The first of what we hope will be many (geographically dispersed) InnovationCamps will be held in Austin on Saturday, June 28 at GSD&M Idea City.
InnovationCamp is modeled after the open model of BarCamp. That means it’s free. And it means you determine the programming. No keynote speakers. No pre-determined content.
We want to explore what it means to be innovative. We’ve already attracted attendees from a variety of disciplines. The tech crowd is of course welcome, and will be there in force. But we want to branch out, and get folks from professions who probably never even heard of BarCamp. Teachers, architects, corporate execs, doctors … our thinking is that if we bring together some really diverse thinkers, we can find new ways to solve problems. Help us identify and invite folks from a variety of interesting disciplines who can give us new ways of seeing.
Sound interesting? If so, ignore those pesky internal voices saying “I might not fit in” or “I don’t have time” and sign up. There is NO better way to make space for new ideas and innovation than to block out some time to experience this.
Even if — especially if — this is a new concept to you, please give it a shot. This is going to be a group of really open-minded, inclusive folks.
We’re eager to hear what you have to say! : )
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Austin 3.0 » Blog Archive » Austin’s Geek Summer “stuff maker” scene // June 9, 2008 at 8:57 am
[...] Many events based off of Bar Camp will be held this summer such as Product Camp, Innovation Camp and others which I am forgetting to [...]
dorai // June 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Hope there will be blogs on how the camp went. I am far away (in Chennai, India ) now and would love to read/hear how it went.
I like the concept of a problem/solution session. I wonder how it went.
Do people tell you why they are at Innovation Camp? Is it because they want to learn about innovation or share their innovations or both?