# Bristol Knowledge Unconference - This Friday
Just a Reminder.
If you haven’t signed up and want to come then please click the “Sign-up-now” link at the bottom of: https://knowledgeunconference.eventwax.com/bristol-knowledge-unconference
Recent email:
Here’s the recent email that I sent out to those on the attendee list:
- Reminder Section -
We are just sending you a reminder that this Friday, the 5th September 2008, the Bristol Knowledge Unconference will be running between 2pm and 6pm at eOffice Bristol on Wine Street in Bristol City Centre. Remember, it’s completely free to attend, we aren’t going to ask for any money.
More details about what, where and when are available on the website: https://knowledgeunconference.eventwax.com/bristol-knowledge-unconference
- Good News Section -
—- Tea, Coffee and Water —-
As some of you know, we were having problems finding tea and coffee machines. Luckily, eOffice have been very kind enough to offer them to us (with water) for free along with the conference room. So that problem has now been resolved.
If you wish to bring snacks in then you are very much free to do so as we won’t be providing snacks this time (maybe next time).
—- Preset slots are now set! —-
When organising the event I decided that we needed to have two definite preset slots in order to kick off the event… these slots shouldn’t be seen as “keynotes”, it is purely to get into the spirit of the event and they will be identical in structure to the four “set-on-the-day” slots.
I am pleased to announce that we’ve got the two preset slots set:
* 1st Preset Talk: “OpenShakespeare and Milton” by Iain Emsley of the eScience department at STFC
* 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
Both preset slots are about different aspects of knowledge storage, the first is a computational aspect and the second is a biological aspect. So it’ll definitely be rather interesting!
—- “Set-on-the-day” slots —
We have four “set-on-the-day” slots available, which means that on the day we turn up and those who can do a 15 minute presentation, will then put their name on a card and unless we’ve got just four (or less) people on cards we’ll take a vote for the presentations that we wish to hear. Any presentations not done will be placed on the list for the next Bristol Knowledge Unconference.
So if you’re happy quickly zipping up a 15 minute presentation about something related to knowledge then please do, it can be techie or scientific or even business related. Just remember that the target audience is a mixture of technologies, scientists, new media specialists and business-oriented people.
Just a reminder, the structure of all talks throughout the day is:
* 15 minute standard presentation
* 5 minute table talk, where people talk at their tables about the subject matter at hand, this tends to generate some more interesting ideas for the….
* 10 minute questions and comments time, in which the presenter gets quizzed
—- Posters —-
I have been asked by someone to put up a poster because they won’t be able to attend this time. If you fancy bringing along a poster to put up promoting your product, service or even job vacancies then please do.
—- Other bits —-
* At the last count we have 60 people on the attendee list, and from all kinds of aspects of knowledge - which is wonderful!
* At the venue there will be: projector, wifi, seats, tables. I will also be bringing two laptops: MacBook (with Mac OS X 10.5, including Firefox 3, Keynote, OpenOffice and Adobe Reader) and a Toshiba Qosmio 17inch Laptop (with Windows Vista Ultimate, including Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 7, OpenOffice and Adobe Reader). Feel free to bring your own laptop and/or other mobile devices.
* If you don’t want to present then that’s absolutely fine, there is no pressure. If you do want to present and don’t get the chance, then there will be more Bristol Knowledge Unconferences in the future, in which you’ll be able to present at.
* Remember: the event is going to be quite sociable, fun and a great place to learn in an informal atmosphere.
* Bring a digital camera along if you can, take some photos and then upload them to your favourite photo sharing site. If you can take movies too then that’s awesome.
* If you have a blog then please do review the event once it’s finished if you can. Your feedback will be greatly appreciated and will go into making the next one even better.
- Contact Section -
As usual, if you have any questions or comments then please do let me know either by email, skype or phone.
- Finally -
I’ll see you there!
Daniel