Estimated Date:
18-20 October 2017,
Event Owner:
Silvio Palmieri
Juan Carlos Yjlin
Itamar Reis Peixoto
Brief Description of City:
Foz do Iguaçu, a city in the Brazilian state of Paraná, is the main base for visiting famed Iguaçu Falls, one of the world's largest waterfalls. Stretching for 2.7km, and straddling the border with Argentina, the falls comprise hundreds of cascades, including the 80m-tall Devil’s Throat. Drenching rides on rubber boats are a popular way to take in the thundering spectacle. Weather: 28°C, Wind NE at 14 km/h, 65% Humidity
Foz do Iguaçu is a TOP Destination in Brazil because Iguazu Falls ( source : http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/es_mx/blog/este-mapa-mundial-muestra-la-atraccion-mas-visitada-de-cada-pais)
How to get there:
Prices from selected airports
| City | Air Line | Price | Scales | Google Flights Short Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima | LATAM | USD 495 | 2 | https://goo.gl/SKLvH9 |
| Panama | LATAM | USD 1,066 | 2 | https://goo.gl/6BmYX8 |
| Miami | Avianca | USD 1,017 | 1 | https://goo.gl/w0xzHT |
| Atlanta | Delta | USD 2,651 | 1 | https://goo.gl/5rh6Zb |
| Houston | LATAM | USD 1,048 | 2 | https://goo.gl/VfvE2V |
| Guatemala | Copa | USD 1,343 | 2 | https://goo.gl/2FtlUk |
| San Salvador | Avianca | USD 1,384 | 1 | https://goo.gl/yccxZM |
| San Jose | Copa | USD 1,186 | 2 | https://goo.gl/DvvlJA |
| Quito | LATAM | USD 605 | 2 | https://goo.gl/lj4oVV |
| Santiago de Chile | LATAM | USD 436 | 1 | https://goo.gl/GUPuHU |
| Buenos Aires | LATAM | USD 527 | 1 | https://goo.gl/cgszIO |
| Montevideo | Azul | USD 310 | 2 | https://goo.gl/Xc9VvL |
| Asunción | TAM | USD 295 | 1 | https://goo.gl/VyR5Ql |
| Bogota | LATAM | USD 505 | 1 | https://goo.gl/3GEdGD |
| Caracas | Copa | USD 1,363 | 2 | https://goo.gl/Dyg5HK |
| La Paz | LATAM | USD 805 | 1 | https://goo.gl/QTt7W3 |
| Sao Paulo | Azul | USD 238 | 0 | https://goo.gl/wpf95n |
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Schedule
FUDCon Inside Latinoware Advantages
Silvio is one of the organizers of Latinoware, proposing a FUDCon inside a Latinoware will make US spend better our money and archieve better results: it would be like an event happening inside a bigger one. The advantages of doing that from a marketing perspective There would be a lot of FLOSS people there, 2015 edition had 4k+ people and 2016 had 5k+ people attending.
This would probably be the biggest FUDCon LATAM ever had.
Speakers Interested in Giving a talk in this FUDCon
| fas account | City/Country of Origin | Short Description of the Talk |
|---|---|---|
| alexove | Cusco-Perú | Cloud computing and MiPYME(Micro, small and medium companies) |
| davidzeledon | Matagalpa-Nicaragua | Raspberry Pi, Education&OpenSource, Fedora-Education Projects) |
Budget Planning
We calculate with around 50 participants for FUDCon
- costs venue 2.000 US$
- banner for decoration, 400 US$
- production t-shirts, 8.50 US$ piece
- lanyard and badges
- 0.80 US$ a badge and lanyard,
- schedule flyer print
- together with BarCamp, our share 150 US$
- catering during FUDCon
- 12$ a person, 2 coffee breaks and lunch, 1800 US$ for all days
- FUDPub 1.500 US$
- together with speakers, volunteers and organizers of BarCamp, they calculate 10 US$ a person
- accomodation for 50 person, 4 nights app. 2.000 US$ (option Tonle Sekong Hotel)
- travel app. 500$ a person, 8.000 US$