Opportunities & Challenges of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project has started shipping laptops last month. In this laptop, the projects sees "children in even the most remote regions of the globe being given the opportunity to tap into their own potential, to be exposed to a whole world of ideas, and to contribute to a more productive and saner world community."

What are the opportunities and challenges for this approach and vision? Can the project be faithful to its five core principles of child ownership; low ages; saturation; connection; and free and open source?

Come listen to four OLPC experts discuss this and more in the January Meetup co-hosted by ICT for International Development (ICT4ID) and Center for Global Development (CGD).

Jonathan Blocksom (Blog) is an educational software developer and author of the kids 3D modeling program GollyGee Blocks. He has been working on software for the XO since May 2007.

Mike Lee (Blog | OLPC Photos) is the organizer of the DC OLPC Learning Club. You can find him mobile blogging frequently at ]HipTop Nation. He is also the sponsorship liaison for four years to the MIT Media Lab for a large non-profit member organization based in D.C.

Justin Thorp (Blog) is a Web strategist/developer for the government contractor CACI and currently supports the Library of Congress. He has worked on content initiatives with OLPC.

Wayan Vota (Bio) is Director of Mercy Corps' MicroMentor by day and publisher of the widely-ready OLPC News site by night.

This a current and popular topic. And, we have four dynamic panelists. And, space is limited. So, please RSVP as soon as you can.