Breakfast and registration for BarCampBrighton2 opens at 10am on Saturday 15th March. The introductory talks start at 11am and the first talk of the day is scheduled for 12pm.

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. Please note that Brighton University and Sussex University are opposite each other at Falmer, so make sure you head for the Sussex campus.

Trains run from Brighton station every 15 minutes. Car parking will be available and we expect it to be free.

If you’re coming from London by train, then head to Brighton station first and get a Falmer train from there. If you’re driving, follow Paul’s directions in the comments below.

Firstly and most importantly, if you’re unsure whether you’ll actually be coming or not, then please decide now. We have a waiting-list of people who’d like your ticket. Email jay@gooby.org if you know you won’t be coming.

Secondly, 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 Unconferencing; like fight club* but with 30 minute talks.

Part of the BarCamp ethos is the overnight aspect. 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 YDN, there’ll be a pay-bar that’ll be open until you stop buying), hack some code and play some games.

We’ll be crashing out in the comfy common room, but you’ll want to bring at the very minimum a sleeping bag. We’d also suggest something like a bedroll or beanbag. At the last BarCampLondon, Google provided tent inners to sleep in. We can’t quite stretch to that, but feel free to bring your own (inner only; there’s nowhere to bang the pegs in :P) if you fancy a little more privacy than just crashing out on the floor.

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.

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.

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

For any of you heading down to Brighton on Friday night and wanting to have a pre-BarCamp pint or two in Brighton itself, comment below and we’ll sort out somewhere to meet. I know I’ll be wanting a beer as it’s my birthday :D

Any questions, then please comment below and keep and eye on the responses.