Aside from the official conference schedule there will also be some informal events, meetups and gathering happening over the course of the weekend most of which are being organized by fellow event attendees. If you want to organize an event please let us know via email or join our Google Group and spread the word. As these events get confirmed we will post them here.

Wednesday, May 6: NYC Pleasure Salon

The Pleasure Salon has been created to build community, allowing sex-positive activists to cross-pollinate. Our gatherings bring together members of the BDSM, swinger, alternative gender, LGBT, sex-activist, nudist, sex-magic, polyamory, Pagan, radical faerie, tantra, dark odyssey, sex-blogger, porn, pervert and sex-worker communities, and others whose passion is sex. (Let us know if we missed any one of you!) Through building networks in the sex-positive community, The Pleasure Salon hopes to help create a sex-positive world. It is a place for the open exchange of ideas and sensual expression. See the RSVP.
When: May 6, 6:00-10:30 PM
Where:  Happy Ending, 302 Broome St. NYC (awning says “Xie He Health”)

Thursday, May 7: Bound Not Gagged Happy Hour

Please join us in Washington DC for our first ever meet-up with some of the blog contributors and other friends and allies for sex workers rights.

When: May 7th, 2009; 5-7pm
Where: Madam’s Organ, Soul Food Restaurant & Blues Bar, 2461 18th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009
Organized by Bound Not Gagged.com

Friday, May 8

BoltBus: A group of NYers, etc. will be taking the 10:30 AM BoltBus from NY to DC.

Pool & & drinksk 3-6 PM: Weather permitting, poolside drinks (and possibly early registration)

Brownie and porn: Bring some brownie and your favorite porn! Location TBA.

Service project: Donation/collection of personal care items: Throughout the weekend , we’ll be collecting donations of your hotel toiletries for HIPS so that they can be distributed to sex workers in need of them.

Saturday, May 9

Meetup: Sex Toy Reviewer

Erik Van Riper from SexToy.com will host a sex toy reviewer meetup about the Sextoy.com Reviewer Program, as well as be available to provide information about the affiliate program for MyFreeWebsite.com, should anyone have any questions. Erik is interested in meeting all of you, the movers and shakers of the industry, and seeing how his vision of data sharing amongst all parties can be expanded upon. Erik intends to be doing a lot more listening than talking – he would like to know how he can help open avenues of communication.

When: Saturday, May 9, Noon, 1:30 PM
Where: Sextoy.com booth, Vendor area

Author meet and greet: Montgomery Blair Sibley “Why Just Her”

Montgomery Blair Sibley is the author is “Why Just Her: The Judicial Lynching of the D.C. Madam
Deborah Jeane Palfrey”. He will be on hand to sell and discuss his book. All proceeds of the book will go to the Woodhull Foundation.
Time: 1-1:30pm and 5:25-6:30pm
Where: Vendor area

CineKink Film Screening

CineKink the really alternative film festival, will be screen a selection of shorts from its recent Cinekink 2009 Film Festival.
Time: 8:00 PM
Location Match’s Suite (room # TBA)

Sunday, May 10

Brunch
What would an unconference be without a Sunday brunch? Your chance to reminisce the weekends events with your fellow blurry-eyed and probably slightly hungover compatriots before saying good-bye and heading home to rejoin the world.

Time: 12:30ish, post checkout
Location:  Asylum, 2471 18th Street Washington, DC NW 20009 202.319.9353. Asylum serve both meat and vegan entrees. Asylum doesn’t take reservations, so please let Furry Girl know on Saturday if you plan on coming.

WholeDC
Lolita Wolf will be teaching “Erotic Spanking”
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: Miss Pixie’s Furnishings & Whatnot – The Back Room, 1626 14th St NW, Washington, DC (Google Maps)

Some of us get spanked just because it feels good. It feels very good! Do it the right way and it can give you and your partner much pleasure. The goal is not to hurt your partner but rather to give him or her an erotic and sensual experience. This class will emphasize psychological aspects as well as techniques.