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PodCamp Toronto is Canada’s largest free gathering of creative, tech, and digital professionals. We welcome a diverse group of participants to share knowledge, learn from each other, and work towards making ourselves and our community better!
Yes, it is 100% free for all registered attendees. It’s run entirely by volunteers, and thanks to our generous sponsors that cover our costs, we’re able to present this unconference free of charge.
Absolutely, we would love your support! To enquire, please contact us at sponsorship@podcamptoronto.com, or check out our sponsorship package here.
An unconference is a facilitated, participant-driven event centred on a theme or purpose (in this case, podcasting and various forms of digital media). Because we’re an unconference, we encourage our participants to exercise the “Law of Two Feet” (see next Q).
Basically, if you’re in a session (or any situation at all, really) where you feel like you’re neither learning nor contributing (or could be learning or contributing more somewhere else), you’re always at liberty to get up and go.
If you’re a presenter, it’s important to keep this rule in mind; attendants can and will come and go as they please and it’s not (usually) meant as an insult!
PodCamp Toronto 2016 will run from 8:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday, February 21 and 9:00am to 6:00pm on Sunday, February 22.
Our event takes over the halls of the Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson University. The building is located at 80 Gould Street, Toronto (between Church and Jarvis/Dundas and Gerrard).
There are several public transit options available (please refer to the TTC Trip Planner to determine your route). There are also bicycle racks on the premises, and there are several paid parking lots in the area. Just be sure to check the weather in advance and plan accordingly!
Parking is not provided on-site, though there are several paid lots and some street parking available in the immediate area. Heated underground parking is available directly across Gould Street underneath the Metro grocery store. To access it, come north from Dundas up Dalhousie Street (it’s a one way) and the entrance to the garage will be on your right just before you get to Gould.
Yes, and all attendees are encouraged join us to network, chat and compare notes from the first day!
Where: Ryerson’s Rye in the Ram pub at 55 Gould Street
When: Saturday, February 21st (around 8pm or whenever you can join us!)
Yes, we have returned to the Ryerson’s Rye in the Ram pub due to popular demand to give guests more space to network after the event. And more space for foosball, of course!
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, the party is free. Food will be provided but is first-come first-served, so be sure to get there early and stay all night! A drink ticket will also be provide for all participants upon arrival and a cash bar is available.
Wednesday, February 10
Monday, February 15
Please take a look at our Session Guide for session types, topics, and skill levels. It’s not all about podcasting!
Though final consideration is maintained by the PodCamp Toronto organizing team, we do consider the demand for each session when planning the schedule. We can gauge demand by seeing how many attendees have bookmarked your session. Hint: getting your proposal in early increases the chances of your session getting noticed and bookmarked!
Due to the high demand for sessions, we cannot guarantee a specific day or time to any speaker. If applying to present at PodCamp Toronto, please ensure you’re available to attend both days of the event.
You can register to build your own personal schedule on our Sessions page. You’ll see a star next to each session that has been approved. Please click the star to add sessions you’re interesting in seeing at PodCamp Toronto to your own personal schedule.
45 minutes, including Q&A (if the presenter allows time for it).
If you’re presenting, volunteers will let you know when you are approaching your time limit. We are committed to a strict schedule, so we thank you in advance for sticking to the schedule. All presenters get the same amount of time, so please don’t cut into anyone else’s!
Please bring your laptop and any accessories you’d need to hook it up to an HDMI projector. All rooms at Rogers Communication Centre are equipped with an HDMI projector/television. We will have a couple adapters on hand, but we can’t ensure one for every presenter.
We welcome submissions from everyone!
To submit a session idea, please fill out the this form.
Great! The more variety and voices we hear from year to year, the better!
If you’re feeling unsure, have a read through our Speakers Guide. Hopefully it’ll help you formulate your session idea. Still have questions? Feel free to email our Programming Lead at programming@podcamptoronto.com.
Absolutely, we would love your support! To enquire, please contact us at sponsorship@podcamptoronto.com, or check out our sponsorship package here.
PodCamp Toronto is entirely volunteer driven! We always need enthusiastic volunteers in a range of areas:
looking after the registration desk, room hosting and greeting attendees at our traditional Saturday night social. Many previous volunteers have even ended up joining our core organizing team! For more details, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Samuel at volunteers@podcamptoronto.com.
We don’t have any specific requirements: simply whenever you have time! Whether it’s all weekend, one day or one afternoon, any time you can devote would be amazing!
What don’t you get?! You’ll be part of Toronto’s coolest digital media community, attend some great sessions and meet awesome people. We make sure volunteers have the opportunity to attend sessions and get the most out of it for themselves too!
There’s also the opportunity to network with marketers, community managers, podcasters and more. And of course, you’ll get a fine addition to your resume and we’ll most likely be happy to give you a reference!
We would love to have your support at the event. Shoot an email to our volunteer coordinator Sam at volunteers@podcamptoronto.com and he’ll get in touch!
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