Science Foo Camp
Science Foo Camp, also known as "Sci Foo", is a series of interdisciplinary scientific conferences organized by O'Reilly Media (FOO stands for "Friends of O'Reilly"), Digital Science, Nature Publishing Group and Google Inc., based on an idea from Linda Stone.[1] The event is based on the spirit and format of Foo Camp, an unconference focused on emerging technology, and is designed to encourage collaboration between scientists who would not typically work together. As such, it is particularly unusual among scientific conferences in three ways; it is invitation-only, the invitees come from many different areas of science rather than one subject (such as physics, chemistry or biology), and the meeting has no fixed agenda; the invited scientists, technologists and policy makers set the conference program during the conference itself, based on their shared professional interests and enthusiasms.
The first event in 2006 was held under the Chatham House Rule. The policy at the second event was to allow open reporting by default; attendees were expected to indicate if their comments were off the record. Science Foo Camp has taken place annually at the Googleplex campus in Mountain View, California, United States.
It is currently organized by Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media, Daniel Hook of Digital Science and Cat Allman of Google.
A twelve-minute YouTube video made at SciFoo 2009 is available.
Events
- August 2006.[2][3]
- August 2007[4]
- August 2008[5][6]
- July 2009[7][8]
- July 2010[9]
- August 2011[10]
- August 2012[11]
- June 2013[12][13]
- August 2014[14]
- June 2015[15]
- July 2016[16][17]
- August 2017[18]
- June 2018[19]
- July 2019[20]
- October 2020[21]
- Sci Foo Alumni Lightning Talks (online) May 13-15, 2021
See also
References
- ^ O'Reilly, Tim (March 24, 2009). "It's Always Ada Lovelace Day at O'Reilly". Retrieved March 24, 2009.
- ^ Hannay, Timo (September 4, 2006). "SciFoo review". Retrieved May 19, 2007.
- ^ "Foo's paradise: In praise of chat". Nature. 442 (7105): 848. 2006. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..848.. doi:10.1038/442848a. PMID 16929260. (Nature editorial on SciFoo 2006)
- ^ Hendler, James (August 6, 2007). "Science FOO Camp 2007 (Scifoo 07)". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
- ^ Wilczek, Frank (September 3, 2008). "A Slice of SciFoo". Retrieved September 10, 2008.
- ^ Gilbey, John (October 2, 2008). "Antimatter and antipasta at the anti-conference". Times Higher Education. Retrieved October 4, 2008.
- ^ Clarke, Michael (July 11, 2009). "Sci Foo Camp – Day 1". Retrieved July 13, 2009.
- ^ "Science Foo Camp (2009)". Archived from the original on March 27, 2010.
- ^ "Science Foo Camp (2010)". Archived from the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
- ^ "Science Foo Camp (2011)". Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ "Science Foo Camp (2012)". Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ "Science Foo Camp (2013)". Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ "Sci Foo Camp Postgame Report". Archived from the original on May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ^ "Science Foo Camp (2014)". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ "Digital Science - Science Foo Camp 2015". Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ Chew, Elaine (July 12, 2016). "Going to Sci Foo 2016". Elaine Chew, research. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ Haklay, Muki (July 25, 2016). "Science Foo Camp 2016". Po Ve Sham – Muki Haklay's personal blog. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ "SciFoo Camp 2017". August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "We Are Getting Ready for SciFoo!". June 20, 2018. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "We Are Getting Ready for SciFoo!". July 10, 2019. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ Orzel, Chad (October 28, 2020). "When Is It Time For A "Manhattan Project"?". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
External links
- Digital Science - most, but not all entries tagged scifoo
- Sci Foo 2019 – A weekend of ideas and collaboration - 7 August 2019
- We Are Getting Ready for SciFoo! - 10 July 2019
- Sci Foo 2018: Changing the World, One Weekend at a Time - 2 October 2018
- We Are Getting Ready for SciFoo! - 20 June 2018
- A Collective Noun for Science #SciFoo 2017 - 25 August 2017
- SciFoo Camp 2017 - 4 August 2017
- Sci Foo 2015: The Multiverse, Genetics, Workplace Equality, False Memories and More! - 9 July 2015
- SciFoo Camp 2015 - 26 June 2015
- We’re at Sci Foo 2015 This Week! - 25 June 2015
- SciFoo Camp 2013 - 21 June 2013
- Science Foo Camp - 3 August 2012
- Reflecting on this year’s Sci Foo - 23 September 2011
- We’re off to (Science Foo) camp - 12 August 2011
- The future of science from Sci Foo - 3 March 2011
- A look at this year’s Science Foo Camp - 20 December 2010
- Nature Video / Digital Science Video
- Digital Science - Scientists Predict the Future at Sci Foo - Oct 2, 2018
- Nature Video - Sci Foo: Imagining the future - Feb 17, 2011
- Nature Video - Science Foo Camp 2010 - Nov 30, 2010
- Nature Video - Science Foo Camp 2009 - Aug 24, 2009
- SciFoo: ‘The Conference That’s all Hallway Conversations’ - April 1, 2020
- Sci Foo: intense intellectual, interdisciplinary interaction for influencers - July 17, 2018
- Scifoo Was Scifood for the Brain (Internet Archive) - 16 August 2008
- Back To Silicon Valley's Future - Forbes, August 11, 2006