Conferences
List of FLOSS/FOSS and Education Conferences where Ubuntu in Education might want to present/exhibit.
Conference Name |
Link to Site |
Audience |
Attendance #s |
Date/Location |
Recommended Approach/Notes |
EDUCAUSE |
Higher Ed/University decision makers |
3500 attendees/over 200 exhibitors |
Oct. 12 - 15 Anaheim, CA/Oct. 13 - 15 online |
The conference for University CIOs and IT Leaders |
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OLE - Open Learning Exchange |
Open Learning for Africa |
"a social benefit organization committed to achieving Quality Universal Basic Education by 2015" |
Oct. 11 - 15, 2010 Rwanda |
?? |
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FIE - Frontiers in Education |
"Frontiers in Education is the premier conference for educational innovation and research in engineering and computing." |
?? |
October 27 - 30, Arlington, VA |
Researchers in Technology in Education |
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Open Source world Conference |
IT & Education professionals |
8000 |
Oct. 27- 28, Malaga, Spain |
"The Open Source World Conference (OSWC) is probably the most important European event related to open source technologies" |
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Open Educators |
?? |
Nov. 2 - 4, 2010 Barcelona, Spain |
?? |
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Mozilla Drumbeat Festival |
"Mozilla's 2010 Drumbeat Festival will gather teachers, learners and technologists from around the world who are at the heart of this revolution" |
?? |
Nov. 3 - 5, 2010 Barcelona, Spain |
Limited # of travel scholarships available |
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Big Ideas Fest |
TED like event for education visionaries |
hundreds, sponsored by ISKME.org |
Dec. 5 - 8, 2010, Half Moon Bay, CA |
Greg deKoenigsberg, former RHer and Teaching Open Source group sent this out to the TOS list |
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ISTE |
Technology Educators & innovators |
several thousand |
June 27 - 30, 2011, Philadelphia |
Well known international organisation and conference. Participation call open 9/15/2010 and closes 10/13/2010 |
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MassCUE |
Technology Educators and Superintendents |
~1200 |
October 27 -28, 2010, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA |
Massachusetts Computer Using Educators and Mass Supts. Co-sponsors |
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TCEA |
Texas Computer Educators, all levels teachers, IT, CIO, Administrators |
10,000 |
Feb 7 - 11, 2011, Austin, TX |
TX Loco can help staff a table/booth |
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POSSCON |
General Linux IT audience |
hundreds? |
March 23 - 25, 2010 |
Loco Team booth/table? |
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NCCE |
http://www.ncce.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1135&Itemid=302 |
NW K12 Teachers and Administrators |
~2,000(?) |
Portland, OR. March 1-4, 2011 |
They already tend to have an open source stream. |
Past Conferences
Conference Name |
Link to Site |
Audience |
Attendance #s |
Date/Location |
Recommended Approach/Notes |
FOSSED |
K-12 Educators |
300? |
July 7- 9, 2010 |
Formerly the NE Linux Fest |
Education/Conferences (last edited 2010-11-22 19:02:39 by 169)