Meetings Collaborative - By and for Meeting Professionals

BarCamps, ProductCamps, unconferences and mini-unconferences are user generated conferences - open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. These gatherings usually include both face to face (f2f) and virtual interactions including online presentations and discussions. The first BarCamps focused on technology but this concept is morphing rapidly and being applied to conferences on products, services, movements and more. Key characteristics are user driven themes and agendas, very informal settings, low cost and rapid deployment on fairly short time horizons. Their growing popularity offers opportunities for the meetings industry - a point of view that might not be the first conclusion of meetings professionals.