Hello, For those of you heading to AoIR's IR:7.0 conference in Brisbane next month, please take note of this. I'd like to organize a special meetup which would give us something cheap but useful to do during our conference afterhours. Introducing AOIRcamp. What is AOIRcamp? This free social event is meant as an alternative to the other conference events (e.g. $42 conference dinner). AOIRcamp is based on BarCamp (http://barcamp.org/TheRulesOfBarCamp), which is an ad-hoc un-conference movement born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is a fun event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. NO SPECTATORS, ONLY PARTICIPANTS. All attendees can give a demo, a session, or help with one. All presentions are scheduled the day they happen. This event will be a collective effort. What can I do at AOIRcamp? You could do anything that would interest a group of people like ourselves. Several group sessions can happen at the same time. Someone could create a slot on the wall to talk about "building social networks", while another could take a slot to talk about "subverting social networks". On-location gaming is also encouraged since it could inspire future research (e.g. Nintendo DS wifi gaming = ad-hoc architectures). If you don't wish to talk, you could be a sponsor. Even bringing pizza, drinks or whatever would be better than coming empty-handed. But all this isn't going to happen out of thin air. Besides volunteers, this unique event also needs a decent-sized room for us to camp in. Ideally a conference room with free WiFi. Can anyone from Queensland University of Technology sponsor such a venue? Stay tuned and contribute to the AOIRcamp site over at the AOIR Wiki: http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=AOIRcamp BTW: For anything media related to this, the event tag is: aoircamp06 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kevin Lim http://theory.isthereason.com University at Buffalo, Communication