Sessions

The third happening of BarCampUAE is upon us. We’d like to hear from you and we’d like you to suggest and vote on sessions. If you have a proposal, please drop us an email (myidea@barcampuae.org), or submit your own post for a session.

Even if you don’t want to make a recommendation, we encourage your participation by voting and commenting on your preferred session or you can simply tell us that you’ll be coming.

Is Your Body Ready?

By Aabo0 | Published: February 22, 2011
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If you answered that question posed by the session title “Yes”, then come on over to this session and tell us why. Answered “No”? Come on over, we’ll get that body of yours ready. How? I’ll be leading a group discussion with you, the audience, about Health issues in the UAE. However! The goal here [...]
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How can we shape a sustainable Artscape in UAE?

By rachaeljbrown | Published: February 22, 2011
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As Editor of the UAE’s ArtMap I have seen a steady growth of the UAE’s arts scene in the past 5 years with a rising number of galleries, creative spaces and art fairs. Predominately international in their programming, locally based emerging artists are often side tracked for their more established contemporaries. Yet it is today’s [...]
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Where, along the spectrum of practice, is sustainability situated in the region from a social, cultural and educational perspective?

By lurnid | Published: February 22, 2011
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We have working with social entrepreneurs who are addressing social and environmental issues and in doing so have experienced, first hand, some of the challenges facing those who are working on building an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable region. I’ll cover some of our experiences and invite others to share theirs in order to frame [...]
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Are all of us truly more powerful than each of us?

By rami | Published: February 21, 2011
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Ever wondered why theater laughs are infectious? Or why football fan parties turn into riots? Ever done something crazy only to question yourself why? Over the adolescent and early adult years, each of us crafts a unique identity, a sense of self. We look for what defines us and makes us standout in a crowd. [...]
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Is the Youth Culture a myth?

By WhiteCrayon | Published: February 20, 2011
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Ten months back, when I started Campus Radio ME along with a close friend (Muhammad Ali J) we had certain goals in mind. My personal goal was to empower students by means of inspiration and motivation. Since then passion turned into observation. This observation led to a lot of disappointment. The youth in the U.A.E [...]
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What forms of learning / education can lead us to a more sustainable way of living?

By kamyar | Published: February 19, 2011
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Education is the mechanism through which a civilization creates it’s future. If we want the future of our community and the whole humanity on earth to be more sustainable, what forms of learning do we need to create and cultivate in our community? This session will be about accessing our collective intelligence to bring to [...]
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