InfoCamp Portland is Feb 16th, 2013
Mark your calendars! InfoCamp Portland will happen again this year on February 16, 2013 at the UO White Stag building, in downtown Portland. I was invited to give the keynote this year and I couldn’t be more excited. Unconferences like this (approx 100 people) are awesome to meet interesting people at, and are great for really getting deep into concepts and ideas.
InfoCamp PDX is a one day unconference for all sorts of people excited about connecting people with information. This includes visual/user experience designers, librarians, web folk and other InfoNerds.
InfoCamp features an egalitarian, community-driven format in which the agenda is created during the event — so anyone who attends can lead a session! You, the participants, design and deliver most of the sessions. You determine the topic and format of your session, pitch your session idea to the group, and sign up for a time slot.
The purpose of this format is to encourage collaboration, interaction, discussion, and real-time innovation. The benefits of this format include the immediacy of the topics – the sessions didn’t have to be submitted months ahead of time – and the fun, exciting (and a bit chaotic) feeling of being part of an event that’s being led by everyone.
Who attends?
InfoCamp attracts people from a variety of disciplines, such as information architecture, informatics, library & information science, taxonomy, interaction design, user experience, user-centered design, information design, online search, information management, informatics, technical communication, human-centered design and engineering, human-computer interaction, and more.
InfoCamp welcomes anyone interested in information-related topics, from any perspective! You’ll meet:
- Professionals and practitioners from industry, academia, non-profits, government, libraries, and other sectors;
- People seeking work in the field
- Hobbyists
- Students
Register to Attend!
Register today for InfoCamp PDX 2013. February 16 at the UO White Stag building, in downtown Portland.
You can follow InfoCamp PDX on Twitter (@infocampPDX) and connect with InfoCamp on Facebook.
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