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