What is Bizcamp?

A free conference/ gathering which is happening in Galway on Saturday 11 September 2010. The venue is the  Cairnes Building, NUI Galway.

It is organised by a team of entrepreneurs just like you.

Seriously – what is it?

It’s based on the fact that each of us as entrepreneurs have loads to learn from our peers. And we have a lot to share with them as well. There are a lot of great things happening in the Irish Economy – especially in small and medium businesses and this day will be a celebration of those.

It’s also a great place to come for people who are actively looking at starting up. Your start-up concept could be Ireland’s next business success story – and BizCamp might be the place to get it started!

I’ll sign up to attend, but not sure about talking.

At each event about 1/3rd of the attendees also give talks – it can be daunting for the first time. Everything about this is voluntary so don’t worry about just attending – please do sign up.

Once you’ve got that done give the idea of a talk one last chance – your expertise will help someone, and the day does not work without it!

I hate listening to Sales Pitches

So do we…every one of us. Life is too short.

Talks at bizcamp can be based on things like:

• skill sets which a speaker will share
• experiences that are relevant for others to hear about
• lessons learned that will help the audience to avoid similar ones

They are explicitly not about sales pitches and the ‘Rule Of Two Feet’ will be open to all – if you’re caught in a sales pitch, then stand up and walk out. We’ll be making this clear to all speakers to help them get into the spirit of the day.

Convinced?

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BizCamp is for you!

BizCamp is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators to come together, share experiences, and possibly create new value out of the day. It’ll be a chance to meet up with people who’ve been there, done that and bought the t-shirt – members of the business community, VCs and investors, and representatives from the relevant state agencies.

Lost your job recently or thinking about bringing your good idea to the world? Come along to BizCamp; who knows what new opportunities might present themselves?

It’s all about variety

Our aim is to embrace as much of the Irish business community as possible. We want to see people from all areas – finance, operations, HR, legal, delivery specialists, R&D, marketing and technology. Ireland Inc. has a wealth of knowledge and acumen, more than enough to help us out of these troubled times. By attending (and more importantly contributing!) you can help make BizCamp a new good news story coming out of the recession.

Still not convinced?

Hey, it’s free, what have you got to lose?

Who knows – your idea could be Ireland’s next success story. Why miss the opportunity to get the push it needs to get it started, find some support that will help, or talk to people who have been through it before? This is a user-generated conference, so it’s up to you what you bring to and take from the day. If you want to learn and share your thoughts with some of the brightest and most enthusiastic minds in the country, then BizCamp is for you.

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Timing

Registration starts at 9am, with the first talks kicking off at 10am and running until 4pm.

Where am I going?

The Cairnes Building, at NUI Galway

Directions from the train station

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Speakers and Talks

This type of conference doesn’t work if people like you don’t get involved. We need your expertise & experiences to make it a success.

If you’d like to sign-up to give a talk, you can fill your details on this speaker registration page.

We’ve filled all the available speaker slots; until we post the full schedule in the next couple of days, you can see some of the speakers what they’ll be talking about on the day

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Register Now!

Attending the conference is free (although places are limited, so be sure to sign-up early). To register, use the button below and fill in your details. Easy!

You should also sign-up to give a talk on the Speaker Registration page.

If you have any questions you can reach us at galway@bizcamp.ie for any other information.

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