Minho Campus Party

Minho Campus Party (also known as MCP) was Portugal's first and largest recurring LAN party. It took place in the Minho Province region.[1][2][3]

History

LAN parties originated in Northern Europe.

The event is considered a manifestation of the new opportunities for youth and youth culture in this millennium: All over the world, young people are coming together to create communities based on a mutual interest in computers and computing.

Locations by city, all events are held in Portugal, in the Minho region.
Date start / end Number of participants Location Area (m2)
2001 August 29 - September 2 300 Braga, Parque de exposições
2002 July 31 - August 4 600 Guimarães, Pavilhão Multiusos
2003 July 30 - August 3 1500 Viana do Castelo, Pavilhão da Associação Industrial do Minho
2004 July 28 - August 1 1700 Braga, Estádio Municipal de Braga 9500

MCP 2005 Cancelled

Despite its increasing popularity over the previous 4 editions, the 2005 event (expected to be held between 27 and 31 July), was cancelled due to a lack of sponsors.[4]

Professor Altamiro Machado

The idea of bringing an event of this type to Portugal, and specifically to the Minho area, came from Professor Altamiro Machado (one of the pioneers of computer science education in the 1970s), a professor and then director of the Department of Information Systems (DSI - Departamento de Sistemas e Informação) of the Minho University. He sought support and contacted the team of Charles Pinto, responsible for the Spanish event. It was thanks to his initiative that a group of about forty students of the DSI participated in the Campus Party 2000 in Valencia, with the objective of later helping the implementation of a similar event in Portugal. Professor Machado died at the end of March 2001. During the 2001 event, a session was held paying homage to the professor.[5]

Network

Cisco Systems supported the MCP since its first edition, and for the following four years, building the network infrastructure and supplying the necessary equipment (an investment of more than two million dollars). Before the role was taken over by ProCruve Networking by HP Portugal Telecom supports the connection.

MCP 2004
  • 3 (three) ATM, STM-1 (155 Mbit each), connected to the data centre of the Telepac (Portugal Telecom Group) on Porto.
  • 15,000 meters of optical-fiber
  • 30,000 of network cables

Areas

When official competitions didn't exist, participants frequently organized competitions between themselves, of which many became officially recognized by the organization.

See also
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References
  1. "Minho Campus Party". www3.dsi.uminho.pt.
  2. "Minho Campus Party: PT testa novo protocolo e oferece largura de banda recorde". Público.
  3. Lusa. "Minho Campus Party arranca hoje com centenas em torno dos computadores". PÚBLICO.
  4. "Minho Campus Party 2005 suspenso por falta de patrocínios".
  5. "Minho Campus Party 2K+2". www.minho-campus-party.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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