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Energy Camp: An unconference for you, by you
Event Date: September 16, 2008 | Event Location: New York Javits Convention Center, Room 1E03
This page is where you should give people an idea of the session(s) that you may end up proposing at Energy Camp. But first, if you're not sure how things will work at Energy Camp and how to create and edit pages on this wiki, then read on. If you're an old hand at unconferences and are ready to offer some ideas for some discussions (and you know how to edit wiki pages), then click the edit tab above, scroll to the bottom and add some discussion topics (along with brief descriptions) to this page.
To see the discussion ideas proposed for the first Energy Camp @Interop, held in Las Vegas on April 28, 2008, click here.
Open space basics
Energy Camp is conducted Open Space style (more about Open Space and unconferences can be found here). After a few general presentations, there is a General Assembly where attendees propose discussions that they're interested in leading. Attendees will line up for their turn at the microphone, propose a discussion and, on a whiteboard that lists all of the available rooms and time slots in grid fashion, slot their proposed discussion into one of the available room/times.
To get an idea of what the discussion grid looks like by the end of camp, check out the topics listed on the Camp Agenda for the first Energy Camp @Interop, held in Las Vegas on April 28, 2008.
Principles of Open Space
There are several principles of Open Space:
- Whoever comes are the right people.
- Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.
- Whenever it starts is the right time.
- When it is over, it is over.
- Document your session.
The Law of Two Feet
Unconferences also follow the the Law of Two Feet: If during the course of the gathering, any person finds themselves in a situation where they are neither learning nor contributing, they must respectfully use their two feet and go to some more productive place.
And Be Prepared to Be Surprised.
And amazed.
Discussion ideas
Below is a list of probable/proposed discussions. At the end of each description is a link to a detail level page where you can get more information, indicate your interest in attending the discussion, and flesh out the topic in more detail with other attendees. However, in some cases, the proposed discussion is neither listed yet or the detail level pages are not setup yet. So, feel free to add to this wiki. If you click on a link for which a page hasn't been created, it will take you to a page that you can start to edit (if you are one of the people who proposed a topic, feel free to start the detail level page associated with that topic and get the conversation going!).
Note: We've had a few people use the discussion tab along the top of the wiki interface to enter a proposed discussion. Be sure to click the edit tab at the top of this page. This will put you into the edit mode for this page. Then, scroll to the bottom and enter your discussion idea.
Check out the Start new pages tab for getting started when it comes to logging in and creating or editing pages on this wiki.
In no particular order, here are some proposed discussion topics. If you're adding a topic, please bracket the topic with four "=" signs to designate a new section heading (e.g., ====MyTopic====), and add your name so we know who proposed the topic.
Example Topic
- Proposed By: YourName
- Topic Description
