As I talked about last week, I prepared a review of upcoming events at the upcoming non-conference iCamp .

Webmaster's PinkCamp

iCamp 2008 has undoubtedly already become the most striking and long-awaited Internet event of the passing summer.
In Etnomir there will be a huge party, which has a very different relationship to the Internet. Many of those present already have tremendous experience in developing and launching a wide variety of projects.

However, I think each of us came across situations:
It is necessary to launch a new site, spending a minimum of energy and resources on it;
There is a project that was made sometime in a fit of enthusiasm and / or interest in some area, but did not receive business development - it’s a pity to close, but you don’t want to continue to support, without receiving any return.
There is a blog or a site that is visited and interesting, but it’s somehow impossible to get financial returns from it, or the hands do not reach it, or skills and abilities.
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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 efficient to meet in a cool yurt and share with each other experiences about who and how solves the problems mentioned above.

eduCamp - Internet in education and online education

Education problems is one of the most discussed topics in Habré. Sometimes there are serious disputes. But to discuss all the issues can be in a relaxed atmosphere in nature in a circle of people who understand the topic, living it.

Three days in brainstorming, projects of a new education format will be created, tested and evaluated. It will be free communication with serious consequences: ideas should be projects, projects should be programs, and programs should be a system. The section presents the most reputable universities, beginning with MGIMO, advanced companies, and Internet gurus. All iCamp members are considered to be the organizers - which means everyone can suggest their own topic.

MediaCamp . All about media on the Internet

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 in this section will be a discussion of new developments in the media. The industry has been living for more than one hundred years. And now everyone has the opportunity to bring fresh, revolutionary ideas. New media is a fantastic chance to invent not individual "chips", but whole new genres! What should be the media of tomorrow? How to invent new media formats? What is new media?

And:
The future of Internet television;
The interaction of new media with traditional;
Civic journalism.
And the topics that you suggest, because all the participants of iCamp-2008 are considered to be the organizers.

StartupCamp

Section for the presentation and discussion of ideas for new commercial Internet projects. As part of this session, you can talk about your idea, get feedback, assess the prospects. Perhaps in this section you will be able to 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 transactions in RuNet in 2008.
Training: Modeling the needs of the audience.

SotsCamp . Social Internet Projects Section

Section for the presentation and discussion of Internet social projects.
Report: "Social Entrepreneurship - Virtual Networks - Teledemocracy." The 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 on the example of the discussions of My Circle.
WORLD where everyone can be a creator. One 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 at the same time encounter ...
By the way, this section will be the former manager of habr mio Igor Denisov.

BlogCamp

Section dedicated to blogs. What happens in the blogosphere. Do I need to regulate it. What opportunities opens the blogosphere.
PR in the blogosphere - do everything, few are able to. The blogosphere remains a dynamically developing platform, the interest of advertisers to which is steadily increasing. Within the framework of the round table, it is planned to discuss the main trends in the promotion of 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. On iCamp LiveJournal will hold a special competition for the most interesting service development projects. Everyone can get 10 minutes to the public ...

You can discuss these and many other questions at the informal iCamp conference, which will be held from July 31 to August 3 in the cultural and educational center Ethnomir (Kaluga region, not far from Moscow, there will be special buses).