A couple of weeks ago @Jacor was proud to announce that the first Steem Saturday will be held on 29 October 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
We are now at the stage where we have finalized and booked the venues and the speaker’s list will be completed shortly.
The first Steem Saturday event will be held at the Indaba hotel and conference venue in Fourways, JHB.
Not too far out... with a nice rustic feel and they know how to lay out a spread…
There is also a nice spot booked for us to wind down after all the serious stuff…
Thanks again to @ned for supporting us by flying out to South Africa to join us at this first event. Ned will be doing the Opening and Closing Keynote presentations at the event and will be available at the event for some questions that anybody may have.
The mission of Steem Saturday:
The Steem Saturday event is open to anybody to arrange in their City or region. Our aim is in time to have one Steem Saturday event each Saturday somewhere in the world. Please volunteer for arranging the event in your city or area, by contacting by Direct Message on Steemit Chat using the @jacor handle. We will support and guide you when arranging the event. It will not cost you money, only a bit of your time.
The event will be sponsor funded. Trust me it is very easy to get sponsors for these events as the blockchain and crypto currency are taking the world by storm.
Our current event will be limited to 100 - 120 attendees and it will be free to register and attend
Website
We are in the process of going live with a website, which will not only be used for this specific event, but it is open for use by any individual who wants to arrange an event in their city. Due to the short timeframes before the first event it will be a very basic site but we will add functionality as we grow the Steem Saturday events throughout the world.
The basic functionality will be as follow:
Event Registration
You will be able to add a Date for your event and add an image for your city or area.
Event Agenda and Speakers
You will be able to create your Agenda specific for the event, and add a list of your Speakers.
User Registration
End Users and attendees will be able to register for the event and receive and e-ticket for display at the venue on the day of the event.
On the day of the event
Attendees will get nametags for the day and enjoy the day at the event.
As you can see the website will be very basic. The initial website will be built on old tech like windows C# or Java, from where we will rebuild the functionality on the blockchain :)
Back to the event for 29 October 2016
We are still awaiting for confirmation on some of the speakers of the event, but can confirm the Agenda is as follows:
07:30 - 08:00 Attendee Registration and Coffee
08:00 - 08:45 Opening Keynote (Ned Scott)
08:45 - 09:30 First Speaking Slot (@Gavvet - One of the first South Africans on the Steemit platforms and currently holds the Number 1 Reputation Rank on the Steemit platform)
09:30 -10:15 Speaking Slot 2
10:15 -11:00 Speaking Slot 3
11:00 -11:40 Speaking Slot 4
11:40 -12:15 Speaking Slot 5
12:30 Closing Keynote and questions (Ned Scott)
13:30 onward Steem Saturday Drinks (Sponsored)
Please watch this space. We will be updating you frequently, the finalized speakers list and topics will be next. I urge everyone to consider arranging an event in your region / city. It does not take that much time to arrange.
Will be great, I will be there...unless something drastic happens. :)
99% sure I will.
Great to hear @thecryptodrive.
Great and very hopeful news on top of having some seriously good pictures as well. Thanks for sharing, all for one and one for all! Namaste :)
Gavvet, that's amazing! I love to see project like this come to life (I've noticed that you've wen't "silent", I knew you where working on something), I hope that everyone will have a great time there and I'm looking forward for a blog post or a vlog from the event! Cheers Jacor and Gavvet!
Achieve hugh success guys. Will be waiting to see the updates.
Hi @gavvet
I will be there, and cannot wait to be there. I attended the first Steem meet in Fourways, and enjoyed it tremendously. I just want to say to all who missed the event, "you missed out big time". I hope to see you all at the Steem Saturday!
Looking forward to the event. I'm sure it will be a learning curve for all of us
What a wonderful place for the event. This tough to beat. Have a great day.
Fantastic - and well done to @jacor. I can't wait!
It is only a pleasure @tim-beck :) Always nice to arrange something for the good of the platform.
Nice! This is classy!
We Try.... ;)
This is an amazing moment for steemit!
It is indeed :)
Nice venue!
Thank you @jdenismusic
What a beautiful venue!
Thank you @dodders007
Lunch at Chief's Boma is always excellent with a traditional South African theme. The other restaurant is also really good
Amazing place. The venue is cool. I hope I can go there.
Great venue! Looking forward to it.
I will be there. When may one be able to reserve a place?
The ticketing platform will be up and running by next week
Looks amazing, good luck.
I'm there like a bear! Can't wait!
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This makes me so proud to be South African. I will make sure that every single person I know in South Africa attends this event. Top bad I am currently residing in the US. Looks like a great venue.
I am also proud to be South African and will be attending, thanks to have meet someone like @gavvet
Is the event free, I wish I could be there. Please let me know how it went. I want to see if I can get a few people I know in the area to go and check it out.
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Can't wait!
Thanks to the organisers, highly appreciated and of high importance for things to come. Looking mighty forward to the power when the like minds are in the same place at the same time, mufasa magic...
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