A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. Here is a quote from the wikipedia description:
'BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols.'
Campala 2008 will be held in Kampala, Uganda on 08/29/2008 as a way to bring people interested in a variety of levels and topics, together in one place for a day of exploration, connection and enjoyment.
Some of you might be asking yourselves why Appfrica is hosting this page? Well, for one, the philosophy of Barcamp (encouragment, sharing, development, innovation etc.) is perfectly inline with why I started Appfrica. While Appfrica will be more formal and will aim to bring together a more diverse group of professionals, Campala is a Barcamp all about developers, bloggers and tech enthusiasts native to or working in Africa. We had to change the name because the Barcamp people are very clear about how you can and can't use their trademark and to be honest I had no idea what I could or couldn't do so I just bypassed it completely, lol.
Campala is also a collaborative effort meaning we want as many people involved in planning it as possible. If you're interested in helping to organize Campala, contact me here.
Event details
When August 29th, 2008
Where TBA
Where to stay? TBA
Sponsors
Makerere University | School of ICT
Schedule
Day 1 (Open Discussions)
10:00am Session Start, Introductions
10:30am Morning Session 1 - Open Discussion
11:00am Break for Breakfast
12:00pm Afternoon Session 2 - Presentations from Local Bloggers/Developers/Businesses
1:00pm Afternoon Session 3 - Social Media in Uganda
1:30pm Break for Lunch at
2:00pm Wrap-up Day 1
Day 2 (Tech-Oriented)
12:00pm Session 4 - Workshop for Developers
Introduction to Django and Rails
A look at PHP Frameworks
1:30pm Session 5 - What is Google's Agenda in East Africa?
2:00pm Session 6 - Linux and Open Source Discussion
2:30pm Session 7 - Advancing Ugandan Tech
3:00pm Wrap Up Campala
5:30pm Informal Dinner and Closing Statements
Proposed Sessions
- Embracing Data Portability
- Who's Who in the Ugandan Blogsphere (Introduce Yourselves!)
- What is Google's East Africa Agenda?
- Django, Rails or PHP Frameworks. What's the best language for web development?
Organizers
Participants (aka Campers)
- Jon Gosier
- Reinier Battenberg
- Marcin Zaleski
- Michael Niyitegeka
- McTim
- Daniel Mulumba
- Jude Lumala
- Clare Sempebwa
- Nagawa
- Mugarura
- Kathleen Diga
- Samuel Mburu
- Simon Vass
- Richard Matovu
What We Need
(please cross out when it's done)
Tech
Wifi
Projector, White Boards
Audio (Microphones)
Skype or Qik account
Video Camera For Recording
Digital Camera
Non-tech
Breakfast
Lunch
Coffee/Tea
Tables and chairs
Pens
T-Shirts
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