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LOCATIONS
Possible Facilities:
Pubs! Hold BIL throughout Oxford at 3-4 pubs.
- To find pubs, use this map (http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/sheet/maps/2007/v2-2_by-night.pdf) and these reviews (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/10/10889/Cock_Camel/Oxford)
- Jericho Tavern: A pub with facilities - as used by Oxford geek nights. http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Jericho_Tavern . Holds over a hundred
- Jam Factory http://www.thejamfactoryoxford.com/ nice building (old home of Frank Cooper's Oxford marmalade) space for exhibition, talks etc. Holds over a hundred, but over several smaller rooms (biggest would hold 40ish)
- Cape of Good Hope: where the Oxford Twestival is held http://oxford.twestival.com/
- The Old Bookbinders: recently CAMRA award winning. "If a pub with a bike, inflatable crocodile and a train set hanging from the ceiling is your thing, you might just want to settle down here." Free to hire function room for 20 / 30 at a push http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Bookbinders
If we decide to go with a formal facility:
- Rewley House: literally down the street from TED, 30 second walk. Dept of Continuing Education's building, who is supportive of BIL (Jonathan Michie). http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/conference/function_rooms.php#rewley
- University Club: Used this for a barcamp and it worked really well. Number of conference rooms upstairs, bar downstairs, sofas for chilling etc. http://www.club.ox.ac.uk/
- Kellogg College: beautiful building, brand new so no one knows about it (won't be booked up). But it's about a 15 minute walk from TED on the north side of Oxford. http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/
- Burton Taylor theatre: a 50 seater theatre next door to the playhouse TED venue. It's is used for student plays etc and has lighting and PA. A possible central hub?: http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/burtontaylor/aboutus.aspx
- Pegasus Theatre: New theatre being built with several small spaces - theatre, cafe etc - it's used for community/youth theatre. Building due to be complete April 2010 but unlikely to be fitted out by July. Not far from central Oxford. Worth asking? http://www.pegasustheatre.org.uk/Page.aspx?PageID=247&ObjectTypeID=3&NodeID=159
- North Wall Arts Centre - This place is in North Oxford but would make for a nice setting for a conference like BIL - http://www.thenorthwall.com/theatre.php
- Pitt Rivers museum: this could be a really cool place for an evening. Various rooms available for hire. Their site out of date though http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/museumhire.html
- Modern art oxford: http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/Hire/ (café / reception area accessible, can have access to the galleries/exhibitions: up to 200 standing, 60 seated)
ORGANISATIONAL
Organizers:
- Bill Erickson (bill.erickson@gmail.com) - mostly US-based so can work on everything except in-person Oxford stuff (signing papers for facilities...etc)
- Leo Ryan (leo@ryanmacmillan.com)
- Henry Cooke (me@prehensile.co.uk)
- Joelle McNichol (joellemcnichol@gmail.com)
- Adam McNichol (adam.mcnichol@gmail.com)
- Wes West (wes@becausewesayso.co.uk http://twitter.com/wesayso based in Oxford)
- David Harris (david.james.harris@gmail.com http://twitter.com/djharris based in Oxford)
- Ben Bashford (bashford@gmail.com / @bashford)
- YOUR NAME HERE!
Sponsor Help:
- Leo Ryan. Has a client that might provide wifi (router company).
- Lloyd Davis can get me in touch with the Oxford Tuttle group, who are PR folks and can help find local
sponsors.
- Oxford Geeknights is sponsored by Moo, the Guardian, and Torchbox - DH and WW's employer. All possible to approach.
- DH and WW met Viral Tarpara of Microsoft at OGN14 and he's very interested to find out more as plans develop, with intention of arranging sponsorship.
UK Promotion:
- Mike Butcher, TechCrunch UK (@mikebutcher) said he wanted to support BIL, and is a friend of @amanda's.
- David Rowan, Editor, WIRED Magazine (david.rowan@condenast.co.uk) loved the idea of BIL. I met him at TED Global lunch.
- Lloyd Davis, Tuttle London (@lloyddavis)
Speaker Help:
- Aubrey de Grey (aubrey@sens.org)
- Jonathan Michie, Dept of Continuing Education (jonathan.michie@conted.ox.ac.uk)
- Lloyd Davis
- Jonathan or I should give @GarethM a shout [HTC]
Music Help:
- Ben Bashford (@bashford).
- Joe Muggs, Music journalist. Writes for Wire, Word, Mixmag etc. (@joemuggs)
- I'll get in contact with Capsule ( http://capsule.org.uk/about/ ) [HTC]
- Ben Walker, http://twitter.com/ihatemornings and http://bensbiggig.ihatemornings.com/ is a colleague of DH and WW at Torchbox
EVENTS / STRANDS / CURATORS
Possible / in discussion
- Interesting / Russell Davies [HTC]
- Dorkbot [HTC]
- School of Life [Joelle]
- This Happened [HTC]
- The Conversational [http://www.theconversational.co.uk]
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- A hub/main stage organised by the BIL organisers.
Hypothetical
- The James Martin Schools ( http://www.21school.ox.ac.uk/ ) [Jonathan?]
- Cafe Scientifique
- Under the Influence
- Sandpit
- QI (based in Oxford)
- Media and documentation - a film/documentary competition? Open source fanzine? Find ways to incentivise people to create great content?
SPEAKERS
Possible Speakers: (put who's the contact for the speaker in brackets)
Does this mean these folks have been approached, and expressed an interest? [HTC]
- Tom Watson (@tom_watson), former British MP [Bill]
- Amanda Rose (@amanda), Twestival [Bill]
- Richard Reynolds, guy who started Guerrilla Gardening. Search your emails for discussion with him. [Bill]
Hypothetical Speakers:
(or: wouldn't it be awesome if we could get... let's not worry about feasibility right now, I'm aiming more for tone than anything - HTC)
THE SCIENCE
- Susan Blackmore ( http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/ )
TED talk, agent is Mandy Little @ http://www.watsonlittle.com [HTC]
- Susan Greenfield
- Ben Goldacre ( http://www.badscience.net/, @bengoldacre )
"I’m very happy to come and do stuff for free": http://www.badscience.net/about-dr-ben-goldacre/
- Matt Brown
MUSIC
- Brian Duffy ( http://www.warmcircuit.com )
he of the Modified Toy Orchestra (myspaz) & ZX Spectrum Orchestra (myspaz, interview), have seen him talk before and he is great. would also be good for music performance, probably reachable through Capsule [HTC]
- Kode9. Warwick University Cubernetic Culture Research Unit (ccru.com) alumni, dubstep pioneer and boss of the Hyperdub record label. About to publish a book on sonic warfare. Joe Muggs will probably be able to talk to him [BB].
ART AND THAT
-Keith Tyson ( http://www.keithtyson.com )
I have such a nerd crush on this dude. Contact address from website is info@ktprojects.co.uk [HTC]
- Toxi ( http://postspectacular.com/, @toxi )
- Memo ( http://www.memo.tv, @memotv )
- I just got very excited about what Distance Lab are doing. Some really interesting projects looking at art, craft, technology and communication in the context of long distance. http://www.distancelab.org/ contact@distancelab.org
INVENTORS / PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY
- James Larsson ( http://jameslarsson.com/ )
Inventor of the Decaying Prawn Sandwich Clock & Leather Fetish Pong, amongst other things. Jonathan & I have seen him talk, very entertaining. ( NYTimes / BBC ) james@jameslarsson.com
- Tim Hunkin ( http://www.timhunkin.com )
- Sarah Angliss ( http://spacedog.biz/ )
In fact, we should probably just try to hook up with the dorkbot organisers - [HTC]
THINKY COMEDY
- Robin Ince ( http://www.robinince.com/, www.myspace.com/robinince )
he of the 'School for Gifted Children', would be worth contacting to get other speakers, too [HTC]
- Mark Thomas
- Dave Gorman
AUTHORS
- Alan Moore
probably very wishful thinking
- Grant Morrison
- Warren Ellis ( http://www.warrenellis.com/, @warrenellis )
- Alistair Reynolds
SOCIETY
- Think Public http://thinkpublic.com/news/
- Tom Steingberg / MySociety http://www.mysociety.org/about/
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