We are thrilled to have the support of our NetSquared Camps Global Partners.  Their contributions have helped support the planning, development and creation of the 2010 Camps pilot.

Our vision is for NetSquared Camps to provide a local entry-point for entrepreneurial nonprofits/NGOs, developers and designers to demonstrate projects, build stuff together and forge meaningful collaborations.

Building on the success of self-organizing formats like Barcamp and the lessons we've learned in developing an inter-disciplinary approach to conferencing over the last four years, NetSquared Camps bring people, tools, resources and projects together to help accelerate world-changing ideas.

After a few years hosting a Global Conference in conjunction with our open innovation Challenge, we found that we had a room full of interesting, smart, excited changemakers. But, we also had a huge portion of our global community that couldn't be in the room.

The NetSquared Community is truly global, with over 70 Local groups meeting around the world each month. There are changemakers and innovators in all of those groups with ideas about how to make our world a better place. NetSquared Camps are a way of harnessing that local power and distributing the spotlight of the NetSquared Conference to organizers around the world.

Last summer, we supported the launch of the 2010 Camps pilot in six cities around the world. We were excited by the potential in distributing our work in this way and confident our local organizers have the passion it takes to create valuable local events. The six events were divided between Camps and Campfire events.  To learn more about the Camps pilot, please visit the Camps FAQ.

To learn more about the specific events, visit the event pages below:

Camps

• NetSquared Camp Africa: Douala, Cameroon
• NetSquared Camp USA - Central: Chicago, Illinois
• NetSquared Camp USA - West: Portland, OR
• NetSquared Camp Canada: Vancouver, British Columbia

Campfires

• NetSquared Camp Europe: Paris, France
• NetSquared Camp USA - East: Research Triangle, North Carolina