Welcome! So you want to know about Bristol Knowledge Unconference, huh? Here are a few details.
What?
Bristol Knowledge Unconference is an “Unconference” specifically about Knowledge. It was first announced here and here.
This will be our first “Bristol Knowledge Unconference”, and so it is a bit experimental at the moment. So it should be fun!
The event will be “themed” around the general subject of Knowledge, which includes:- The Semantic Web / Linked Data / Hyperdata / Data Web
- Web Science
- Topic Maps
- Information Architecture and Design
- Knowledge Acquisition
- Knowledge-Based Systems, Knowledge Engineering and Rule-Based Systems (etc)
- Knowledge/Information Visualisation and Graphical User Interfaces
- Knowledge-orientated Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- and maybe even, Object Oriented Databases
Good stuff, but what does “Unconference” mean?
It means that it is more social, more hands-on and a lot less formal than a usual conference, it is also attendee orientated (meaning that the people who attend will generate the content of the event, there is little prior content organisation). The Bristol Knowledge Unconference also has a specific theme (Knowledge) and a specific location (Bristol, UK).
Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest in Knowledge on Computers (including the Internet). You could be from large, medium or small organisations. You could be in business or academia. You could be technical or high-level.
We want to hear if you’re:- building a system which does stuff with knowledge
- sharing knowledge on the web (in whatever format)
- writing specifications which involve knowledge
- starting up a company which deals with knowledge
- a student
- designing stuff involving knowledge
- ...doing literally anything to do with knowledge! (or even if you’re just an interested passer-by
What’s the structure of the afternoon?
All times are pm:-- 2:00 – 2:15 : Arrival & Whiteboard Scribbling (for the set-on-the-day talks)
- 2:15 – 2:20 : Introduction to the event
- 2:20 – 2:50 : 1st Preset Talk: “OpenShakespeare and Milton” by Iain Emsley of the eScience department at STFC
- 2:50 – 2:55 : Setup
- 2:55 – 3:25 : 2nd Preset Talk: “The Fragmentation of Knowledge in the Brain” by Derek Smith, a Senior Lecturer in Informatics and Cognitive Science at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
- 3:25 – 3:35 : Break & Whiteboard Scribbling (for the set-on-the-day talks)
- 3:35 – 4:05 : 1st set-on-the-day Talk
- 4:05 – 5:05 : Setup
- 4:05 – 4:35 : 2nd set-on-the-day Talk
- 4:35 – 4:45 : Break
- 4:45 – 5:15 : 3rd set-on-the-day Talk
- 5:15 – 5:20 : Setup
- 5:20 – 5:50 : 4th set-on-the-day Talk
- 5:50 – 6:00 : Clearup
- 6:00 onwards food & drink at the nearby restaurants/pubs
When?
5th September '08 : 14:00 – 18:00
Where?
eOffice Bristol have been kind enough to offer their conference space to us for Free. The address is:
eOffice Bristol, 1st Floor Prudential Buildings, 11-19 Wine Street Bristol, BS1 2PH.
See where about’s it is on Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Microsoft Live Maps, MapQuest or MultiMap.
They even have an eOffice Bristol Website, which has more information, including some rather nice pictures in their Gallery.
How much?
The event is absolutely free to attend!
There might be drinks and food after the event in one of the nearby pubs/bars, but you’ll have to buy those yourself ;-)
Poster
Feel free to print out and stick up our poster advertising the event, it’s available as a PDF here: Bristol Knowledge Unconference 2008 Poster
Sign Up!
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Book your place now!. You know you want to!
We will have tea, coffee and water available… feel free to bring in any food and drink if you wish. If you have a website/blog or Personal URI please put it in the “Special Requirements” field. Don’t worry about filling out the address fields, unless you really want to share that with the organisers (although home city/town/village may be useful to know).
If you have any queries, please contact us on danieljohnlewis@gmail.com.
