(Original text mercilessly pinched from our mates at BarCampSydney. Ta!)

A BarCamp in the capital? Capital!

Register for the first ever BarCamp Canberra!

Keep up to date at the BarCampCanberra Blog

What is a BarCamp?

A 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 participants. Here is a quote from the wikipedia description:

'BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols.'wino kredyt mieszkaniowy sprzedam mieszkanie sprzedam bilet

BarCampCanberra is a gathering of creative tech brains for learning, sharing and collaboration.

For the Canberra BarCamp we're totally open to topics beyond technology to include entertainment, art, marketing, other technologies and content such as podcasts and so on. Ideally, whatever you talk about will have some form of technical or geek-friendly angle.

Details

  • Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and related topics. We have room for 60ish people, so bring your colleagues.
  • What? A good opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work with like-minded individuals.
  • When? The first BarCamp Canberra is on from 1000-1700 on Saturday 19 April 2008
  • Where? BarCampCanberra1 will be held at the CSIT Building, North Road, ANU.
  • Website? The blog is the place. We'll be posting updated information about the event there.

Signup and RSVP

Attendance is free. Please register for our April 2008 event here so we can make sure there's enough space. Everyone is encouraged to present, so when you RSVP, include what you might like to talk about.

Session Structure

Whatever structure the session needs to be in is the right structure. However, here are some ideas:

  • Panel
  • Presentation
  • Goldfish Bowl
  • Soap box - Just stand on a box and spout your wisdom.
  • Half-Geeked - Half-Baked, but tech focused.
  • Demo new stuff
  • Debates
  • Anything goes...
In terms of time, slots will be around 5-10 minutes of talking and 10-15 minutes of Q&A. If the group wants more time, it's okay to self-organise and reshuffle the schedule or find another location to continue the discussion.

Friday Night Drinks

Friday night drinks are on at Andrew Boyd's house, 24 Sulman Place Swinger Hill/Phillip (suburb depends on your map) starting at 5PM. If you're going to turn up late please call Andrew on 0413 048 542 to confirm that we didn't get bored/drunk and repaired to a restaurant somewhere :)

UnOrganisers

Want to help organise this or the next event? Add your name to the list.

NameEmailURL From What can I do
Andrew Boyd facibus AT gmail.com humaneia.com Canberra Unorganiser
Stephen Collins trib AT acidlabs.org acidlabs.org Canberra Unorganiser
Simon Pascal Klein klepas AT klepas.org klepas.org Canberra Designer and Unorganiser
Nathanael Boehm snoop AT purecaffeine.com purecaffeine.com Canberra AWIA rep and unorganiser
Justin Kerr-Stevens jkerrstevens AT gmail.com www.extendedreach.wordpress.com London Unorganise and promote

Feel free to add your name - the more the merrier!

Marketing

Put down your ideas for how the event should be marketed. Contribute and expect to get fingered to do something!
Funny promo video, blog stamp, media...

Media Sharing and Tags

Upload all photos to Flickr, all presentations to Slideshare, all videos to YouTube; use the tag BarCampCanberra.

Anyone interested in taking photos for this event? And how about podcasting it?

Get the word out about this event, feel free to use this blurb we've put together or say it in any way you want.

NO SPECTATORS, ONLY PARTICIPANTS
When you come, be prepared to share with BarCampers.
When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.
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 participate.
What's Next?
Sign up on the wiki, check out the blog, tell all your friends, prepare your presentation, ask your company if they're interested in sponsoring...
Go!: http://barcamp.org/BarCampCanberra

There's also a barcamp_canberra_graphics.zip you can use on your site or on flyers, etc.

Questions

How do I add my details to this page?
You can either click on Edit page and then enter the password that is given at the top left of the page; or you can register at barcamp and then edit the page.
How can I contact you and otherwise keep up?
Sign up for the Google Group and talk to us there. If you have to, email an organiser directly.

Other Camps

Other camps on in BarCampAustralia include BarCampAdelaide, BarCampSydney, BarCampMelbourne, BarCampPerth and BarCampBrisbane.


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