Welcome to Devcon!
That is your Devcon VI Handbook, and it consists of all the pieces you might want to learn about Devcon, the environment and extra. Learn carefully as we cowl issues to concentrate on earlier than departure, throughout transit to the venue from Bogotá’s worldwide airport El Dorado, and knowledge associated to pre-registration dates, group efforts at Devcon VI, aspect/after occasions, and extra!
Bookmark this tab should you’re heading to Devcon, and we will’t wait to see you all quickly.
I. Arriving in Bogotá 🛬
To kick issues off, let’s begin with the primary steps when arriving in Bogotá.
Covid necessities 😷
Vaccination or a damaging take a look at result’s wanted for entry.
Please inform your self right here, or use your house nation’s embassy web page as necessities may change. Additionally, remember that your airline or transit firm might need extra necessities.
Coming into the nation 🇨🇴
Return flight
You’ll want to point out a ticket in your returning flights to enter Colombia. They generally ask for it, and generally they don’t, however play it secure and e book your journeys accordingly.
Professional tip: Some journey websites like Priceline make it simple to e book a flight after which cancel inside 24 hours for a full refund, in case plans change.
Test-Mig
Between 24 hours and 1 hour earlier than departure, you need to fill out the ‘Test-Mig’ type, accessible on the Migración Colombia web site. You’ll obtain a affirmation e mail to current upon arrival in Colombia.
Security 👷♀️
A neighborhood expression in Bogotá is: “No dar papaya” = “Do not give papaya (to thieves)”. It primarily means, don’t make your self an apparent goal: use widespread sense whereas in Bogotá. Meaning:
- Look the place you’re going, being conscious of the world round you moderately than getting misplaced in your telephone’s display screen.
- Don’t put on flashy objects like costly watches, or these gold-plated {hardware} wallets and loudly branded crypto-swag
- Don’t stroll round together with your telephone out or together with your laptop computer when not crucial
- It’s a giant metropolis, so depart these valuables (passport, extra money/playing cards) at your lodge
- Use Uber or DiDi, the place a 20-min trip prices round $3 USD. Keep away from hailing road taxis in favor of one thing with a fame/ranking system, an match these plates to what you see within the app, as at all times.
- Tip: possibly pay the additional greenback for a nicer “Uber Consolation” (really helpful when coming from the Airport)
- Strive to not stroll residence alone at night time (Reminder: Experience Sharing is straightforward & low cost)
Climate ☀️
At an altitude of two,600m, the temperature in Bogotá hovers between 9° – 18° C (or 48° – 65° F) with out an excessive amount of wind. Nonetheless, you shouldn’t overlook your jackets and raincoats, as rain showers occur!
The place to remain in Bogotá? 🏠
Now we have some suggestions on areas near the venue in our Bogotá Metropolis Information. Chapinero, Parkway / La Soledad, and La Candelaria are good areas, however at all times test journey instances between potential-stays and the convention heart
Web3 Journey reserving 🏨
For those who haven’t booked your keep but, try one of many group initiatives round Devcon: Windingtree is a platform the place you may e book lodges in Bogotá with stablecoins.
To get your first web3 journey expertise, please learn their information or ask any query on the Windingtree Discord:discord.gg/MTYEm2BfWS.
Electrical energy 🔌
In Colombia, shops and sockets are Sort A (two pins) and Sort B (three pins). Maintain an adapter with you, if wanted!
Foreign money trade 💶
The forex is the Colombian Peso (COP). You possibly can trade money or withdraw from ATMs on the Airport.
You possibly can test trade charges right here.
Translation apps 📱
We advocate Spanish Dict, DeepL, or Google Translate.
II. Transit 🚙
Most attendees might be touchdown quickly, and we need to just be sure you’re capable of simply navigate towards the Devcon venue.
Nearly all of people will arrive at Bogotá’s airport, El Dorado Worldwide Airport (BOG). From there, there are just a few simple methods to achieve the Agora Bogotá Conference Middle, the place Devcon will happen.
We advocate utilizing Uber and ordering an “Uber Consolation” or cabify from the airport to the place the place you’ll keep. Ubers are low cost and the most secure type of transit. For those who order an Uber Consolation, it is going to choose you up on the second flooring ‘Arrivals’ degree of the Airport, second lane, on the door you select.
There might be a Devcon logistics workforce on the airport to assist information you starting on October eighth. It is possible for you to to acknowledge them by their clothes (which we are going to share extra quickly).
III. Devcon Registration 📝
a. Pre-Registration 🧾
Optionally, skip the road on Day-1 by registering beforehand, and obtain your wristband, SIM card (should you want one), and POAP earlier than issues even kick-off!!
Pre-registration dates and locations are:
Saturday, October eighth
— Hilton Bogotá Corferias: 12pm – 5pm
Sunday, October ninth
— Hilton Bogotá Corferias: 9am – 5pm
— Hyatt Place Bogotá: 9am – 5pm
Monday, October tenth
— Hilton Bogotá Corferias: 8am – 5pm
— Hyatt Place Bogotá: 8am – 5pm
— Schelling Level @ Gran Carpa Américas Corferias: 8:30am – 5pm
— ETHLatam @ Ágora Bogotá: 8am – 9pm
b. DOORS OPEN: On-site Registration 🥳
DOORS: October eleventh @ 8:00AM**
OPENING CEREMONY: October eleventh @ 9:30AM
PROGRAMMING: Every day at 10:00AM
DEVCON VENUE: Agora Bogotá Conference Middle
Registration “Must Know”
- Earlier than you arrive, you MUST redeem your code for a ticket QR and obtain the PDF to your machine or print it prematurely.
- Wristbands are required for entry and should be picked up at registration. Don’t lose your wristband — it won’t get replaced.
- Swag might be distributed contained in the venue throughout Devcon. Paid add-on Sweatshirts can be picked up then.
- For all on-chain public sale and raffle ticketeers, please be certain that you’ve got redeemed your tickets.
c. Web and SIM Playing cards 💻
We’ll present free SIM playing cards for all attendees, first-come-first-serve! They are going to be legitimate for 15 days or 20 GB, whichever comes first.
You’ll obtain the sim playing cards at registration and pre-registration.
TIP: Be sure that to have some cellular knowledge accessible for when arriving on the airport, to get an Uber to your lodging. Bogotá airport wifi is free for half-hour.
Wi-Fi Data 📶
We can have upgraded Wi-Fi at Devcon this yr! Nonetheless as at all times, offering excellent Wi-Fi for 1000’s of individuals is difficult. Please be respectful and comply with the Wi-Fi tips supplied within the Code of Conduct.
Wi-Fi identify: DevconBogota
Wi-Fi password: runafullnode
IV. Venue and Experiences 🏢
a. Welcome to the Agora Bogotá Conference Middle 🙏
The Agora is a contemporary and absolutely geared up venue, just some minutes from Bogotá’s El Dorado Worldwide Airport and from the historic Santa Fe and Candelaria neighborhoods.
Now we have a lot of distinctive actions and areas for everybody to look ahead to each inside and out of doors the primary venue, together with a packed schedule on levels of all sizes, all kinds of meals choices, and different experiences.
Let’s begin with these experiences!
POAP 🏆
Snag your collectible ERC-721 token at registration to show your attendance at Devcon!
Colombian Chiva 🚌
All of the Ethereum communities in LATAM are united to share how Ethereum has been impacting communities round Latin America. The ETH LATAM and ETH Colombia communities will create a vibrant house with their Colombian “Chiva” bus. You could find the colourful truck parked within the Devcon venue, within the outdoors house on the first flooring.
Music Stage 🎸 & Chiva Lounge 🪩
Subsequent to the Chiva bus, the music stage – one other group initiative – is awaiting you. There might be a program with breaks day-after-day from 11AM to 9PM.
Discover this system, introductions to all artists, and extra particulars concerning the Chiva Lounge right here.
In the course of the day there might be smooth jamming, sound therapeutic, and silent DJing. Within the night after 5PM you may anticipate some foremost acts with native drinks and DJs to heat you up within the moderately cool nights of Bogotá.
Artwork at Devcon 🎨
Rituals, shamanism, magic, and thriller come to mind in Latin America’s identification. Coding, hacking, and know-how at giant have develop into instruments for brand spanking new generations to decode and recreate Latin America’s digital narrative.
“RITUALES – Latinamerica decoded” is an NFT exhibition at Devcon that exhibits the work of digital & digital Latin artists who implement blockchain to reinforce the influence of their artwork whereas taking a crucial imaginative and prescient of their context, additionally on the lookout for modern options to get better & re-scale our relationship with nature and the cosmos.
We invite you to go to the _Hacker Basement_ to look at the work of 13 chosen artists in addition to stay performances and interactive installations.
Hacker Basement 🕵️♀️
The hacker basement might be your high-focus zone away from the busy convention happenings.
It units the best situations for a person to check new dapps on their laptop computer, to be taught, or to hack on new concepts in a bunch.
Every thing a hacker wants might be taken care of: cozy seating, electrical energy, web, and, after all, cyberpunk lighting and low-fi beats to get you in the best temper to construct!
E-book a gathering room 👥
Assembly rooms of varied sizes might be accessible within the venue on convention days 2, 3, and 4. They’re positioned on the fifth flooring and might be reservable on a first-come-first-serve foundation initially of every day.
“Devcon After Darkish” 🌝
For the primary time in Devcon historical past, we’re retaining the venue open late. As a substitute of ushering all attendees out of the constructing at 5PM sharp, we’re leaving the venue open till 11PM to offer an area for continued collaboration, stay music, recreation nights, a Completely happy Hour every day from 6-8 PM & extra!
Focus on and counsel group actions on the Froum.
You could find an outline of Devcon After Darkish actions right here. Keep in mind that this program continues to be a Work-in-Progress and extra objects might be added over time!
This yr, we need to foster collaboration, networking, trade, creativity, creation, experimentation and rest by way of varied areas devoted particularly to that.
Group Hubs are a reserved house on the Devcon venue powered by the group for the group. By enabling a handful of communities to create, talk about and show content material of their selection, we pave the way in which for a extra decentralized Devcon.
There might be six completely different hubs, all specializing in essential and related subjects with their very own curated program, thrilling issues to be taught and to expertise. You could find the Group Hubs space on Ground 1!
Meet this yr’s Group Hubs:
- Crypto Economics & Governance Hub
- Design Group Hub
- ReGen Hub
- Momentary Nameless Zone
- Ladies Leaders in Web3
- Zero Data Group
Treasure Hunt 🏆
“No Time to DAI” is a story-based treasure hunt problem distributed by way of Devcon (and past) in Bogota. Gamers can have interaction with a browser-based cellular pockets dapp, which can hold monitor of all gamers’ progress on-chain.
To play, you need to discover clue #0 within the devcon venue. Mild role-playing is inspired, curiosity and a focus to element is required, and a few crypto data is useful.
Superior and/or aggressive gamers should keep forward of the time curve to be able to win. Tons of of ETH is hidden all through the sport, proper there for the taking up Görl testnet! Görli ETH required to play.
Gamers can ask for assist/hints within the Discord: https://discord.gg/4PVZzNdsnW
Carbon Offsetting for Devcon VI 🌳
The group initiative, “Local weather Pleasant Devcon VI Dapp” lets you compensate in your carbon dioxide emissions created by attending Devcon.
Upon getting into a departure airport the dapp calculates your flight emissions and provides it to the estimated occasion emission per particular person. All transactions happen totally on-chain.
You could instantly mint a particular POAP for collaborating within the Devcon group offset.
After Devcon VI, the POAP additionally lets you vote on which nature conservation challenge to retire carbon credit from. Might it’s the Indigneous Reservation of the Matavén Forest in Colombia…?
You possibly can offset your flight and get the POAP right here!
This work has resulted from over 2 years of group dialogue and implementation of DIP-17 which was based mostly on DIP-1 and DIP-12.
For more information, see the FAQ right here.
Cryptomurals 🖼
CRYPTOMURALS goals to protect the cultural heritage of one of the best road artwork worldwide.
For the primary time, CM is internet hosting the “road artwork hunt” throughout Devcon Bogotá in partnership with DoinGud. They’re internet hosting graffiti excursions in downtown Bogotá throughout the 4 days of Devcon, the place individuals will be capable of unlock the very first 3 cryptomurals that may create an NFT that might be air-dropped among the many ones who achieved the three spots.
Folks can subscribe to the Graffiti tour & be a part of the mission to develop into a road artwork hunter by way of the CM web site.
Ticket attestations / Minting distinctive NFT 🎟
This yr, in collaboration with Sensible Token Labs, attendees can now permissionlessly attest that they have been a Devcon VI ticket-holder.
Utilizing this attestation, third events can provide unique “permissionless perks” to Devcon attendees with out your pockets tackle being made public. You too can mint a memento NFT!
For extra info go to the Devcon web site, try the FAQ in addition to different details about Bogotá and the Devcon programming!
Affect Cubicles 🌤
In previous years, cubicles have solely been accessible to groups with giant budgets which might be capable of pay for sponsorship packages. This yr, we reserved cubicles for groups with excessive influence on the Ethereum ecosystem, no matter their budgets.
These groups embody consumer groups, many teams working to enhance Ethereum’s infrastructure, public items efforts, rollup tasks, and chosen different high-impact tasks.
You’ll discover the Affect Cubicles within the foyer on the third flooring.
Public Good Supporters 🌻
We launched the Devcon Supporter Program in lieu of conventional sponsorships, and people groups who participated deserve particular thanks for his or her contributions to the ETHColombia Quadratic Funding Spherical @ Devcon, to Gitcoin, CLR.Fund’s open grants, and to the Protocol Guild (which supported core Ethereum analysis and improvement). EF might be collaborating on this effort too!
Our workforce owes a huge THANK YOU to these groups and DAOs that joined our first-ever Supporter Program this yr with out most advantages anticipated by sponsors. Their help of the Ethereum ecosystem got here with out issues like reserved seating, most branding, speaker slots, named occasion areas and different conventional sponsor-like advantages.
Meals 🥗
Count on the meals to be a mixture of very native conventional Colombian meals, and worldwide meals.
We’ll attempt to at all times have vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free meals, though sadly can’t accommodate all dietary restrictions.
V. Program & Agenda 📆
a. Devcon Internet Replace & Passport App Launch
For Devcon Bogota Occasion days http://devcon.org web site will get a whole re-lift so as to add info associated to all issues Devcon expertise. As well as the Devcon Passport PWA (Progressive Internet App) goes stay at app.devcon.org. Make sure to set up the PWA in your telephone and create an account to ensure you have the freshest info and a customized agenda which you could share with your folks and colleagues.
The passport could be signed in by way of e mail or you may merely Sign up together with your web3 pockets. Add your favourite audio system to your listing to see all of the classes they’re doing simply or just filter based mostly in your wants, and pursuits. Discover all the knowledge associated to the venue map, the place to search out particular rooms and activations and way more.
b. Web3 video archive and occasion agenda by Swarm community and Etherna
Web3 Devcon Agenda
Right here yow will discover a web3 model of the Devcon Agenda hosted on the Swarm community, a decentralized knowledge storage and distribution know-how.
Web3 video internet hosting
The Devcon video archive might be accessible on Etherna, a web3 decentralized video platform utilizing the Swarm community as storage, along with the present video internet hosting choices.
c. Cannot discover a room?
For those who want a hand with discovering a room (or anything at Devcon), you may at all times ask our volunteers (you’ll acknowledge them by their shirts).
d. Devcon Week
Don’t overlook that Devcon is greater than a 4-day convention, however a complete Devcon Week! That includes the ETH Bogotá hackathon, the DAOist, Schellingpoint and extra.
VI. Discover Bogotá 🌆
Excellent news! Our workforce has put collectively a Metropolis Information on numerous the must-know particulars for getting round bogota. Test it out right here
The information covers all the pieces from methods to get round, to security, areas that you will need to see and/or keep round. See an included FAQ on vaccinations, meals, language and extra!
Devcon Aspect Occasions 👯
You possibly can anticipate many group occasions, meetups, and social gatherings to be occurring round Devcon. An enormous because of the superb group for placing a lot devoted work into organizing aspect occasions! Take a look at the Colombia Blockchain Week schedule for a schedule!
Co-Work Area After Devcon 💻
In want of a spot to compensate for work after the frenzy of all 4 convention days?
The venue might be open for co-working on Saturday the fifteenth and Sunday the sixteenth October.
Entry is FREE for all who’ve a Devcon ticket, with snacks and house for collaboration accessible.
ETH Medellin & ETH Panama ♦️
A bus-ride or quick flight away lies Medellin, Bogotá’s hotter and extra touristic neighbor. A fantastic excuse to increase your journey or journey is to unite with the Ethereum Medellin group for per week of open co-working, night occasions, and varied conferences.
ETHMedellin 🇨🇴 — Oct 18-22
Only one week after ETHMedellin and an affordable one-hour flight, ETHPanama might be going down in tropical Panama Metropolis. Be a part of for some continued studying, publicity to the Panamanian Ethereum group, and there simply may be a bunch surf journey afterwards for the extra adventurous of the group!
ETHPanama 🇵🇦 — Oct 26-28
VII. Different issues to know
Security first! 🛟
Emergency numbers
Nationwide emergency quantity (24-hour basic line): Tel: 123
Metropolitan Police: Tel: 112
We can have medical workers on the venue on-site in case of emergencies.
You too can contact emergency@devcon.org.
Code of Conduct 👔
Please keep in mind to abide by the Code of Conduct, which is offered right here.
For any questions concerning the Code of Conduct, or to make a report/file a criticism, contact a workers member or a volunteer.
Keep updated with the most recent information! 🗞
Comply with Deva on Twitter: https://twitter.com/efdevcon
Be a part of our official Telegram group for questions and aspect occasions.
That is it! Keep in mind to bookmark this web page for fast entry to all issues Devcon, and welcome to Bogotá!
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EF Devcon workforce 🦄
