Discussion

Here are some updates/ideas for discussion:

Announced the 3-day Workshop in the OSE Workshops Facebook Page - dates were arbitrarily set at November 24 to 26 - are these okay?
We have one sign up for the three day workshop so far - my friend Charles; I am still working out my own financial structure to participate in the full workshop.
Hoping that between your website and our local network we will generate enough participation for the full 3 day.
May need a few more days to fully confirm the 3-day; even so, all indications are positive.
My secondary and university students have now all been advised of your visit
One student has agreed to design a poster for your talk inspired by the Hong Kong poster
Have a meeting on Monday with a local lawyer interested in all of this
Perhaps "going all in" may mean taking a long term view and planning to invite Catarina to hold a 1 year anniversary lecture.
Still wondering about best way for students to interact with the workshop - as we already have enough 3D printers; an additional $2000 would put us over budget for the filament extruder build; might we generate extruder quick build process at London International Academy? Might we simply have a workshop around the extruder without a guarantee of a 1 day build? Might we instead focus on the precious plastic shredder and to design, CAD and the like? Perhaps we can work this out with a phone call when you return from China.

Notes

One friend, Charles, spontaneously offered his own financial support and support to get corporate sponsorship + a suitable lecture room at the university. He has been interested in OSE since 2011 when I returned from FeF.
Another friend, Johann, of Human Innovation PIE (http://innovationPIE.com) has offered to network in the community and support the organization of the event.
My school has been very supportive - all key members of staff are on board.
Still hoping to connect with our local bank sponsors with details of this event.
Several other friends are at least planning to attend the lecture
My students are very happy with the prospect of your visit as they are already familiar with the vision of the OSE having seen your video and discussed it thereafter.
My son, Haydar, has offered his room for however many days. Your wife, Catarina, is certainly welcome to join you as well.
We will meet you at the airport at whatever time your flight arrives. Food + transportation + accommodation are covered for the entire trip.
In the next few days, I would like to get some firm commitments from some of the above individuals and others in order to expand to the 2-3 day window. Will inform asap.

Day 1

Workshop with LIA students and other students: build Filament Extruder (we already have 4 3D printers)
Public lecture at Western University

Day 2

Day 3