BathCamp is a BarCamp style event that we’re organising, to take place in Bath (UK) later in the summer. A BarCamp is a type of participatory conference (or unconference, if you prefer), where everyone is encouraged to give short presentations, demos, workshops and so on, in a kind of ad-hoc, not very pre-planned kind of fashion. There’s also an overnight element, where attendees can literally camp out and hang out, either discussing stuff or making stuff (or both).
BathCamp was conceived of during the Museums and the Web 2008 conference, and is being organised by a bunch of people with associations with UK museums. There will therefore be a loose theme of cultural heritage and openness, but really the conference is open to anyone, from hackers to designers and writers to builders.
The date is yet to be decided, but may well be either the weekend of 23rd/24th or 30th/31st August 2008. We’re also on the lookout for a venue. If you have any ideas, get in touch.
If you’re interested in attending BathCamp, you can add yourself to our mailing list, or pop your name onto the BathCamp wiki page. Subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed to find out more information when we’ve got it.
BathCamp is being organised by Mike Ellis, Mia Ridge and me, Frankie Roberto, and we’ll no doubt be writing about it on our respective blogs too.
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