Blogcamp CEE 2008 official presentation

Official Presentation

In Brief Blogcamp Central and Eastern Europe 2008 is an international conference on new media and online start-ups. Founded in 2007, Blogcamp CEE offers open and free barcamp-like event along with investor day, special events and CEE market orientation sessions. Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Dates: October 17–19 2008

Conference Goals

To develop Ukrainian and CEE internet market by means of experience and expertise sharing.

To create an easy 'entrance point' for Central and Eastern European internet markets and present new media of the region internationally.

To reveal the opportunities and means of effective use of new media for companies and users.

To attract investments to Ukrainian and CEE start - ups.

To popularize barcamp format.

Barcamp: format features

Open. Barcamp is an event organized by its participants in web 2.0 spirit. The role of barcamp initiative group is to create a platform of uncovering participants' creativity – they are free to hold a session, promote the event or involve in organization process.

Informal. All presentations, brainstorming sessions, master classes, round tables and other activities are organized in informal atmosphere, which stimulates deep involvement of all participants.

Interactive. There are no 'tourists' at barcamp. If visiting – deliver a presentation or take part in a discussion or just share your barcamp experience in your blog!

Initiative Group

Target Audience

Number of participants : about 500 delegates

Regions: Ukraine, Central and Eastern Europe (70/30) ‏

Age: 17-30 years (core audience) ‏

Gender: 60-70% male

Professional/interests:

Internet, IT, mobile technologies professionals

Popular bloggers

Online projects owners and managers

IT entrepreneurs

TMT investors

Journalists (IT, media, business and general interest media) ‏

Marketing and PR professionals

Region: CEE The region Blogcamp is targeted at is Central and Eastern Europe. This particularly includes: Eastern Europe (Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine), Central Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Eastern Balkans (Bulgaria, Romania). Regional internet markets are known for high growth rates, low integration with global markets, and in some countries including Ukraine still high growth potential and relatively low entrance barrier. Participants who come from outside of the region will represent Western Europe, the US, Caucasus and Central Asia . We expect most participants to be from Ukraine, followed by Russia, Poland, Belarus and Latvia. Blogcamp 2007 was Eastern European focused and had participants from 9 countries.

Program:

Investor Day is a key event of CEE venture business bringing together TMT (Telecom, Media, Technologies) businessmen and investors*.

Start - up contest will be held within Investor Day in the following nominations:

Seed Stage (investment needed : 50-150 thousand Euro)‏

Early Growth Stage (investment needed : 500 thousand - 1 million Euro)‏

The contest will be organized according to Silicon Valley Open Doors conference contest guidelines.

Investor Day: Concept * By 'investors' we mean both institutional investors (venture funds) and private investors (business angels)

Best Ukrainian blog awards is the very first blog contest in Ukraine with its’ around 200 thousand blogs. Prizes will be presented at Blogcamp's special ceremony. Contestants will be awarded in specific nominations, e.g. best IT blog, best professional blog, best personal blog. Jury consisted of Ukrainian Internet experts and popular bloggers from neighbouring countries will empower authority of the contest and give well-grounded points for contesting blogs. Best Ukrainian Blog Awards

Blogcamp media partners are key Ukrainian IT, business and marketing media: Domashniy PC (general media partner), Kompyuternoye obozreniye (general media partner), First Business TV channel, IT Business Week, Kompanyon, New Marketing, TZ, Mobility, Mobile PC, Timeout Kyiv.

Online media partners: Profeo, Yandex, Internetno.net, toodoo.ru, skillopedia.ru, itc.ua, h.ua, Tut.by.

New media and IT blogs and websites (including about 500 sites and blogs of Blogcamp participants).

Social media marketing – promotion in social networks, photo and video sharing services.

Media plan is presented on demand

Promotion and coverage

Organizing partners: Internet Initiatives, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Internet partner: WorldWebStudio

PR partner: PRP Ukraine

Investor Day partners: Seedcamp, BayView Innovations, AmBAR, Sughrue

Partners

History and Experience

Blogcamp CIS and Baltics 2007 :

the first barcamp in Eastern Europe.

Kyiv, October 2007

Participants:

300 participants from Ukraine, 9 CIS and Baltics countries

70% - male

Core audience – bloggers, internet and IT professionals; journalists, marketing and PR specialists.

Blogcamp CIS and Baltics 2007:

60 presentations during 2 days

About 800 reports in blogs

About 80 items in printed and online media

Sponsors: Open Society Institute , Internews , Transitions Online

Media partners: Domashiy PC (Home PC), е-mobile, hi-Tech Pro, Internet UA

PR partner: PRP Ukraine

Blogcamp CIS and Baltics 2007

Sparked off international barcamp movement in the region:

February 2008 – Riga, Latvia

February 2008 – Moscow, Russia

April 2008 – Lviv, Ukraine

April 2008 – Moscow, Russia

May 2008 – Moscow, Russia

June 2008 – Vilnius, Lithuania

June 2008 – Tbilisi, Georgia

August 2008 – Moscow, Russia

August 2008 – Bishkek, Kirgizstan

August 2008 – Baku, Azerbaijan

October 2008 – Yerevan, Armenia

November 2008 – Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Blogcamp is the leading event on new media and TMT venture business in Ukraine and CEE region. Blogcamp sponsorship packages are designed to provide you with the most effective promotion among the participants. Demonstrate your leadership, build awareness or increase loyalty of the industry's most active representatives by becoming a Blogcamp sponsor.