Well, it's nearly overlapping with Software Freedom Day on September 15, and we're going to sneak a little Free Culture among the coders in the NYC edition of that.
Thanks, Richard On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Matthew Senate <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone doing anything states-side in parallel with the festival? > > // Matt > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Fuster, Mayo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello! Here the last update of the Open Knowledge Festival (Sept. 17th – >> 22nd 2012, Helsinki) in case it did not arrive to some people in this list >> and/or to ask please to help to spread it. Cheers! Mayo >> >> OPEN KNOWLEDGE FESTIVAL (September 17th – 22nd, Helsinki) The event of the >> year to build a free and open movement/society http://okfn.org/ >> >> New to OKFestival? We are delighted to invite you to this year’s event in >> Helsinki, Finland – a series of hands-on workshops, talks, hackathons, >> meetings and sprints organised by a wide range of open knowledge communities >> around the globe. OKFestival 2012 combines the themes of our annual Open >> Government Data Camp (OGDCamp) >> (http://okfestival.org/open-government-data-camp/) and Open Knowledge >> Conference (OKCon) (http://okfestival.org/open-knowledge-conference/) into a >> week of action and inspiration organised by the Open Knowledge Foundation, >> the Finnish Institute in London, Aalto Media Factory along with hundreds of >> Guest Programme Planners. With over 400 tickets already reserved by >> participants from more than 40 nations, OKFestival is the one of the world’s >> largest open knowledge events to date – and we want you to join us. >> >> FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING >> >> The 2012 theme of OKFestival is Open Knowledge in Action, looking at the >> value that can be generated by opening up knowledge, the ecosystems of >> organisations that can benefit from this, and the impacts that transparency >> can have in our societies. >> This year’s schedule (http://okfestival.org/schedule/) is diverse, with >> over 13 guest-planned Topic Streams: >> >> * Open Democracy and Citizen Movements >> http://okfestival.org/open-democracy-and-citizen-movements/ >> * Transparency and Accountability >> http://okfestival.org/transparency-and-accountability/ >> * Open Cities http://okfestival.org/opencities/ >> * Open Design, Hardware, Manufacturing and Making >> http://okfestival.org/open-design/ >> * Open Cultural Heritage http://okfestival.org/open-cultural-heritage/ >> * Open Development http://okfestival.org/open-development/ >> * Open Research and Education >> http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/ >> * Open Geodata http://okfestival.org/open-geodata/ >> * Open Source Software http://okfestival.org/open-source-software/ >> * Data Journalism and Data Visualization >> http://okfestival.org/data-journalism-and-visualisation/ >> * Gender and Diversity in Openness >> http://okfestival.org/gender-and-diversity/ >> * Business and Open Data http://okfestival.org/business-and-data/ >> * Open Knowledge and Sustainability >> http://okfestival.org/open-knowledge-and-sustainability/ >> >> Program includes: >> * A series of hackathons and coding jams including a Green Hackathon with >> CESC, a hackathon wherethe cultural heritage stream teams up with open >> science, and an introductory coding jam with RailsGirls Finland. >> * A variety of participatory sessions from hands-on open hardware >> workshops in Finland’s first FABlab to the world’s first Art of Open Data >> Cooking workshop to sessions on the School of Data. >> * A set of in-depth meetings on different topics related to openness, from >> developer meetups about Open Source software with Finland’s OpenMind >> conference, to sessions on the Open Government Partnershipand a new EU >> Citizens’ Initiative, to a live broadcast between innovation hubs in Finland >> and Africa. >> * An increasingly-imminent list of Featured Speakers from the Gapminder >> Foundation‘s Hans Rosling to Member of European Parliament Anneli >> Jäätteenmäki to the World Bank‘s Carlos Rossel to the Free Software >> Foundation‘s Karsten Gerloff to Climate Change Capital‘s James Cameron. >> >> DATES & ACCOMMODATION >> >> OKFestival 2012 runs from Monday 17th to Saturday 22nd of September. 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