Electromagnetic Field
Overhead view of Electromagnetic Field 2018
Statusactive
FrequencyBiennially
CountryEngland
InauguratedAugust 2012 (2012-08)
FounderJonty Wareing, Russ Garrett
Most recent2-5 June 2022
Next event30 May - 2 June 2024
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 in 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, Newton Longville (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]

Electromagnetic Field 2022 was held on 2-5 June 2022 at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.[19] The attendance was 2,500.

List of events

No. Date Location Attendance Internet connection
1st 31 August – 2 September 2012[20] Pineham Park, Milton Keynes 499 370 Mbit/s (direct microwave link)
2nd 29-31 August 2014[21] 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)[22]
24-26 July 2020 (Cancelled) Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire
5th 2-5 June 2022 Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire[23]

2,500
6th 30 May - 2nd June 2024 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". Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Company Details - Electromagnetic Field". Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Announcing TiLDA MKe, the incredible EMF 2014 camp badge". Electromagnetic Field Blog. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Geek camp comes to Milton Keynes". BBC News. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "EMF Camp, the site and Networking". Electromagnetic Field Blog. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field 2012 - Electromagnetic Field". Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Megabits to a farm: Getting Internet to a hacker camp". Electromagnetic Field Blog. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field 2014 - Electromagnetic Field". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Villages - Electromagnetic Field 2022". wiki.emfcamp.org. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  13. ↑ @emfcamp (10 September 2015). "We're very excited to announce the date and location for EMF 2016" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field - Network configuration" (PDF). 16 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023 – via GitHub.
  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. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  19. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field Returns: 2nd-5th June 2022". 3 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "EMF Camp 2012 - Nottinghack Wiki". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "EMF Camp 2014 - Nottinghack Wiki". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field - Network configuration" (PDF). 16 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023 – via GitHub.
  23. ↑ List, Jenny (5 July 2022). "Hacker Camps Post-Pandemic, Electromagnetic Field 2022". Hackaday. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

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