Hi Tristan,

My advice is to start up front with some smaller events to get the
hang of things. It's easier to organize a tiny, medium, and large
conference than to organize just a large one. The unconf model I
explained can help a lot to keep things fluid and fun.

-Pieter

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Tristan Winters
<tristan_winters@???> wrote:
> Pieter,
>
> I am in the very early stages of organising a conference in Australia.
> This will be the first of its kind in Australia, by our newly formed Bitcoin
> Association of Australia.
>
> We are a team of 8 people. So we've got ample human resources.
> I'd like to consult you at different stages for your advice, as we proceed,
> if that's OK. You seem to have ample experience.
>
> Cheers,
>
> TW.
>
> On 17/10/2013, at 3:09 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:
>
> > That sounds cool. My last conference had 350 people but anything up to
> 1000 people is possible. What are you thinking? We're going to put up
> a Wiki soon and I'll be able to send you some links with more info.
>
> On 17/10/13 08:45, Pieter Hintjens wrote:
>
> I've organized a lot of conferences small and large. The very
> best, and least hassle, was a ZeroMQ unconf we did in Portland. All
> we need is a large room and people. Here's how it works:
>
> - anyone can speak - there's a queue of speakers (a row of chairs)
> - a speaker gets 15 minutes (you could cut this to 5 minutes if
> you wanted to be brutal) to give the short story - the audience
> votes by IRC +1 if they want to hear more - the speaker gets
> additional 5 minute slots until the moderator gets bored - it's all
> recorded on video and published
>
> No registration, no organization except technical (room, WiFi, food
> & drink, video). Some funding or sponsorship for the room,
> usually.
>
> I'd be happy to organize something like this in Brussels.
>
> -Pieter
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:41 AM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???>
> wrote: no time really to be organising conferences. doing them is
> super stressful and i don't really feel like it pays off compared
> to just writing code and making kickass projects or working
> spaces.
>
> On 16/10/13 12:15, Jaromil wrote:
>
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