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BarCamp Yerevan

“BarCamp Yerevan” was first held on April 17-19, 2009. Armenian IT and new media specialists fell in love with the new type of “unconference” and each successive BarCamp, in 2010, 2011, attracted more and more people. In 2009 we only had 400 participants. Last year, in 2011, the number of developers, hackers, geeks, bloggers, journalists and online activists exceeded 800. Check out this video to get a glimpse of what it felt to be in “BarCamp Yerevan 2011″. Our favorite bit is the afterparty of course ;)

 

What is the BarCamp?

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.

 

Key Topics at Barcamp include:

  • Business
  • Software
  • Personal Growth
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • AI
  • Machine Learning
  • Business
  • HR
  • Data Science
  • Games
  • Marketing
  • Media
  • Product Management
  • Robotics
  • VR

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 featured around 45 presentations and brought together about 300 people from following countries:

  • Ukraine
  • Belarus
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Russia
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Poland
  • etc.

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

 

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.