DemoCamp

Well DemoCampToronto18 was a lot of fun. It was great to be back in a social setting. There were some challenges with the new venue. But the team at Supermarket has agreed to work with us to solve them going forward. They even made a number of suggestions for improvement without any commentary or input from DemoCampers.

Big thanks to everyone that attended, DemoCamp is about connecting you with each other. And the event wouldn’t happen without the presenters and sponsors.

Rather than just put the names of the companies for the sponsors, I’m going to put the faces of the individuals. Next time I’ll ask sponsors for a photograph along with a company logo.

• Derek Smyth, Edgestone Capital Partners
  
• Rob Hyndman, Hyndman | Law
  
• Sarah Baird & Hilary Krupa, Interactive Ontario
   
• John MacRitchie, OCE
  
• Ryan McKegney & Derek Szeto, Redflagdeals.com
   

The DemoCampToronto18 schedule is shaping up to be another awesome event. I’m always blown away by how much cool and inspiring stuff is going on in Toronto. I’ll be juggling the actual order to help balance the 2 sessions, but here are the additional presenters.

The Schedule – Part 2

1. Jesse Brown, Bitstrips
   BITSTRIPS 1.2: why everyone should make comics
2. Jason Wieler
   The Mighty Icon
3. Michael Glenn, Zerofootprint
   Help cure my OCD
4. Dave Coleman, SpreedNews
   Spreed News: A Better Way of Reading your News on the Go
5. Jevon MacDonald, Firestoker/StartupNorth
   VC Rant
6. David George-Cosh, National Post
   How to engage the media aka Media 101

The Schedule – Part 1

1. Roy Pereira, Refresh Partners
   Refresh Analytics: Social Networking Engagement Metrics
2. Chris Gurney
   Blueprint Requirements Center
3. Ali Asaria, Well.ca
   Web -> Jabber Chat for your Site That’s better than Meebo and GTalk
4. Kosta Zabashta, Dr. Project, University of Toronto
   Integrating IRC With Software Development Portals

DemoCampToronto18 is just around the corner. Over the next few days, I’ll publish the full list of submissions.

The Schedule – Part 1

1. Roy Pereira, Refresh Partners
   Refresh Analytics: Social Networking Engagement Metrics
2. Chris Gurney
   Blueprint Requirements Center
3. Ali Asaria, Well.ca
   Web -> Jabber Chat for your Site That’s better than Meebo and GTalk
4. Kosta Zabashta, Dr. Project, University of Toronto
   Integrating IRC With Software Development Portals

The Schedule – Part 2

We’re hoping to have an additional 4 demonstrations or Ignite style presentations. If you already submitted at talk, please DO NOT resubmit it.

Submit your demo, fund raising pitch, Ignite at http://democamp.wufoo.com/forms/democamptoronto-application/

Talk about why others care. Show some empathy for the audience. It’s only 5 minutes but your job is to convey why this is an important experience for people in the audience. Tell us why you deserve the spotlight at the big top!