About
Open Source inside the Jungle
Pack your backpack, notebook and ideas to join (and enjoy) this unique conference on open source software for Mobile and Embedded Platforms.
Why Bossa?
Changing paradigms, challenging the status quo and making art out of the ordinary with the most skilled people in the scene. There are lots of things in common between the Open Source knowledge-sharing spirit and the essence of the Brazilian musical style that rose in the late 50s: Bossa Nova.
Those musicians mixed various styles into one original, unique arrangement. We blend individuals' coding wisdom to turn collaboration into innovation. They were moved by complex harmonies. We are eager to defy standard answers. And well, they were music freaks with glasses. We are tech-savvy geeks, and that pretty much covers all the similarities.
Venue
(average temperature is around 27º to 32º C/80 to 90º F)
The conference will be in Manaus - Amazonas, at Tropical Hotel, a nice hotel located in the edges of Rio Negro. Its infrastructure includes a well-equipped convention center (capacity for up to 1.000 people) with congress halls and a lot of meeting rooms, as well as two restaurants.
Manaus is the capital of the State of Amazonas, located in the north of Brazil. The Amazon rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonia), also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon jungle, is a most broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres ), of which five and a half million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations.
Accomodation
The Tropical Hotel is able to house all the participants of the conference, but you can find all kinds of places to stay, for all tastes and "costs".Check it out HERE!
Official Travel Agency
agenda@bossaconference.org
How to get there
If you're coming from Europe, there are daily flights from Lisbon to Recife or Fortaleza (TAP Air Portugal), and take a connection to Manaus. You also can take a flight to São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro from many capitals of Europe, and take a connection to Manaus.
If you're coming from North America, the best option is to take a direct daily flight from Miami to Manaus.
