EduJAM/2011

This page is for planning the summit to be taken in Uruguay on 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.

Assistants

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

Pre-Summit "Conoczo Uruguay" 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: Saturday April 30th to Thursday May 5th, for independent and resilient travelers -- details are emerging here!

Acoommodation

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