Welcome to Devcon!
That is your Devcon VI Handbook, and it consists of all the things it’s worthwhile 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 data associated to pre-registration dates, neighborhood efforts at Devcon VI, facet/after occasions, and extra!
Bookmark this tab in case you’re heading to Devcon, and we are able to’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 adverse take a look at result’s wanted for entry.
Please inform your self right here, or use your own home nation’s embassy web page as necessities would possibly change. Additionally, bear in mind that your airline or transit firm might need further 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 typically they don’t, however play it secure and ebook your journeys accordingly.
Professional tip: Some journey websites like Priceline make it simple to ebook a flight after which cancel inside 24 hours for a full refund, in case plans change.
Examine-Mig
Between 24 hours and 1 hour earlier than departure, you have to fill out the ‘Examine-Mig’ type, accessible on the Migración Colombia web site. You’ll obtain a affirmation electronic 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 frequent sense whereas in Bogotá. Which means:
- Look the place you’re going, being conscious of the world round you slightly 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 along with your telephone out or along with your laptop computer when not essential
- It’s an enormous metropolis, so go away these valuables (passport, extra money/playing cards) at your lodge
- Use Uber or DiDi, the place a 20-min experience prices round $3 USD. Keep away from hailing road taxis in favor of one thing with a repute/score 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” (beneficial when coming from the Airport)
- Strive to not stroll house alone at evening (Reminder: Journey 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. Nevertheless, you shouldn’t neglect 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 examine journey instances between potential-stays and the convention middle
Web3 Journey reserving 🏨
Should you haven’t booked your keep but, take a look at one of many neighborhood initiatives round Devcon: Windingtree is a platform the place you’ll be able to ebook motels 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 Kind A (two pins) and Kind B (three pins). Preserve an adapter with you, if wanted!
Forex alternate 💶
The forex is the Colombian Peso (COP). You may alternate money or withdraw from ATMs on the Airport.
You may examine alternate charges right here.
Translation apps 📱
We suggest Spanish Dict, DeepL, or Google Translate.
II. Transit 🚙
Most attendees will probably be touchdown quickly, and we need to just be sure you’re capable of simply navigate towards the Devcon venue.
Nearly all of of us 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 suggest 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. Should you order an Uber Consolation, it can choose you up on the second flooring ‘Arrivals’ stage of the Airport, second lane, on the door you select.
There will probably be a Devcon logistics staff 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 (in case 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 “Have to Know”
- Earlier than you arrive, you MUST redeem your code for a ticket QR and obtain the PDF to your machine or print it upfront.
- Wristbands are required for entry and have to be picked up at registration. Don’t lose your wristband — it won’t get replaced.
- Swag will probably 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 make sure that you’ve got redeemed your tickets.
c. Web and SIM Playing cards 💻
We are going to 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: Ensure 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! Nevertheless as at all times, offering excellent Wi-Fi for hundreds of individuals is hard. Please be respectful and observe the Wi-Fi tips offered within the Code of Conduct.
Wi-Fi title: 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, only a few minutes from Bogotá’s El Dorado Worldwide Airport and from the historic Santa Fe and Candelaria neighborhoods.
Now we have quite a few distinctive actions and areas for everybody to stay up for 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 area with their Colombian “Chiva” bus. You’ll find the colourful truck parked within the Devcon venue, within the exterior area on the first flooring.
Music Stage 🎸 & Chiva Lounge 🪩
Subsequent to the Chiva bus, the music stage – one other neighborhood initiative – is awaiting you. There will probably be a program with breaks on daily basis from 11AM to 9PM.
Discover this system, introductions to all artists, and extra particulars in regards to the Chiva Lounge right here.
Through the day there will probably be delicate jamming, sound therapeutic, and silent DJing. Within the night after 5PM you’ll be able to anticipate some predominant acts with native drinks and DJs to heat you up within the slightly cool nights of Bogotá.
Artwork at Devcon 🎨
Rituals, shamanism, magic, and thriller spring to mind in Latin America’s identification. Coding, hacking, and expertise at massive have develop into instruments for brand 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 boost the affect of their artwork whereas taking a essential imaginative and prescient of their context, additionally searching for progressive options to get well & re-scale our relationship with nature and the cosmos.
We invite you to go to the _Hacker Basement_ to observe the work of 13 chosen artists in addition to dwell performances and interactive installations.
Hacker Basement 🕵️♀️
The hacker basement will probably be your high-focus zone away from the busy convention happenings.
It units the proper circumstances for a person to check new dapps on their laptop computer, to be taught, or to hack on new concepts in a gaggle.
The whole lot a hacker wants will probably be taken care of: cozy seating, electrical energy, web, and, in fact, cyberpunk lighting and low-fi beats to get you in the proper temper to construct!
E-book a gathering room 👥
Assembly rooms of varied sizes will probably be accessible within the venue on convention days 2, 3, and 4. They’re situated on the fifth flooring and will probably be reservable on a first-come-first-serve foundation at first of every day.
“Devcon After Darkish” 🌝
For the primary time in Devcon historical past, we’re maintaining 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, dwell music, recreation nights, a Glad Hour every day from 6-8 PM & extra!
Talk about and counsel neighborhood actions on the Froum.
You’ll find an summary of Devcon After Darkish actions right here. Keep in mind that this program continues to be a Work-in-Progress and extra objects will probably be added over time!
This yr, we need to foster collaboration, networking, alternate, creativity, creation, experimentation and leisure by means of numerous areas devoted particularly to that.
Neighborhood Hubs are a reserved area on the Devcon venue powered by the neighborhood for the neighborhood. By enabling a handful of communities to create, talk about and show content material of their alternative, we pave the best way for a extra decentralized Devcon.
There will probably be six completely different hubs, all specializing in necessary and related matters with their very own curated program, thrilling issues to be taught and to expertise. You’ll find the Neighborhood Hubs space on Ground 1!
Meet this yr’s Neighborhood Hubs:
- Crypto Economics & Governance Hub
- Design Neighborhood Hub
- ReGen Hub
- Non permanent Nameless Zone
- Girls Leaders in Web3
- Zero Information Neighborhood
Treasure Hunt 🏆
“No Time to DAI” is a story-based treasure hunt problem distributed by means of Devcon (and past) in Bogota. Gamers can interact with a browser-based cellular pockets dapp, which is able to hold observe of all gamers’ progress on-chain.
To play, you have to discover clue #0 within the devcon venue. Gentle role-playing is inspired, curiosity and a focus to element is required, and a few crypto information 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 over 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 neighborhood initiative, “Local weather Pleasant Devcon VI Dapp” allows you to 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 individual. All transactions happen completely on-chain.
You could instantly mint a particular POAP for taking part within the Devcon neighborhood offset.
After Devcon VI, the POAP additionally means that you can vote on which nature conservation undertaking to retire carbon credit from. Might or not it’s the Indigneous Reservation of the Matavén Forest in Colombia…?
You may offset your flight and get the POAP right here!
This work has resulted from over 2 years of neighborhood dialogue and implementation of DIP-17 which was primarily based 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 through the 4 days of Devcon, the place folks will have the ability to unlock the very first 3 cryptomurals that can create an NFT that will probably be air-dropped among the many ones who achieved the three spots.
Individuals can subscribe to the Graffiti tour & be part of the mission to develop into a road artwork hunter by means of the CM web site.
Ticket attestations / Minting distinctive NFT 🎟
This yr, in collaboration with Good Token Labs, attendees can now permissionlessly attest that they have been a Devcon VI ticket-holder.
Utilizing this attestation, third events can supply unique “permissionless perks” to Devcon attendees with out your pockets handle being made public. It’s also possible to mint a memento NFT!
For extra data go to the Devcon web site, take a look at the FAQ in addition to different details about Bogotá and the Devcon programming!
Impression Cubicles 🌤
In previous years, cubicles have solely been accessible to groups with massive budgets which might be capable of pay for sponsorship packages. This yr, we reserved cubicles for groups with excessive affect on the Ethereum ecosystem, no matter their budgets.
These groups embody shopper groups, many teams working to enhance Ethereum’s infrastructure, public items efforts, rollup tasks, and chosen different high-impact tasks.
You will see that the Impression 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 will probably be taking part on this effort too!
Our staff owes a large 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 🥗
Anticipate the meals to be a mixture of very native conventional Colombian meals, and worldwide meals.
We are going to 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 an entire re-lift so as to add data associated to all issues Devcon expertise. As well as the Devcon Passport PWA (Progressive Internet App) goes dwell at app.devcon.org. Make sure you set up the PWA in your telephone and create an account to ensure you have the hottest data and a customized agenda you could share with your pals and colleagues.
The passport will be signed in through electronic mail or you’ll be able to merely Register along with your web3 pockets. Add your favourite audio system to your record to see all of the periods they’re doing simply or just filter primarily based in your wants, and pursuits. Discover all the data associated to the venue map, the place to seek out particular rooms and activations and rather more.
b. Web3 video archive and occasion agenda by Swarm community and Etherna
Web3 Devcon Agenda
Right here you will discover a web3 model of the Devcon Agenda hosted on the Swarm community, a decentralized knowledge storage and distribution expertise.
Web3 video internet hosting
The Devcon video archive will probably 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?
Should you want a hand with discovering a room (or anything at Devcon), you’ll be able to at all times ask our volunteers (you’ll acknowledge them by their shirts).
d. Devcon Week
Don’t neglect 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 staff has put collectively a Metropolis Information on a whole lot of the must-know particulars for getting round bogota. Test it out right here
The information covers all the things from methods to get round, to security, areas that you’re going to need to see and/or keep round. See an included FAQ on vaccinations, meals, language and extra!
Devcon Aspect Occasions 👯
You may anticipate many neighborhood occasions, meetups, and social gatherings to be taking place round Devcon. A giant due to the wonderful neighborhood for placing a lot devoted work into organizing facet occasions! Take a look at the Colombia Blockchain Week schedule for a schedule!
Co-Work House After Devcon 💻
In want of a spot to make amends for work after the frenzy of all 4 convention days?
The venue will probably 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 area for collaboration accessible.
ETH Medellin & ETH Panama ♦️
A bus-ride or quick flight away lies Medellin, Bogotá’s hotter and extra touristic neighbor. An amazing excuse to increase your journey or journey is to unite with the Ethereum Medellin neighborhood for per week of open co-working, night occasions, and numerous conferences.
ETHMedellin 🇨🇴 — Oct 18-22
Only one week after ETHMedellin and an affordable one-hour flight, ETHPanama will probably be going down in tropical Panama Metropolis. Be part of for some continued studying, publicity to the Panamanian Ethereum neighborhood, and there simply is likely to be a gaggle 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 normal line): Tel: 123
Metropolitan Police: Tel: 112
We can have medical workers on the venue on-site in case of emergencies.
It’s also possible to contact [email protected].
Code of Conduct 👔
Please bear in mind to abide by the Code of Conduct, which is out there right here.
For any questions concerning the Code of Conduct, or to make a report/file a grievance, contact a workers member or a volunteer.
Keep updated with the newest information! 🗞
Comply with Deva on Twitter: https://twitter.com/efdevcon
Be part of our official Telegram neighborhood for questions and facet 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 staff 🦄
