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

Other activities

We're organizing a set of activities for those who want to know more about Uruguayan experience, visiting different points of the country, meeting with families, teachers, etc. It will be in the week prior to the summit: April 3th to May 5th. More information soon.

Acoomodation

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