Welcome to Devcon!
That is your Devcon VI Guide, and it consists of all the things that you must find out about Devcon, the environment and extra. Learn carefully as we cowl issues to pay attention to earlier than departure, throughout transit to the venue from Bogotá’s worldwide airport El Dorado, and data associated to pre-registration dates, group efforts at Devcon VI, facet/after occasions, and extra!
Bookmark this tab when 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 ?
A COVID-19 Vaccination (two [2] doses of a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or one [1] dose of a J&J Vaccine), or a detrimental take a look at result’s wanted to enter Colombia.
Please inform your self right here, or use your property nation’s embassy web page as necessities would possibly change. Additionally, remember that your airline or transit firm might need extra necessities.
Getting into the nation ??
Return flight
You’ll want to point out a ticket on your returning flights to enter Colombia. They often ask for it, and typically they don’t, however play it secure and e-book your journeys accordingly.
Professional tip: Some journey websites like Priceline make it straightforward to e-book 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, it’s essential to fill out the ‘Examine-Mig’ type, obtainable 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. 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 gadgets 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 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 journey prices round $3 USD. Keep away from hailing road taxis in favor of one thing with a popularity/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)
Attempt to not stroll dwelling alone at night time (Reminder: Experience Sharing is simple & 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 overlook your jackets and raincoats, as rain showers occur!
The place to remain in Bogotá? ?
We’ve 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 middle
Web3 Journey reserving ?
In case you haven’t booked your keep but, try one of many group initiatives round Devcon: Windingtree is a platform the place you possibly can e-book accommodations 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). 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 test alternate charges right here.
Translation apps ?
We advocate Spanish Dict, DeepL, or Google Translate.
II. Transit ?
Most attendees can be touchdown quickly, and we wish to just be sure you’re capable of simply navigate towards the Devcon venue.
The vast majority of people will arrive at Bogotá’s airport, El Dorado Worldwide Airport (BOG). From there, there are a number of straightforward methods to succeed in 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. In case you order an Uber Consolation, it should decide you up on the second flooring ‘Arrivals’ degree of the Airport, second lane, on the door you select.
There can be a Devcon logistics group 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 (when 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 is not going to get replaced.
- Swag can 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 have 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 information obtainable for when arriving on the airport, to get an Uber to your lodging. Bogotá airport wifi is free for half-hour.
Wi-Fi Information ?
We may have upgraded Wi-Fi at Devcon this yr! Nevertheless as at all times, offering excellent Wi-Fi for hundreds 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 totally outfitted venue, just some minutes from Bogotá’s El Dorado Worldwide Airport and from the historic Santa Fe and Candelaria neighborhoods.
We’ve a lot of distinctive actions and areas for everybody to look ahead to each inside and outdoors 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 will discover the colourful truck parked within the Devcon venue, within the outdoors area on the first flooring.
Music Stage ?
Subsequent to the Chiva bus, the music stage – one other group initiative – is awaiting you. There can be a program with breaks daily from 11AM to 9PM.
In the course of the day there can be comfortable jamming, sound therapeutic, and silent DJing. Within the night after 5PM you possibly can count on some predominant acts with native drinks and DJs to heat you up within the slightly cool nights of Bogotá.
You’ll discover the schedule of the stage as soon as the convention begins on the web site: devcon.org/program.
Artwork at Devcon ?
Rituals, shamanism, magic, and thriller come to mind in Latin America’s identification. Coding, hacking, and know-how at giant have change 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 reveals the work of digital & digital Latin artists who implement blockchain to boost the affect of their artwork whereas taking a vital imaginative and prescient of their context, additionally in search of progressive options to recuperate & 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 can 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 can be taken care of: cozy seating, electrical energy, web, and, in fact, cyberpunk lighting and low-fi beats to get you in the best temper to construct!
Ebook a gathering room ?
Assembly rooms of assorted sizes can be obtainable within the venue on convention days 2, 3, and 4. They’re positioned on the fifth flooring and can be reservable on a first-come-first-serve foundation in the beginning of every day.
“Devcon After Darkish” ?
For the primary time in Devcon historical past, we’re holding the venue open late. As an alternative of ushering all attendees out of the constructing at 5PM sharp, we’re leaving the venue open till 11PM to supply an area for continued collaboration, dwell music, sport nights, a Joyful Hour every day from 6-8 PM & extra!
Talk about and counsel group actions on the Froum.
We are going to submit an entire schedule quickly.
Neighborhood Hubs ?
Neighborhood Hubs are devoted areas, by which chosen group teams and initiatives will have the ability to (to a sure diploma) form on their very own. By enabling a handful of communities to create, focus on and show content material of their alternative, we pave the best way for a extra decentralized and community-driven Devcon.
You may think about Neighborhood Hubs like stalls, or cubicles at a good, however most likely a bit larger and, very importantly, with out the product advertising!
Meet this yr’s Neighborhood Hubs:
- Crypto Economics & Governance
- Design Neighborhood Hub
- ETHLatAm Neighborhood Chiva Chillout
- ReGen Hub
- Momentary Nameless Zone
- Girls Leaders in Web3
- Zero Data Neighborhood
Treasure Hunt ?
“No Time to DAI” is a story-based treasure hunt problem distributed via Devcon (and past) in Bogota. Gamers can have interaction with a browser-based cellular pockets dapp, which is able to preserve monitor of all gamers’ progress on-chain.
To play, it’s essential to discover clue #0 within the devcon venue. Mild role-playing is inspired, curiosity and a spotlight to element is required, and a few crypto information is useful.
Superior and/or aggressive gamers should keep forward of the time curve in an effort to win. A whole lot of ETH is hidden all through the sport, proper there for the taking! 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” allows you to compensate on 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 solely on-chain.
You might 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. May it’s the Indigneous Reservation of the Matavén Forest in Colombia…?
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. The Local weather Pleasant Devcon VI Dapp can be obtainable quickly.
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 in the course of the 4 days of Devcon, the place individuals will have the ability to unlock the very first 3 cryptomurals that may create an NFT that can 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 change into a road artwork hunter via the CM web site.
Ticket attestations / Minting distinctive NFT ?
This yr, in collaboration with Smart Token Labs, attendees can now permissionlessly attest that they had 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. You can even mint a memento NFT!
For extra data 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 obtainable to groups with giant 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 initiatives, and chosen different high-impact initiatives.
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 growth). EF can be collaborating on this effort too!
Our group 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 assist 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. You’ll want to set up the PWA in your telephone and create an account to be sure to have the hottest data and a customized agenda that you would be able to share with your mates and colleagues.
The passport will be signed in by way of e-mail or you possibly can merely Sign up along with your web3 pockets. Add your favourite audio system to your checklist to see all of the classes they’re doing simply or just filter based mostly in your wants, and pursuits. Discover all the data associated to the venue map, the place to search out particular rooms and activations and rather more.
b. Schedule
This yr’s schedule can be obtainable on app.devcon.org. One in every of Devcon’s group initiatives comes from Swarm, which is able to host the agenda (& later convention movies) in a decentralized means on Swarm and Etherna!
In case you want a hand with discovering a room (or anything at Devcon), you possibly can at all times ask our volunteers (you’ll acknowledge them by their shirts).
Don’t overlook that Devcon is greater than a 4-day convention, however an entire Devcon Week! That includes the ETH Bogotá hackathon, the DAOist, Schellingpoint and extra.
VI. Discover Botogá ?
Excellent news! Our group has put collectively a Metropolis Information on quite a 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 will wish to see and/or keep round. See an included FAQ on vaccinations, meals, language and extra!
Devcon Aspect Occasions ?
You may count on many group occasions, meetups, and social gatherings to be taking place round Devcon. A giant because of the superb group for placing a lot devoted work into organizing facet occasions! Try the Colombia Blockchain Week schedule for a schedule!
Co-Work Area After Devcon ?
In want of a spot to compensate for work after the push of all 4 convention days?
The venue can 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 obtainable.
ETH Medellin & ETH Panama ♦️
A bus-ride or brief flight away lies Medellin, Bogotá’s hotter and extra touristic neighbor. An awesome excuse to increase your journey or journey is to unite with the Ethereum Medellin group for every 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 can be going down in tropical Panama Metropolis. Be a part of for some continued studying, publicity to the Panamanian Ethereum group, and there simply is likely to 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 common line): Tel: 123
Metropolitan Police: Tel: 112
We may have medical employees on the venue on-site in case of emergencies.
You can even contact emergency@devcon.org.
Code of Conduct ?
Please bear in mind to abide by the Code of Conduct, which is obtainable right here.
For any questions concerning the Code of Conduct, or to make a report/file a grievance, contact a employees 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 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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