== 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 told to show him some of the unique features of the XO.  Somehow,
I contained my emotion and managed to do a decent presentation.

The President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals.

Media coverage:
  http://www.up-rs.si/up-rs/uprs.nsf/dokumentiweb/8759FD3D80235E44C1257411003580E0?OpenDocument

[[TurkMeeting1.jpg | L2R: Giulia, Deva, Turk, WdB, Bernie]]
[[TurkMeeting2.jpg | L2R: Deva, Walter De Brouwer, Turk]]
[[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 ACP-EU conference hall]]

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 | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting]]

=== Fri, 7th ===

==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====

PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg