BigDataCamp takes place the night before the O'Reilly's Strata Conference . We invite all attendees and anyone else interested in Big Data to join us for a lively discussion, finger food, and a frosty beverage or two. BigDataCamp is an unconference for users of Hadoop and related Big Data technologies to exchange ideas in a loosely distributed format. Led by CloudCamp's Dave... [read more]

BigDataCamp takes place the night before the O'Reilly's Strata Conference . We invite all attendees and anyone else interested in Big Data to join us for a lively discussion, finger food, and a frosty beverage or two. BigDataCamp is an unconference for users of Hadoop and related Big Data technologies to exchange ideas in a loosely distributed format. Led by CloudCamp's Dave Nielsen, attendees are encouraged to share thoughts in open discussions with community-proposed topics, including Lightning Talks & Unconference Sessions.  Data engineers, enterprise architects, developers, analysts, data mining and business intelligence professionals are encouraged to attend and mix with other members of the community. Schedule: Jan 31, 20115:30pm  - Registration, Finger Food & Networking6:00pm  - Welcome, Thank-you & Introductions - Dave Nielsen6:15pm  - Lightning Talks (5 minutes each) - Facilitated by Pete Warden7:15pm  - Organize Unconference (use OST to determine Breakout Sessions) 7:30pm  - Breakout Sessions - Round 18:15pm  - Breakout Sessions - Round 29:00pm  - Breakout Sessions - Round 39:45pm  - Wrap Up (1 minute summary of each session)10:00pm  - Drinks? Where to next? Organizer & Facilitator:Dave Nielsen of Platform D Volunteers:Pete Warden of OpenHeatMap Follow us at http://twitter.com/bigdatacampRegister for O'Reilly's Strata Conference using discount code STR11DNAFF and get 25% off   Thank you to our supporters: