With just over a week to go, here’s all the information you’ll need for the event.

Breakfast and registration for BarCampBrighton3 opens at 10am on Saturday 6th September. The introductory talks start at 11am and the first talk of the day is scheduled for 12pm.

Getting to BarCampBrighton3

You’ll need to make your way to the University of Sussex, Falmer campus and head for Falmer House which is the Student Union (USSU) building.

The most complete instructions on finding the location can be found here.

Here are a few of our tips as well:

Train

Trains run from Brighton station every 15 minutes.

If you’re coming from London by train, then head to Brighton station first and get a Falmer train from there.

By car

Car parking will be available.

From London: come down the A23 (from M23, Junction 7 on M25), then rather than coming in to Brighton take the turning left on to the A27 and to east – the signs are for Falmer / Lewes / Newhaven.

The campus is on the left side of the A27, it’s about 5-10 minutes along the road depending on speed. The road goes to three lanes just before the turn off – there’s a sharp entrance, or if you miss that go up to the roundabout in the main turn off and go left on to the campus.

Take the first left and drive down the hill to the free carparking at the bottom – P5, Sports centre parking (shown on the University campus maps bottom left).

Once you arrive

On arrival, you need to locate Falmer House – shown on the University campus maps (bottom left), we’ll be inside the entrance waiting for you.

First timers

If this is your first BarCamp, please come ready with a talk or topic or game or discussion idea. It doesn’t need to be polished, but as BarCamps are unconferences where the schedule is set by the you attendees, everyone is expected to contribute. If you’re stuck for ideas on what to do, or aren’t clear on what this means, then please read our previous post advice on speaking at BarCamp.

Accommodation

The Saturday schedule runs until 8.30pm. After that it’s traditional to socialise, drink a beer or two (in addition to the free beer courtesy of Osmosoft, there’ll be a pay-bar that’ll be open until you stop buying), hack some code and play some games.

Some people will stick around for the entire night, or you may want to sleep somewhere a little more comfortable. If you really don’t fancy staying overnight, then trains back to Brighton run until 00:45 on Sunday morning (arrives Brighton 01:09am) and there’s an all-night bus service.

Good places to stay are Jury’s Inn (a minute from the station) plus any number of B&Bs, although many of these won’t do one-night stays over a weekend, so you’d need to book for either Friday and Sat or Sat and Sunday. It varies so try a few.

What to bring

In addition to your sleeping bag and a change of clothes, you’ll want a wash bag (sorry, no showers available), a VGA adaptor for your laptop if you want to use a projector, your laptop and its charger and some cash for the (cheap!) pay-bar that’ll be open until you stop buying drinks.

Food and drink

We’ll be providing you with (courtesy of our fantastic sponsors) breakfast, lunch, dinner and refreshments plus some beers on the Saturday and breakfast, lunch and refreshments on Sunday.