FirstAnnualConference

Overview

The first annual seasteading conference will be Friday, October 10th, at the Embassy Suites in Burlingame, CA.

We are using Meetup.com to manage RSVPs & payment. Please go here to sign up for the conference and get more information:

http://movement.meetup.com/72/calendar/8606039/

Tentative Schedule

(This is just our current guess, it will probably change)

• Thursday
  • 6:30pm - 11:30pm. Evening reception (will move to the bar at some point). No other formal events.
• Friday
  • 8am - 9:00am. Morning snacks & registration.
  • 9:00am - 9:30am. Opening Talk (Patri. Outline VISION, background story, goals, progress, initiatives, challenges)
  • 9:30am - 10:45am. Morning workshop set #1
  • 10:45am - 11:00am. Morning break.
  • 11:00am - 12:15am. Morning workshop set #2
  • 12:15pm - 1:30pm. Lunch (possibly a talk).  ? Present summaries of morning workshops during lunch.
  • 1:30pm - 3:00pm. Afternoon workshop set #1
  • 3:00pm - 3:30pm. Afternoon break / mingling (playtime outside on the water?).
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm. Afternoon workshop set #2.
  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm. Summaries of afternoon workshops.
  • 6pm - 7pm. Break
  • 7pm - 9pm. Dinner. Possibly one or more short talks during dinner (ie Peter if we can get him).
  • 9pm - ?. Drinks & Mingling.
• Saturday
  •  ? Do stuff on the water in the AM (play w/ R/C boats, seastead models...)
  • Brunch (not at hotel)
  • 1PM - 3PM. Kayaking around Waldo Point
  • 6PM - 9PM: Dinner at Forbes Island Restaurant

Attendees

(RSVPs are now being tracked on Meetup.com)

• Patri - General overview of seasteading / plans / progress / challenges. Business plan for seastead resort.
• Wayne - Low cost seasteading / improving governance
• crasch - Design ideas for low-cost, owner-builder seasteads.
• TimWorsley - Internet business options for new nations.
• Joel(possibly) - Making sure seasteads don't facilitate the spread invasive species. Also seasteads as options for placing AI out of the (immediate) reach of governments.
• calcsam - possibly.
• jvonehr - Interested in location, construction materials, governance
• anateus - Infrastructure, security (physical, and crypto), transportation, fault-tolerance and contingency plans.
• Michael-Keenan - probably.
• Brian - possibly.
• Andrea - probably, is can find funds for the ticket. Interested in electronics, organization
• Eelco - Governance / Engineering
• Vincecate - models, prototypes, business plans

Workshop Topics

Moved to forum thread: http://seasteading.org/interact/forums/community/irl-gtgs/workshop-topics-conference