We are trying some new things at this year’s WhereCampEU, and are super excited to welcome Skobbler who will be running the first location based game at WhereCampEU. Its top secret for now, but all you need to know is that Skobbler will be running a live location based game on the first day, and I think we might have some beer related prizes!
Or Geolokalisierung der Where-Camp EU Veranstaltungsort as they say in Berlin. We have sponsors. We have confirmed dates … and now we have a venue.
WhereCamp EU 2011 will be held in the campus of the GLS Sprachenzentrum, one of Berlin’s leading language schools. The site is on Kastanienallee in the Prenzlauer Berg district of what was East Berlin, a deeply cosmopolitan neighbourhood with more than a fair share of bars and restaurants.
Easily accessible by U-Bahn (less than 5 minutes walk from Eberswalder Strasse, Senefelder Platz and Bernauer Strasse stations), by tram and with connections to the S-Bahn system at nearby Alexanderplatz and with gracious thanks to our hosts Nokia, promises to be the best WhereCampEU location yet.
Another day, another sponsor. This time we’re happy to welcome a new face to the ever growing list of organisations who support WhereCamp EU … Nokia.
“From the Nokia N95 with its onboard GPS through to the latest generation of mobile devices with free maps and free navigation as part of Ovi Maps, Nokia is firmly committed to location and to geo in the many forms this takes. The heart of Nokia’s Location Group is based in Berlin and we’re looking forward to welcoming and supporting WhereCamp EU and everyone who will be participating to the home city of Ovi Maps for a challenging, informing and educating celebration of all that’s current in the location space.”
Gary Gale, Director, Ovi Places Registry, Nokia Berlin
Google is happy to return as a sponsor of WhereCamp EU, a great opportunity to bring together the dynamic Geo developer community of Europe in one of Europe’s greatest cities. Google believes in active participation, please fell free to grab a member of our developer relations or engineering teams who will be attending with any questions you may have about the many Google Geo APIs.
Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google London.
To celebrate, we are are also releasing some more free passes:
We are looking for some intrepid volunteers to run some location based games in Berlin. Have a gaming startup? Want to launch a game at WhereCampEU? Get in touch and lets do something special.
Our second round of passes will be available today at 4.45pm CET.
We rely upon our friends to keep us going, and we have none bigger than Nestoria who are returning to sponsor WhereCampEU 2011 in Berlin. Nestoria’s goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to find a property, in Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, France and the UK. So if you’re thinking of staying in Berlin for longer than just the weekend, Mehr über Nestoria Deutschland.
Our first batch of passes are now available. As well as the free passes, we’re trying something new this year – “pay what you want”, so that if you are able to contribute you can. Don’t worry if you miss out, more passes will be available soon.
By sludgegulper
Mark your calendars WhereCampers, we are finalising an amazing followup to last year’s big event. Berlin, a city that’s renowned for its design and creativity is hosting WhereCampEU for two days over 27/28 May. We can’t wait, and I suspect neither can you.
When it comes to fashion, art, design and music, the German capital is the city to watch. A global influx of creatives has turned it into a cauldron of cultural cool reminiscent of New York in the ’80s.
Its dark and its cold, but Spring is just around the corner and so is another WhereCampEU. All I can say, is that we have a city, a venue and some possible dates. Its not London, and its not in the UK, and it should be around May.
Should be confirming venue and dates very soon now, hold on for an announcement next week.
ps anyone commenting on lack of proper attribution for the map can stay at home