2024/Düsseldorf/Planning

Planning for IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf 2024.

Organizers:

• Marc Thiele — cross-promotion with btconf, ticketing
• Joschi Kuphal — Saturday venue
• Tantek Çelik - wiki editing, wrangling more co-organizers, working with Joschi Kuphal and Marc Thiele to figure out details to make an IWC happen! Sunday venue search
• David Shanske Attending, and happy to help in any way
• ...

Venue:

• Saturday May 11: The City Library
• Sunday May 12: Niu Tab hotel lobby, long tall table with outlets in the middle, David Shanske will bring flag to drape over the table to claim it

Emails:

• Sent: 2024/Düsseldorf/Planning/tito-email
• To send: 2024/Düsseldorf/Planning/sunday-email

Sunday venue ideas?

• ACCEPTED: grabbing a long tall table with outlets in the Niu Tab hotel lobby
• ...
• REJECTED: lobbycon at the Holiday Inn (where most of the IWC organizers are staying) — too loud and busy, many times there were screaming individuals
  • may require someone who is staying there: Tantek Çelik, David Shanske, capjamesg
  • pros:
    • outlets / desks
    • (likely?) lobby wifi
  • cons:
    • is "in public"
    • no exclusive use/guarantee of the space - expect randoms to show up and use any available space
    • may get kicked out by the hotel
  • needs:
    • would need a way to project (micro/picoprojector?) for demos session
    • would need to set expectations of participants ordering at least a drink and/or snack from the hotel (perhaps at some frequency? like every 2 hours?) because the room in the middle of the hotel lobby and is serviced by the bar staff

Photos of Holiday Inn lobby:

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Not this year (but has worked in past, maybe in future)

• CGI - need to message Marc about contacting them
• sipgate — will they be open to hosting an event for outsiders?
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Confirmed ("event" means they RSVPd to the event, "ticket" means they've confirmed they registered for a ticket_)

• Tantek Çelik (event, ticket)
• capjamesg (event)
• Sara Jakša (event)
• David Shanske - (ticket)
• Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

Interested in attending:

• Maggie Appleton
• Dominik Schwind
• Pablo Morales
• Alex Sirac (remotely if early November)
• Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

Was interested in attending 2023:

• Jeremy Cherfas - I would like to be there, if at all possible.
• Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

See Beyond Tellerrand Düsseldorf 2024 and https://beyondtellerrand.com/blog for updates

• 2024-05-13…14 MT dates confirmed for BT DUS

Dates:

• 2024-05-11…12 Saturday & Sunday before Beyond Tellerrand
  • +1 Tantek Çelik
  • +1 Joschi Kuphal: can't make it this time
  • +0 David Shanske Will be in Dublin but can try to hop over.
  • +0 Pablo Morales Will be in Berlin but can take the DB.
  • Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

Other adjacent events — unclear if we need to avoid or not:

• Possibly Accessibility Club run by Joschi Kuphal

Next steps: (for organizer notes while we're figuring this out)

• Find & confirm Sunday venue
• Contact Jules about possible photography opportunity for the IWC
• Find at least tentative remote participation support (volunteer or co-organizer)
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More info:

• Yulia Startsev hotel recommendation: https://www.25hours-hotels.com/en/hotels/duesseldorf/das-tour
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See Also

• 2024/Düsseldorf
• Planning