People at Tech conferences: Hikes and Nature

People over Tools.

Tech conferences are great to listen to presentations and to mingle with fellow engineers, but usually they don't provide a good place to really get to know each others. Attendees, and especially the speakers have little time to talk to each individual.

Having a much more relaxed environment can have a substantial impact on communication that can lead to cooperation.

Spending a few hours together in the nature or walking around the city is an excellent opportunity for organizers, speakers, and participants to talk to each other in a more natural environment.

That's why, I am organizing outdoor events around tech conferences.

A few examples:

Budapest, Hungary

• Hike in the hills on the outskirts of Budapest. See the plan to Hike after Craft Conference 2017 in Budapest and my Craft Conf 2017 retrospective
• Hike in the hills of Budapest after Craft Conf 2018.
• Visiting Szentendre

Israel

• Sight-seeing in Jerusalem (primarily old city)
• Hiking in the mountains of Jerusalem
• Hiking in Nachal David near Ein Gedi, swimming in the Dead Sea
• See Reversim Israel 2017 for Sight-seeing in Jerusalem before the conference, Hike in Nahal David - Ein Gedi and floating in the Dead Sea