As recently noted by The Register, this Sunday is NotCon '04.
If, like me, you've been keeping an eye on this event as it evolved you may be gratified to see what a fine line-up the organisers have arranged. In their own words:
BREWSTER KAHLE, board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and founder of astonishing informational resource the Internet Archive, will be joining an equally mind-boggling lineup of speakers at the UK's first NotCon event, a one-day conference intended as some sort of answer to all those cutting-edge technological get-togethers they're always having in the USA.Also speaking at the event will be top names from the UK's IT community and beyond, from IAN CLARKE (architect of the anonymous peer-to-peer network Freenet) to science fiction author and Creative Commons activist CORY DOCTOROW. The day will also mark the official unveiling of the latest grass-roots "e-democracy" project from the people behind acclaimed political involvement sites FAXYOURMP.COM and PUBLICWHIP.ORG.UK.
And that's on top of some practical (and some slightly less practical) demonstrations of social software, MP3 remixing, a debate on how weblogs can actually make a difference in the real world, a beginner's guide to "urban exploration", and how to tell the time using only a prawn sandwich and an old BBC Micro. Plus of course wireless internet access, and a bar, and the kind of people who actually ask for them in that order.
At only £4 per head (£3 concessions, including webloggers) on the door, I really don't know what's stopping you coming to Imperial College Union, Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2BB this Sunday June 6th, from 11am to 7pm. I'll be trekking all the way up from Cornwall - Happy Birthday, Fi! - to catch what I can.
See (some of) you there :)
Posted by lankyphil at June 3, 2004 11:13 PM | TrackBack