We are prepareing for Barcamp Yerevan 2010

We are proud to announce, that Barcamp Yerevan 2010 will indeed take place. It took a great deal of effort to get together, find sponsors, set up the logistics. We weren’t really sure the even is possible until very recently, but the fact is, it will!

This year’s BarCamp will be help in the familiar location of last year’s event, the American University of Armenia. The BarCamp itself will last two days, on June 5-6th. The pre-registrations (that’s when you get the badges, possibly – T-shirts and stuff, is on June 4th. The draft schedule is right here։

It’s our pleasure to see you at this year’s BarCamp. Please make sure to register here:

Feel free to disseminate this information to your friends and colleagues, if you think they might be interested.

See you at Barcamp

June 4, Friday

Location American University of Armenia

16։00-19։00 Registration of participants, pre-Filling schedule for Barcamp ‘day 1′ presentations, getting to know each other, helping with space preparation, setting up and testing equipment

June 5, Saturday

Location American University of Armenia

09։00-10։00 Filling in presentation schedule by participants

10։00-10։40 Official opening of BarCamp

10։40-11։00 Filling in presentation schedule by participants

11:00-18:00 Thirty-minute presentations

June 6, Sunday

11:00-17:00 Fifteen-minute presentations

17:00-17:30 Official closing of Barcamp

17:30-18:00 Helping with space clean-up, uninstalling equipment, packing stuff

Location Lover’s park

19։00-01։00 Continuation of BridgeCamp and Afterparty

• You are also free to socialize, talk and discuss in a shared space outside of presentation-rooms. It’s one of the most important part at any BarCamp.
• There will be 3 parallel threads of presentations. Participants will choose which presentation they want to attend (vote with you feet)
• Everyday we will decide and announce the time and the place(s) for evening parties, where you can continue socializing, discussing projects and ideas sitting in a pub, or having more active time in the clubs of Yerevan.

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BarCamp is a brand new event, originating in the Silicon Valley of USA in 2005 that has become widespread throughout the world.

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BarCamp is usually a “non-conference” in the sphere of information technology or “IT,” new media and Internet. A “non-conference” is the unofficial, informal part of the conference supporting open discussions and a free exchange of ideas and opinions.

First BarCamp in History

The philosophy of BarCamp is the following: all presentations are given by participants themselves, with no formally invited guest speakers and without the formality of traditional conference. Most revealing, the schedule of events is “produced” by the participants of the conference and is formed only after the conference opens, as participants add the presentations they want to hold on a white board.

Our region

The first ever BarCamp in the former Soviet Union was organized in Kyiv in October 2007. It brought together about 300 people from Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, and other countries from the region and featured around 45 presentations.

After BarCamp Kiev, there was “BarCamp Baltics” in Riga (February 2008) and “Barcamp Caucasus” in Tbilisi (June 2008). The wave of BarCamps continues.

BarCamp Yerevan

Finally, BarCamp Yerevan took place in Armenia on April 17-19 of 2009.

BarCamp Orlando

“BarCamp Yerevan” brought together bloggers, new media professionals, IT specialists, companies involved in Internet and digital technologies, journalists and journalism students, as well as any other groups interested in using technology and Internet in their work. For more information please follow BarCamp09 link

If you want to participate in “BarCamp Yerevan”, please register.

Target Group

The main target audience of the BarCamp is Web project managers, entrepreneurs, new media activists, designers, educators and all business professionals who are building the next generation Web.