OLPC Learning Club D.C./NECC 2009 DC

National Educational Computing Conference NECC 2009 DC Event Details

Sunday, June 28 - Wednesday July 1, 2009
Washington, D.C. Convention Center

Largest education technology conference in the U.S.
12,000 attendees

• http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/
• http://www.neccunplugged.com/

Sugar Organizer

Mike Lee - curiouslee [at] gmail [dot] com

Sugar Activities

• Staff a display of the Sugar Learning Platform and OLPC XO laptops at the Open Source Pavilion
• Speak at NECC Unplugged "Fringe Conference" on Monday
• Make connections with attendees on behalf of Sugar Labs and OLPC

Attendees and Availability for Exhibit Hall Coverage

• Kevin Cole - Most of the event
• Jeff Elkner - After 3pm Mon and Tue
• Anurag Goel - Most of the event
• Luke Faraone - Most of the event
• MacKenzie Morgan - Monday 6/29
• Mike Lee - Sunday evening, all day Monday, after 3pm Tue and Wed
• Mel Chua - Can setup all Sunday, help takedown Weds, still figuring out schedule in-between but should be good for at least part of this.
• Paul Flint -

Sugar Booth

• Open Source Pavilion in Exhibit Hall

• Open Source Playground

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/lounges_and_playgrounds.php

• Related activity: Open Source Lab

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/search_results.php?selection_id=47810786&nocache=1245728151

NECC Conference Schedule

• Conference Schedule at a glance

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/glance/schedule.php

• Exhibit Hours

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/exhibitors/general_information/#hours

Exhibit Hours

The NECC 2009 exhibit hall will be open June 29–July 1, 2009, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Exhibit hours have been scheduled to provide maximum interaction between conference attendees and exhibitor personnel:

Monday, June 29 9:30 am–5:30 pm
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall 9:45–10:15 am
Tuesday, June 30 9:30 am–5 pm
Wednesday, July 1 9:30 am–2:30 pm

Should NECC 2009 Management find it necessary to alter exhibit hours in the best interest of the conference, Exhibitors will receive as much advance notice as possible.

Setup & Dismantle

Display space will be available for set-up in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center the following days and times:

Friday, June 26, 1–5 pm
Saturday, June 27, 7:30 am–6:30 pm
Sunday, June 28, 7:30 am–6:30 pm
Monday, June 29, 7:30–8:30 am (exhibits open at 9:30 am)

All exhibits shall remain in place until 2:30 pm on Wednesday, July 1. Return of crates and packing cases and dismantling of exhibits will commence on Wednesday, July 1, at 2:30 pm.

TODO

• Make up several Sugar on a Stick USB drives with latest "Strawberry" image available Wednesday 6/24

• Burn several Boot Helper CDs

• Burn some quantity of Sugar Live CDs for limited distribution

Kevin may be able to burn some LiveCDs.
Latest XO-LiveCD image I could find is from March 2009:
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-March/004486.html

Equipment

• 15 OLPC XO-1 Laptops ( Here's what 19 of them looks like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3574257293/ )
• Collapsible booth backdrop on load from Jonathan Blocksom
• Two banners

• Assume Randy Orwin will provide power strips and/or extension cords

Lodging

• Mel Chua staying at Mike Lee's house in Wheaton, MD just Saturday night.