2017 Open edX Conference

Main event website

Date and location

Conference dates

Wednesday and Thursday, May 24 and 25, 2017 - primary conference days

Optional activities

Tuesday May 23 - Tutorial day – see the installfest pre-work if you'd like to participate in the devstack installfest that's kicking off the tutorial day

Friday May 26 - Project day and Studio training – be sure to register for the Studio training before attending

Location

Universidad Carlos III Madrid Leganés Campus 


Directions

The address of Universidad Carlos III (Leganés Campus) is

Avda. Universidad, 30
28911 Leganés, Madrid

The easiest way to travel to the university is by taking the train: Cercanías Madrid (regional railways network).

From Atocha train station (Madrid) to UC3M at Leganés Campus:

  • Take line C5, destination Humanes
  • The train will make the following stops: 
    Méndez Álvaro – Doce de Octubre – Orcasitas – Puente Alcocer – Villaverde Alto – Zarzaquemada – Leganés
  • Get off at Leganés (Estimated time: 18-25 minutes)
  • From Leganés Train Station to UC3M (7-10 minute walk)

From Leganés Train Station to UC3M 

  • When exiting, go left through the turnstiles towards the “Punto de Control” sign.
  • Go upstairs to Street level and leave by the main exit.
  • Go left and walk down Calle de Santa Rosa Street, which parallels the train tracks. Walk until you reach the main roundabout
  • Take a right on to the Av. de la Universidad
  • Take a left in to the walkway that leads toward the Library and Auditorio
  • Follow the path, staying to the right, to the Auditorio
  • Please remember to save your train ticket. You will need it to exit the Leganes train station

From the airport

  • Take the underground/metro line 8 to Nuevos Ministerios. Change to the commuter train line (Cercanias) and take any train going to Atocha station (C2, C3, C4, C7, C10). Follow directions from Atocha Station above

Schedule

The detailed schedule can be found at https://openedx2017.sched.com

May 16 - Last day to register

May 23 - Technical tutorials

May 24 - Conference day 1

May 25 - Conference day 2

May 26 - Project day and Studio training

Presentations

Will be posted after the conference

Ad-hoc and Self-Organized

Birds of a Feather

TBA

Project day

Check out the main /wiki/spaces/HACK/pages/52691345!

Post Conference Engineering Notes

Open edX 2017