Campus Party, São Paulo

Brazil’s place in the web world is undisputed! Despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of its population does not have access to the internet, Brazil beats all other countries in terms of hours spent online. And maybe that’s why Campus Party came to Brazil after a few turns in Spain.

The event happened in São Paulo on the week of February 11th and convened professionals from different areas (astronomy, robotics, open source software, gaming, simulation, computer modeling, music and blogs) to discuss technology, content and entertainment. Participants camped out at the site’s location, where alcoholic beverages and drugs were explicitly prohibited. There were over 360 lectures offered, workshops and debates over the course of one week.

Brazil has hosted what some call the biggest network electronic entertainment event in the world shows how the country is bound to become an incubator of tech projects, as seen by the Center of Advanced Systems in Recife, in the Northeastern state of Pernambuco. Moral of the story: Brazil is consolidating its position as a new global technological pole.

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