• barcamp

Frombar +‎camp, created as an alternative toFoo Camp.

BarCamp (pluralBarCamps)

1. A form of user-generatedconference (orunconference) originally focused on technology and the web.
   • 2008 October 20, Kim Hart, “Twittering Types Share Ideas Offline”, inThe Washington Post‎^[1],→ISSN:

     The event was the second iteration of Washington's version ofBarCamp, a technology workshop meant to demonstrate new business ideas and promote discussion of the top tech issues: social media, open source and how to actually make money, to name a few.

   • 2012, Adam Crowe,Disasters 2.0: The Application of Social Media Systems for Modern Emergency Management, CRC Press,→ISBN,page208:

     BarCamps are held throughout the world as workshop-style events open to anyone who wants to participate and is willing to share content and information on the BarCamp wiki site. The earliestBarCamps focused on web applications through open-sourced technologies and open data formats.

•  BarCamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia