<div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://oggcamp.org/" target="_blank">OggCamp</a> is a free software / free culture unconference organised by the presenters of the <a href="http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu UK Podcast</a> and <a href="http://linuxoutlaws.com/" target="_blank">Linux Outlaws</a>. This year's OggCamp will take place at <b><a href="http://theblack-e.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Black-E</a> in Liverpool, UK</b> on the <b>1st and 2nd of May 2010</b>, <b>10am - 5pm (roughly) both days</b>.
It'll be 2 full days of Free Software, Free Culture and Free Thinking.
We have a large venue booked and expect 200-300 people. If you want a
chance to meet others who are passionate about technology and share
ideas this is a great chance. We have many top FOSS developers from around the world joining us.<br><div class="gmail_quote">
<br><b>ENTRY TO OGGCAMP IS COMPLETELY FREE!</b><br><br><div>If you want to get a feel for the event, have a look at <a href="http://oggcamp.org/2009/" target="_blank">our recap of OggCamp 2009</a>.<br>
<br></div><div><b>What is an Barcamp/unconference?</b><br></div>More
formal conferences have the usual people speaking every time; an
unconference is an opportunity to interact with new and interesting
people. There won't be a published list of speakers before the event,
everyone generates content on the day. That can include you! The
schedule is decided by the attendees and we'll have a voting system for
that.<br>
<br>See what others are already proposing - <a href="http://ideas.oggcamp.org/talks" target="_blank">http://ideas.oggcamp.org/talks</a><br><br><b>What Is An Ogg?</b><br><a href="http://www.vorbis.com/" target="_blank">Ogg Vorbis</a>
is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and
streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. OggCamp is
about technology, Open Source and Freedom, but also about music, art,
politics, community, creativity and much more. We chose to use the term
Ogg because for us it reflects all these things pretty neatly.<br>
<br><b>Get Involved:<br></b>Please add your own ideas for talks and activities to <a href="http://ideas.oggcamp.org/" target="_blank">our public wiki</a>
– help make the event what you want it to be! It doesn't even have to
be about technology strictly, it could be anything. We have about 60
slots available and all are welcome - <a href="http://ideas.oggcamp.org/" target="_blank">ideas.oggcamp.org</a><div><br>
You can also meet other attendees on IRC in <b>#oggcamp</b> on the Freenode network.<br><br></div>If you have a project you'd like to promote or exhibit about you can email the organising team - <a href="mailto:oggcamp@ubuntu-uk.org" target="_blank">oggcamp@ubuntu-uk.org</a><br>
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<br>Come and join us, it's going to be a great weekend. There's travel information and much more at<a href="http://oggcamp.org/" target="_blank"><b> http://oggcamp.org</b></a><br><b><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Also See The Rathole Roadshow</b><br></div>OggCamp 10 is preceded by a special free culture gig on<b> Friday April 30th 8pm</b> (the night before). It'll be at the <a href="http://badformat.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bad Format Social Club</a> in Liverpool. Kick off the weekend in style with live music from <a href="http://davidrovics.com/" target="_blank">David Rovics</a>, <a href="http://attilathestockbroker.com/" target="_blank">Attila The Stockbroker</a> and <a href="http://ratholeradio.org/" target="_blank">Rathole Radio</a> host (and Linux Outlaw) <a href="http://danlynch.org/music" target="_blank">Dan Lynch</a>, among other guests. Tickets are £5 in advance and can be bought from the <a href="http://ratholeradio.org/gig" target="_blank">website</a> right now.
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