That's fantastic Feng, well done! Don't forget to post the news on the Open Knowledge Community Tumblr, too -> http://okfncommunity.tumblr.com/submitastory
-Christian -- Christian Villum International Community Manager skype: christianvillum | @villum <http://www.twitter.com/villum> Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/> * - A World Where Knowledge Creates Power For The Many, Not The Few* http://okfn.org/ | @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Burt Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the update Feng. Please keep me posted on next year's event. I > am interested in attending. > > Aloha, > Burt > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:16 AM, FENG GAO <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear friends: >> >> With the generous funding and tremendous support from the World Bank, Open >> Data China <http://opendatachina.com> and Lab for Digital and Mobile >> Governance, Fudan University successfully held the first ever "Open Data in >> China" Workshop on 21 Oct. This workshop brought government officials from >> 7 different open data initiatives in China, 6 representatives from demand >> side, and 5 international and regional open data experts into together to >> share their experience, challenges, concerns and ideas on open data >> development in China. >> >> We feel really honor that we can have Mrs Amparo Ballivian from the World >> Bank and Mr Joel Gurin from the GovLab, NYU as our keynote speakers. Their >> talks on latest evidence on open data for economic growth and social >> innovation really inspire Chinese Gov audience to understand the concept >> and why they should do it. >> >> We also feel really glad that this time we can have 7 government >> representatives which feature: Shanghai initiative, Beijing Initiative, >> Wuhan Initiative and NanHai District (under the Foshan City, GuangDong >> Province) Initiative . >> >> We'll soon share more about this workshop at workshop.opendatachina.com (in >> Chinese now) and an english Agenda is attached for your connivence now. >> >> But, one highlight and big surprise we'd like to share you now is that >> the open data already becomes the new sightseeing at the bund, Shanghai. >> Why? please have a look at here: >> https://twitter.com/OKFNCN/status/525241834444836864 >> >> We are now starting thinking about next year's workshop and let us know >> if you have interest in coming :) >> >> thanks >> >> Feng >> >> >> >> -- >> Feng GAO <http://about.me/feng_gao> | @okfncnfenggao >> <http://twitter.com/okfncnfenggao> | skype: fenggaosh >> mobile: 86-13764007565 | wechat: fenggaosh >> Ambassador for China, Open Knowledge >> >> Open Data China (开放数据中国） <http://opendatachina.com>| @开放数据中国 >> <http://weibo.com/opendatachina> >> Advocate, Cultivate, and Support Open Data Innovation >> >> Open Knowledge China (开放知识基金会中国) <http://cn.okfn.org> >> Weibo: @开放知识中国 <http://weibo.com/okfncn> |Twitter: @okfncn >> <http://twitter.com/okfncn> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> okfn-local-coord mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-local-coord >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-local-coord >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-local-coord mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-local-coord > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-local-coord > >
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