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--- UES 2007 - Ubuntu Education Summit Sevilla --- == Ubuntu Education Summit : UES 2007 Sevilla ==
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  * Thursday, 3 May 2007
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  * Hotel Silken Al-Andalus Palace   * [http://www.hoteles-silken.com/sevilla_alandalus_home/5/Hotel Silken Al-Andalus Palace]
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  * The Ubuntu Education Summit will discuss issues which impact users or stakeholders of Ubuntu products in the Education sector. The target audience covers educators, decision-makers, government, developers and anyone with an interest in the deployment of Ubuntu/Edubuntu/Kubuntu in education settings.   * The Ubuntu Education Summit will discuss issues which impact users or stakeholders of Ubuntu products in the Education sector.
 * '''Target 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.
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== 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
''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
  * discuss training and support options
''or''
 * '''are involved with open source software and education''' regardless of the distribution of choice 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 ==

We are fleshing out a programme around two tracks:

 * '''TRACK 1 : Above the Desktop'''
  * Target: '''educators and decision makers'''
   * Education Tools
   * Education Applications
   * Education Content
   * School Administration Tools
   * Open Source in Education issues
   * Migrating from Proprietary Software to an Open Source Environment
   * Support and Training
   * Ubuntu and Open Source Communities

 * '''TRACK 2 : Below the Desktop'''
  * Target: '''developers and technical audience'''
   * Technical tracks relating to Edubuntu or the core Ubuntu operating system
   * Future feature discussions
   * Collaboration between Ubuntu and other developers
    * Applications
    * Tools
    * Ubuntu variants

We will include:
 * Presentations on success stories
 * Birds of a Feather round table discussions (BOFs)
 * Hands-on sessions, in the form of participatory demo's and tutorials

== Calls for Papers or Presentations or Discussion Topics ==

As with our development philisophy whereby Ubuntu is driven to a large extent by our user community, we want to strongly encourage attendees to the Education Summit to contribute to the programme and discussion agenda.

'''Presentations'''
 * If you would like to deliver a 30 minute presentation on your experiences or challenges with Ubuntu or other related open source software in education scenarios, please email a short abstract to:
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: ''UES Presentation''

'''Lightning Talk'''
 * If you would like to deliver a 5 minute lightning talk related to open source in education, please email a short abstract to"
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: ''UES Lightning Talk''

'''Discussion Topics'''
 * If you would like to suggest a discussion topic for a Birds of a Feather session, please email a short topic outline to:
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: ''UES Discussion Topic''

'''Product / Application / Tool'''
 * If you would like to present your open source product, application, or tool to the audience, please email a short outline to:
  * [mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard] with the subject: ''UES Product / Application / Tool''

== Comments and Suggestions ==

Comments and suggestions are welcomed, both from within the Ubuntu community, as well as from other interested parties.

[mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard Weideman]
Ubuntu Education Programme Manager

Ubuntu Education Summit : UES 2007 Sevilla

  • When

    • 3 May 2007 : Thursday
    • 4 May 2007 : Friday

  • Where

  • Event Summary

    • The Ubuntu Education Summit will discuss issues which impact users or stakeholders of Ubuntu products in the Education sector.

  • Target 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 Contact

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

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
    • discuss training and support options

or

  • are involved with open source software and education regardless of the distribution of choice 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

We are fleshing out a programme around two tracks:

  • TRACK 1 : Above the Desktop

    • Target: educators and decision makers

      • Education Tools
      • Education Applications
      • Education Content
      • School Administration Tools
      • Open Source in Education issues
      • Migrating from Proprietary Software to an Open Source Environment
      • Support and Training
      • Ubuntu and Open Source Communities

  • TRACK 2 : Below the Desktop

    • Target: developers and technical audience

      • Technical tracks relating to Edubuntu or the core Ubuntu operating system
      • Future feature discussions
      • Collaboration between Ubuntu and other developers
        • Applications
        • Tools
        • Ubuntu variants

We will include:

  • Presentations on success stories
  • Birds of a Feather round table discussions (BOFs)
  • Hands-on sessions, in the form of participatory demo's and tutorials

Calls for Papers or Presentations or Discussion Topics

As with our development philisophy whereby Ubuntu is driven to a large extent by our user community, we want to strongly encourage attendees to the Education Summit to contribute to the programme and discussion agenda.

Presentations

  • If you would like to deliver a 30 minute presentation on your experiences or challenges with Ubuntu or other related open source software in education scenarios, please email a short abstract to:

Lightning Talk

  • If you would like to deliver a 5 minute lightning talk related to open source in education, please email a short abstract to"

Discussion Topics

  • If you would like to suggest a discussion topic for a Birds of a Feather session, please email a short topic outline to:

Product / Application / Tool

  • If you would like to present your open source product, application, or tool to the audience, please email a short outline to:

Comments and Suggestions

Comments and suggestions are welcomed, both from within the Ubuntu community, as well as from other interested parties.

[mailto:richard@ubuntu.com Richard Weideman] Ubuntu Education Programme Manager

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