UES-Boston
Ubuntu Education Summit : UES 2007 Boston
When
- 28 October 2007 : Sunday
Where
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Event Summary
- The Ubuntu Education Summit will discuss issues which impact users or stakeholders of Ubuntu products in the Education sector.
Event Audience
- The target audience covers educators, decision-makers, government, developers, community managers and anyone with an interest in the deployment of Ubuntu/Edubuntu/Kubuntu or related open source platforms in education settings.
Event Schedule
- A schedule for the event can be found here:
Event Attendees
- A list of attendees can be found here:
Meeting Overview
- A list of discussion topics can be found here in Launchpad:
- You can sign up to the topics if you are interested in participating formally in these
Event Contact
- Richard Weideman
- Education Programme Manager
Ubuntu Education Summit : Overview
We will bring together significant education users and stakeholders who:
currently make use of Ubuntu software under various academic and education support scenarios and who wish to use the conference to:
- present success stories and share learning experiences with others
- share deployment and usage issues around open source software in education
- meet with other users or stakeholders and strengthen our communities
- influence our future product features and directions
- discuss training and support options
or
are planning to adopt Ubuntu software as their platform of choice in education projects or institutions and who wish to:
- discuss issues affecting their decision to move onto open source software
- network with existing open source users or stakeholders to guide deployment plans
- investigate training and support options
or
are involved with open source software and education, regardless of their linux distribution, who wish to:
- network with our organisation and users
- broaden and strengthen the various communities sharing a common vision for open source software in education
Streams / Tracks
Under development
Follow On Events
Ubuntu Developers Summit - UDS 2007
- 27 October - 2 November 2007
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- A technical, hands on gathering to define the features and technical approach for the next version of Ubuntu (version 8.04, due in April 2008). Intended audience is development contributors to Ubuntu
[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS-Boston Event Event Overview : wiki ]
[https://launchpad.net/sprints/uds-boston-2007 Meeting Overview & Specifications : Launchpad ]
Comments and Suggestions
Comments and suggestions are welcomed, both from within the Ubuntu community, as well as from other interested parties.
We will also be willing to answer questions around:
- the event location
- accommodation options
Richard Weideman
- Ubuntu Education Programme Manager
[http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu]
[http://www.edubuntu.org Edubuntu]
[http://www.canonical.com Canonical Ltd.]