[VoCamp Discuss] VoCamp at WWW09?

Fri Jan 9 10:47:53 PST 2009

Hi thomas, all,

2009/1/9 thomas <thomas at stray.net>:
> 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.

Thanks for chipping in. This sounds like a good pragmatic solution to
me. Marie-Claire, would that work for you? Do others agree?

> 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.

;) Peter, sounds like the ball is in your court!

Have a nice weekend everyone,

Tom.

> 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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