Yearly Archives:' 2016
Bliss Thank You
It took a while, mostly due to me being slow at getting things sorted out, but Bliss got their share of the £1600 that we raised this year. A huge thanks to everyone who bought from the bring and buy, entered the raffle or just threw cash into the collection bucket.
Robin and the crew.
Media Archive
We’ve finally got all the media from the event online, here are the links to it all:
Videos
After a stellar performance by Cooper, ably assisted by Cal, this year’s videos are the best ever.
What made it even better was the live streaming on the day for those who couldn’t physically attend.
Photos
Thanks to Chris Ratcliff for doing the photography on the day and to Jamie Duxbury for giving us the shots he took.
Due to “age restriction problems” on Flickr we’ve moved to hosting the photos with Google this year. We will probably move the old archives over at some point as well.
Madbob Combination Lock Video
This year’s goody bags contained an amazing build-it-yourself combination lock supplied by Madbob. For those who haven’t managed to work out how to build it themselves yet, here is a video the team put together for you.
Bring and Buy
Last year we ran a “bring and buy” table for IT and security related books, raising £100 for the premature baby charity Bliss.
We are running the table again this year and extending it to include hardware. Do you have old kit lying around at home, collecting dust that you think might be valuable to someone else? If so, bring it along. If there is something special about what you are bringing, such as the power supply is dead or there is a loose connection somewhere, then please bring a note to put on it so people know what they are buying.
If you’ve nothing to bring, make sure you’ve got some cash on you and space in your bag or car so you can take something home, as all proceeds will go to charity.
Now with added workshops
For the last two years your ticket has granted you access to a day full of amazing talks, a lunch including ice cream from one of the best producers in the country, a true northern dinner and enough free drinks at the party to make everyone merry, but this year we are going a step further, we are adding workshops!
We are going to make Friday afternoon Workshop Time. At the moment, the plan is to run between four and five sessions between 1PM and 5PM but depending on numbers this might open up to the morning as well.
So as well, as looking for CFP submissions for talks, we also want workshop submissions. We want either two or four hour sessions and are looking for anything hacker related. We are expecting the usual “this is how to hack product X” but, in line with our range of talks, would also like some on soft skills and other none technical topics. These all have to be carried out in university provided rooms so please consider this when coming up with ideas, if you are not sure if something is appropriate then please get in touch and we will make a decision.
Once we have the schedule sorted out we will open ticketing to let you book your seats and, as said before, this is all in the one ticket, this is not an extra cost, just reserving seats for bums.