P.S. I plan to catch part of this event as I arrive in Manchester for my 9 day UK visit that afternoon - Steve.
From: Julian Tait <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:49 AM Subject: [DIN] Open : Data : Cooperation To: [email protected] Apologies for any cross-postings. People might find this event of interest. Exploring data rights, representation and mutual data organisations. Kind regards Julian Tait Open : Data : Cooperation Building a data cooperative 20th October 2014, 1pm 5.30pm Manchester UK, Venue TBC An afternoon of scene setting and workshops creating a framework for building data cooperatives. This event is for anyone working in this area and is a must for people who are interested in new forms of cooperative structure, open data, data custodianship and data rights. The event follows on from previous sessions run in Manchester and Berlin. It is open and free to participate. Why create a data cooperative? Our modern, technologised society exists on data. Our everyday interactions leave a trace that is often invisible and unknown to us. The services that we interact with, the daily transactions that we make and the way we negotiate through our everyday generate data, building a picture of who we are and what we do. This data also enables aggregators to predict, personalise and intervene seamlessly and sometimes invisibly. Even for the most technically literate, keeping track of what we do and dont give away is daunting. There is a need to stem the unbridled exploitation of personal data by both public and private organisations, to empower individuals to have more control over the data they create, and for people to have more of a say in the services that are built upon and informed by this data. Data cooperatives may help rebalance the relationship between those that create data and those that seek to exploit it whilst also creating the environment for fair and consensual exchange. A report of the discussion that took in Berlin can be found http://wp.me/p1ZGjp-8B The Eventbrite page is https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-data-cooperation-advanced-booking-tickets-12929633883 Julian Tait Manchester About/contact Julian Tait: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/34FQP3EQ46VNzAeCiPa8q7 View full topic: http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/3BlwqJovwzkISzPuX8MZQO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Post: [email protected] or "Reply-to-All" to comment. Get digest or leave: Put "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in Subject (no quotes) Forum Home: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/inclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Need help? http://e-democracy.org/support Test: http://bit.ly/edemabout Hosting: http://OnlineGroups.Net ᐧ ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/5phCrJZtTsXAn6XH4IjNEP For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
