Welcome to Devcon!
That is your Devcon VI Guide, and it contains all the pieces you want to learn about Devcon, the environment and extra. Learn intently as we cowl issues to pay attention to earlier than departure, throughout transit to the venue from Bogotá’s worldwide airport El Dorado, and knowledge associated to pre-registration dates, neighborhood efforts at Devcon VI, aspect/after occasions, and extra!
Bookmark this tab if you happen to’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 damaging take a look at result’s wanted for entry.
Please inform your self right here, or use your house nation’s embassy web page as necessities may change. Additionally, remember that your airline or transit firm might need extra necessities.
Coming into the nation 
Return flight
You’ll want to point out a ticket to your returning flights to enter Colombia. They often ask for it, and typically they don’t, however play it protected and ebook your journeys accordingly.
Professional tip: Some journey websites like Priceline make it straightforward to ebook a flight after which cancel inside 24 hours for a full refund, in case plans change.
Test-Mig
Between 24 hours and 1 hour earlier than departure, you will need to fill out the ‘Test-Mig’ kind, accessible on the Migración Colombia web site. You’ll obtain a affirmation e-mail to current upon arrival in Colombia.
Security 
An area expression in Bogotá is: “No dar papaya” = “Do not give papaya (to thieves)”. It basically means, don’t make your self an apparent goal: use widespread sense whereas in Bogotá. Meaning:
- Look the place you’re going, being conscious of the world round you moderately than getting misplaced in your telephone’s display.
- Don’t put on flashy objects like costly watches, or these gold-plated {hardware} wallets and loudly branded crypto-swag
- Don’t stroll round together with your telephone out or together with your laptop computer when not mandatory
- It’s an enormous metropolis, so go away these valuables (passport, extra money/playing cards) at your resort
- 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 all the time.
- Tip: perhaps pay the additional greenback for a nicer “Uber Consolation” (advisable when coming from the Airport)
- Attempt to not stroll dwelling alone at night time (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. Nonetheless, you shouldn’t overlook your jackets and raincoats, as rain showers occur!
The place to remain in Bogotá? 
We now have some suggestions on areas near the venue in our Bogotá Metropolis Information. Chapinero, Parkway / La Soledad, and La Candelaria are good areas, however all the time verify journey instances between potential-stays and the convention heart
Web3 Journey reserving 
In case you haven’t booked your keep but, try one of many neighborhood initiatives round Devcon: Windingtree is a platform the place you may ebook resorts 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, retailers and sockets are Sort A (two pins) and Sort B (three pins). Maintain an adapter with you, if wanted!
Foreign money alternate 
The foreign money is the Colombian Peso (COP). You may alternate money or withdraw from ATMs on the Airport.
You may verify alternate charges right here.
Translation apps 
We advocate Spanish Dict, DeepL, or Google Translate.
II. Transit 
Most attendees can be touchdown quickly, and we need to just be sure you’re in a position to simply navigate towards the Devcon venue.
The vast majority of of us 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’ll decide you up on the second ground ‘Arrivals’ stage of the Airport, second lane, on the door you select.
There can 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 (if you happen to 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 system or print it upfront.
- Wristbands are required for entry and should be picked up at registration. Don’t lose your wristband — it won’t get replaced.
- Swag can be distributed contained in the venue throughout Devcon. Paid add-on Sweatshirts will also be picked up then.
- For all on-chain public sale and raffle ticketeers, please be sure that you have redeemed your tickets.
c. Web and SIM Playing cards 
We’ll 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: Make sure that 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 may have upgraded Wi-Fi at Devcon this yr! Nonetheless as all the time, offering good Wi-Fi for hundreds of individuals is difficult. Please be respectful and comply with 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 totally outfitted venue, only a few minutes from Bogotá’s El Dorado Worldwide Airport and from the historic Santa Fe and Candelaria neighborhoods.
We now have numerous distinctive actions and areas for everybody to sit up for 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 house with their Colombian “Chiva” bus. You will discover the colourful truck parked within the Devcon venue, within the outdoors house on the first ground.
Music Stage 
& Chiva Lounge 
Subsequent to the Chiva bus, the music stage – one other neighborhood initiative – is awaiting you. There can be a program with breaks daily 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 can be gentle jamming, sound therapeutic, and silent DJing. Within the night after 5PM you may count on some important acts with native drinks and DJs to heat you up within the moderately cool nights of Bogotá.
Artwork at Devcon 
Rituals, shamanism, magic, and thriller come to mind in Latin America’s identification. Coding, hacking, and know-how at massive have turn 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 reinforce the impression of their artwork whereas taking a essential imaginative and prescient of their context, additionally searching for revolutionary options to get better & 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 correct situations for a person to check new dapps on their laptop computer, to study, 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, after all, cyberpunk lighting and low-fi beats to get you in the correct temper to construct!
E book a gathering room 
Assembly rooms of varied sizes can be accessible within the venue on convention days 2, 3, and 4. They’re situated on the fifth ground and can be reservable on a first-come-first-serve foundation initially of every day.
“Devcon After Darkish” 
For the primary time in Devcon historical past, we’re retaining 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 offer an area for continued collaboration, dwell music, recreation nights, a Comfortable Hour every day from 6-8 PM & extra!
Focus on and recommend neighborhood actions on the Froum.
You will discover an summary of Devcon After Darkish actions right here. Keep in mind that this program remains to be a Work-in-Progress and extra objects can be added over time!
This yr, we need to foster collaboration, networking, alternate, creativity, creation, experimentation and leisure by varied areas devoted particularly to that.
Group Hubs are a reserved house on the Devcon venue powered by the neighborhood for the neighborhood. By enabling a handful of communities to create, focus on and show content material of their selection, we pave the way in which for a extra decentralized Devcon.
There can be six totally different hubs, all specializing in essential and related subjects with their very own curated program, thrilling issues to study and to expertise. You will discover the Group Hubs space on Ground 1!
Meet this yr’s Group Hubs:
- Crypto Economics & Governance Hub
- Design Group Hub
- ReGen Hub
- Non permanent Nameless Zone
- Ladies Leaders in Web3
- Zero Information Group
Treasure Hunt
“No Time to DAI” is a story-based treasure hunt problem distributed by Devcon (and past) in Bogota. Gamers can have interaction with a browser-based cellular pockets dapp, which can preserve monitor of all gamers’ progress on-chain.
To play, you will need 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 so as 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://ift.tt/xE9RJA2
Carbon Offsetting for Devcon VI 
The neighborhood initiative, “Local weather Pleasant Devcon VI Dapp” allows you to compensate to 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 totally on-chain.
Chances are you’ll instantly mint a particular POAP for collaborating within the Devcon neighborhood offset.
After Devcon VI, the POAP additionally lets you vote on which nature conservation challenge to retire carbon credit from. May 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 based mostly on DIP-1 and DIP-12.
For more information, see the FAQ right here.
Cryptomurals 
CRYPTOMURALS goals to protect the cultural heritage of the most effective 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 folks will have the ability to unlock the very first 3 cryptomurals that can create an NFT that can be air-dropped among the many ones who completed the three spots.
Folks can subscribe to the Graffiti tour & be a part of the mission to turn into a road artwork hunter by the CM web site.
Ticket attestations / Minting distinctive NFT 
This yr, in collaboration with Sensible 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 tackle being made public. You may also mint a memento NFT!
For extra info go to the Devcon web site, try 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 are in a position to pay for sponsorship packages. This yr, we reserved cubicles for groups with excessive impression 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 can see the Impression Cubicles within the foyer on the third ground.
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 can be collaborating on this effort too!
Our staff owes a massive 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’ll attempt to all the time have vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free meals, though sadly can not 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 info associated to all issues Devcon expertise. As well as the Devcon Passport PWA (Progressive Internet App) goes dwell at app.devcon.org. Make sure to set up the PWA in your telephone and create an account to be sure to have the freshest info and a customized agenda that you may share with your pals and colleagues.
The passport could be signed in through e-mail or you may merely Register together with your web3 pockets. Add your favourite audio system to your listing to see all of the periods they’re doing simply or just filter based mostly in your wants, and pursuits. Discover all the knowledge associated to the venue map, the place to search out particular rooms and activations and far more.
b. Web3 video archive and occasion agenda by Swarm community and Etherna
Web3 Devcon Agenda
Right here yow will discover a web3 model of the Devcon Agenda hosted on the Swarm community, a decentralized knowledge storage and distribution know-how.
Web3 video internet hosting
The Devcon video archive can 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?
In case you want a hand with discovering a room (or the rest at Devcon), you may all the time ask our volunteers (you’ll acknowledge them by their shirts).
d. Devcon Week
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 Bogotá 
Excellent news! Our staff has put collectively a Metropolis Information on lots of the must-know particulars for getting round bogota. Test it out right here
The information covers all the pieces from methods to get round, to security, areas that you will need to see and/or keep round. See an included FAQ on vaccinations, meals, language and extra!
Devcon Aspect Occasions 
You may count on many neighborhood occasions, meetups, and social gatherings to be taking place round Devcon. An enormous because of the wonderful neighborhood for placing a lot devoted work into organizing aspect occasions! Try 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 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 house for collaboration accessible.
ETH Medellin & ETH Panama 
A bus-ride or brief 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 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 part of for some continued studying, publicity to the Panamanian Ethereum neighborhood, and there simply may 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 workers on the venue on-site in case of emergencies.
You may also contact emergency@devcon.org.
Code of Conduct 
Please bear in mind to abide by the Code of Conduct, which is out there right here.
For any questions relating to 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 aspect occasions.
That is it! Bear in mind to bookmark this web page for fast entry to all issues Devcon, and welcome to Bogotá!
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