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Sunderland will be hosting its first 'Community Barcamp' on Monday 24th November at the Stadium of Light.

BarCamps are democratic, user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcamp).

The event, which is FREE to attend and runs from 6 til 8pm, will bring together people that use services in the community with the people that build and provide them to talk about how technology can improve everyone’s life.

· Relaxed, social setting

· ‘Speed dating meets networking’

· You set the agenda, and talk with others sharing your interest

· Not just for community activists or the IT crowd

· Meet delegates from the IT in the Community conference

· No charge for attending

Find out more, register to come along (we need to know how many people to expect) and tell everyone what you want to find out about (or talk about) at http://SunderlandCommunityBarCamp.wordpress.com

www.sunderland.gov.uk/digitalchallenge