Who is going to Buddhist Geeks conference 2012?

Beth and I are going!

conference.buddhistgeeks.com/

I wish i could go this year but will not miss it next year. I have already 'informed' my wife that I will be there.

They are live streaming it this year so I will be there in spirit watching via the inter web. Enjoy Kenneth!

Natalie and I will be going

I will be there. Wouldn't miss it.

I will tune in for some of the talks via the streaming. One of these days I'll make it in person!

Buzzkill

Right now I'm on the fence. I've got a tix, but I still haven't looked into flights/car/hotel etc. At some point I got to figure out if it would be worth the $.

If anyone's decided not to go and has a ticket they bought earlier at a discount, let's talk!

I would love to go, but it overlaps with my retreat. So it'll have to wait until next year, when I will be sure to clear the decks and put in an appearance. I would dearly love to meet all of you!

I'm going.

Last year was fantastic. I enjoyed meeting everyone in person and hashing things out with people. There was a lot of excitement in the air.

BG does this interesting thing called "the unconference" where people sign up to give talks or hold discussions during certain slots that aren't competing with the main talks. Anyone can sign up for a slot and hold a talk. I've been thinking of doing so, mulling around a few topics, but I'm interested what sort of talks people would like to see/participate in, and whether anyone would want to co-host one with me.

I would love to, but I have no tickets )

"I would love to, but I have no tickets )"

Very funny. (LocoAustriaco gave his tickets to Beth and me. Thank you, Loco!)

OK, flight booked. See you there!

Ohh you guys are killing me. Next year...next year.

Kinda wishing I had planned for this, maybe next year.

Now that everyone has geeked out...

Any highlights, insights, things to look out for in the near future?

(If there is another site with this discussion, feel free to point.)

Check out #bgeeks12 tag on Twitter for lots of links. You can also watch everything from the conference on soundstrue starting tomorrow.

Thanks!

I wish I could have been there, I hope you guys enjoyed it.

Here are some recorded sessions I dug out of the website:

Session 1: Welcome to Buddhist Geeks Conference 2012
Vincent Horn, Buddhist Geeks
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session01-live.mp4

Session 2: The Future of Buddhism, Which is Now: Does Buddhism Have to Die to Be Reborn in the West?
Lama Surya Das, American Lama
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session02-live.mp4

Session 3: Buddhist Geeks Live: Session One
Creativity Without Grasping with Martine Batchelor, Buddhist Teacher & Author
Mindful Binge Drinking and Blobology: The Promises and Perils of Contemplative Neuroscience with Willoughby Britton, Contemplative Scientist
McLuhan and Buddhism: How is the Medium Changing the Message? with Ken McLeod, Buddhist Teacher & Executive Coach
It's a Jungle in There: What We Can Learn from the Naturalists with Daniel Ingram, Practical Dharma Teacher
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session03-live.mp4

Session 4: Buddhist Geeks Live: Session Two
Geeks of Action: Balancing the Mat and the World with Matt Flannery, Kiva.org CEO
Selling the Dharma with Tami Simon, Sounds True CEO
Practice, Play, and Products with Rohan Gunatillake, Meditation by Design
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session04-live.mp4

Session 5: Meditation and the Modern Cyborg
Amber Case, Cyborg Anthropologist
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session05-live.mp4

Session 6: Comedy and Musical Performance
Stuart Davis, Writer-Director-Actor-Comedian-Songwriter
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session06-live.mp4

Session 7: Buddhist Geeks Live: Session Three
After Enlightenment: Social Change and Intimacy with Michael Stone, Buddhist Activist
Living in the Heart of the Human Predicament with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Buddhist Teacher & Author
Aesthetic/Anesthetic: Art, Geek, and Phenomena with Robert Spellman, Contemplative Artist
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session07-live.mp4

Session 8: Buddhism and the Art of Imagining
Stephen Batchelor, Buddhist Author
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session08-live.mp4

Session 9: Buddhist Geeks 2012 Conference Closing
Vincent Horn, Buddhist Geeks
soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/event/bud...s-Session09-live.mp4


You can also watch them in a web-browser with live-streaming at live.soundstrue.com/buddhistgeeks/event.php
But I found it easier to download the session I want and then watch it locally, which allows me to skip forward if I wish.

Thank you for posting these, Yadid.

A technical question... how to download as a file for later viewing? Normally I right click, save as... but I'm not sure how to do that without a hyperlink.

"A technical question... how to download as a file for later viewing? Normally I right click, save as... but I'm not sure how to do that without a hyperlink. -betawave"

I posted the same links on the DhO, and they appear as links there, so you can right-click it there:
dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/discussio...ards/message/3432393

very helpful, thank you!

I might post some of my photos from the conference if there are no objections from those in the photos.