I went to their last one - Interesting speculation on the future of the web. And it's free. ~Elise
**Free Event** http://www.brainjams.org/ http://www.brainjams.org/reg_berk.html http://brainjams.org/wiki/index.php?title=BrainJams25Feb2006 BrainJams Unconference Saturday February 25, 2006 9:00AM to 5:00PM On Saturday February 25, 2006, we are very excited to have Lee Felsenstein joining Chris Heuer as a co-facilitator of our next unconference. In a sense, Lee is reprising his role from the beginning of the PC revolution as co-founder and facilitator of the Homebrew Computer Club. In addition to focusing on discussions about how we use emerging social media tools like blogs, wikis, podcasts and other Web 2.0 tools, Lee and Chris will begin the day with a discussion on learning from other disciplines, finding/borrowing/improving on patterns through experimentation and collaboration in the commons. What we have been trying to do with BrainJams is very much what Homebrew did 30 years ago - we follow in their footsteps and are very honored to have him sharing his experience and wisdom with us. We are very excited to be hosting this event on the campus of UC Berkeley thanks to the generous support of the UCB Office of the CIO. Also thanks to the generous financial support of our Patrons, LockerGnome, Gada.be, Rate It All and Laughing Squid, we will have plenty of refreshments and lunch for all participants. If you end up staying, we also should be able to buy a round of beer afterwards at Jupiter Pizza. For this event, we would like to encourage participants to consider presenting a blog post for the afternoon conversations as researchers present papers for traditional conferences. Please tag all such posts (or even articles) with ForBrainJams25Feb2006 so that we can all have a chance to read your thoughts beforehand. To register, please complete our registration form that will be used to help us all get the most from the day we invest with each other learning and contributing to one another's passions. As with all BrainJams, this event is free to attend, though we do request you consider making a small donation so we can sustain and expand our efforts to a wider audience. We will be closing the event at 120 participants, so be sure to register early. For more information about the event, visit the event details page on our wiki and then you can check out (and add your thoughts to) the day's agenda on the wiki. Web 2.1: A BrainJam for the rest of us is a grass roots organized event to serve as an alternative to more costly events for those people who want to come together to discuss what Web 2.0 is and what we want from Web 2.1 BrainJams events are open to everyone, but are primarily intended for facilitating cross discipline knowledge sharing between technologists, business people, non-profits, artists, writers, journalists, government employees, elected officials and any other individuals actively seeking to make the world a better place through the appropriate use of emerging technologies. Contact: Chris Heuer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Venue UC Berkeley Campus - Lipman Room, Barrows Hall, Barrow Ln At Eshleman Rd Berkeley, CA, 94701 Directions: http://polisci.berkeley.edu/lipman/LipmanMap.html _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
