The China Vortex

Beijing will play host to BarCamp Beijing on Sept. 2. This is an unconference event which has suddenly become popular over the last two years as open-source software developers have come together almost spontaneously to share and learn together about Web 2.0.

The structure is open and unstructured, and everyone is encouraged to share and contribute. BarCamp has its own wiki and you can find out more about the movement at its Wikipedia entry. There also is a Facebook group for BarCamp Beijing.

The event will start at 9AM and last until 6PM. The address is:

France Telecom R&D Beijing – Innovation Gardens

Address: 10F, South Twr, Taycom InfoTech? Park C, 2 Science Institute South Rd, Haidian District,Beijing, 100080, China

北京市海淀区科学院南路2号融科资讯中心C座南楼10层

There are 10 confirmed sponsors for the event. They include:

Tudou
Raincity Studios
bryght
ThoughtWorks
iloho
Orange
Tian-ang
Mister Wong
PowerE2E
InfoQ
City Storage
Medium Cool

This will be a great chance to meet some cool people who have come together to share ideas. I will be there; if you see me, drop by for a chat!

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