BarCamp Africa

Sophia forwarded me an email about BarCamp Africa this morning and I have to say that I haven't been this excited about a conference or event in a long time. For those of you who don't know about BarCamp it an unconference initially started as a response to O'Reilly's invite only FooCamp (which Tristan and Beau from Apture attended this July) where people interested in a particular topic (generally related to technology) get together to give talks and host discussions about the format in question. What makes BarCamp Africa so exciting? It is the first local event that I have heard of that brings together people from Silicon Valley with academics, social entrepreneurs, and activists interested in Africa. As someone who is extremely interested in both of these I am very happy that there will be a forum for people from both communities to be able to learn from each other. If you are interested in technology and development you should definitely attend (sign up here). 

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Google Campus, Mountain View, CA
8:15 am Sign-in begins
9:00 am BarCamp sessions begin
5:00 pm BarCamp sessions end

More information can be found on the conference Wiki, the BarCamp blog FAQ, and on the blog itself.