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The room, year by year

244 photos from 9 beCamps, taken by the people who were there: the session walls, the circles of folding chairs, the band in 2007 and the bread in 2016.

2026

47 photos · beCamp community

2026 sessions →
A speaker at the lectern beside the screen reading 'beCamp Charlottesville 20th Anniversary'An organizer's selfie with a pitcher in a green beCamp T-shirt speaking at the lecternAn organizer's selfie from the lectern, the Pitch Night crowd filling the room behindAn organizer pulling a face in a selfie with a pitcher at the microphoneAn organizer's selfie with a smiling pitcher in a cap waving to the roomAn organizer's selfie with a pitcher in a beCamp 2018 T-shirt, mid-gesture at the microphoneAn organizer's selfie with a pitcher in a green T-shirt holding the microphoneAn organizer's selfie with a pitcher in a cap and grey hoodie holding the microphoneThe Pitch Night audience in rows of orange chairs, seen from the lecternAn organizer's selfie from the lectern, the Pitch Night audience behindThe pitch board: rows of handwritten beCamp pitch cards taped to a window, each marked with vote talliesAnother section of the pitch board, handwritten pitch cards with tally-mark votesPitch cards with vote tallies arranged in rows on a white boardA session in a lecture room, a presenter at the front between two projected screens of textA lecture room session seen from the side, attendees in blue chairs facing the projected screensAttendees at desks watching a presenter in a lecture room, a coffee cup in the foregroundA presenter at the lectern beside the title slide "Proof of Thought"Attendees raising their hands during a session in a lecture roomA young attendee wiring electronics into a green robot chassis beside a laptopTwo attendees assembling small electronics kits on a sofaAttendees at a long table playing a robot board game on illustrated grid matsAn adult and a child building a small robot together at a table covered in partsAttendees around a robot game mat, coding pieces scattered across the tableThe retrospective: attendees in a circle of chairs beneath screens asking "What should beCamp keep, change, and try?"A presenter gesturing beside a slide titled "A Harmful Prompt Goes Through the Same Weights"An organizer gesturing at the day's session board on the main hall's video wallA lightning talk in the main hall, the video wall showing the lightning-talk timerA speaker at the lectern in the main hall during lightning talksTwo speakers giving a lightning talk in front of the video wall timerA lightning talk speaker under the video wall reading "Want to talk? Line up to the right of the screen"A small session around a long table, seen through a glass wallThe full main hall seen from the side, the video wall showing beCamp's 20th anniversary logoThe main hall during the welcome, the screen reading "Twenty years of showing up"A packed hall, attendees standing at the back while the voting rules show on screenAttendees writing on and reading the pitch board during votingThe pitch board: rows of handwritten pitch cards on a dark wallThe registration table under the School of Data Science sign, a beCamp welcome banner in frontA wide lecture room with attendees at scattered tables during a sessionA discussion circle in a bright room with floor-to-ceiling windows and a wall of binary codeAttendees around a long wooden table in a conference room during a discussionA presenter standing at the front of a lecture room, attendees in blue chairs around tablesA presenter beside a projected diagram at the front of a lecture room, attendees listeningA session in the main hall, a large historic city map filling the video wallA presenter beside a slide quoting "Internet and democracy — not two things, but one and the same thing in Taiwan"The empty stage before doors, the screen reading 'beCamp Charlottesville 20th Anniversary' over rows of orange chairsA speaker at the lectern beside a bar chart on the main hall's video wall, attendees in orange chairsA remote speaker on the giant video wall, presenting to a packed hall

2017

8 photos · CCR_inc, jxxf, kswilkens

2017 sessions →
A speaker presenting in the timber-roofed loft, a projected aerial image behindA crowd gathered in the timber-roofed loft for the welcomeA small robotic lawn mower on the loft's wooden floorCharlottesville Women in Tech members in purple shirts posing togetherA speaker in a purple Women in Tech shirt addressing seated attendeesAttendees standing in the loft, some in purple Women in Tech shirtsAn attendee pointing to the Charlottesville Women in Tech logo on a purple T-shirtCharlottesville Women in Tech members in matching purple shirts

2016

6 photos · jxxf, metasim, softwaredoug

2016 sessions →
Homemade loaves of bread on a cloth, with a handwritten cardAn attendee trying a VR headset in the brick loft between sessionsAttendees standing around the brick loft during Pitch NightAn attendee pitching with a microphone in front of a window covered in sticky-note proposalsThe session grid in green tape on a dark wall, filled with sticky notesAnother section of the green-tape session grid, sticky notes marked with tallies

2015

3 photos · tjmiano

2015 sessions →
A small discussion in a lounge, attendees on a leather sofa and armchairsAttendees listening in the lounge, one standing in a red jacketA data science discussion in the lounge, attendees in a circle of armchairs

2014

3 photos · dep4b, fromdavelewis, softwaredoug

2014 sessions →
A ball of pizza dough in a glass bowl beside a bag of flourA remote speaker on a video call projected on the screen, a host standing beside itA presenter at a lectern during a session on packet sniffing

2011

17 photos · beCamp community

2011 sessions →
Attendees in rows of chairs watching a session at the front of a lecture roomAttendees gathering at the front of the lecture roomAttendees reading index cards on the schedule wallThe schedule wall: index cards in a grid of yellow tapeIndex cards in the morning slots of the schedule wallIndex cards under room names, Big Room and Board Room, on the schedule wallIndex cards in the afternoon slots of the schedule wallThe last time slot on the schedule wall, 15:30–16:20A presenter at a lectern beside a slide titled 'Goals for this talk'Attendees in scattered chairs by tall windows between sessionsAttendees talking at a table in the café areaThe open lobby, attendees working at laptops and chattingA presenter at a lectern beside a slide reading 'An Introduction to Chef'A terminal session projected on the screen during a talkA presenter beside a screen of projected codeClose-up of projected Python code during a sessionA presenter pointing at a slide titled 'Visualizing git: amending commits'

2009

5 photos · beCamp community

2009 sessions →
An attendee in a cap seated while another leans over, a blue-tape schedule grid on the wallAttendees talking and laughing near the blue-tape schedule gridTwo attendees bent over a laptop togetherA presenter in front of a projected slide, attendees seated nearbyAn attendee laughing by sticky notes on the blue-tape schedule grid

2008

104 photos · beCamp community

2008 sessions →
Attendees in rows of folding chairs, laughing during the openingAn attendee in a cap speaking to the room, others in folding chairs listeningAttendees in folding chairs laughing, others standing at the back with red cupsAn attendee with a red cup addressing the room beside a whiteboardA crowd at the sticky-note wall reading the proposed sessionsAn attendee pulling a face at the camera in front of the sticky-note wallAttendees studying sticky notes on the wallAn attendee holding up an open laptopA presenter at the front of a room of folding chairs, an attendee in plaid shorts standing at the backA presenter speaking to a seated audience, seen past a standing attendeeA session from the back of the room, attendees in 'I rocked beCamp' shirts facing a projected slideThe same session in brighter light, attendees in a loose ring of chairsAttendees with laptops around a table, listening to a speakerA presenter in a red shirt beside a projected slide, attendees with laptops at a tableAttendees with laptops in folding chairs during a sessionA presenter standing beside a projected slide titled 'Storage Engine Overview'An attendee in a red Yzerman jersey watching a speaker in the middle of a circle of chairsA speaker in red talking to a circle of attendees, seen over a shoulderSticky notes running down a white wallA speaker in a red shirt standing in the middle of a large circle of attendeesA wide view of the circle discussion, the speaker in red at the centreThe speaker in red, cup in hand, addressing the circle of chairsA circle of attendees seen from a low angle, hands clasped in the foregroundA wider low-angle view of the circle discussionAttendees in folding chairs listening, one in a blue capAttendees leaning in during a discussionAn attendee standing behind the seated circle during a sessionAttendees in the circle, one in a yellow and green shirtAn attendee with a laptop balanced on their knees in a crowded sessionAttendees standing at the back of a session, one in a beCamp T-shirtAttendees laughing in the circle, one in a yellow and green Senegal shirtA large circle of chairs in the office space, an attendee in a number 14 shirt in the foregroundAttendees seated and standing in a discussion, one in a Red Wings shirtAn attendee in a Senegal shirt, seen from behind, facing the circleA row of attendees in folding chairs mid-conversationAttendees seated in a ring, photographed from knee heightAn attendee in a patterned shirt making their way through the crowdAttendees chatting with red cups in handA crowd standing in a dim room, one tall attendee in a capA projector screen glowing in a dark cornerAttendees in a loose group of folding chairs, laptops openAttendees chatting near a table of drinksAttendees with laptops at a long table, a slide projected behind themSmall groups talking between rows of folding chairsClose-up of rows of sticky notes on the session wallAn attendee taking a photo while another stands by the whiteboardThree people at the whiteboard talking to a seated audienceAttendees moving between sessions, the beCamp logo on the wall behind themA crowd of attendees standing between sessionsA smiling attendee with a name tag, another in a beCamp shirt alongsideA projected session schedule glowing in a dark roomThe Charlottesville beCamp logo on a glass wallA full session in folding chairs, an attendee in a red Yzerman jersey in frontAttendees reading the sticky-note wallA session with attendees at laptops facing a projected slideAttendees in a circle of office chairs in discussionA presenter in a red shirt pointing at a projected web pageThe presenter in red walking through a projected web pageA small session, attendees with laptops around a projected slideAttendees seated and standing near the sticky-note wallLunch: chafing dishes, coolers and red cups on a counterA session around a table, a slide projected beside a potted palmA presenter pointing at a projected web page in a small roomAttendees with laptops around a conference tableA session in front of the sticky-note wall and the beCamp logoAttendees in folding chairs and on the floor beneath the sticky-note wallAttendees in a ring of chairs in a corner sessionA presenter in red pointing at a projected slide, attendees with laptopsPainted figurines and a sketchbook laid out on a tableFive attendees laughing together by the sticky-note wallThe Charlottesville Business Innovation Council sign on the wallA session from the back, attendees in folding chairs facing a projectorThe same session, a slide projected beside the beCamp logoA small session, attendees with laptops near a projected slideA full room of attendees in folding chairs under the sticky-note wallA long room of folding chairs, people gathered at the sticky-note wall at the far endThree attendees laughing by a laptop and projector, red cups in handRows of sticky notes on the session wallAttendees adding sticky notes to the wallA hand-drawn sticky note styled as a Virginia licence plate reading 'Intertubes'Sticky notes labelled with room names down the session wallAn attendee pointing at a laptop screen while others look onAttendees chatting in front of a projector screenAn attendee adding a mark to a sticky note on the wallClose-up of session sticky notes: Web 3.0, fast search engine design, Yahoo JavaScript APIA 'Hacking Matter: low-cost rapid prototyping' sticky note with a tiny figurine taped to itSticky notes for cloud computing and 'Raising kids and kicking ass at your job', covered in tally marksA sticky note asking 'Panel? Solo?' below one covered in tally marksA grid of sticky-note session proposals, each with vote talliesA wider view of the sticky-note proposals on the wallColumns of sticky notes on the session wallThree attendees smiling arm in arm with red cupsAttendees playing a video game with motion controllers, some sitting on the floorAttendees holding game controllers in front of a projected screenThree attendees laughing in folding chairs, laptops on their lapsAttendees relaxing in folding chairs, laptops and bags around themAn attendee with a lanyard and red cup in front of the sticky-note wallTwo attendees posting sticky notes on the wall under the beCamp logoA wide view of a session in the office space, sticky notes on the far wallA crowd reading the sticky-note wallAn attendee with a lanyard smiling near people at the sticky-note wallAn attendee stretching to post a sticky note high on the wallA crowd standing in front of the sticky-note wallAttendees lined up along the sticky-note wall

2007

51 photos · beCamp community

2007 sessions →
The beCamp 2007 banner on a glass door, sponsor logos beneath the June 15–16 datesA small session in a lounge, attendees on sofas and armchairs facing a projector screenTwo attendees talking over lunch, a can of Dr Pepper on the table between themA group talking around a table by the window, a laptop open and beer bottles beside itA session in the main hall, attendees in wooden chairs near a screen showing the beCamp logoA presenter beside a flip chart of handwritten notes, talking to the people seated in frontA dim session room lined with windows, attendees in a loose circle around a flip chartAttendees seated in a circle in a windowed room under a beCamp bannerA crowd standing in the main hall, the beCamp logo glowing on the screen beyond themA packed crowd standing shoulder to shoulder in the wood-panelled hallAttendees gathered around the session board, coffee cups in handAttendees standing in a group in the hall, talking with drinks in handThe empty stage at night, the beCamp June 15–16, 2007 logo lit in blueThe evening band on stage: banjo, acoustic guitar, drums and electric guitarAttendees watching a projected slide of cartoon characters in the darkened hallA blurred figure hurrying past people watching a projected screen in the darkThe band on stage with an accordion, guitar and bass in front of the beCamp bannerTwo attendees at bar tables with beers and red cupsA speaker with a microphone beside a table lamp, a video camera filming in the foregroundAn attendee laughing as another gestures mid-story in the hallAttendees laughing in front of the beTech beCamp banner, one stretching both arms overheadPeople crossing a checkered floor between flip charts, a box fan in the foregroundThe hall at night under strings of lights, attendees at small tablesThe venue's Tudor-style entrance with the beCamp banner hung over the doorsA long trough of ice packed with canned drinksAn attendee typing on a laptop at a table by the windowAttendees talking around a table, one in a Ben Folds Five T-shirt working on a laptopAn attendee working on a laptop alone in a dark boothThe band on stage — banjo, fiddle, vocals and bass — in front of the beCamp bannerA singer at the microphone with a guitarist behind on stageA drummer and a bass player on stage in front of the beCamp bannerThe hall from the back during the evening set, the band on stage and a screen to the rightAttendees mingling between flip charts and tables in the hallThe beCamp 2007 group photo: about forty attendees outside the venue under the bannerA second take of the 2007 group photo outside the venue entranceA speaker in a cap on a stool with a microphone, in front of the beTech beCamp bannerA flip chart of session ideas: Rails, Facebook Platform, AJAX, SMS gatewaysA flip chart of session topics in red marker: Ruby on Rails, JRuby, application security, agile methodologiesFour attendees in close conversation in the dim hallThe band on stage with accordion, guitar, drums and bassThree panelists seated in front of the beCamp banner, one speaking into a microphoneAn attendee in a RailsConf 2007 shirt reading a flip chart of proposed topicsA speaker with a microphone in the dark beside a projected web pageA speaker with a microphone addressing attendees at tables, lit by a single lampThe session board on an easel: sticky notes under Big Room, Fireplace Room, Garden Room and Bar RoomThe three-person panel on stage under the beCamp bannerThe panel on stage, one panelist waving a sheet of paperA smiling attendee in profile in the dark hallA grinning attendee in a pink cardigan and name tagClose-up of the session board: Ruby on Rails, JRuby, Grails, CSS Ninja and moreThree panelists on stools on stage under the beCamp June 15–16, 2007 banner, one speaking into a microphone

The archive has gaps: nothing yet from 2010, 2012, 2013, or 2018 through 2025. If you have photos from a beCamp, we would love to add them, with your name on them.

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