[Air-l] Introducing AOIRcamp: Un-conference for IR7.0 goers

[Kevin Lim]

Hello,
   For those of you heading to AoIR's IR:7.0 conference in Brisbane
next month, please take note of this. I'd like to organize a special
meetup which would give us something cheap but useful to do during our
conference afterhours.

Introducing AOIRcamp.

What is AOIRcamp?
This free social event is meant as an alternative to the other
conference events (e.g. $42 conference dinner). AOIRcamp is based on
BarCamp (http://barcamp.org/TheRulesOfBarCamp), which is an ad-hoc
un-conference movement born from the desire for people to share and
learn in an open environment. It is a fun event with discussions,
demos and interaction from attendees. NO SPECTATORS, ONLY
PARTICIPANTS. All attendees can give a demo, a session, or help with
one. All presentions are scheduled the day they happen. This event
will be a collective effort.

What can I do at AOIRcamp?
You could do anything that would interest a group of people like
ourselves. Several group sessions can happen at the same time. Someone
could create a slot on the wall to talk about "building social
networks", while another could take a slot to talk about "subverting
social networks". On-location gaming is also encouraged since it could
inspire future research (e.g. Nintendo DS wifi gaming = ad-hoc
architectures). If you don't wish to talk, you could be a sponsor.
Even bringing pizza, drinks or whatever would be better than coming
empty-handed.


But all this isn't going to happen out of thin air.

Besides volunteers, this unique event also needs a decent-sized room
for us to camp in. Ideally a conference room with free WiFi. Can
anyone from Queensland University of Technology sponsor such a venue?

Stay tuned and contribute to the AOIRcamp site over at the AOIR Wiki:
http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=AOIRcamp


BTW: For anything media related to this, the event tag is: aoircamp06

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Kevin Lim
http://theory.isthereason.com
University at Buffalo, Communication