Electromagnetic Field (festival)

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]

Electromagnetic Field
Overhead view of Electromagnetic Field 2018
Statusactive
FrequencyBiennially
CountryEngland
InauguratedAugust 2012 (2012-08)
FounderJonty Wareing, Russ Garrett
Most recentAugust–September 2018
Next eventJuly/August 2022
Participants2500
Filing statusNot for profit
Websiteemfcamp.org

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 Park, near 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, again 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]

List of events
No. Date Location Attendance Internet connection
1st 31 August – 2 September 2012[19] Pineham Park, Milton Keynes 499 370 Mbit/s (direct microwave link)
2nd 29-31 August 2014[20] 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)[21]
24-26 July 2020 (Cancelled) Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire
5th July/August 2022

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
  3. About Electromagnetic Field
  4. Announcing TiLDA MKe, the incredible EMF 2014 camp badge
  5. BBC News: Geek camp comes to Milton Keynes
  6. EMF Camp, the site and Networking
  7. EMF 2012 Programme
  8. "Electromagnetic Wave". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
  9. Shaw, Dougal (2 September 2014). "Electromagnetic Field: Can geeks get kids into science?". BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. EMF Camp, megabits to a farm
  11. EMF 2014 Programme
  12. EMF wiki, Villages
  13. @emfcamp (10 September 2015). "We're very excited to announce the date and location for EMF 2016" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. EMF 2016 Infrastructure Review
  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. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  19. https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/EMF_Camp_2012
  20. https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/EMF_Camp_2014
  21. EMF 2018 Infrastructure Review

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