== Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 == === Tue, 18th === ==== OLPC demoed to the EU president Danilo Türk ==== Today we have been received by the President of Slovenia [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_T%C3%BCrk | Danilo Türk]], and President in charge of the European Union. I was given the honour of showing him some of the unique features of the XO. The President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals. [[TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting]] === Mon, 17th === ==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ==== AcpHallSmall.jpg The newly born OLPC Europe team attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]] conference in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]]. Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed here on very short notice to help with the OLPC booth. We demoed the laptop to 79 delegations of the African countries, members of the EU parliament and dignitaries of the United Nations Development Programme. Not surprisingly, the laptop was called "**the killer event at the ACP-EU meeting**". Media coverage: * Meeting opening cerimony: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLKK-ZYEsuk [[AcpOpening.flv | local copy]] * [[http://www.nirjdeva.com/ | MEP Nirj Deva]] interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMiVtUOT97E [[DevaInterview.flv | local copy]] (<- **GREAT STUFF!**) * OLPC press conference: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tHYdpsNTQIg [[AcpPressConference.flv | local copy]] * http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953 * TODO: add everything else AcpBoothSmall.jpg === Fri, 7th === ==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ==== PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg