Campus Party, which started 1997 in Spain, spread around the world (international since 2008) and is coming to Berlin this year.

Campus Party Europe in Berlin – Germany’s largest technology festival.

 

This event looks back to 16 years of experience:

“Campus Party is the biggest electronic entertainment event in the world. It’s a weeklong, 24-hours-a-day technology festival for thousands of “campuseros” – hackers, developers, gamers and geeks. Equipped with computers and other toys, they camp on-site and immerse themselves in a truly unique environment.

Since 1997, Campus Party has brought together the best young technical talent across Europe and Latin America to innovate, learn and engage with some of the biggest names in technology and science.

Join us August 21 to August 26 at Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Airport to re-type Europe’s source code and immerse yourself in a unique environment where workshops, hackathons, competitions and talks take place simultaneously.”

About the beginning of Campus Party:

“Campus Party was founded by Paco, Belinda, Pablo and Yolanda in Malaga in 1997. These four friends were united by their passion for new technologies and wanted to create a space where others with the same interests could come together. The group was influenced by a RTVE2 television documentary about the demo parties that had just begun taking place in Northern Europe, and wanted to bring that model to Spain’s geeks. They were joined by EnRED, the youth association of Benalmadena, Spain and other friends who collaborated to bring the concept of Campus Party to life.

The first Campus Party drew 250 people for the weekend, and the event quickly gained traction and a following: the number of attendees doubled for the second edition. Two years later in 1999, E3 Futura Association was founded as a non-profit organization with the objective of making technology in all its diverse forms more accessible to society as a whole, and to create forums and educational programs that promote innovation and responsible participation in digital culture. Headquartered in Madrid, the organization now has offices in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Germany and the United States.”

Photo: Paco Ragageles, Belinda Galiano and Pablo Antón

“Since its founding, E3 Futura Association has worked to make the event accessible to more and more people globally. In each annual edition of Campus Party thousands of passionate technologists collaborate towards a common goal: to create the best educational festival focused on new technologies and the unifying power of the Internet.

Over the years the Campus Party team has grown from a few friends to a staff of over 100 in offices around the world. Each team member’s sole mission is the ensure the campuseros spend the best week of their year at Campus Party.”

So excited this is held in Berlin this year! Reminds me of my first Web2.0 Expo visit in 2008…

The event will be held at Tempelhof / Arena, and I am personally very much looking forward to the Michelangelo Stage, the Gutenberg Stage, the Hypatia Stage, especially for music, social media, and entrepreneurship.

For all information, please have a look at the oficial Campus Party Europe Website. You can also follow the Campus Party Europe blog for more updates.

*** You want to have a ticket? ***

I was lucky enough to get it via the Ph.D students’ association from my university (Humboldt University Berlin). BUT: Our friends from EYEEM have something special for you (till August 6th) – you can still win some tickets! Simply apply here.