#BelfastBarCamp2024

​#BarCampBelfast2024 is set to hit the Oh Yeah Music Centre this October as part of Belfast Tech Week hashtag #BTW2024 .

BarCamp Belfast is a user-generated unconference for founders, makers, builders, supporters, designers, developers, startups, creatives and anyone that wants to share and learn in an open environment.

There are no fees to register and attend and there are no invited speakers. Instead, the attendees volunteer to give talks making for an eclectic mix of subjects hosted by your peers.

​Máirín Murray founder of TechFoundHer said it best when she said

​"I'm a huge fan of unconferences. Why?

⭐ Because they're non hierarchical - unlike traditional conferences which literally put speakers on a pedestal and 'above' the attendees.
⭐ Because they're loose, unstructured chaotic - anything can happen.
⭐ Because they're about social learning - from your community and peers and you make more pals in the process!"

And while there will be some references to APIs and some such techie stuff, there will be just as much discussion on the business aspects of entrepreneurship with talks in the schedule so far on payment facilitation, using AI as a productivity superpower, why social media is never free, networking, accountancy tech, a panel on managing a business as a female entrepreneur and much more.

​Marty Neill the co-founder of AirPOS Pay, the Oh Yeah Centre, Base Arcade and more and Martin Gilchrist from Gilchrist and Co accountancy are the driving forces behind this year’s event. They aim to emulate the success that events guru Andy McMillan had back in 2009, while respecting the groundwork laid by Andy and reflecting the good work done in the past.

​Marty said, "With tech and entrepreneurial culture now very much shifting towards working from home we felt it was more important than ever to get the community together and Belfast Tech Week looked like the perfect time to do it.

​BarCamps and BizCamps thrived back in the day as places to meet, spaces to learn and as environments where the sparks of starting something were lit. We're hoping that we'll see some of the older heads from the original events rubbing shoulders with the new generation of makers and builders, transferring knowledge, making contacts and hopefully sharing some collective wisdom over a pint or two."

See you at the bar!