We're happy to announce SocialDevCamp, a BarCamp-style event coming to Baltimore (place TBD) on May 10, 2008.  This is a collaborative effort between WhyGoSolo and Roundhouse Technology which is lead by Dave Troy of Twittervision.

The goal of SocialDevCamp East is not to discuss the State of the Web or what's happening now...What we want to do is bring together forward thinkers – developers, social media gurus, bizdev types – to discuss and Chart the Next Course.  Your guesses, assumptions, and theories are welcome!  Just be prepared to have them challenged. 

We won’t be talking about Facebook applications – those are good for right now but they’re not necessarily the future. We’re going to explore this question “What is the future?”

Some Initial Brain Teasers:

Mobile – The iPhone  vs. The Google Android

What are the implications of Geo-based web/mobile applications?

Where will information aggregation take us?

Social Media, it is here to stay so where will it go next?

How will Google keep affecting development, the web and our lives?

What are the next things web users will want from the web?

What opportunities and gaps are in the marketplace?  How will those change in the next few years?

What are the future monetizations options on the web and mobile? 

Be There 

If you are a forward thinker and looking to share where you think the “web” is going than this is the event for you – this is your opportunity to share your thoughts and bring them out in the open.

This event will stimulate new ideas and pave the way in establishing the East Coast has forward thinkers looking to innovate and be first movers. This is our opportunity to come together and shake things up.

The sessions will be 90 minutes since we foresee most sessions going into open discussions.

The proposed agenda is:

8:30-9:30am    Registration and Sign-ups for sessions

9:30-11:00am  First Sessions

11:00-12:30pm Lunch

12:30-2:00pm Second Sessions

2:00-3:30pm Third Sessions

3:30-5:00pm Final Sessions

6pm – 9pm    After Party (Place TBD) 

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Again, topics are along the lines of where are the web and social media heading – we’re Charting the Next Course – where will we take it? 

Please signup via the Barcamp PBWiki Event Page and the Facebook group. Also, feel free to leave a sample of the ideas you would like to discuss on the Wiki. 

We are looking for volunteers and sponsors.  Contact me if interested. 

We realize this is a bit of a last minute event however, it’s a much needed event for this community that we don’t want to put off having it.