BarCamp Leeds {2007}

The indefatigable Imran Ali writes:

It's ON! After month's of speculation, logo contests, false starts and calendar battleship across Upcoming and the official wiki - BarCamp Leeds is set for Saturday 17th November!

With only 23 days to go, this time around it'll be a single day BarCamp with a full weekend BarCamp planned for late Spring 2008.

Already, there are  have 62 confirmed attendees and sponsors ranging from Leeds Met, Yuuguu and nti Leeds, who'll be providing the fantastic, newly refurbished Old Broadcasting House as the venue; OBH is an incredible facility, bridging it's BBC past with it's current role as a hub for innovation in the region.  Soon, they'll be launching the UK's largest coworking facility.

Some of the proposed sessions include a workshop on 3D printing (yes, there'll be one there), augmented reality UIs, mobile technology trends, Drupal, games design, co-creation, PR in the digital age, an SEO clinic, entrepreneurial talks from the founders of BT Bizbox, Plusnet and eDocr.

Some of the contributors are also planning to run podcasts, a prize draw and link up live with BarCamp Ottowa for some shared sessions and also have a pair of sign language interpreters thanks to some hard-of-hearing attendee's efforts :)

The organisers are still looking for sponsors to help cover the costs of lunch, snacks, schwag and prizes, so if you'd like to help out financially and gain some publicity for your startup, blog or other organisation, please get in touch.

To find out more...

• Register here...
• Join the Facebook and Upcoming entries...
• Signup as a contributor for a session or helping on the day at the official wiki...

Please feel free to contact organisers - Me (!), Tom Scott, Dom Hodgson, GeekUp's Deb Bassett and myself - with any ideas, queries and sponsor inquiries you have.

Spread the word and see you on 17th!