Thank you all for coming to BarCampMadison2. We hope to see you next year.

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Social media links will be provided shortly.

Thank you to the following business and individuals who have become sponsors of BarCampMadison2.

• DANEnet – Our Fiscal Sponsor
• Extra Bold Portfolio School – Our Venue Sponsor
• Sharendipity
• QWANtify
• Fireseed Group
• TeamSoft
• Microsoft
• Netconcepts
• Brazen Careerist
• UserVoice

True to the open nature of BarCamp, the sponsor list and expenses are available as a Google Doc.

Social media tags:
BarCampMadison2, BarCamp, Madison, Wisconsin, 2008, ExtraBoldSchool, BCMad2
Use these tags when blogging or posting photos so interested parties can find them easily.

Maps:
Google Maps
A: Friday night social
B: Saturday/Sunday BarCamp
Parking

T-Shirts:
During this weekend t-shirts will be available online at CafePress.

Friday:
Starts at 7pm
Located at Lothlorien Co-op
(244 W Lakelawn Pl, Madison, WI 53703)

Come mix with other BarCampers before the weekend event really kicks into gear. Lothlorien is providing a relaxing castle environment to play Rock Band on an entire wall! BYOB. Please help out and bring some snacks. There will be open wifi, a fire pit going and canoes if people are interested. This is one of our best chances to talk without having to worry about missing some of the awesome sessions that will be happening.

Saturday:
Starts at 10am
Located at Extra Bold Portfolio School aka XB
(121 S Pinckney St, Madison, WI 53703)

Check in starts at 10am and a potluck lunch starts at 11. Madison’s farmers market will be open about 2 feet from XB so feel free to pick up food there. (The 12 year cheddar is amazing!) Sessions will kick in at 12 noon and go until dinner. Dinner will be provided so if you have dietary needs contact Abraham. After dinner hang around as long as you want. There will be much late night hacking and some impromptu sessions.

Sunday:
Starts at 9am
Located at Extra Bold Portfolio School
(121 S Pinckney St, Madison, WI 53703)

Check in and coffee will be available from 9am, Sessions start at 10. Lunch will be served early afternoon and closing announcements will be at 5pm.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask myself or the person standing next to you. Have fun, transfer knowledge and make new friends.

• Date: July 26-27th 2008
• Location: Extra Bold Portfolio School
• Start times:
  • Check-in: 10am Saturday, July 26th
  • Sessions: 12 Noon, July 26th
  • Sessions: 10am Sunday, July 27th
• End time: 5pm Sunday July 27th
• Pre-party: July 25th, 2008, Lothlórien Cooperative, 7pm

There is still lots to do so jump on the list and help out. You can also check out the notes from Sundays planning meeting.

Our space is limited to 75-90 at any given time, priority will be given to folks who register in advance.

BarCamp is an un-conference; An open format event where programmers, designers and business owners can network and learn.
A BarCamp conference is unlike any other technology conference. Rather than being planned by a committee in advance, each community works together to create its own event. A BarCamp generally has an underlying theme, but the individual topics and sessions are organized shortly before or even at the event. This enables BarCamp to be much more than targeted to the needs of the Madison community.
Hundreds of BarCamp events have been held in cities around the world. Madison and Milwaukee’s BarCamp events attracted over 130 people each and the attention of Wisconsin media.

An overview of the BarCamp format

The event starts off with a brief introduction and some time for people to get settled. A schedule of sessions is organized and then, after a brief introduction, the BarCamp is off and running. Attendees are at their leisure to pick the sessions they want to attend. Many even try to be in more than one session at a time.
BarCampMadison2 literally includes a camping component. Many participants set up tents and cots and sleep right at the conference.

Why is it called BarCamp?

This is the first thing most BarCamp neophytes ask, and the answer, like BarCamp, is rather informal. In 2003, O’Reilly Publishing sponsored one of the earliest ad-hoc conferences called FooCamp. FooCamp was an invite-only gathering, so the next year, several technology industry leaders banded together in Palo Alto Calif., and founded BarCamp (put Foo and Bar camps together and you have FooBar, or FUBAR, the acronym meaning F… you get the idea).

Is BarCamp just for geeks and techies?

Hey! We resemble that remark! The truth is BarCamp is open to anyone. And anyone who wants to can attend and host sessions. Because of our partnership with Bucketworks, BarCampMadison2 is particularly open to sessions exploring creativity, social discussions, and other not-necessarily-technological in nature sessions. BarCampers are the kind of people who like to talk, think, read, and discuss. They program, hack, crack, improve, design, walk, talk, smile, develop and create.

If our 2006 event is any indicator, BarCampMadison2 will offer varied sessions. There will certainly be sessions that get deep and involved into the nature of particular computer programming languages, but there will also be fun sessions about video games, fighting robots and the nature of Democracy in ancient Greece.

Any attendee who is not learning or enjoying himself is bound to employ the law of two feet. “If you are not learning or teaching something, then you must use your own two feet to move you to someplace where you are.”

How can I get more involved?

Join the Mailing List to discuss the planning and stay on top of things as we get closer to the event.