# Bristol Knowledge Unconference
Hi all,
Just a quick note to all of those in the South-West of England (and anyone else interested). I am organising a “Knowledge Unconference” in Bristol, which is loosely attached to the “Semantic Web South-West” Group.
The idea will be similar to a BarCamp, except that it is a lot lighter, more social, more hands-on. It will also be only half-a-day long. Plus it will be “themed” around the general subject of Knowledge. So for example:
- The Semantic Web / Linked Data / Hyperdata / Data Web
- Topic Maps
- Information Architecture and Design
- Knowledge Acquisition
- Knowledge-Based Systems, Knowledge Engineering and Rule-Based Systems (etc)
- Knowledge Visualisation
- and maybe even, Object Oriented Databases
I will try to get the obvious companies in/around Bristol involved: e.g. HP Labs, ILRT, University of Bristol CS Dept, UWE Computing Dept. But I am very keen for small businesses, sole-traders and start-ups who are interested in Knowledge and who are in the area to come along. I’m also interested in a few PhD students and/or MSc students coming along to show off their Knowledge projects.
I’ve decided to do this because Knowledge is such a broad subject, which is so fragmented with people working on little Islands (with their own formats, frameworks, methodologies, protocols etc) that it is going to be worth just getting together, showing people stuff and talking about it. Some of the areas of interest have been typically academic in feel, so it would be interesting to hear success stories within business.
Someone in Bristol City Centre has been lovely enough to offer modern conference space for this event FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. It has a conference room that holds about 100, and two breakout rooms. Also includes Free WiFi, Cabled Internet Connections, TV, and Projector.
I’m only brainstorming at the moment, and so I welcome all ideas/comments.
Oh, and… The event will be free and I won’t need a sponsor because the space is going to be free (unless people really really want a free meal)
If you have any comments, or if you are really excited and want to help me figure out when the best time to do this is (!) Then please send a message to danieljohnlewis [-a-t-] gmail [-d-o-t-] com
Cheers,
Daniel
(I’ll probably send this off to the Linking Open Data Mailing List too… so, I’m sorry for cross-posting)
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July 14th, 2008 at 9:20 am
hey there Daniel - great idea. Any dates set? I’d love to get this one in the diary!
churs
Jaya
July 14th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Hey Daniel. Just saw a tweet with info on your event - looks good and I’ll keep an eye on dates when you announce them..
Also to say - if you’re interested in the whole barcamp space then check out https://bathcamp.org - a barcamp in bath in September 08…I see from an email that Tim B already contacted you so you’re probably in the loop already…
Cheers
Mike
July 15th, 2008 at 9:15 am
sounds very interesting - please keep me informed - although I’m more of a ’soft’ knowledge person (facilitator, event designer, community of practice coach etc.) - but happy to share this possibility with a regional knowledge cafe group i curate…
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