will be collected and selected for presentation at the conference. Every attendee is encouraged to present topics in sessions and to otherwise participate actively.
Sessions will run over 1 day. Moderators will selected as responsible for each session. The moderators/session hosts can present previously prepared materials such as slides, images, software, etc., or allow someone else to present or explain something, but our basic rule is that anyone can and should interrupt presentations to ask questions and to discuss issues and topics as they appear.
BarCamp Zimbabwe will be characterized by an atmosphere of non-hierarchy, openness, sharing, creativity, efficiency and fun.
Planners represent the core team of organizers.
To participate in the preparation of BarCamp Zimbabwe you need to follow these simple steps:
Task list here !
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Please use the tag #BarCampZim for content related to this event