XOs in the Senate : fighting insurgencies with education

September 11, 2009 at 7:17 pm · Filed under OLPC by sj

Senator John McCain and Nicholas will be speaking at an event next Tuesday on Capitol Hill about Fighting Insurgencies with Laptops : providing infrastructure for countries with ongoing civil disorder with grassroots education systems.

This will be followed by a panel discussion with Pakistan’s US Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Afghanistan’s US ambassador Said Jawad, and Depty Asst Secretary of Defense Dr James Shear, and Chief AP Pentagon Correspondent Anne Gearen, moderated by Foreign Policy Magazine editor Susan Glasser.

revolutionary education

revolutionary education

Where: DSOB G11, Constitution and 1st
When:  3pm – 5pm
Who: Open to the public

3 Comments »

  1. OLPC in the Senate: feedback from today’s event | One Laptop per Child said,

    September 16, 2009 @ 10:33 pm

    [...] Laptop per Child made its public debut on Capitol Hill today with its “Fighting Insurgencies with Laptops” [...]

  2. La « Ceibalita»  pour tous | OLPC France said,

    September 19, 2009 @ 7:47 am

    [...] du projet OLPC, à l’occasion d’une discussion dans les locaux du Sénat américain (Fighting Insurgencies with Laptops) : 2 milliards de dollars/semaine de guerre en Irak et en Afghanistan, contre 1 milliard de [...]

  3. Edward Cherlin said,

    September 24, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

    Is there video of this event?

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