EduJAM/2011

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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" Exploration 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