BrainJams - an unconference for knowledge networking, or let's talk face to face

BrainJams - an unconference for knowledge 
networking, or let's talk face to face

Come to the BrainJams session Saturday, February 
25, from 9:30 am until 5:00 pm, in the Lipman 
Room, Barrows Hall on the UC Berkeley campus if 
you would like to participate in a conversation 
with people from a variety of organizational and 
disciplinary backgrounds to discuss current uses 
of technology that might be applied to your 
research, your field work, your publications, or 
other projects and creative pursuits. Sponsored 
by UC Berkeley's Chief Information Officer, 
cofacilitators for this event will be Lee 
Felsenstein and Chris Heuer. Free, advance 
registration is necessary; space is limited.

BrainJams are self-organized events in which 
participants grapple with complex issues in a 
limited amount of time - a single day. The 
fundamental challenge for participants is how to 
best use social media and Web 2.0 technologies - 
with a focus on accessible tools for working 
people, not trends for technologists - to 
communicate about projects and share knowledge 
that can spur innovation and foster positive 
change.

Face-to-face conversations to address problems 
and share ideas have taken place in the social 
commons for centuries - at the forum, the pub, 
the café, the town hall. Digital and networking 
technologies now make it possible to scale and 
share the results and records of knowledge 
networking in powerful new ways.

First held in 2005, the event in Berkeley will be 
the third in the Bay Area, and the first to be 
hosted at an academic institution. The February 
25 event will be limited to the first 120 
registrants; there will be a number of seats held 
for attendees from the UC Berkeley community.

For more information about BrainJams, see the 
What are BrainJams? page 
(http://bra
injams.org/whatarebrainjams.html).

For the February 25 agenda and a registration 
form, visit the BrainJams website 
(http://brainjams.org/).

For additional information or questions, send email to
kristiebrainjams.org.


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