BarCamp Edmonton

What is BarCamp?

Barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering of people in and interested in the Edmonton tech community. BarCamp is a series of loosely scheduled 20 minute presentations/discussions about whatever the community is interested in.

How it works?

Everyone shows up in the morning and people write their name on a block of time with a topic, idea, whatever, that want to present, discuss, learn, etc. Everyone should have a topic in mind they’d like to lead a discussion on. Each session is only 20 minutes so you don’t have to prepare a big speech or PPT. The sessions should be interactive allowing for the audience to be a part of the discussion.

Every 1/2 hr a new session starts and goes for 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of hallway talk and deciding on your next session.

When is BarCamp?

Saturday July 19^th, 2008 10:00am to 4:00pm with the possibility of an impromptu trip to a local pub should the community desire to continue the discussion.

Where is BarCamp?

The Edmonton World Trade Centre, Floor 6 (600-9990 Jasper Avenue NW). You can find a Google map here.

How much does BarCamp cost?

Nothing. Free. Nadda. BarCamp is a sponsored event. We have arranged a couple of generous sponsors to cover the room, lunch, beer, etc. A big thank you to our sponsors:

• Nexopia - http://www.nexopia.com
• Tec Edmonton - http://www.tecedmonton.com

Who should come?

You! Everyone! No matter what you interest in technology we can almost guarantee there will be something that you will find interesting, or someone that you will find interesting to talk to.

What are people going to be talking about?

We are planning on having three different presentation rooms, as well as a couple of discussion rooms/areas, a “business” room, a “tech” room, and a “misc” room. Ultimately the topics will be whatever the community want them to be.

What should I bring?

Whatever you want. We are arranging wifi so that you will be able to bring your laptops if you like. Also bring whatever other gadgets you want to talk about, show off, etc. Have a new iPhone, Arduino, Lego Mindstorms, whatever: bring it, play with it, show it off. Or bring nothing at all. Whatever you like.

Where do I sign up?

Given the space limitations on the venue we have 125 spots open based on first come first serve. Please sign us ASAP to make sure that you have a spot, you can sign up here. Rest assured we won’t give your name or email out to anyone, or use it to contact you, without your permission. Please sign up here: https://www.inviteright.com/E18395DA

For more info, and to get involved, check out:

• http://www.barcampedmonton.com
• http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampEdmonton1

Thanks to everyone who came out to DemoCamp Edmonton2.  We had over 80 people there and it was a great time.  For a recap of the event check out Mack’s recap on his blog.

DemoCamp Edmonton 2 has now been scheduled for Tuesday May 20th at 6:30. It will be held at the Billiard Club at 10505 Whyte Ave (google map forthcoming). Check out the DemoCamp wiki for more information, and we’ll post more information here as the date comes closer.
As always please invite your friends or anyone else that you know that might be interested. Please sign up on the wiki (preferred), the facebook page, or fire me off an email (cam.linke@gmail.com). This will help us plan for numbers.
See you there.  Let’s keep this community growing.

We just want to say a quick thank-you to everyone that showed up last night for Edmonton’s very first DemoCamp.  Almost 70 people attended, well beyond our initial estimates of 50 or less.  As well, many people came out afterwards for drinks at The Windsor. One of the main goals of DemoCamp is to build connections in the Edmonton community, and we’re sure many new connections were made last night.

We’d also like to thank all the speakers that came out.  You all did a great job, and we look forward to seeing you again!  Here they are again in the order they presented:

There’s already a great recap of the nights events, as well as content on Flickr and Twitter.

Over the next few weeks we’re going to be collecting feedback and going over this DemoCamp to see what we can do better next time.  If you want to keep up on what’s going on we encourage you to join our mailing list, follow our RSS feed, or join the BarCampEdmonton Facebook group.

Just a reminder that DemoCampEdmonton1 is happening tonight.  It starts at 6:30 at the University of Alberta, School of Business room B-9 (#36 on the map).   The cheapest parking is in lot N on the east side of Hub Mall (map).  Get there early to be sure you get a seat!

The response for DemoCamp Edmonton1 has been fantastic, clearly this was long overdue. In order to help us gauge how many people there are going to be please sign up on the wiki (preferable), leave a comment on this blog, or send me an email (cam.linke@gmail.com). If you have trouble with the wiki you can send me an email and I will enter you on there if you like. The password/invite key is c4mp.
This will help us in planning for the event.  We are working on figuring out what the best system will be for this in the future.

Okay so we have officially set a date for the first Democamp. It is going to start at 6:30 on Wednesday March 26, 2008. If you are going to attend or would like to demo please head over to the wiki and put your name down. If you have any questions, or would like to talk about things further feel free to fire me off an email at cam.linke@gmail.com.

March 26, 2008 6:30–8:30pm – DemoCamp1 Edmonton– at University of Alberta, School of Business B-9

Edmonton’s first official DemoCamp event is here! DemoCamp is a variation of the BarCamp style of event, and is an excuse to have more regular meetings.

Tags: democampedmonton, barcampedmonton

Edmonton your time has come.  BarCamp Edmonton is happening, and it’s happening soon.  Stay tuned to this blog for more details or get involved now at our wiki.