Greetings InfoCamp Seattle 2007 participants!

We’re all looking forward to seeing you at InfoCamp this weekend! If you haven’t been to this sort of “un-conference” before, this message will help you get ready. (By the way: If you haven’t yet, it’s not too late to sign up for InfoCamp!)

Firstly, you won’t be just an “attendee” at this conference, you’ll be a “participant”. Everyone who comes to InfoCamp will participate in some way, whether by proposing and running a session or by contributing to a session they care about. We all benefit from each other’s input and ideas, which is why we’ve chosen this un-conference format. Your conference team of volunteers has created an open schedule that you and other participants will fill up with sessions.

Sessions this weekend will include discussions, talks, and demos. They may be more loosely organized than you usually expect at a conference, as they can take whatever form the people in the session agree on. Prepare to discuss, debate, teach, and learn.

On the first day, we’ll start at 9am with a round of coffee and introductions, and Blue Flavor co-founder Nick Finck will give our keynote. After that, it’s up to you: nearly two full days of participant-determined talks. Refer to The Schedule (in the lobby near the registration table) often throughout the conference to keep tabs on what’s available.

Throughout the conference, we’ll all come together occasionally to hear about what’s happened and what’s next.

On the second day, we’ll have a plenary session in which Bob Boiko will give a lively talk that you’ll want be sure to hear. At the end of the conference on Sunday at 5pm, we’ll reconvene for fun wrap-up session… with prizes!

How it works:
- Each session will be an hour long.
- There will be “pitch sessions” between sessions for people to hear about what’s next.
- You can sign up to lead a session in advance, and then pitch the idea during a pitch session.
- Sharing half-formed ideas, work in progress, and unsolved problems is encouraged.
- Lunch will be provided both days.
- We will give out information about how to access the wireless network.
- Meeting people and networking are part of the purpose of the event – make a new friend!
- There will be exhibit tables in the lobby with swag.
- Have fun!

See http://barcamp.org/WhatToExpect and http://barcamp.org/TheRulesOfBarCamp for more details.

For more details about our speakers, logistics, and sponsors, see http://asistpnw.org/infocamp2007/. To join a discussion list about this conference, go to http://groups.google.com/group/infocampsea.

Thanks are due in particular to all our sponsors for making this possible and to our volunteers for making it real.

Thanks,

Aaron, Andy, Corprew, Kristen, and Rachel
Your InfoCamp Seattle 2007 Organizers.

PS: If this all sounds fun, sign up for InfoCamp!