ProductCamp Amsterdam

Thank you for attending ProductCamp Amsterdam 2012! We believe it was a very successful day, all thanks to your active participation .

The pictures that were taken during the day are now up on Flickr:

The ProductCamp Amsterdam 2012 pictures

And of course we should mention that ProductCamp wouldn’t have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Please stay in touch (check out the ProductCamp Amsterdam LinkedIn group), and hope to see you next year!

P.S. If you had to miss one of the Sessions, or couldn’t make it to ProductCamp at all: have a look at some reports on the 2012 Sessions for an impression of the day.

Here’s all you really need to know for ProductCamp Amsterdam:
- Date: tomorrow, Sunday November 4th
- Time: 09:30h start of registration/breakfast [see full schedule]
- Location: Simon Carmiggeltstraat 6, Amsterdam

Worth mentioning: the menu

No need for breakfast at home, or to leave early – you won’t go hungry at ProductCamp!

For breakfast we’ll have some nice treats: croissants, pain au chocolat, mini pies, and even macaroons & brownies. And of course your coffee addiction will be in safe hands! Lunch is fully taken care of as well, with lots of choice in sandwiches.

To end the day in style we’ll have drinks & snacks, with little delicacies such as Bacalhao croquettes from Portugal, mini pumpkin quiches, etc. No reason not to stay a little longer & mingle .

We’re excited to see you all on Sunday!

P.S. You can still suggest or vote on Sessions on our UserVoice website.

At ProductCamp Amsterdam you get to drive the program! All of the Sessions at ProductCamp aren’t traditional presentations, but a discussion between experts, lead by the participants, in true unconference style.

Host your own Session

If you have a great idea for discussion, if you’re desperate to share your expertise with like-minded people, or if you just have a nice story to tell:

Suggest a Session on our UserVoice website

Everyone can see the list and vote on the ones they find interesting. On the day itself we’ll plan the location and time for all sessions.

Schedule

We’ll start at 09:30AM with registration & breakfast, and will have all the sessions after lunch in three parallel session blocks. See the schedule below:

09:30 – Registration and breakfast
10:30 – Opening
11:15 – Keynote
12:15 – Session Planning
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – First Parallel Session Block
14:30 – Break
14:45 – Second Parallel Session Block
15:45 – Break
16:15 – Third Parallel Session Block
17:15 – Drinks

After announcing the keynote last week, we have more good news:

Vodafone has graciously offered to host ProductCamp Amsterdam 2012 on the 6th floor of their headquarters in Amsterdam!

The venue is situated within walking distance from Central Station, so it’s easily reachable from any part of the city, and it provides an amazing view of Amsterdam, overlooking the IJ river.

The 6th floor of Vodafone HQ currently houses Startupbootcamp, a 3 month acceleration program that connects startups to mentors and advisors, provides seed funding, and provides a chance to pitch to top angel investors and venture capitalists for funding at the end of this program.

We’re very happy to have found this space, and would like to extend a big thanks to Vodafone for hosting us. See you there!

Every year PCamp starts with an inspiring keynote presentation, and we’re very happy to announce the keynote for this year!

In the previous editions many of our attendees were part of relatively small and young organisations, leading to very interesting discussions with participants from larger organisations.

But what happens when an organization is acquired? How does it change product management and product marketing? We don’t have the answer, so we’ve invited speakers from several organizations to speak about their first-hand experience on this topic.

Let’s put the acquired versus the acquiring

We’ve invited Kevin Voges, co-founder of personal finance web-app Yunoo, along with Mohammed Amri, senior product manager at AFAS, a major ERP provider. AFAS incorporated Yunoo under the name of AFAS Personal 1 year ago, so it’s time to reflect.

Add to the mix speakers from Planon (acquired French Canadian ‘Site-Alpha’ in 2011) and Soocial (acquired by Viadeoo in 2011), and we will start the day with a very interesting session that will get many of you excited.

We’re very excited to announce this keynote in a new format, and we hope to see you there. If you haven’t registered yet:

Register for ProductCamp Amsterdam 2012 here

We’re very happy to announce that ProductCamp Amsterdam 2012 is under way!

Save The Date

We’ve decided to hold the fourth edition of the ProductCamp on Sunday November 4th, 2012! More information will become available in the coming weeks and we’ll keep you posted through the website, our newsletter and Twitter. For now, please mark the date in your agenda.  Registration is open!

Looking for a location & sponsors

We’re currently looking for a location to hold the event, and for sponsors who would like to help us make it all possible.

Please contact us at productcampamsterdam@gmail.com if you have any tips. We’re open to any feedback and suggestions.

The Team

Six people have volunteered to help with the organisation this year:

• Mark Schiefelbein
• Zoran Kovacevic
• Jasper Wognum
• Kevin Vlaanderen
• Ivar Pruijn
• Iris van de Kieft

We hope to see you November 4th!