[ddj] Tax Avoidance and Evasion Data Expedition

Sat May 25 17:22:53 UTC 2013

I would wish you'd make that a key topic at OKConf in Geneva … but I doubt you'll be able to push that past the corporate agenda of the event…

On 24 May 2013, at 19:07 , Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi All, 
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> The topic of tax avoidance and tax evasion is the topic of the day at the Open Knowledge Foundation. 
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> On 6th of June the School of Data will be running a data expedition (a group-based guided journey - picking some key questions, then seeing whether it is possible to answer them) on the topic of tax evasion to help those reporting on the topic to get a grasp of key concepts and schemes. This will take place online. 
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> Places are limited as this will be quite hands on - please sign up early if you would like to be involved (you must be able to dedicate at least 3-6 hours on 6th June). 
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> More details and signup here: 
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> http://schoolofdata.org/2013/05/24/data-expedition-tax-avoidance-and-evasion/
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> Note: In future, for data expeditions - we will try and kick off data expeditions with "expert introductions", with people who are knowledgable about a particular topic giving a short 15-30 minute introduction via videolink / recording, or even a Q & A. If you know someone we should invite to take the stage on tax evasion or tax avoidance, please let us know! 
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> All the best, 
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> Lucy  
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