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BarCamp Malaysia 2008

A good friend of mine, Kamal Fariz is organizing BarCamp Malaysia 2008, aimed for 26th and 27th July. BarCamp is more of and adhoc conference, or as some would like to say "unconference".

The Negated Conference

What would a negated conference be exactly? Regular conferences (at least the ones Malaysians are accustomed to) tend to be very one way.

• You plant your ass down.
• Presenter comes up on stage.
• You clap your hands in respect.
• Presenter delivers the information.
• You absorb information.

At no point in the conference, do the audience generally contribute back.

The goal of this (un/negated) conference is to facilitate that.

Discussions. Demos. Interaction.
Disclaimer: at least thats what it says on the wiki page

Information wants to be free.

Volunteering

Looking at their Facebook page, volunteer meetings are planned to be held every Thursday, and there was one just last night, which I happened to miss.

If you are interested, you can sign up as a Camper (Participant) at the BarCamp wiki page.

Resources

• BarCamp Malaysia
• Twitter
• Facebook Group
• BarCamp wiki page
• Google Group