- Source: Science Foo Camp
Science Foo Camp (scifoo) is an annual interdisciplinary scientific unconference organized by O'Reilly Media, Digital Science, Alphabet Inc., based on an idea from Linda Stone. The event is based on the spirit and format of Foo Camp, an event focused on emerging technology, and is designed to encourage collaboration between scientists who would not typically work together. As such, it is unusual among conferences in three ways:
attendance is by invitation-only
the delegates come from many different areas of science rather than one subject, such as physics, chemistry or biology
the meeting has no fixed agenda; the invited scientists, technologists and policy makers set the conference program during the conference itself, based on their shared professional interests and enthusiasms, aka unconference
The first event in 2006 was held under the Chatham House Rule. The policy at the second event was to allow open reporting by default; attendees were expected to indicate if their comments were off the record. Science Foo Camp has taken place annually at the Googleplex campus in Mountain View, California, United States.
Organization
As of 2022 scifoo is organized by
Tim O'Reilly and Marsee Henon of O'Reilly Media (FOO stands for "Friends of O'Reilly")
Daniel Hook and Amarjit Myers of Digital Science
Magdalena Skipper of Nature
Cat Allman of Digital Science, formerly with Google
Previously Timo Hannay and Chris DiBona were also hosts and organisers.
In 2024, SciFoo was held for the first time outside of the US. It took place 26–28 July 2024 in Cambridge, UK.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Neal Stephenson
- Daftar film Universal Pictures
- Science Foo Camp
- Foo Camp
- Foobar
- Chris DiBona
- Katharina Volz
- Brian Cox (physicist)
- Linda Stone
- Digital Science
- Cat Allman
- Etosha Cave
