BarcampLA, LA's Tech “Unconference” Unfolds

BarCampLA is the Los Angeles iteration of a decentralized series of unconferences in over 23 cities across the globe. Never heard of one? A BarCamp is an ad- hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share, learn and collaborate in an open environment. An intense, exciting two day event, BarcampLA invites discussions, conversations, debate and and interaction among its participants. The name BarCamp was inspired as a complement to FooCamp.

When Saturday, March 24 (begins at 10 am)– Sunday, March 25 (ends 7 pm)
Participants encouraged to “camp”!

Little Radio Warehouse
1218 Long Beach Ave
Los Angeles, California 90021

Wiki: http://barcamp.org/BarcampLA-3
Blog: http://www.barcampla.org

Why: In an age of corporate strategically and politically organized trade conferences, BarcampLA (like BarCamps organically replicating and morphing around the world) take a different approach, inspired in part by the spirit of open source software development. A two day "mind meld," participants all become presenters in schedule slated on the fly by individuals from coders to communicators to mavens and connectors who present and share in long form sessions designed to foster innovation, excitement and intensity in a friendly “mind laboratory” setting.

Past Barcamp sessions have included sessions as diverse as “How to Make a Digital Camera for $35”, "3D Metaverse Roadmap" , "Coder Yoga" , "XML-RPC APIs" , "GTD with Google Tools" and "Web 2.0, the pain, problems and paradoxes".

Media Contact: Jennifer Fader, jfader@terpin.com, or 310 922 7507

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