Electromagnetic Field (festival)

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Electromagnetic Field
Electromagnetic Field 2018 Aerial Photo.jpg
Overhead view of Electromagnetic Field 2018
Statusactive
FrequencyBiennially
CountryEngland
InauguratedAugust 2012 (2012-08)
FounderJonty Wareing, Russ Garrett
Most recentAugust–September 2018
Next event2nd-5th June 2022
Participants2500
Filing statusNot for profit
Websiteemfcamp.org

Electromagnetic Field (also known as EMF, or EMF Camp) is a camping festival in the UK, held every two years, for hackers, geeks, engineers and scientists.[1] It features talks and workshops covering a wide variety of topics.[2] EMF is a non-profit event run entirely by a team of volunteers.[3]

Attendees of EMF receive an electronic conference badge, funded by sponsorship, which in 2014 included an LCD screen, Arduino-compatible microcontroller, and a radio transceiver.[4]

History[]

Electromagnetic Field 2014 at Night

The first Electromagnetic Field event was held in 2012 at Pineham Park, near Milton Keynes, and completely sold out a 499-person capacity. Each tent at EMF 2012 was provided with power and the internet, via a 2.5 km direct microwave link to a data centre[5] which provided 370 Mbit/s[6] to the campsite. Over 50 speakers gave talks, including Ben Goldacre.[7]

In 2013, a smaller interim one-day event called Electromagnetic Wave was held in London on board the MS Stubnitz.[8]

The main event was held again in 2014 at Hounslow Hall Estate, again near Milton Keynes. Over 1,200 tickets were sold.[9] As with the 2012 event, internet was provided by a direct microwave link which provided 436 Mbit/s.[10] The entire event had over 100 talks, workshops and events with a separate track for children. Notable speakers included Tom Watson MP and Simon Singh.[11] In addition there were 45 'villages'[12] that ran their own workshops and events including silver smithing, wood turning and making stroopwafels.

Electromagnetic Field 2016 was held on 5–7 August 2016 at Loseley Park, Guildford[13] with an attendance of over 1,600. The 1 Gbit/s internet connection was provided by fibre, and the on-site network had a 10 Gbit/s backbone.[14]

Electromagnetic Field 2018 was held on 31 August – 2 September 2018[15] at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.[16] The attendance was 2,500.

Electromagnetic Field 2020 was due to be held on 24–26 July 2020, again at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.[17] However the event was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

List of events[]

No. Date Location Attendance Internet connection
1st 31 August – 2 September 2012[19] Pineham Park, Milton Keynes 499 370 Mbit/s (direct microwave link)
2nd 29-31 August 2014[20] Hounslow Hall Estate, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes > 1,200 436 Mbit/s (direct microwave link)
3rd 5-7 August 2016 Loseley Park, Guildford > 1,600 1 Gbit/s (fibre)
4th 31 August – 2 September 2018 Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire 2,500 1 Gbit/s (fibre)[21]
24-26 July 2020 (Cancelled) Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire
5th 2nd-5th June 2022 Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire

Synchronization with other events[]

In the years when Electromagnetic Field does not occur, Chaos Communication Camp (in Germany) and one of the Hack-Tic hacker events (in the Netherlands) occur alternately.

References[]

  1. ^ Steadman, Ian (20 August 2012). "Inquisitive minds gather to camp out in the Electromagnetic Field". Wired. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ EMF Camp talks
  3. ^ About Electromagnetic Field
  4. ^ Announcing TiLDA MKe, the incredible EMF 2014 camp badge
  5. ^ BBC News: Geek camp comes to Milton Keynes
  6. ^ EMF Camp, the site and Networking
  7. ^ EMF 2012 Programme
  8. ^ "Electromagnetic Wave". 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
  9. ^ Shaw, Dougal (2 September 2014). "Electromagnetic Field: Can geeks get kids into science?". BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. ^ EMF Camp, megabits to a farm
  11. ^ EMF 2014 Programme
  12. ^ EMF wiki, Villages
  13. ^ @emfcamp (10 September 2015). "We're very excited to announce the date and location for EMF 2016" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ EMF 2016 Infrastructure Review
  15. ^ @emfcamp (8 August 2017). "If you enjoyed #SHA2017, why not come to EMF 2018, Aug 31 - Sep 2, 2018 in the lovely west of England. More info soon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ @emfcamp (18 December 2017). "It's time to finally announce the location for EMF 2018: the lovely Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ @emfcamp (22 May 2019). "We can now announce that Electromagnetic Field will return to Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire next year: July 24th-26th, 2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Electromagnetic Field 2020 is cancelled". 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  19. ^ "EMF Camp 2012 - Nottinghack Wiki".
  20. ^ "EMF Camp 2014 - Nottinghack Wiki".
  21. ^ EMF 2018 Infrastructure Review

External links[]

Coordinates: 52°02′20″N 2°22′37″W / 52.039°N 2.377°W / 52.039; -2.377

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