[VoCamp Discuss] VoCamp at WWW09?

Fri Jan 9 10:40:01 PST 2009

i guess, a real 2-days-vocamp before www09 and a light 1-day-vocamp at  
www09 would be a good solution. the 2-day-camp is both more suited to  
get real work done and involve local people while the 1-day-camp can  
maybe do some wrapup, spread the word to the conference jetset, make  
some nice interaction possible and otherwise not be too intrusive in  
anyones personal schedule.
regarding the location of the 2-day-camp i'm undecided: i love  
barcelona and had hoped that mika would introduce us to some places so  
unimaginably cool and wild... it would also be easier for me to reach  
since i hope to come on my own wheels. but otoh i don't know ibiza and  
taking a ferry isn't a problem either. i see no reason why vocamp  
should/could not take place in ibiza. so i guess it depends on what  
mika would prefer to organize.

that's what i think
thomas

Am 09.01.2009 um 12:21 schrieb Richard Cyganiak:

>
> On 8 Jan 2009, at 16:23, Tom Heath wrote:
>> Really? I wouldn't see this as too much of a problem, as I think the
>> audiences (and quite possibly the format) will be different.
>
> WWW will attract a large audience, and it's likely that a VoCamp at  
> WWW would receive participants that wouldn't attend the one in  
> Ibiza. On the other hand, if there are two events then each one will  
> see less local participants as many will probably go to only one of  
> the two events.
>
> So I guess it depends on what audience you would like to attract to  
> the VoCamps. Want more locals from the area where the event happens?  
> Better to just have one event. Want to attract the conference  
> jetset? Have one at WWW and one at Ibiza.
>
> Richard
>
>
>>
>>
>> That's just my hunch though. What do others think?
>>
>> Tom.
>>
>>
>> 2009/1/8 Peter Mika <pmika at yahoo-inc.com>:
>>> Hi Marie,
>>>
>>> I would be slightly worried by a VoCamp overload, i.e. a VoCamp in  
>>> Ibiza and
>>> then another the week after ;)
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Marie-Claire Forgue wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>
>>>> Peter Mika wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Marie,
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it be possible to have a two-day event at WWW?
>>>>
>>>> That might be possible though I can't confirmed it yet.  
>>>> Otherwise, I
>>>> wonder if the set up of a "VoCamp light" version (one day event)  
>>>> is possible
>>>> too?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> - Marie-Claire.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> Marie-Claire Forgue wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Happy new year! Just to let you that the offer to host VoCamp  
>>>>>> during
>>>>>> WWW09 still stands :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Marie-Claire.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter Mika wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Happy New Year to everyone!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A brief update on VoCamp Barcelona... so we have a room and  
>>>>>>> open wifi
>>>>>>> in the building and we can have both free of charge. However,  
>>>>>>> there is
>>>>>>> another option, namely to collocate the event with the next  
>>>>>>> Future of Web
>>>>>>> Search Workshop, which will take place in Ibiza on the Friday  
>>>>>>> and Saturday
>>>>>>> before WWW. This workshop is organized by Yahoo! Research  
>>>>>>> Barcelona every
>>>>>>> year, and it's a larger but still fairly informal gathering as  
>>>>>>> well (no
>>>>>>> paper submissions). Ibiza has possibly even cheaper hotels,  
>>>>>>> flights would be
>>>>>>> probably the same, around 50 euros each way. It is not certain  
>>>>>>> yet, but it
>>>>>>> might be possible that the workshop would also focus on  
>>>>>>> semantic search.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In light of this somewhat partial information, I'm wondering  
>>>>>>> how many
>>>>>>> of you feel strongly either for Barcelona or Ibiza, e.g. raise  
>>>>>>> your hand if
>>>>>>> you would not come if VoCamp would take place in one or the  
>>>>>>> other location.
>>>>>>> I'm also interested how many of you would attend the Future of  
>>>>>>> Web Search
>>>>>>> WS. Last year's program can give you an impression of that  
>>>>>>> workshop [1].
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] http://grupoweb.upf.es/tfws08/home.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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