Conferences and Events

The 2013 Sakai and Jasig Conference will take place at the Westin San Diego, California, between Monday 3rd June and Thursday 6th June 2013. Sunday 2nd June is reserved for pre-conference workshops, project and other community meetings. Limited space is available on Friday 7th June for similar meetings.

If you are interested in serving on the conference planning or program committees, please contact iandolphin@sakaifoundation.org for details.

The 2013 EuroSakai Conference, in association with ESUP and Jasig will be held in Paris between January 28th and 30th. The conference will be hosted by University P.M. Curie (UPMC-Sorbonne Universités) at the Jussieu Campus. An ESUP Days event will follow on January 31st, at University Paris-Descartes - only 900m from the EuroSakai event.

An early web site is available at:
http://www.congres.upmc.fr/sakai2013

Watch out for more details in coming weeks!

Focusing on European adoption - September 26-28

Lance Speelmon, Sakai Foundation's Scholarly Technologist, has posted videos recordings of his and Lois Brooks, Sakai Foundation's interim Executive Director's presentations given at the 3rd Annual Ja-Sakai conference in Kumamoto Japan 2010.

It was a busy December with projects targeting both the internal Sakai community and outreach to those who haven't yet decided to adopt Sakai. We got a lot done, but a number of these projects carry over into the new year.

Join Sakai and friends at the Open Source reception at Educause. Please RSVP if you plan to attend http://sakai.pingg.com/EducauseOS2009

Title: “Reducing TCO with Hosted, Open Source Learning Management Systems”

When: Monday, October 12, 2009: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Cobo Center D2-13, Level 2
Presenter: Keegan Cherry, Senior Sales Consultant, Unicon, Inc.

Abstract: Learn how to maintain high service levels for online campuses, improve productivity of IT staffs, and reduce TCO through the implementation of hosted open source learning management systems...