The Unconference history goes back to 2005, the year the first BarCamp (a typical unconference) was held in Palo Alto. This tasks takes you on a jpurney to read a bit about unconferencing and BarCamps and lets you visit the websites of well known unconferences to learn about this type of event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSImsff7VuI

Resources:

• Foo Camp, BarCamp , and Unconference in Wikipedia - read about the beginnings
• Foo Camp 2007 Website - see how unconference messages and website differs from classical conferences
• What is an UNconference? and An Unconference on YouTube - see how others explain the concept of an unconference
• BarCamp SF and What is a BarBamp? on YouTube - get some impressions from real life barcamps in San Fransisco and Orlando (BarCamps are typically around technology topics but there are BibCamps, EduCamps, DigiCamps, TourismCamps, HotelCamps and much more as well)
• barcamp.org and lanyrd.com - visit an unconference directory to find one close to you (talk with participants you know ore even join an event which would be the best way to learn about)