The first edukalibre project meeting took place in Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Madrid (Spain) from 30th October to 31th October, 2003.

Location:

The meeting took place in the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos , Móstoles, Madrid (Spain), in the office n. 104 on the second floor of"Departamental II" building.

In that picture you can see a map of the university, and the way to reach the building in which the meeting took place from the "Universidad Rey Juan Carlos" metro station.

Meeting schedule:

2003.10.30

15:00 Welcome and quick presentation of participants

15:15 General disussions about the schedule and organization of the kick-off meeting. Presentation by Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona. General discussion

15:30 High level presentation of the project, and general discussion about it. Presentation by Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona. General discussion. Specific discussion on licensing issues

16:00 Budgetary issues. Presentation by Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona. General discussion

17:00 Coffee break

17:30 Software development issues. Presentation by Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona and Jaime Villate. General discussion

18:30 Infrastructure for the project (web site, etc.)

19:00 End of session (allow for a delay of 30-60 min. in case discussions on the issues last for more than the allocated time)

21:00 Dinner at Restaurante El Bocaito, c/ Libertad, 8 (Madrid)

2003.10.31

9:30 Presentation of the partners. Presentation by project leaders of all groups (15 min. each). [The presentation should include information about the group and its expected contribution to the project]. General discussion

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Pedagogical issues. Presentation by Vania Dimitrova. General discussion

12:15 Scheduling of the first six months of the project. Presentation by Jesus Gonzalez-Barahona. General discussion (including dates and prospective places for meetings)

13:00 End of session (allow for a delay of 30-60 min. in case discussions on the issues last for more than the allocated time)

13:30 Lunch at URJC Cafeteria

Documentation:

Here you can find useful documents which we will use during the meeting:

• Project description
• Budget detailed as in the proposal
• Budget summary as in the proposal
• Commission aproved budget
• Commission final approval letter
• Survival Kit for European Project Management

Some presentations for the meeting:

• Presentation of the URJC
• Presentation of the IIP-DFIU
• Presentation of the Leeds team
• Pedagogical issues (Vania Dimitrova)
• Software development (Jesus M Gonzalez Barahona)

Hotels in Madrid:

We have located some hotels in two areas of Madrid center, which have agood transport connection to the university where the meeting will take place. The hotels are:

• Gran Vía area:
  • Tryp Menfis * * * * Gran Vía Street, 74. Tfno: 0034 91 5470900
  • Hotel Senorial * * * Leganitos street, 41. Tfno: 0034 91 5427870
• Atocha area:
  • Tryp Atocha * * * * Atocha street, 83. Tfno: 0034 91 3300500
  • Rafael Atocha * * * * Mendez Alvaro street, 30. Tfno: 0034 91 4688100

A map of Madrid and the two areas can be seen here . Here can be seen the position of Madrid in relation to the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

Transport connections

From airport to hotels

From airport to Atocha area

You have to take line 8(pink) of Metro from "Aeropuerto" station to "Nuevos Ministerios". Then you have to take line C-1, C-2, C-7a or C10 of train from "Nuevos Ministerios" to "Atocha". The hotels are near Atocha station.

From airport to Gran Vía area

You have to take line 8 (pink) of Metro from "Aeropuerto" station to "Nuevos Ministerios". Then you switch to line 10 (dark blue) from "Nuevos Ministerios" to "Plaza España" station. The hotels are near the station.

From hotels to the University

From Gran Vía area to the University

To reach the "Campus de Móstoles" from Gran Vía, you have to take line 10 (dark blue) of Metro (underground) from "Plaza España" stationto "Puerta del Sur" station. Here you switch to line 12 (light brown,also known as MetroSur) until "Universidad Rey Juan Carlos" station. [It takes about 35-40 minutes]

From Atocha area to the University

To reach the "Campus of Móstoles" from Atocha, you have to take C-5local train line (Cercanías) of RENFE. Go direction "Mostoles-ElSoto", but you have to swich line at "Mostoles Central" station (lastbut one) to line 12 (light brown, also known as MetroSur) of Metro and go right to the "Universidad Rey Juan Carlos" station (only one stationbetween them). [It takes about 40-45 minutes]

Links:

• A survival kit for European Project Management
• Socrates, Leonardo & Young TAO
• Agencia Nacional Socrates (spanish)