Innovating a Tech Conference: Creating BuzzConf

Rick and Ben saw something seriously wrong with technology conferences: watching presentations that would be available on YouTube the next day, in stuffy conference centres, with short time-boxed networking sessions. They set about changing that, and came up with BuzzConf! An innovative and entertaining technology festival held in Rural Victoria.

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1. BuzzConf where next year is always this year's focus. The story of
2. Rick Giner Front End developer Tech enthusiast Meetup organiser Festival fan
3. Ben Dechrai Technologist Security consultant Conference organiser Presenter
4. Why did we create BuzzConf?
5. Boring conference format needed innovation
6. What if it felt more like a party?
7. And no one could go back to their hotels What if it felt more like a party?
8. Bands
9. DJs
10. Lunatics
11. Families
12. The Journey
13. May 2014 May 2015 Nov 2014 Twelve Months Out
14. May 2014 Nov 2015 Nov 2014 May 2015 Twelve Months Out Eighteen
15. Event Management Systems
18. How did it go?
27. Tech Topics
28. Workshops
30. Workshops https://github.com/mnemote/flobot
31. BioTech
32. Virtual Reality
33. Leg Log Blind! Virtual Reality
34. Teaching kids to code
35. Hackathon Neural Nodebot
36. Hackathon Food Haven
37. Hackathon 47 Lawn- mowers
38. LifX
39. Tesla
40. Tesla
41. Tesla
42. What next?
43. BuzzConf Nights
44. Next Festival Buy tickets! buzzconf.io/register Submit a Talk Proposal buzzconf.io/cfp Keep In Touch buzzconf.io/newsletter twitter.com/buzzconfio facebook.com/BuzzConf
45. buzzconf.io