I wasn't being flippant when I mentioned Barcamp Bangalore earlier in
this thread. The event has evolved significantly in its four
iterations, turning into an incubator of sorts -- we're going to have
two spin-off events later this year, focusing on e-governance and
startups, in addition to Barcamp Bangalore 5.
As far as I can tell, there's no other place like Barcamp Bangalore
in India to test a new idea for an event.
On 02-Aug-07, at 4:18 PM, Mahesh Murthy wrote:
Who would we like to have as speakers? What would set this apart?
There's a Demo-like thing called Proto that happens every 6 months and
another on Innovation that's happening in Blr soon
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Subject: [silk] Organizing a conference like TED in India
I'm a huge fan of the TED conferences. (www.ted.com)
I've been thinking of an event similar to TED that could be held in
India. I
contacted Udhay about this, since a guy who collects people is
probably the
most suited for this endeavor. Here are some thoughts:
The conference lasts for 3 days
All the Silksters meet in India.
We invite 20 to 30 speakers from our networks
Focus on folks from technology, life sciences, arts, music...
Gives speakers and silksters to interact and discuss issues of
interest
Open only to silksters
Sponsors fund the event, and pony up $$$ for speaker travel and stay
In other words, a closed conference for Silksters. We could think
of an
invite-only list too, like TED, and charge a nominal fee to cover
costs.
Udhay felt that this could be a good addition to FOU camp.
Thoughts?
Sriram
