= Latinoware 2017
About
Held since 2004, Latinoware is one of the most important FOSS conferences in Latin America. Since the beginning the conference takes place at the facilities of Itaipu Technological Park, in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
Every year Latinoware receives visitors from all countries in Latin America and the expected number of attendees for this edition is around 6000 people.
Date
- From Oct 18-20, 2017
Location
- Parque Tecnológico Itaipu (PTI)
Organization Team
| Name |
|---|
| Leonardo Vaz |
| Silvio Palmieri |
| Wolnei Junior |
Fedora Activities at Latinoware
- Fedora Activity Day (talks and workshops to find new contributors in LATAM)
- A room dedicated for Fedora, Virtualization, Storage, Cloud and PaaS
- Booth at exposition area to promote upstream projects sponsored by Red Hat (Fedora, oVirt, Gluster, Ceph, Openshift, OpenStack, CentOS, etc)
Fedora User Group
- We plan to ha at least 4 Fedora volunteers attending to the conference.
People planning to attend the event
| Name | Needs fund for travelling | Needs fund for hosting | Role | Attendance confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo Vaz | No | No | Ambassadors | - |
| Wolnei Junior | Yes | Yes | Ambassadors, Package and QA | - |
Proposed Activities
All Fedora contributors going to Latinoware are encouraged to submit talks or propose any other activity at the conference.
| Activity | Speaker | Description | Place | Day | Hour | Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtualização KVM/Qemu | Daniel Lara | virtualização para usuários usando kvm/qemu | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| Software-Defined Storage | Leonardo Vaz | Presentations on Gluster and Ceph | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| Open Source Cloud | Leonardo Vaz | Presentation on Open Source Cloud projects (oVirt, OpenStack, Openshift) | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| Fedora 27 Next | Wolnei Junior | All the news features of next version of Fedora | ||||
| Fedora QA | Wolnei Junior | Process, tools and schedule of QA team of Fedora |
Swag material
| Description | Amount | Cost | Art |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identification badge cord | 100 | 130 | link |
Nearby Airports
| Code | City | Name | Distance from Foz do Iguazu |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGU | Foz do Iguazu | Cataratas International Airport | 10 Miles |
| IGR | Puerto Iguazu | Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport | 20 Miles |
| AGT | Ciudad del Este | Guaraní International Airport | 20 Miles |
| ASU | Asunción | Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | 200 Miles |
Hotels
| Star Rating | Hotel Name | Reference Price | Condition | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * three stars | Bogari Hotel | 80 USD | private double room (breakfast and free wifi included) - Recommended by Latinoware Organization | |
| * three stars | Del Rey Hotel | 69 USD | private triple room (breakfast and free wifi included) | |
| * three stars | Aguas Iguassu Hotel | 92 USD | private triple room (breakfast and free wifi included) | 3 rooms left |
Estimated costs for flights from Brazilian locations
| City | Air Line | Price | Scales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brno | Luftansa | USD 1675 | 3 |
| Chicago | American Airlines | USD 1200 | 2 |
| Uberlandia | Latam | USD 252 | 1 |
Budget
The project approved a budget of 1500 USD for Latinoware, which will be used to fund travel expenses for the volunteers visiting the conference and requests must be done through LATAM ticket tracker.
| Description | Cost in USD | People Sponsored | Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airfare subsidy | 252 | ||
| Lodging subsidy | 300 | ||
| Material | 135 | ||
| Total | 1500 |