Experience
Everything you need to know about the Festival experience.
The location
The Festival will be held at Punta del Este Convention & Exhibition Center in the beautiful town of Punta del Este in Uruguay. Punta del Este is about a two hour drive East of the capital Montevideo.
The address is Avenida Pedragosa Sierra, corner Aparicio Saravia, Punta del Este, Department of Maldonado, Uruguay
Session types
The Festival will have a range of session types covering lots of topics, ensuring valuable learning, sharing and collaboration for everyone. There will also be areas for casual networking and connecting, project showcases and more.
The session types and activities will include:
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Training sessions
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Peer exchanges
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Simulations
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Matchmaking
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Idea labs
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Fishbowls
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Lightning talks
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Interactive panel discussions
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Plenaries
Who are the session organizers?
Here are some of the organizations that will be running sessions at the Festival.
![Restless Development logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-08/RestlessDevelopment_NewLogo.png.webp?itok=4o09o56s)
![Code for Pakistan logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-08/Code%20for%20Pakistan%20logo.png.webp?itok=fNBW_c64)
![UNDP logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-08/UNDP_logo.svg_.png.webp?itok=__q06ccq)
![UNOCHA logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/UNOCHA%20logo.png.webp?itok=IGwqZLL-)
![ODI logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/logo-ODI.png.webp?itok=AMt84RDc)
![cultivando género logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/Cultivando%20Ge%CC%81nero%20logo.png.webp?itok=2L3p4M29)
![UN DESA logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/undesa.jpg.webp?itok=MgOZrpEO)
![UN DESA logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/desa-long-e-black.png.webp?itok=Oz-Pzn6C)
![Fundacion Avina logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/Smaller-logo-page-Avina.jpg.webp?itok=9iyWZrqA)
![Datasketch logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/logo_h.png.webp?itok=gC1Tridb)
![Open Institute logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/Open-Institute-Logo-small-removebg-preview.png.webp?itok=VRfIpVqk)
![The Gov Lab logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/thegovlab-og.png.webp?itok=thxwt2U7)
![DataReady logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/dataready%20logo.png.webp?itok=-TaBLdHn)
![Data4Change logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/JmtByyBl_400x400.png.webp?itok=LAlQ37hI)
![PARIS21](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/PARIS21_logo_OK_long_version.png.webp?itok=ABQGLx60)
![Global Index on Responsible AI](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/gi-rai-og.png.webp?itok=VmMdtE6B)
![IIASA logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-10/IIASA%20logo.png.webp?itok=HHoCs4rW)
![ECLAC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_480/public/2023-11/ECLAC%2075%20years%20tr.png.webp?itok=FSJYO1Bt)