BarcampSaigon returns at international university

July 07, 2013 | 15:00

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RMIT Vietnam’s Centre of Technology hosted the 7th BarcampSaigon event on July 7 as a meeting point for innovative technologies.

At BarcampSaigon, experts and enthusiasts got together to introduce each other to cutting edge technologies such as Bigdata, NoSQL, and Node.JS.

They also had opportunities to learn how to make mobile apps, developing “cloud” applications, secure and optimising web applications, how to use social media effectively, how to save costs using free open source software, applying eLearning in education, starting and funding an IT company in Vietnam, and many others.

All participants were allowed to submit topics throughout the day. Historically, BarcampSaigon has usually had about 60 per cent of discussion topics in Vietnamese and 40 per cent in English.

RMIT Vietnam’s head of Centre of Technology, Professor Serge Demidenko, said that as a global university of technology and design, RMIT Vietnam “was proud to host the biggest technology event in the country for the sixth time.”

“The last five years, BarcampSaigon has created unique opportunities for our Bachelor of Information Technology students to meet with other IT enthusiasts, industry professionals, potential employers, entrepreneurs and even venture capitalists.”

By By Tuong Thuy

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