AdaCamp

{{Infobox recurring event

| name = AdaCamp

| logo = AdaCamp_logo.png

| logo_caption = AdaCamp logo

| image = Adacamp_DC_attendees_4.jpg

| caption = AdaCamp DC attendees

| frequency = Semi-annual

| status = inactive

| attendance = 100+

| genre = Open source technology and culture

| organized = Ada Initiative

| website = [http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/events/ TAI/AdaCamp]

}}

AdaCamp was a series of unconferences organized by the Ada Initiative. AdaCamp was the only conference that focused on women's participation in open technology and culture, including the development of free and open source software and contributions to projects like Wikipedia.{{cite web|url=http://www.scmagazine.com//two-champions-for-women-in-technology/article/268997/#|title= Two champions for women in technology|first=Alan|last=Earls|publisher=Haymarket Media Group|work=SC Magazine|accessdate=August 27, 2013|date=December 3, 2012|pages=1}}{{cite web | year=2012 | title=AdaCamp Washington DC | publisher=The Ada Initiative | url=http://dc.adacamp.org | accessdate=August 27, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811163734/http://dc.adacamp.org/ | archive-date=August 11, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} AdaCamps were among the projects and resources the Ada Initiative provided to make workplaces more friendly for women.{{cite news | url=http://www.techworld.com.au/article/406353/melbourne_adacamp_address_open_technology_gender_issues/ | title=Melbourne AdaCamp to address open technology's gender issues | first=Rohan | last=Pearce | work=Techworld Australia | date=November 4, 2011 | accessdate=August 27, 2013}}

AdaCamps were held in Melbourne (January 2012), Washington, D.C. (July 2012), San Francisco (June 2013),{{cite web|url=http://sf.adacamp.org/|title=AdaCamp San Francisco|publisher=The Ada Initiative|accessdate=August 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903060921/http://sf.adacamp.org/|archive-date=September 3, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Portland (June 2014), Berlin (October 2014), Bangalore (November 2015), and Montreal (April 2015).{{cite web|url=http://adacamp.org/about-adacamp/|title=About AdaCamp|publisher=The Ada Initiative|accessdate=March 19, 2016}} One hundred women from 10 countries participated at the July 2012 event, and it was larger than the initial Melbourne AdaCamp.{{Cite web|url = http://opensource.com/life/12/7/adacamp-dc-learning-environment-women-techonology?sc_cid=70160000000IDmjAAG|title = AdaCamp DC: A learning environment for women in open source|date = July 27, 2012|accessdate = August 27, 2013|website = Opensource.com|last = Chestek|first = Pam}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scmagazine.com/two-champions-for-women-in-technology/article/268997/2/|title= Two champions for women in technology|first=Alan|last=Earls|publisher=Haymarket Media Group|work=SC Magazine|accessdate=August 27, 2013|date=December 3, 2012|pages=2}}

Co-founder Valerie Aurora said that the reasons for AdaCamp included "to make progress quickly on difficult problems, to share knowledge, and to network with each other."{{cite news | url=http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/51689-ada-initiative-to-hold-first-camp-in-melbourne | title=Ada Initiative to hold first camp in Melbourne | first=Sam | last=Varghese | work=ITWire | date=December 9, 2011 | accessdate=August 29, 2013 | archive-date=May 18, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518032811/http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/51689-ada-initiative-to-hold-first-camp-in-melbourne | url-status=dead }} As an unconference, attendees lead sessions on subjects that they chose.{{cite news | url=http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/52141-adacamp-set-to-kick-off-in-melbourne | title=AdaCamp set to kick off in Melbourne | first=Sam | last=Varghese | work=ITWire | date=January 13, 2012 | accessdate=August 29, 2013 | archive-date=May 19, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519141242/http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/52141-adacamp-set-to-kick-off-in-melbourne | url-status=dead }} Along with women interested in open source software, attendees could include women interested in open access, open education,{{cite news | url=http://www.techworld.com.au/article/412308/adacamp_aims_boost_women_participation_open_tech/ | title=AdaCamp aims to boost women's participation in open tech | first=Rohan | last=Pearce | work=TechWorld Australia | date=January 13, 2012 | accessdate=August 29, 2013 | archive-date=October 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065320/https://www.techworld.com.au/article/412308/adacamp_aims_boost_women_participation_open_tech/ | url-status=dead }} hackerspaces, digital liberties activism, wiki culture, and other topics.{{cite news | url=http://www.techworld.com.au/article/412308/adacamp_aims_boost_women_participation_open_tech/ | title=The Ada Initiative: Looking Back and Looking Forward | first=Joe 'Zonker' | last=Brockmeier | work=Linux.com | date=December 6, 2011 | accessdate=August 29, 2013 | archive-date=October 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065320/https://www.techworld.com.au/article/412308/adacamp_aims_boost_women_participation_open_tech/ | url-status=dead }}

In June 2015, Ada Initiative organizers announced the end of AdaCamp and an upcoming open source "AdaCamp Toolkit", a series of planning documents meant to outline how to run an event like AdaCamp.{{Cite web|title = Announcing the end of the AdaCamp program|url = https://adainitiative.org/2015/06/announcing-the-end-of-the-adacamp-program/|website = adainitiative.org|accessdate = 2015-07-01}}