Event details
- First Academic BarCamp "Conversazioni dal Basso" - Urbino, 11th October 2008 ore 10:00
Where: Facoltà di Sociologia, Via Saffi, 15 - Urbino, Italy |
email: larica@soc.uniurb.it if you'd like to help out |
The Academic BarCamp will be held within Festival Dei Blog \"Conversazioni dal Basso '08.
BlogFest Program:
- 10th October 2008 - Geek Girl Dinner;
- 11th October 2008 - Academic BarCamp;
- 11th-12th October 2008 - Blogger Olympic Games.
- 12th October - Photo Contest "Living in a Wireless Campus"
Main Sponsor
Supporting Sponsor
Supporting Friends
BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference 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.
Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. To learn more about Barcamps you can read the rules.
There is no rigid schedule of speeches. People interested in participating just have to come during Oct 11th in the morning and write down their name and speech topic on the dedicated board. Anyway it's highly suggested that you prepare your speech in advance. As always presenters will be provided withan LCD project and Internet connection.
Why an Academic BarCamp
As soon as he was able to settle in and overcome the physical effects of Mexico City’s altitude, Norber Wiener began to work at the INC with Arturo Rosenblueth on the type of muscle tremor known as clonus. In the evening he would eat dinner with the interns at the hospital dining room, where the usual diners would address him as maestro. Aided by a Spanish grammar that he took with him everywhere, Wiener discovered that the term was utilized indiscriminately to refer to a professor, a carpenter, or bricklayer. He felt proud to be called maestro, since he scorned the pomposity of academia and the rivalry of vanities it contained (Quintanilla 2002, p. 311).
If you don’t know what a BarCamp is you should read this page first.
If you already know the meaning of BarCamp you are probably asking yourself if an Academic BarCamp is not an oxymora in itself.
Adding the “academic” adjective to a BarCamp may seem quite strange at first but we have always been fascinated by paradoxes and intrinsic contradictions.
We also love both informality and science. And we deeply believe this is not an oxymora neither a contradiction. That’s why we decided to promote within “Festival dei Blog ‘08” something never done before.
A self-organized meeting of people from the academia and bloggers to talk about the impact of the Internet on society in the informal self-organized setting typical of a BarCamp.
No call for papers, no abstracts committee, no review (blind or not), no selections at all.
Wait, wait… I can hear your toughs… “No selection? How do you think to assure the quality of scheduled speeches without any selection?”
We have a simple answer.
We believe that BarCamp is not really attended by everyone. Just folks who really loves to share use to attend this kind of events. And since “love for sharing” is one of the most important attitude for a researcher...
That’s why we plan to gather the best Italian Internet researchers as well as some friends from all around the world.
If you are interested in the impact of social media on society and you are a bright mind (we know you are :) ) this is the event for you!
Participants
The Acabarcamp is completely free. To sign up us just click on the following button.
Only 100 seats available on a first come, first served basis.
Schedule and Call for Presenters
Below is the working schedule for Academic BarCamp Urbino. If you would like to present a talk, go ahead and edit the wiki (password c4mp) with your session title, name, and a method for us to contact you (email or Twitter). See the list of suggested sessions below the table, and feel free to claim one of these topics and present on it!
If you have questions or want to flesh out an idea, don't hesitate to contact larica@uniurb.it and we'll be happy to discuss.
Remember, all attendees can help guide discussions! If you have something you're passionate about that relates to social network and application platform development, talk about it!
Official languages are both english and italian with preference for english.
Facilities
- Wireless network (please make sure to get a free account from Urbino Wireless Campus. You can request a free account using the form below)
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- Beamers
Proposed Sessions
- Social Networking: case histories
- Social Network users
- Unconventional media
- University 2.0 and digital natives
- How to observe SNSs for marketing
- Exploiting User Generated Content for Social Science
- Is Google making us stupid?
Sponsors
We're looking for sponsors and partners to help us organizing the event. We're looking for two different type of sponsorship that are different in cost the've got and benefits the give.
Main Sponsors: (no more than 2)
benefits:
o logo on every participants' T-shirts
o up to 3 reserved seats at the conference
o Sponsor's name included in preconference and postconference press releases
o Picture and link from the official site of the conference and fomr the "Conversazioni dal Basso" weblog
o Opportunity to distribute your gadget/flyers during the event
o signage during the event
Supporting Sponsor
I benefici includono:
o Your name will be included in preconference and postconference press releases
o Your pic and your logo will be displayed on "Conversazioni dal Basso weblog"
o Opportunity to distribute your gadget/flyers during the event
o signage during the event
Supporting Friends (new!):
o Your pic and your logo will be displayed on "Conversazioni dal Basso weblog"
o Opportunity to distribute your gadget/flyers during the event
To became our sponsor please send an email to larica@uniurb.it or call +39 0722 305726.
Accomodation
We highlight here a couple of hotels with agreement for special price in place for guests from University of Urbino "Carlo Bo":
Hotel dei Duchi (mappa)
Via G. Dini, 12 Urbino
Tel.: 0722/328226
Fax: 0722/328009
Hotel Mamiani (mappa)
Via Bernini, 6 - Urbino
Tel.: 0722/322309
Fax: 0722/327742
(to get the university guests special price please specify that your are booking to attend Festival dei Blog organized by the university)
A limited number of rooms are also available in the student college (mappa) € 25/night.
If you intend to book one of the student college rooms please write a message to roberto.pandolfi@soc.uniurb.it before 1st of October 2008.
A more complete list of accommodations is available on the ’webite of Urbino Tourist Office.
How to get there
The Academic BarCamp will take place in the Faculty of Sociology of University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”: Urbino in Via Saffi 15 presso la Facoltà di Sociologia.
Visualizzazione ingrandita della mappa
Urbino is a walled city in the Marche region in Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482. The town, nestled on a high sloping hillside, retains much of its picturesque medieval aspect, only slightly marred by the large car parks below the town. It hosts the University of Urbino, founded in 1506, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Urbino. Its best-known architectural piece is the Palazzo Ducale, rebuilt by Luciano Laurana (taken form http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbino).
Urbino is located in the middle of the Apennines, 30 km from the Adriatic coast. The town can be reached directly only by car or bus, not by train.
The closest towns to Urbino are Pesaro and Fano, where there are train stations; trains from Milano, Bologna or Rome stop there.
The fastest way to reach Urbino is to fly to Bologna (or Ancona) and to rent a car. Most major rental companies have offices in those two cities. This will avoid waiting time for train or bus connections. Car sharing is an option to reduce costs if you travel with other colleagues (or friends).
The cheapest way to reach Urbino is by bus from either Pesaro or Fano.
BY AIR
The closest Airports to Urbino are Ancona, Bologna, Rimini and Forlì.
Please follow the links below for detailed information.
ANCONA: Raffaello Sanzio Airport at Falconara Marittima
http://www.ancona-airport.com
45 Km South of Pesaro
Information office and bookings: Tel. +39-071-28271
Direct flights with low cost companies from London (www.ryanair.com ), Barcelona and Paris (www.evolavia.com ). Suggested route: From the airport take the bus to the train station in Ancona and from there take a train to Pesaro (about 30 min) and from Pesaro take the Bus (see section below).Urbino
BOLOGNA: Aereoporto G. Marconi
http://www.bologna-airport.it/
Bologna is the largest international airport of the area and is only a two-hour drive from Urbino. It is served by many low cost airlines, please refer to the airport website for details.
Information office and bookings: Tel. +39-051-6479615
FORLI’
http://www.forliairport.com
Information office and bookings: Tel. +39-0543-474991
Forlì is a very small airport, but the low cost airline Ryanair runs flights from major European cities (www.ryanair.com)
Suggested route: From the airport take the bus to the train station in Forlì, from there take a train to Pesaro (about 1:20h) and from Pesaro take the Bus (see section below).
RIMINI: Aeroporto Federico Fellini
http://www.riminiairport.com
Information office and bookings Tel. +39.0541.715711
Rimini is also a very small airport, but the low-cost airline Easyjet (www.easyjet.com) flies there. Rimini can be also useful for connections from Rome with Alitalia (www.alitalia.com) or other major European cities such as London, Amsterdam or Brussels.
Suggested route: From the airport take a bus to the train station in Rimini. From there take a train to Pesaro (about 15-20 min.) and from Pesaro take the bus (see section below).
For detailed information regarding flight schedules and airlines please refer to the airport links.
BY BUS
Buses from Pesaro or Fano to Urbino run frequently, for schedule information please visit the website: http://www.autolineebucci.com/
There are daily buses into the Urbino-Montefeltro area from Rome (http://www.autolineebucci.com/), but they do not run on Sundays.
If you are coming from Tuscany you can travel via San Sepolcro, but it is quite a lengthy trip.
BY CAR
From Rome, follow the old Via Flaminia through the Scheggia Pass, using the E45 via Perugia;
from Florence and Arezzo, follow the Bocca Trabaria, Bocca Serriola, Badia Tebalda or Viamaggio passes.
From Bologna take the A14 motorway and go south. Use the following exit: “Pesaro-Urbino” to reach Urbino.
From the “Pesaro-Urbino” exit you should take the SS 423 Urbinate, Urbino is 28Km from the highway exit. It will take you about 30-45 min.
From Ancona take the A14 motorway and go north. Use the following exit “Fano” to reach Urbino.
From the “Fano” exit you should take the superstrada and follow signs to Urbino. It will take you about 30-40 min.
BY TRAIN
The recommended stations are Pesaro(if you are traveling from the north) or Fano (if you are traveling from the south).
If you are travelling from Rome, the closest station is Fossato di Vico-Gubbio which is about a two hour train ride from the capital. From Fossato, however, there are few bus connections, and taxis are quite expensive (about 65€) so we suggest travelling to Pesaro by changing trains at the Falconara Marittima station.
Important: For all information related to train schedules and costs, please visit the website: http://www.trenitalia.it
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References
Quintanilla S. (2002), Arturo Rosenblueth and Norbert Wiener: Two Scientists in the Historiography of Contemporary Education, «Mexican Journal of Educational Research», 7-15, pp. 303-329.