Electromagnetic Field (festival)

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Electromagnetic Field
File:Electromagnetic Field 2014 at night.jpg
Electromagnetic Field 2014 at Night
Status active
Dates August/September
Frequency Biennial
Country England
Inaugurated August 2012 (2012-08)
Founder Jonty Wareing, Russ Garrett
Most recent August 2014
Participants 1500
Website
emfcamp.org

Electromagnetic Field (also known as EMF, or EMF Camp) is a camping festival in the UK, held every two years, for hackers, geeks, engineers and scientists.[1] It features talks and workshops covering a wide variety of topics.[2] EMF is a non-profit event run entirely by a team of volunteers.[3]

Attendees of EMF receive an electronic conference badge, funded by sponsorship, which in 2014 included an LCD screen, Arduino-compatible microcontroller, and a radio transceiver. [4]

History

File:Overhead view of Electromagnetic Field 2012.jpg
Overhead view of Electromagnetic Field 2012

The first Electromagnetic Field event was held in 2012 at Pineham Park, near Milton Keynes, and completely sold out a 499-person capacity. Each tent at EMF 2012 was provided with power and the internet, via a 2.5 km direct microwave link to a data centre[5] which provided 370 Mbit/s[6] to the campsite. Over 50 speakers gave talks, including Ben Goldacre. [7]

The event was held in 2014 at Hounslow Hall Estate, again near Milton Keynes. Over 1,200 tickets were sold.[8] As with the 2012 event, internet was provided by a direct microwave link which provided 436Mbps.[9] The entire event had over 100 talks, workshops and events with a separate track for children. Notable speakers included Tom Watson MP and Simon Singh. [10] In addition there were 45 'villages'[11] that ran their own workshops and events including silver smithing, wood turning and making stroopwafels.

Electromagnetic Field 2016 is scheduled to be held on August 5th-7th, 2016 at Loseley Park, Guildford. [12]

References

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  2. EMF Camp talks
  3. About Electromagnetic Field
  4. Announcing TiLDA MKe, the incredible EMF 2014 camp badge
  5. BBC News: Geek camp comes to Milton Keynes
  6. EMF Camp, the site and Networking
  7. EMF 2012 Programme
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  9. EMF Camp, megabits to a farm
  10. EMF 2014 Programme
  11. EMF wiki, Villages
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External links

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