beCamp is September 28/29 2012 @ CitySpace, Charlottesville, VA (on Downtown Mall)
If you're a geek in or around the Charlottesville metroplex or even if you're merely tech-curious, this is the event you don't want to miss. beCamp is Charlottesville's version of the BarCamp unconference phenomenon—organized on the fly by attendees, for attendees. Realizing that the most energizing parts of any tech conference are the ad hoc conversations that take place in the hallways between the sessions, beCamp facilitates these types of interactions for an entire event.
This year we are again using the bright airy CitySpace facility, on the downtown mall, underneath the parking garage. CitySpace has an open layout which meshes well with our OpenSpace conference. We'll have a large room that can hold all 100 of us, as well as 4 or 5 break out rooms for the individual sessions.
We provide the venues, the wireless, the projectors, the food & beer—you show up to teach, learn, and participate.
Each attendee should talk about something or volunteer (registration, set-up, teardown, etc.). We will suggest and pick the sessions which will be picked by the attendees Friday evening. For example, if lots of people want to hear about , then that will be on the agenda. If no one wants to hear about HTML5, then it won't be on the agenda.
Think of it as an open-source geek gathering where you get to decide what goes into and what comes out of the event. It's 2 days of creating, collaborating, and conversing with people just as juiced excited about technology as you are.
Register Here!
Use this wiki to officially register as a camper and, better yet, help enroll sponsors, propose sessions, etc. Join the beCamp@virginia.edu mailing list at https://lists.virginia.edu/sympa/info/becamp
By the way, did we mention beCamp is FREE!?
Meals may cost, unless we can get y'all to help us with sponsors for those as well! ;-)
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Event Details
When
- Friday, September 28, 5:00PM-9:00PM
- Saturday, September 29, 9:00AM-5:00PM
Where
Bring
- Brain
- Laptop
- Reference books
- Games—cards, board games, Legos, video (bring a monitor as well)
- Snacks, beverages
- Camera (Flickr tags: beCamp, beCamp2012, BarCamp)
- Business cards
Organizers
Organizers
Volunteers
Sponsors
Sponsor beCamp 2012 (sponsorship opportunities are available!)
Needs (prioritized)
- Please see the above sponsorship page! sponsorship ranges from $$ to providing food to bring projectors!
Campers
We are limited to around 100 people attending this event, so please only signup if you are planning on being there both Friday and Saturday. Last year we had a large number of folks come for the beer and fun on Friday, but not actually to contribute to the conference on Saturday! Some folks were therefore not able to signup.
(please add yourself along with your email/website to the bottom of this list)
(FORMAT: name+email {t-shirt size} website - twitter - comments)
- Ron DuPlain {M} http://www.willowtreeapps.com/
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Regrets (can't make it, but will be there in spirit)
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Lurkers (will be in and out)
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Schedule
Schedule (proposed)
Friday
| 3:30-5:00 |
Setup |
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5:00-6:00
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Happy Hour, tour science fair exhibits |
| 6:00-6:30 |
Everyone gather for brief (3-word or haiku!) intros |
| 6:30-7:30 |
Propose session topics |
| 7:30-9:30 |
Eat / Drink / beMerry / Vote for session topics |
| 9:30-??? |
Socializing at South Street |
Saturday
| 9:00-10:00 |
Breakfast and Session Scheduling |
| ROOM-> |
BIG Room |
Board Room |
Lunch Room |
No Name Space |
| 1000-1050 |
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| 1050-1140 |
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| 1140-1230 |
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| 1230-1350 |
Lunch and lightning talks |
| 1350-1440 |
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| 1440-1530 |
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| 1530-1620 |
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| closing session |
beCamp wrap-up |
Photos of the event (live!)
(Link here.)
Topics I'd Like to Hear About
Proposed Sessions
Whiteboard Suggestions at beCamp
Coverage
Media Coverage
beCamp is newsworthy. The following media organizations may be interested, if they only knew. If you have connections, let them know about us. (please add more if we missed)
Blog Coverage
If you're blogging about beCamp, add your blog below:
Diversions
Science Fair Entries
We are doing a "mini science fair" Friday night. Bring anything you want to show off. Robot cars, MythTV, Home Automation?
