speakers « CyborgCamp

Great News! The next CyborgCamp will be in October! That means its time to start planning!

cyborgcamp-2010-planning

This meeting is everyone’s chance to brainstorm on location ideas, sponsors and speakers. What kinds of topics are of interest to you? How has the idea of Cyborg evolved over the last year? What new kinds of technologies have arrived on the scene?

We’ll discuss volunteers and the wiki too. Come along, especially if you helped make CyborgCamp PDX ’08 so excellent in the first place. Bring snacks and drinks to share with others.

This planning meeting will most likely be followed by general networking and fun at a local haunt.

RSVP on Upcoming.org

Where:

AboutUs.org

107 SE Washington Street, Suite 520
Portland Oregon 97214
United States

When:

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 from 7–10pm

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What is CyborgCamp?

CyborgCamp is an unconference about the future of the relationship between humans and technology. We’ll discuss topics such as social media, design, code, inventions, web 2.0, twitter, the future of communication, cyborg technology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy.

CyborgCamp’s aim is to have many communication channels, such as Twitter, Flickr, UstreamTV, Video and Audio recordings and live chats displayed on the screen.
Why May 2010? In March 2010, CyborgCamp will make its way to Brazil and back before landing again in Portland, Oregon for its second year.

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Questions? Contact Amber Case @caseorganic or MJ @mama_j.

You can also follow @cyborgcamp on Twitter for updates.

How being a Cyborg Keeps Me Alive, by Lia Hollander / @missburrows

Lia will talk about the electronics that help keep her healthy and alive, the difficult decision to be attached 24/7 to an insulin pump and that “cyborgs” do in fact have sex.

There will be time for Q&A, open discussion on defining the role in medicine and actual insulin pumps and glucose meters for you to play with.

About

A graduate of Simmons College, Lia has worked in diverse work environments including the Psych. ward at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Human Resources department at Sharp Labs of America. She co-created Treasurelicious (a free widget that you add to your website to show your treasures off to your friends).

An avid believer in comprehensive sex education and female empowerment, Lia volunteered with Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette for four years, during which she led community outreach events, met with Washington State Senators and Representatives, and had numerous letters to the editor published in newspapers and magazines.
The blogger behind A.R. and Proud, Lia is also co-creator of Camp Naughty and a regular on the Strange Love Live podcast.

Interested in Speaking?

Simply add yourself and your topic to the speakers page of the CyborgCamp Planning Wiki on CyborgCamp.org.

And you can always come up with a topic to put on the grid when you get to CyborgCamp. It’s a unconference with a few scheduled speakers to lead the discussion and excite the neurons.

Questions?

E-mail Amber Case caseorganic@gmail.com if you have any questions, or follow her on Twitter@caseorganic.

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