From andy at petdance.com Wed Jun 15 06:53:52 2011 From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:53:52 -0500 Subject: [Chicago-announce] BARcamp Chicago 2011 - July 9th & 10th - Chicago, Illinois Message-ID: <7BE8B118-975B-47E3-AF2B-661B573FB9D2@petdance.com> BARcamp Chicago 2011 - July 9th & 10th - Chicago, Illinois What is a BARcamp? A BARcamp is a participation oriented event focusing on some of the best parts of conferences: between session discussions, knowledge sharing and socializing. All the talks are given by attendees and the schedule is decided the day of the event. The event is FREE and open to the public. What Can I Expect at BARcamp Chicago? You can expect great discussions, presentations, workshops and demos from some of Chicago?s brightest minds and technology companies. Attendees are encouraged to participate by giving talks, asking questions, having side discussions, sharing ideas and knowledge. Along with talks there are people working together on projects, ideas and companies. You can get a better idea about what BARcamp Chicago is about by viewing photos and videos from previous years: http://www.flickr.com/groups/barcampchicago2008/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/53392972 at N08/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JFqkk2YOE When is BARcamp Chicago? BARcamp Chicago 2011 will be held from 10:00 AM on July 9th through 7:00 PM on July 10th. BARcamp Chicago is a continuous event. Feel free to bring a sleeping bag and spend the night if you wish. Where is BARcamp Chicago? This year BARcamp Chicago will be located at our friendly neighborhood hackerspace, Pumping Station: One. Pumping Station: One is located at 3354 North Elston, Chicago, IL 60618. Via public transportation, Pumping Station: One is just a 15 minute walk from the Belmont Blue Line station. Alternately you can take the 77 Belmont bus east from the Belmont Blue Line station to Sacramento and walk another 5 minutes north from there. By car, Pumping Station: One is just a five minute drive from the 90/94 Expressway. Free street parking is readily available. Better directions will be available on our website soon. How Much Does BARcamp Chicago Cost: Thanks to our sponsors, BARcamp Chicago is 100% FREE. Free food and drink will also be provided. Website For registration and updated information please visit our website at http://barcampchicago.org/. Registration is recommended but NOT required. Presenters Wanted! Do you think you know something that others might like to learn about? Of course you do! Consider giving a talk about it at BARcamp Chicago. All types of presentations are welcome as long as they are educational and interesting. While presentation slides are by no means required, we will have projectors available for those who which to use them. BARcompany Create a startup in a weekend! BARcamp Chicago is not only a great place to find business partners; it is also an excellent place to prototype your first product. Attendees are encouraged to work with others to form and create a business before the end of the weekend. At our closing event, your startup will demo your prototype to BARcamp attendees and our judges. Our judges will then vote on the best, most feasible new business. Our BARcompany winner from last year is actually a BARcamp Chicago sponsor this year! Sponsors BARcamp Chicago would like to thank to thank our sponsors: Pumping Station: One, RuggedScents, O'reilly, PSC Group, Peapod, Google, Todd Carothers and Technori. If you would like to become a BARcamp Chicago sponsor, please e-mail Kevin Harriss at kharriss at barcampchicago.org . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Polyglot Programmers" group. To post to this group, send email to polyglot-programmers at googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to polyglot-programmers+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/polyglot-programmers?hl=en.