Register to attend the NetSquared Paris Campfire

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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 Camps pilot.

Details for Paris Campfire

• Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
• Time: 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Location: La Cantine, 151 rue Montmartre, Passage des Panoramas, Paris 2e, FRANCE (Map; Metro: Grand Boulevards or Bourse)
• Languages: French and English
• Registration:  http://www.wiserearth.org/event/view/a8663255c692b731c90f9302785565e9
• Support: Camilla @ wiserearth.org for more information, group planning (French)

About the Paris Campfire

A new trend is emerging. Not just innovation, not just social, but both and a lot more, melted in a million different ideas, techniques, methods and initiatives, driven by individuals, movements and organizations. Are you part of it, or willing to be?

This unconference brings together those interested in the field of social innovation in order to discuss the meaning, ideas and initiatives that are the driving force for social innovation.

Detailed Description

This is the first BarCamp of its kind in Paris that focuses on social innovation. Its goal is to gather practitioners, researchers and those interested in the relatively recent and explosive trend named social innovation. This event is also open to European and international social innovation networks (and other interested groups). It will take place in French and English depending on the needs of participants.

Social innovation refers to technological, organizational or economic innovation which is applied to a given social issue or any issue related to people or the way society operates or to the way it could be improved. Any initiative which questions or examines existing models which relate to the way we interact, communicate or support each other could be deemed as social innovation. However, giving a precise definition as to what the term really means already limits both its scope and potential. This Social Innovation Barcamp offers an opportunity to share your thoughts on its definition and reveal its true potential!

This event also provides an opportunity to better understand social innovation-related initiatives, methodologies, best practices and experiences. For example, we potentially envisage a number of sessions around the following topics:

• Social entrepreneurship and business innovation
• Networks, technological innovation and new Web behaviors (peuplade.fr, babyloan.org, friendsclear.com, pachube.com, nosdeputes.fr, ...) as well as supports systems, devices and field collaboration (e.g. EmergeSat from the Red Helmets Foundation)
• User centric design, experimentation spaces and interdisciplinary projects (the 27e Région and its "Territoires en résidence" project, the FabLabs, ...)
• And more.

Come create, share and harness the possibilities for change through social innovation!

Getting involved virtually

You can follow the Paris Campfire on Facebook or Twitter. Whether you're going to the Paris Campfire in person, online, or both, use the following tag to follow along or when writing about the event: #SocInnovBCParis.

Hosts / Organization Committee

• NetSquared
• WiserEarth
• InformEthic
• FING
• SiliconSentier
• LIENS
• 27e Région
• La Ruche
• Kiva

Becoming a sponsor

We need sponsors to help cover our costs related to the: venue, refreshments, t-shirts. By helping us to cover these costs so the event can remain free for all participants.

We expect that this event will attract about 100 people working in the field of social innovation - web innovators, designers, nonprofit representatives, funders, social entrepreneurs and people representing social enterprise.

By becoming a sponsorship partner for this event you will:

• Support the first barcamp event in Paris focused on social innovation
• Help to ensure that the event is free for all participants
• Take part in an international event which not only includes participants from France, but also (we hope) from other countries in Europe such as the UK, Spain and Germany. (the event will be supported in English and French based on needs of the participants)
• Benefit from online media visibility which will accompany this event (FaceBook, Twitter, WiserEarth.org, etc)

 In addition, your logo will be:

• Printed on event t-shirts which will be distributed to each participant
• Included in all event communication (e-invitation, BarCamp website and participating partners websites)

 If you are interested in sponsorship, please contact the Paris organizers.

Media Partners

We would like to invite media to be involved and report at this event. Interested? Contact the Paris organizers.

Additional Information

More details will be available on this page as they develop.  You can also join the planning group on the WiserEarth site.

About the NetSquared Paris Organizer

Camilla Burg

Camilla Burg is new to Net2 having just launched the first Wiser Tuesday group in Paris (a collaboration between Netsquared and WiserEarth). She was born and raised in the North of England. She has lived in London, Sydney and San Francisco where she has worked as a marketing professional in the technology, finance and nonprofit sectors. She has spent the past 3 years working as a communications and outreach consultant with WiserEarth an international directory and social networking website that brings together sustainability and nonprofit professionals. She is now based in St Germain en Laye, just outside Paris where she gets to imbibe local café culture while working on some fantastic projects.

Connect with Camilla:

• WiserEarth profile: http://www.wiserearth.org/user/Camilla
• WE Blog: http://blog.wiserearth.org/
• Twitter: @BondSister
• Skype: camillaburg007

About the Campfire Pilot

The campfire module is designed for organizers hosting events associated with or including the NetSquared community. These events may vary in form and organizers do not work directly with the NetSquared team to create, sponsor, or host the events. Learn more in the Camps FAQ.