Presentations/May 2008 Country Workshop

Agenda

Tuesday, May 20

10:30	Welcome Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman, One Laptop per Child
10:45	OLPC Operational Strategy Chuck Kane, President, One Laptop per Child	slides
11:00	Future and XO 2.0 Nicholas Negroponte	slides
11:30	OLPC as the Ninth Development Goal for the New Millennium Nirj Deva, Member of the European Parliament	slides
12:15	OLPC Deployment in Uruguay Miguel Brechner, President of the Uruguay Technology Laboratory (LATU)	slides
12:35	The Starfish on the Beach: Why OLPC for the Poorest and Most Remote? and How? Oscar Becerra, Chief Educational Technology Officer, Ministry of Education of Perú	slides
12:55	Q & A with Miguel Brechner and Oscar Becerra
1:15	Lunch and Demonstrations
2:30	High Quality Education: A Basic Human Right David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect, One Laptop per Child	slides
2:50	Global Panel Rwanda (slides) Ghana Senegal (slides) Ethiopia Haiti (slides) Thailand (slides) Sri Lanka (slides) Nepal
3:35	Q & A and Discussion with the Panel Members
4:10	Coffee Break
4:20	Children as Media Makers Glorianna Davenport, Prinicipal Research Associate, Head of the Media Fabrics Research Group
4:30	Music Painter Across Cultures Barry Vercoe, MIT Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, One Laptop per Child Asia Pacific Liaison
4:40	Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Academic Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, Head of the Lifelong Kindergarten Research Group
5:00	Beyond the Printing Press: Computers as Learning Environments for All Children Alan Kay, President, Viewpoints Research Institute, Inc.
5:30	Reception and Demonstration of One Laptop per Child Learning Activities

Wednesday, May 21

9:00 - 9:30	Welcome & Overview of the workshop
9:30 - 10:00	Introduction to Sugar Desktop and User Interface Jim Gettys, Vice President, Software Engineering
10:00 – 11:00	Sugar User Interface continued with Q&A Eben Eliason, UI Designer Jim Gettys, Vice President, Software Engineering
11:00 – 11:15	Break
11:15 – 12:30	Localization on the XO Laptop Jim Gettys, Vice President, Software Engineering
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 3:30	Connectivity – school, community and the internet Michail Bletsas, Vice President, Advanced Technology & Connectivity
3:30 - 3:45	Break
3:45 – 4:00	The Uruguay Experience Fiorella Haim, Plan Ceibal/LATU
4:00 – 4:30	XO Laptop School Server John Watlington, Vice President, Hardware Engineering
4:30 - 5:30	Discussion

Thursday, May 22

9:00 – 11:00	XO Laptop Software Roadmap Kim Quirk, Director of Technology
11:00 – 11:15	Break
11:15 - 12:30	XO Laptop Power Richard Smith, Hardware Engineer
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:45	Support and Repair John Watlington, Vice President, Hardware Engineering
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 - 5:00	Technology Open Discussion
6:30	OLPC Dinner

Friday, May 23

9:00 - 9:30	Activities Presentation Dale Joachim, MIT Media Lab
9:30 - 10:30	XO Laptop Activities: loading, developing and sharing SJ Klein, Director, Community Content
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 11:30	Building and leveraging community Mako Hill, MIT Media Lab/OLPC SJ Klein, Director Community Content
11:45 - 12:00	Brazil Presentation Jose Aquino, Special Advisor to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 1:15	Uruguay Presentation Shirley Siri, Marcela Brener, Fiorella Haim, Plan CEIBAL - LATU
1:15 - 2:45	Key Learning issues: Local Teams, Teacher Development & Collaboration David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect
2:45 – 3:00	XO Laptops in Kliptown, South Africa Julia Weber Hannah Weber
3:00- 3:15	Break
3:15 – 4:00	Discussion and Wrap up
4:00	Adjourn