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