As I communicated last week, I prepared an overview of upcoming events at the upcoming iCamp non-conference .

Webmaster's pinkcamp

iCamp 2008 has without a doubt already become the brightest and long-awaited Internet event of the outgoing summer.
In Ethnomir, a huge gathering will take place, having a very different relation to the Internet. Many of those present already have colossal experience in developing and launching a wide variety of projects.

However, I think that each of us faced situations: It is necessary to launch a new website, spending a minimum of energy and resources on this; There is some kind of project that was made once in a fit of enthusiasm and / or interest in a certain field, but which did not receive a business of development - it is a pity to close, but I do not want to continue supporting it without receiving any return.


There is a blog or site visited and interesting, but somehow it doesn’t work to get financial returns, either hands don’t reach to do this, or skills.

Of course, you can spend a lot of time digging up manuals, articles and reviews to collect and analyze information, but it will be much more interesting and effective to meet in a cool yurt and share experience with each other about who and how to solve the problems stated above.

eduCamp - Internet in Education and Online Education

Problems of education is one of the most discussed topics on Habr. Sometimes serious controversy erupts here. But you can discuss all issues in a relaxed atmosphere in nature among people who understand the topic, living it.

Three days in a brainstorming mode, projects of a new educational format will be created, tested and evaluated. This will be free communication with serious consequences: ideas should become projects, projects - programs, and programs - a system. The section presents the most reputable universities, starting with MGIMO, advanced companies, Internet gurus. All iCamp participants are considered organizers - which means everyone can offer their own theme.

MediaCamp . All About Online Media

MediaCamp is one of the thematic sections of iCamp 2008, dedicated to all issues of the development of modern mass media on the Internet, as well as blogs, citizen journalism, social media.

One of the events within this section will be a discussion of new trends in the media. The industry has been living for hundreds of years. And now everyone has the opportunity to bring fresh, revolutionary ideas. New media is a fantastic chance to come up not with individual “chips”, but with whole new genres! What should tomorrow's media be like? How to invent new media formats? What is new media?

And also:
The future of Internet television;
Interaction of new media with traditional ones;
Citizen journalism.
And the topics that you propose, because all participants of iCamp-2008 are considered as organizers.

Startupcamp

Section for presentation and discussion of ideas for new commercial Internet projects. As part of this session, you can talk about your idea, get feedback, and evaluate the prospects. Perhaps within this section you can find like-minded people who will help you implement the project.
“How I cut down $ 2 million. for Professionali.ru ”. The success story of one of the most successful deals in Runet in 2008.
Training: Modeling the needs of the audience.

SocialCamp . Social Internet Projects Section

Section for the presentation and discussion of Internet projects of a social orientation. Report: "Social Entrepreneurship - Virtual Networks - Teledemocracy." A report on the analysis of the possibilities of forming groups for public discussion as a function of civil society, implemented by means of social networks using the example of My Circle discussions. A WORLD where everyone can be a creator. You can complain about the huge number of problems that threaten young people today: unemployment, unequal opportunities, lack of communication, difficulties with health and education. You can even try to escape and hide from the difficulties in virtual reality, but encounter at the same time ... By the way, this section will be led by the former mio hub manager Igor Denisov.

Blogcam

Blog section. What is happening in the blogosphere. Do I need to regulate it. What opportunities does the blogosphere open?
PR in the blogosphere - they do everything, few know how. The blogosphere remains a dynamically developing platform, the advertisers' interest in which is steadily increasing. Within the framework of the round table, it is planned to discuss the main trends of the promotion market in the blogosphere over the past year and form a consensus forecast for the future. To participate as speakers ...
LiveJournal section. LiveJournal is not just a popular, but also an innovative platform, in which the main role is assigned to users of the service. At iCamp LiveJournal will hold a special contest for the most interesting service development projects. Everyone can get 10 minutes to the public ...

You can discuss these and many other issues at the informal conference iCamp , which will be held from July 31 to August 3 in the cultural and educational center Ethnomir (Kaluga region, near Moscow, special buses will go).