BarCamp Leeds in November

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Friday, October 26th, 2007

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BarCamp Leeds hits the city 17 Nov. You’ll also find info on Facebook and Upcoming. Registration is now open and it’s free to attend.

Proposed Sessions so far:

• Intelligent human-computer interfaces and their possibilities
• Launching BT BizBox a small business CRM solution in 5 weeks
• SEO Site Clinic
• Why big companies are missing a trick by ignoring social media
• Ladybank Company of Distillers – building a real co-creation business
• Unleashing social media and technology for the good of local communities
• From Zero to Game in 30 Minutes
• From a Mobile Telephone to a Computer
• Paradigm shift in business document interactivity
• Drupal
• Conquering Time and Space – A survivors guide to distributed dev team management

You’ll also note that there is a session entitled “From start-up to £67m in 10 years”. This is not a joke – it’s being run by Lee Strafford, former CEO & Co-Founder at PlusNet, who is now planning to launch an incubator for startups. Worth checking out.

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  • Vinay

    I am in! Atlast.. BarCamp @ Leeds !! I missed one at Bangalore.. which happened couple of months back… not to miss this one! Thanks for the update!

    Cheers!

  • http://barcampleeds.com Imran Ali

    Thanks for the shout out Mike :)

    We’re already at 106 people with capacity for around 36 sessions, some of which are already posted to the wiki as you noted.

    On Monday we hope to announce a sponsored party in the evening – watch this space :)

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