BarCampSheffield

There is a BarCamp happening in Sheffield on the 26th / 27th May 2007 at PlusNet, Internet House, Sheffield, S1 4BY

For those who don't know what BarCamp is the following definition is on Wikipedia: 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.

BarCamps are organized (and evangelized) largely through the web, harnessing what might be called a Web 2.0 communications toolkit. By "open-sourcing" the organizational process of a Foo Camp unconference, that is, codifying it in a wiki and making that publicly available, BarCamp seems to have struck a chord. It has since been implemented in 31 cities around the world and is serving as a reference for unconferences in other fields.

The organisers of BarCampSheffield rightly point out that the UK is at the forefront of innovation within the areas of Web 2.0, OpenID, Social Networking etc.. They feel that the north of England is full of enterprising and innovative individuals / businesses who want a event outside of London where they can talk to kindred spirits. Everyone is welcome - click here for more information.