Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG)

BarCamp Sydney returns in 2007! Although it is not a SLUG or FOSS event, there will definitely be a strong contingent of FOSS people present. Anybody can contribute with a presentation, so this is our opportunity to show off what FOSS has to offer to a wider crowd.

A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. Here is a quote from the wikipedia description:

'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.'

BarCampSydney is a gathering of creative tech brains for learning, sharing and collaboration.

For the Sydney BarCamp we're making topics open to those beyond technology to include entertainment, art, marketing, other technologies and content such as podcasts and so on. See other camps such as ArtCamp, MarCamp and BlogCamp.

Full details are at the BarCamp Sydney Web site.