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Thank you for your interest in the '''OpenSocial Europe Summit and the OpenSocial Industry Spotlight on Education Event'''.
This is our working page where we will finalize the agenda, speakers, and logistics. If you've got an idea, please feel free to update this page and/or post something on the [OpenSocial group|http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-community OpenSocial community]




*The registration for the event has closed.* It is not possible to attend the event in person any more. The event will be streamed live and interaction is possible via Twitter, using hashtag #OSE2010. The urls to the live streams will be published here shortly.

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h3. Logistics

*Host*
SURFnet (Dutch National Research and Educational Network - [http://www.surfnet.nl/en])
SURFnet Offices, Radboudkwartier 273, 3511 CK Utrecht, The Netherlands
Our office is based above shopping mall 'Hoog Catharijne', in office complex Radboudburcht on the 4th and 5th floor.


*Location*
[Utrecht, The Netherlands|http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=Surfnet+B.V.,+Utrecht&sll=52.469397,5.509644&sspn=4.330567,9.876709&ie=UTF8&hq=surfnet+bv&hnear=Utrecht&z=15]




For directions see the section below the agenda
*Date*
Dec 6 & 7, 2010

h6. LIVE STREAM of the event is available\!

Please go to [live streams|http://iismediasite.showcase.surfnet.nl/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=231b4253-0441-48fc-ab88-658cb42685ad&folderId=db308449-24c5-4355-811b-65e505b69f0d] and select either the current presentation (see program) or a previous one. For questions and interaction, please use Twitter with hashtag [\#OSE2010|http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23OSE2010]






h3. Agenda

*Day 1: OpenSocial Agenda*
* 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Event Kick Off (Erwin Bleumink, Managing Director SURFnet)
* 9:15 - 10:00 Introduction to OpenSocial (Mark Weitzel, President OpenSocial Foundation, Developer Evangelist Jive Software)
** The OpenSocial foundation and Spec development process
** OpenSocial Spec 1.1
* 10 - 10:30 Break
* 10:30 - 11:30 Building a Social Application (Mark H.)
** What is a gadget
** Application Portability (deploy in multiple Social Networks)
** Application Sharing
* 11:30 - 12:30 Advanced capabilities of OpenSocial apps (Bastian Hofmann, Software Developer VZnet Netzwerke, PMC Member Apache Shindig)
** Data pipelining, Proxied Content and Templates
** OAuth
** Intergadet pub/sub
** Mobile
** OEmbed/Embedding
* 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
* 2:00 - 3:00 What is Apache Shindig? (Nenad Nikolic, Senior Software Engineer and Product Manager, XING AG)
* 3:00 - 4:00 Break
* 4:00 - 5:00 Implementing Shindig 2.0.0 (Okke Harstra, SURFnet, Zilverline)
** Implementing and using Groups, OAuth, OSAPI in Shindig 2
* 5:00 - 5:30 Where are we going: OpenSocial ".Next" (Mark Weitzel, President OpenSocial Foundation, Developer Evangelist Jive Software)
** ActivityStreams, OAuth 2.0, CMIS, Salmon, Pubsubhubub, Web Finger
** Call to action: How to participate in OpenSocial

*Day 2: OpenSocial & Education Agenda*
* 09.00 - 09.15 Registration & Coffee
* 09.15 - 09.30 Welcome educational community - Mark Weitzel - President OpenSocial Foundation
* 09.30 - 10.30 OpenSocial Portals
** OS Student portal - tbd
** "From Portlets to Gadgets: a Hippo perspective" - Arjé Cahn CTO of Hippo, member Apache Software Foundation
* 10.30 - 11.00 Break
* 11.30 - 12.30 OpenSocial in research & education
** Sakai 3.0 - "Academic Networks and OpenSocial" - Ian Boston
** Nature Network - "Nature Network: Nature Publishing Group's experience of working with OpenSocial" - Marta Rolak - Nature Publishing Group
* 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
* 13.30 - 14.30 OpenSocial for R&E collaboration
** Collaboration Infrastructure - Titel tbd - Paul van Dijk & Okke Harsta - SURFnet
** PolarGrid - "Applying Google Gadget and OpenSocial Specifications to Science Gateways and Portals" - Marlon Pierce - Indiana University
* 14.30 - 1500 Break
* 15.00 - 16.00 Workshop sessions - Each workshop session will prepare 3 slides to present during the next session
** The future of OpenSocial Portals
** 'eduSocial' - Extending OpenSocial for eLearning
** OpenSocial and Educational Interop
* 16.00 - 16.45 Workshop presentations.
** Each workshop presents its results and results can be discussed.
* 16.45 - 17.00 Call to action -- How to collaborate on OpenSocial in research and education
* 17.00 Borrel/Drinks

*Directions*

*By public transport*
SURFnet is within easy reach from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. By train it takes about 30 min. From Schiphol Station (below the airport) take an intercity train (every 15 min.) in the direction of Utrecht, Eindhoven or Nijmegen. All will stop in Utrecht Central Station (Utrecht CS)

Taking the central station hall as your starting point, follow the signs Centrum/Hoog Catharijne and walk into the mall, keeping to the left. After about 20 metres you will see the sign Radboudburcht on the left. Walk into the corridor. You will find glass doors at the end of the corridor. Ring the bell for SURFnet to have the reception open the doors for you. Take the elevator to the fourth floor.

* Consult our multimedia directions - [http://www.surfnet.nl/documents/route.htm]
* Map Hoog Catharijne - [http://www.surfnet.nl/SURFnet%20imagebank/imgnew.db@6788.jpg]

*By car*
Currently, a great deal of roads in Utrecht are being worked on. Check www.utrechtbereikbaar.nl for the latest information.

A2:
On the A2 (Amsterdam - Utrecht - Den Bosch) take the exit Utrecht-Oog in Al or Utrecht-Centrum . You are now driving on Vleutenseweg or Graadt van Roggenweg towards the city centre. Follow the signs Centrum/Station. Immediately after passing underneath the railway crossing you enter a roundabout. (You will see a police station straight across.) Exit to the right immediately. Follow the signs Hoog Catharijne .

A28:
On the A28 (Amersfoort) follow the signs Utrecht-Noord. Take the exit Veemarkthallen, turning left taking the underpass. From here, follow the signs Centrum and Hoog Catharijne. Once you are on Weerdsingel, you will enter a round-about. (You will see a police station to your left.) Turn left.

A2 and A28 continued:
After leaving the roundabout, follow the sign Station and keep to the right avoiding the underpass. After the second crossing immediately take the first street on the right, Stationsstraat. Park you car in car park P3, Radboud, which you will find on the left.

Inside the car park you can take either of the two elevators (marked as stairs on the Map Hoog Catharijne) to the shopping level. Leave the elevator and walk towards the Central Station. As you are about to enter Stationstraverse you see an office block, Radboudburcht, signposted on the right. Walk into the corridor. You will find glass doors at the end of the corridor. Ring the bell for SURFnet to have the reception open the doors for you. Take the elevator to the fourth floor.

h3. Hotels

The venue is located in the center of Utrecht. Multiple hotels are within walking range of SURFnet offices. See this map for some of the choices:
<[http://maps.google.com/maps?near=Radboudkwartier+273,+3511+CK+Utrecht,+Netherlands+(Surfnet+B.V.)&amp;geocode=CY3HWkCeNmChFZDXGgMdMwJOACHzt-JJrukwmg&amp;q=hotels&amp;f=l&amp;dq=surfnet+bv+loc:+utrecht+nederland&amp;sll=52.090768,5.112371&amp;sspn=0.006295,0.006295&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=hotels&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=52.090766,5.114179&amp;spn=0.010521,0.042272&amp;z=15&gt];

The hotels in the west are more easy for a quick walk to the venue, the hotels on the east side are in the more scenic old  center of Utrecht.