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Barcamp Galway finally came around on Saturday. I enjoyed the day. Thanks to all the attendees, presenters, panelists, sponsors etc for making it work.

We had somewhere between 40 and 50 attendees on the day. There were 17 talks and 3 panel discussions. We had 3 rooms, 2 with talks going all day and 1 for breakout sessions. Conn Ó Muíneacháin set up a live stream for one of the rooms. We used a jaiku channel for live updates throughout the day.

The last few weeks have been hectic and I haven’t had time to post much here.

For those who don’t know I left DERI at the end of August with the aim of starting up my own company.

Since then I’ve been accepted into the Transform Programme, along with 43 other startups. Transform consists of training, mentoring, networking opportunities, office space and grant support. The Transform Programme officially started last week when we had a 2 day session down in Cavan.

It's less than a week until Barcamp Galway. It's on this coming Saturday, September 22nd in DERI (directions here).

See the wiki for a list of talks and attendees. So far there are 12 talks, 1 panel discussion and around 70 attendees listed on the wiki. There will also be plenty of scope for breakout sessions, discussions and panels on the day.

Hope to see you there!

Barcamp Galway is fast approaching

The next Barcamp Ireland is on in Galway on September 22 (please note change of date - it’s one week later than previously announced). See the wiki and the blog for more details. If you’re planning on attending or want to give a talk please add your name to the wiki.