Akademy '08 proposal

Plan for organising Akademy 08

Proposal

• The Team
  • Giorgos Gousios (gousiosg@aueb.gr)
  • Diomidis Spinellis (dds@aueb.gr)
  • Vasilis Karakoidas (bkarak@aueb.gr)

• Information: Call for Location

• Location: Athens University of Economics and Business

• Date: 5-13 Jul 2008

• Meeting and Conference Facilities
  • Conference room
  • Hacking area
  • Private meeting rooms
  • Organisational headquarters
  • Computing facilities and Networking

• Travel Details
  • Accommodation - Find cheap (~20euro/night) hotels or youth hostels around the university or accessible through the metro for 200 people
  • Transportation
    • Conference Site to airport
    • Getting around the city
  • Food and Drinks

Todo list

• Contact the university authorities to find out if we are allowed to use the university rooms and networking
• Contact Hellug (Spiros Bolis maybe?) for support or joint organisation
  • Contacted with Dimitris Glynos (active member of Hellug and personal friend of mine) to ask for their interest and possible support (bkarak)
• Email to find student volunteers
• Prepare letters of interest and presentation for students and sponsors
• Think of possible sponsors
  • Write kind letter to ask for sponsorship