EduJAM/2011

This page is for planning the summit in Uruguay May 5th to 7th 2011. All subject to modifications.

Main goals

Focus on developers. It does not mean at all we're not concerned about educational aspects, but as a developers community we have huge challenges and the summit will be more of a working instance than a "reflection" instance.
Exceed OLPC and Sugar. The developers community goes beyond OLPC and Sugar, and this could be a good instance for bringing "non-olpc organizations" to the conversation.
Focus on South America. Bring as many south american developers as possible to Uruguay.

Program

A first sketch of the event (very preliminary) is as follows:

Thu 5th:

18:00 Opening

Fri 6th:

9:00 Keynote speaker(s)
10:30 Workshops and talks in 2 tracks (general topics)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Workshops and discussions in 2 tracks: 1) Sugar activity development, and 2) Sugar future
19:00 Friday night social

Sat 7th:

9:00 Deployment exchange
11:00 Unconference
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Unconference
18:00 Event closing

Program committee:

Andrés Ambrois
Walter Bender
Gabriel Eirea
Pablo Flores
Gonzalo Odiard
Fernando Sansberro

Pre-Summit "Conozco Uruguay" Exploratory Tour

We're organizing a set of in-person activities for those who want to know more about the Uruguayan/Ceibal experience, visiting different points of the country, meeting with families, teachers, etc.

This will happen during the 5-6 days prior to the summit (from Saturday April 30th to Thursday May 5th) for independent and resilient travelers, committed to "anthropological" learning through patient exploration -- details are emerging here!

Assistants

Martín Abente
Walter Bender
Gabriel Eirea
David Farning
Pablo Flores
Adam Holt
Bernie Innocenti
Anish Mangal
Gonzalo Odiard
Andrés Ambrois

Possible Attendees

Aaron Borden
Caryl Bigenho
Cecilia Alcala
Chris Ball
Christoph Derndorfer
CScott Ananian
Daniel Drake
Ed Bigenho
Fernando Sansberro
Harriet Vidyasagar
Nick Doiron
Richard Smith
Sameer Verma
Sascha Silbe
Simon Schampijer
SJ Klein

Accommodation

We'll put here some information about possible places for staying. At the same time we'll make a volunteers hosting program, so Uruguayan volunteers can host some of the attendees. More information soon.

Uruguay

Touristic information: http://www.turismo.gub.uy/ Direct flights to Montevideo (Carrasco Airport) from:

US: Miami
Europe: Madrid
Most of South America
Nearby hubs: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Santiago

There are also nice ferries from Buenos Aires: http://buquebus.com