Be2C events

Forthcoming events

There has been talk of further RIBAforum-type events, and of events in Oxfordshire, London, Milton Keynes, Bristol, Sydney, Chicago, Copenhagen, Toronto, Cardiff, Dublin .... If you want to help run a Be2camp event, let us know.

Recent events

Be2camp Brum 2010, an 'unconference' about social media, digital tools and the built environment, was held at the Central Library, Birmingham, on 12 August 2010.

Be2camp East 2, on 24 June 2010 in Chelmsford, Essex was another half-day event helping people understand more about Web 2.0 applications for AEC professionals. Some good Pecha Kucha stuff too!

Be2camp North West was on 15 June 2010 at The Manchester School of Architecture, concurrent with the RIBA NW Festival. Themes included: public engagement with architecture, sustainability, and the use of Web 2.0.

Be2camp East, on 29 April 2010 in Chelmsford, Essex was a half-day event helping people understand more about Web 2.0 applications for professionals working (mainly) in the property sector.

Be2camp at BIFM10 on 13 April 2010 was an afternoon fringe event at the annual conference of the British Institute of Facilities Managers (BIFM) in London.

World Water Day workshop - On 22 March 2010 the University of Dundee hosted an interactive online event focused on Hydrology, Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) river basins in Scotland, supported by Be2camp.

SMWBe2camp Tweet-up at the Cheshire Cheese, near Tower Hill tube station, City of London on 3 February 2010 followed a construction and social media training day held at the nearby America Square conference centre.

SMWBe2camp in London on 1 February 2010 was a Built Environment 'unseminar' contribution to Social Media Week (1st-5th February), focused on the Web 2.0 and the property/real estate sector.

RIBAforum09 in London on 27 October 2009 was a collaboration between Be2camp and the Royal Institute of British Architects to support its Stakeholders' Forum on the theme of Web 2.0.

Be2camp@WorkingBuildings2009 was run over two days at London's Olympia exhibition halls on 7-8 October 2009, in parallel with UBM's three WorkingBuildings shows: Energy Solutions Expo, M&E: The Building Services Event, and Total Workplace Management: the FM & Estates Event.

Be2camp Brum was held on Wednesday 12 August 2009 in Birmingham, taking Be2camp to England's second city, for another participative day devoted to Web 2.0 and the built environment.

Be2party! was a Be2camp Tweet-up held on Tuesday 16 June 2009 in various locations. It marked the first birthday of Be2camp: the world's first online community dedicated to Web 2.0 and the built environment.

Be2camp North was held on Friday 15 May 2009 at FACT in Liverpool. It was the second unconference focused on Web 2.0 and the built environment. This page links to the day's topics, a list of attendees and other stuff.

Be2camp 2008 was held on Friday 10 October 2008 in London's Building Centre. It was the UK's first unconference focused on Web 2.0 and the built environment, being run (roughly) on BarCamp principles. This page links to the day's topics, a list of attendees and sponsors, and as much of the content as we could capture on the day.

See the Post on What to expect at Be2Camp for ideas on what to bring and what might be happening on the day.

The true Be2camp experience

Be2camp events are participative. We aim to bring together people interested in using social media (aka Web 2.0) to help discuss, collaborate, plan, design, construct and manage a better, more sustainable built environment. In Be2camp events:

• the content delivered is partly the result of discussion and collaboration beforehand by participants
• events are low-cost or even free to attend
• the formal roles of organisers, speakers and audience are deliberately eroded
• participants contribute comments, photos, video, blog posts, etc, before, during and after the event
• presentations and ad hoc contributions are captured as knowledge to be shared
• involvement can extend to people watching, listening or reading about the event via the internet - even months later.