Drupal Camp took place
August 31st, 2009
HR Retention continues contributing into the development of expertise in hot technologies in Ukraine. This time we assisted in organization of Kiev Drupal Camp on the 28-29th of August.
About 200 developers from Ukraine, Russia, Moldova and Belarus, interested in Drupal, participated in the Camp. Ciklum was one of the main sponsors and organizers of the event.
The event had “open schedule” therefore each participant could declare a topic and become a speaker.
In addition at the beginning of the first day Camp Leaders (Yaroslav Azhnyuk and Anna Iurchenko) announced FAQ session where camp participants could brainstorm topics they would like to consider during the Camp and find speakers for those topics. It was a really great initiative as it helped creating live communication between participants; and deliver topics which were interesting for both: speakers and the audience.
General atmosphere of the Camp was very interactive, democratic, interesting and lively. Presentations ran simultaneously in 3 rooms, so that everyone could choose a topic of their interest.
Everyone was able to share own opinion about the event and ongoing speeches in twitter. Free Wi-Fi allowed messages to be projected on the wall at the central hall.
Discussions continued during the coffee-breaks and lunch time.
Some developers found new ideas and started to implement those.
At the end of the first day many participants decided to continue discussing Drupal issues over the glass of beer and went to Bochka pub at Kreshchatyk metro station.
To encourage the best speakers, Ciklum as a main sponsor, ran a 2 days voting campaign for the best one. As a result participants identified 3 winners who were awarded at the Camp closure ceremony by Ciklum:
- 3rd place took Alexander Shvets with the topic “What’s new in Drupal7?” He got Ciklum branded T-shirt and book on Drupal.
- 2nd place took Igor Kandyba with topic “Why do we hate Drupal?” Igor also won a prize for his presentation on FAQ topic. That’s why we presented him with 2 Ciklum branded T-shirts and 2 books on Drupal
- And absolute winner among speakers according to the participants’ votes turned to be Viktor Levandovskiy with the topic “Managing development of Drupal Projects”. Typical management mistakes. He was awarded by Ciklum branded T-shirt, book on Drupal and a presenter to make his future presentations more effective.
Camp participants really enjoyed this year Drupal conference and are eagerly looking forward to the next Camp.
More pictures and participant’s feedbacks you can find at the following links:
http://www.camp09.drupal.ua/ru/blog
http://w2.com.ua/blogs/fry/otchet_o_konferencii_drupalcamp_kyiv_2009
http://moreintelligentweb.net/post/753
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