Tampa hosted it first BarCamp and by all measures, it was a great success. The lobby at USF’s SoB Conference Center filled up early Saturday morning and the big Post-It Note schedules for three rooms was booked up 9:30-5:00 in short order. Sunday’s attendance was a little bit lower, but the schedule was just as packed with great topics and speakers.

I met a lot of campers and had some great discussions both in the sessions as well as sidebar chats in the hall. We appreciate the support from all of the out of town campers from Orlando and elsewhere. Thanks to everyone who signed-up to lead discussions, without you BC would be just another boring conference filled with suites and service providers.

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2008 Camper Survey

BarCamp is all about fostering discussions within the grass roots tech community and maintaining a positive buzz among the innovators and geek elite in the central Florida area. With this great event behind us, we can look ahead to other opportunities to highlight technology, innovation and entrepreneurial education in the Tampa area.

Thanks to all our great sponsors, especially Adobe, Dex Imaging and D+S Media Labs for stepping up to sponsor the speaking rooms. Keep watching StartupMonkey, The Weekly Tech Rant MeetUp and the BarCampTampaBay site for future event info.