Title: The One Laptop Per Child Project 

Speaker: Mike Fletcher, VRPlumber Consulting

Abstract:

The One Laptop Per Child project is an educational initiative that is
attempting to bring access to vast bodies of knowledge and opportunities to
the children of the world who would otherwise have little or no access.  To
accomplish this end, the project is producing the most advanced laptop
computers on the planet and selling them at cost to the countries of the
world.  For about the cost of 5 years of textbooks the children will
receive not just textbooks, but tools for expression, experimentation and
communication.

We will explore the laptop's educational philosophy, the problems it
attempts to address, the innovative hardware that makes the solution
possible and the system software and applications that will run on the
platform.  We will also give an update on the current state of the project
and how you can get involved.