Those of you who were in Berlin for last year’s WhereCamp EU will know that Berlin is an ideal city for a WhereCamp, offering the perfect combination of scenery, location nerds and some rather fine German beer.

If you’re interested in more details, head on over to the WhereCamp Berlin site, and for those of you who don’t speak that much German (and that includes myself) the event and the website is in English. WhereCamp Berlin kicks off on Friday June 22nd. 2012 at the campus of Beuth University.

So Berlin, have a great WhereCamp and if you’re visiting, don’t forget an Ampelmann souvenir to remind you of your WhereCamp-ing. As they say in Berlin, WhereCamp kommt zurück nach Berlin (WhereCamp is coming back to Berlin).

Yes, another day and another friend of WhereCampEU is joining us in Amsterdam and kindly sponsoring us. A big thank you to Nokia, and if you are interested in their developer APIs be sure to talk to them over the weekend. Also, we are hearing rumours of free goodies arriving at the venue in time for the weekend…

The variety of organisations helping us put on WhereCampEU is getting bigger and bigger. We are very happy to say that Esri, another long time supporter is back again and sponsoring WhereCampEU 2012:

“WhereCampEU is where all of Europe’s community of geo, GIS and location enthusiasts gather in a collaborative environment. Esri are proud to help this event and it’s attendees come together in Amsterdam, and we hope to see, learn, and participate in all the great sessions over the weekend.”

Why do they sponsor? Says Peter Miller from ITO World: “ITO World are thrilled to be sponsoring WhereCampEU again and look forward to many stimulating presentations and conversation over the weekend. See you there!”

From the other blogposts you notice there is a mix of reasons to support us. Now it is all up to whereCampers to make this event a success!

If you like to stay in the vibrant city of Amsterdam after WhereCampEU, you might want to consider this opportunity with Booking.com:

“Due to to the growth of Booking.com’s IT department, they are now looking for Front End developers, Web Designers, Software developers, Perl developers, and many more. Would you like to work in an international, results-driven and dynamic environment? Come and join Booking.com at their Headquarters in Amsterdam!” 

The city gov sees Amsterdam as the right kind of town for inspiration and creativity. Add a rich tradition in maps and cartography and there you have it:  the city of Amsterdam welcomes you to whereCampEU.

- In a few days we will announced the final list of sponsors. In a week’s time YOU will be in the driver seat at whereCamp.EU

BTW Lots to do in Amsterdam: http://www.iamsterdam.com/ 

From the official press release: “Webmapper is very proud to sponsor WhereCampEU 2012 in Amsterdam. As they are headquartered in Haarlem and have online mapping and web cartography at the core of their work, they believe that whereCampEU will be a great occassion to reflect on all the recent developments in these areas and they look forward to discussing new innovations and future directions. Webmapper is a consultancy firm headed by Edward Mac Gillavry and Richard Duivenvoorde. They create web mapping solutions and provide consultancy services in the fields of web cartography and online GIS using Open Source software. ”

Way to go, webmappers! See you in Amsterdam!

1. Meetup with other geogeeks
You have to have a minimal level of map madness, if you want to enjoy a whereCamp. You will be able to meetup with other geogeeks, but not in your regular plan, do, act mode. Get ready to present to others, discuss the step in your project or to just code away.

2. No barriers, low on rulez
Be aware, this is an unconference. What you get out of this meetup is mostly up to you. We will be low on rulez (please do behave), in order to max out the result of this camp. That sound as a contradiction, but we strongly believe this will lead to great results (well, sometimes).

3. Experience the unexpected
As we don’t have a fixed plan, you may be in for a treat. We hope it’s beyond your wildest expectations! Hacking and mapping with great people all around you! Is there a better place to build great new things?

4. Amsterdam
Just one the reasons to come to whereCampEU is Amsterdam itself. Culture (Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh, Anne Frank’s house – book your ticket in advance), Nightlife (Redlight district, Leidsplein). Even better: stick around from Monday April 30th and watch Amsterdam turn Orange on Queensday. And just-in-time for this whereCamp, Foursquare provided us with a great list of Amsterdam spots.

How does all of that sound? The good news: you can still register for this unconference. See you there!

with a big thank you to OpenStreetMap!