Just when you thought concepts for fun new BarCamp-style unconferences had been exhausted, Portland tech wunderkinds Amber Case, Nate Angell, Chris Pitzer, and Mike Kaos have brought you CyborgCamp, “a conversation about the future of technology and how humans fit in.”
A cyborg (shorthand for “cybernetic organismâ€) is a symbiotic fusion of human and machine. Join in the pre-conference discussion about what is a cyborg?
True to the “cyborgian” spirit of blending diverse elements to create a better whole, CyborgCamp will be a hybrid style event with one room for keynote speakers, and three for unconference sessions. Topics can range from social media, design, and code, to the future of communication, cyborg technology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. In other words, anything and everything involving the coevolution of humanity and technology is up for discussion. Keynotes set so far (the organizers are actively looking for more at the moment!) are Bill Derouchey on Is Machine Language expanding Human Language? and How being a Cyborg Keeps Me Alive by Lia Hollander.
CyborgCamp
Saturday, December 6, 2008
9:00am – 6:00pm
at CubeSpace
Cost: $10
Want to contribute?
Click here to go to their wiki.
AboutUs is proud to sponsor this first (of many we hope) CyborgCamps. While cyborgs might not seem like a topic very close to home for us—kudos to the organizers for setting up a wiki early on though—we love supporting any event that shows off the innovative and eccentric character of the Portland tech community like CyborgCamp does. This community has certainly been kind to us, and we enjoy the opportunity to show a little generosity in return.
Update:
As of today, our very own Ward Cunningham will be one of the keynote speakers at CyborgCamp! The topic is yet to be determined, but as Amber so kindly put it, “Needless to say, it’s going to be great to hear from him.”
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Thanks so much for posting this, Steven! Wikis are awesome for organizing events, and we’re excited to have AboutUs.org as a sponsor, too!
Awesome. :].
I think that it *should* be “a conversation about the future of humanity and how technology fits in.â€