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== Vital details ==
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LinuxFest Northwest 2008 : http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/
* [http://linuxfestnorthwest.org Linuxfest Northwest '08] room 109/110




* Ongoing conference track - learn about the project, get started contributing, ask questions, hang out, have fun, and play with education and nifty green XOs.
LFNW08 - latest information
* [http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/sponsors.html Sponsors ]
* [http://blug.org/fest2008/registered-exhibitors.html Vendors ]
* [http://blug.org/fest2008/registered-presenters.html Speakers and presentors]




* Mostly the coordinated by [[User:Ixo|Iain Davidson]], [[User:Sethwoodworth|Seth Woodworth]], and [[User:Mchua|Mel Chua]], with plenty of help from [http://seaxo.org SeattleXO] and friends. Please stop us during the conference and ask questions!
LFNW regional partner LUGs (Linux User Group)
* [http://blug.org BLUG] - Bellingham, WA
* [http://www.kplug.org/ KPLUG] - Kitsap Peninsula
* [http://www.pdxlinux.org/ PLUG] - Portland, OR
* [http://www.psnug.org/ PSNUG] - Puget Sound, WA
* [http://www.tapcug.org/ TAPCUG] - Tacoma, WA
* [http://www.taclug.org/wiki/Main_Page TACLUG] - Tacoma, WA




* Also available, [[Talk:LinuxFest_Northwest_2008#Full_Announcement_about_OLPC_at_LFNW.2708| pre-conference Specific OLPC / LFNW]] presentation track information
Volunteers
== Quick links ==
* [http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/volunteer.html Sign up now], (likely) [free t-shirt for helping out with the conference !]


* [[/Jam|Challenge Jam]] - rocket pitch competition
* [[Developers]] - your software + millions of kids = awesome.
* [[Grassroots]] - community groups in ''your'' neighborhood.
* [[Content]] - global libraries for Great Justice.
* [[Educators]] - what's up with the current pilots?
* [[Hardware specification|Hardware]] - shiny blinking lights!


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== OLPC / XO Laptop participation ==
Details about XO Laptop / OLPC presence at conference


Confirmed! Reserved - and no charge.
* Presentation room (in fact, reserved for whole conference, as "OLPC Track" !)
* Vendor table (in Non-profit Org area) for putting out literature, and demo of XO Laptop !


OLPC / XO Laptop volunteers
* (Also see [[/Attendees]] )


== Presentation/Discussion ideas ==


Schedule (based on [[http://blug.org/fest2007/schedule.html Last year's 2007 Conference]] )


{|
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| colspan="6" style="background-color: #c33939; text-align:center;"| Saturday April 26th (10 am - 4 pm) ||
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| Room || 10:00 || 11:00 || 12:30 || 1:30 || 3:00 ||
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| Tech-? || (Session 1)<br/>(60 min) || (Session&nbsp;2)<br/>(90 min) || LUNCH || (Session&nbsp;3)<br/>(90 min) || (Session&nbsp;4)<br/>(60 min)
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| colspan="6" style="background-color: #c33939; text-align:center;"| Sunday, April 27th (10 am - 4 pm) ||
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| Room || 10:00 || 11:00 || 12:30 || 1:30 || 3:00 ||
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| Tech-? || (Session 4)<br/>(60 min) || (Session&nbsp;5)<br/>(90 min) || LUNCH || (Session&nbsp;6)<br/>(90 min) || (Session&nbsp;8)<br/>(60 min)
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|}

Possibilities
* Jam (usually 1 or 2 days) (either before or after conference, or evening)
* Health jam, presentation of health jam results (one week before)

== Prizes / Giveaways / for sale ==

* OLPC [[/T-shirts]] - (idea/concept under discussion)

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Vital details


  • Ongoing conference track - learn about the project, get started contributing, ask questions, hang out, have fun, and play with education and nifty green XOs.



Quick links