Have you miss PodCamp Montreal this year? Or perhaps were you unable to attend all sessions? If so, you might be interested to watch our videos.

Simply visit our schedule page and click on the title of the unconference you want to watch. You might want to check out our UStream page as well to get a better overview of all the videos…

It’s official. PodCamp Montreal is a success. We had 384 participants on site, and 731 unique visitors checking out our live stream throughout the weekend. While our American friends were more likely to follow us on the livestream this year, we were thrilled to attract a greater number of locals to this year’s event, given that our mission is to encourage and promote the use of social media by Montrealers. Our schedule was nicely divided between French and English presentations, and the Montreal sun came out to grace us with its presence, which is always nice when you’re sitting on the great terrasse at l’UQAM’s Design School where PodCamp was held for a second consecutive year.

Bob Goyetche by Eva Blue

PodCamp Montreal is a labour of love that doesn’t happen overnight. The organising committee has been working tirelessly since spring on sponsorship, communications and logistics, not to mention climbing into bed together to produce a rockin’ promotional video. The sacrifices we make for social media!

It’s been great to get all your positive feedback and suggestions for next year. Thanks for coming, for supporting the development of social media in Montreal and hope to see you in 2010!

Those of you who are still beating yourselves up over having missed a great presentation might be in luck. Laurent Maisonnave and his band of merry men, Christian Aubry et Guillaume Marin, have made video archives available for your viewing pleasure. Two of the four rooms were documented, so head over to Ustream to relive the PodCamp Montreal 2009 magic.

It should tide you over until next year.

From left to right…

Top row: Miller Ramos, Jihad Tichioui, Jean-François Michon, Julien Butruille, Julie Sadyn, Hannan Haddouchi, Pascal Fredette, Vincent Emond, Thoma Daneau, Sébastien Simard, Michel Lacroix

Bottow row: Alexandre Hamel-Lesieur, Maud Coussa-Jandl, and me (their professor).

Absent from the picture: Antoine Brault

Here is your cheat sheet for the weekend’s event, beginning tonight. Enjoy!

Friday September 18^th

8 p.m. – La Quincaillerie, 980 Rachel Street East (corner Boyer)

9 p.m. – Tribute to Renée Wathelet at La Quincaillerie

Should you get a craving for poutine, check out La Banquise, 994 Rachel Street East. You’re sure to find a few friends trying out this Quebec delicacy at this 24-hour joint.

Saturday September 19^th

9 a.m. PodCamp Montreal registration opens

UQAM Design Centre
1440 rue Sanguinet

10 a.m. PodCamp Montreal sessions begin

12 p.m. Lunch break (check out the great restaurants in the area)

1:30 p.m. PodCamp Montreal afternoon sessions begin

4:30 p.m. PodCamp Montreal Day 1 sessions end

7:30 p.m. MolsonCoors PodCamp Montreal party at Oven Bar Piztro, 330 Saint Catherine Street East

Sunday September 20^th

9 a.m. PodCamp Montreal Day 2 registration opens

10 a.m. PodCamp Montreal sessions begin

12 p.m. Lunch break

1:30 p.m. PodCamp Montreal afternoon sessions begin

4:30 p.m. PodCamp Montreal ends

Here’s a preliminary list of what you can expect to see and hear at PodCamp Montreal 2009:

Other speaking proposals will be announced as they come in. Our official schedule will follow.

Promotion of the event

Are you a featured speaker at this year’s PodCamp Montreal? If so, we’d like to count on you to get the word out and make things happen. You can blog, tweet, podcast, vidcast and make your network aware that you’re presenting at PodCamp. You can even add our special John & Yoko banner to your website… or create your own. How cool is that? The more you’ll create buzz around you, the more success you’ll have for your session.

Don’t forget to tag your media with #pcmtl and include the words “PodCamp Montreal”. Let’s get the vibe going for this year’s PodCamp Montréal.

Give PodCamp a Chance!

Like that writer, it would seem we’re too close to our event to realize that not everyone knows what a PodCamp actually is. I was speaking with someone yesterday who was sure that it was only for podcasters. Ooops!

Good news: it’s not. Inspired by the BarCamp movement, a podcamp is an open social media conference that focuses on blogging, microblogging, podcasting, vidcasting, wikis and other social networks. If you’re interested in social media in any shape or form, then PodCamp Montreal is for you. Last year’s topics included:

• The New New Music – Fans, Community And What Business Can Learn From An Industry In Peril (Mitch Joel and David Usher)
• Using Twitter to Build and Monitor Your Personal Brand (Adele McAlear)
• Microblogging and Podcasting : How Can They Work Together (Evan Prodromou)

PodCamp is an international movement. The cradle of podcamp civilisation may be in Boston, MA, but PodCamps have since sprung up in cities and countries as far flung as CapeTown, Perth and Ireland. There’s even a PodCamp Barcelona happening the same weekend as PodCamp Montreal.

Here are the ‘rules’ of a PodCamp, as defined by PodCamp creators Chris Brogan and Chris Penn:

1. All attendees must be treated equally. Everyone is a rockstar.
2. All content created must be released under a Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
3. All attendees must be allowed to participate. (subject to limitations of physical space, of course)
4. All sessions must obey the Law of 2 Feet – if you’re not getting what you want out of the session, you can and should walk out and do something else. It’s not like you have to get your money’s worth!
5. The event must be new-media focused – blogging, podcasting, video on the net.
6. The financials of a PodCamp must be fully disclosed in an open ledger, except for any donor/sponsor who wishes to remain anonymous.

Source : PodCamp Community Unconferences wiki