[epsi-coord] Weekly report :)

Mon Apr 11 17:26:18 BST 2011

Thanks Ton! :-)

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Jonathan,
>
> This is the full text of the invitation for the event, including list of
> confirmed participants:
>
> Dear all
>
> Please join us for the Data Harvest Festival in May in Brussels – from 5th
> to 8th of May.
>
>
>
> This time we combine five different groups:
>
> Hack/Hackers
>
> Farmsubsidy.org
>
> Fishsubsidy.org
>
> Specialist in Data Driven Journalism in Europe, normally regarding
> themselves as CAR-journalists
>
> Wobbing.eu (FOI-specialists)
>
>
>
> Look at the draft program – below in this mail, and please confirm that you
> can join and do the suggested presentation/workshop, where I have included
> your name.
>
> We hope you can get travel/accommodation covered by your company – else we
> will try to solve it.
>
> Please also look at the list of participants – below program. If you think
> others should join, please contact them and me to get them on the list. Be
> aware we have limited room for participants and we can’t make an open
> invitation.
>
> Please write to Ides Debruyne ides.debruyne at fondspascaldecroos.org to
> confirm your participation and also if you have any request. Or write to me
> with request to the program or for proposing more participants.
>
> Looking forward to see you.
>
> Best
>
> Brigitte Alfter and Nils Mulvad
>
>
>
> *Program*
>
> Thursday 5th May – starting at 11 am:
>
>
>
> 11-12:
>
> Access to European farm data. Status and Strategy after closing down EU
> Farm Subsidy Data. Discussion: Setting up the principles for fighting for
> the data in closed countries. Speakers Jack Thurston and Brigitte Alfter.
>
> Workshop after this session dividing the tasks to be done this time in
> Brussels.
>
>
>
> 12.15-13.15:
>
> Analysing Farm Subsidy data. We have data from Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and
> Czech Republic now – we hope to get more before this meeting. Presentation
> of data by Nils Mulvad. Planning the analysis to be done in Brussels.
> Dividing tasks. Journalists can present wishes and get help to the analysis.
>
>
>
>
>
> 13.15-14.15: Lunch
>
>
>
> 14.15-15.15:
>
> Finding and analysing European data. What is there to get right now besides
> fish and farm subsidy. Overview of sources and what they can be used for in
> stories. Presentation of data by Simon Rogers, Guardian and Nils Mulvad.
> Planning the analysis to be done in Brussels. Dividing tasks. Journalists
> can present wishes and get help to the analysis.
>
>
>
> Google Fusion. How to use Google Fusion for simple and advanced
> presentation. Hands-on training. Part 1: Getting the data into Fusion. Tommy
> Kaas, Kaas & Mulvad
>
>
>
> 15.30-16.30:
>
> The Fish - they are gone. Looking into Fish subsidy data. How to analyse
> and present them. A workshop will help journalists looking into data on
> their own country. Presentation of data by Nils Mulvad. Together we plan
> the analysis to be done in Brussels.
>
>
>
> Google Fusion. How to use Google Fusion for simple and advanced
> presentation. Hands-on training. Part 2: Using maps. Tommy Kaas, Kaas &
> Mulvad
>
>
>
> 16.45-17.45:
>
> Workshop on data-analysis. Help by Sebastian Mondial and Nils Mulvad.
>
>
>
> Workshop on writing applications for farm subsidy data. Help by Brigitte
> Alfter and Jack Thurston.
>
>
>
> Google Fusion. How to use Google Fusion for simple and advanced
> presentation. Hands-on training. Part 3: Merge, aggregate – using timelines,
> storylines and other visualisation. Simon Rogers, Guardian, and Tommy Kaas,
> Kaas & Mulvad
>
>
>
> 19.30
>
> Dinner
>
>
>
> Friday 6th May – starting at 9 am:
>
>
>
> 9-10:
>
> Presenting data on the web. Experiences and strategies in making
> interactive graphics. Speakers Simon Rogers, Guardian, John Bones, VG, and
> Tommy Kaas, Kaas & Mulvad. Participants can announce to do a presentation
> on 5 minutes. We might repeat this if we have many responses. Or combine
> more to Structural Funds.
>
>
>
> Open Data. Status and strategy for using PSI-directive to get data for the
> European public. Lessons to learn from country to country. Sharing tactics.
> Prepare a short presentation. Moderators Wilhelm Mecklenburg and Staffan
> Dahllöf.
>
>
>
>
>
> 10.30 – 11.30
>
> Privacy becoming a big issue. Besides the ECJ-ruling on farm subsidies we
> have Bavarian Lager and the Lisbon treaty. Discussion on what to expect and
> how to react now. Moderator: Staffan Dahllöf
>
>
>
> Google Fusion. How to use Google Fusion for simple and advanced
> presentation. Hands-on training. Part 2: Using maps. Tommy Kaas, Kaas &
> Mulvad
>
>
>
> Workshop on writing applications for farm subsidy data.
>
>
>
> 12 – 13
>
>
>
> Lost and won in the latest year in wobbing. Status of the current countries
> on getting data and documents. Moderator: Staffan Dahllöf. Prepare a short
> presentation for this in your country. Discussion on main trends. What to be
> aware of.
>
>
>
> Workshop on data-analysis.
>
>
>
> Workshop on writing applications for farm subsidy data.
>
>
>
> 13-14 Lunch
>
>
>
> 14-15:
>
> Press meeting on the result of analysing farm subsidies and fish subsidies.
> And on judging the countries openness. Speakers Jack, Brigitte and Nils.
>
>
>
> Continue discussion on lost and won in the latest year in wobbing.
> Discussion on main trends. What to be aware of. Moderator:  Staffan Dahllöf
>
>
>
> 15.30-16.30:
>
> Wobbing by subject: European Medicines Agency, contracts, fine dust
> lobbying, security and others. This workshop covers:
>
> a.       Who do what?
>
> b.      Teaming up and sharing tactics.
>
> Moderator: Staffan Dahllöf
>
>
>
> European Structural Funds. How to get data, analyse and present it. Cynthia
> O’Murchu, Financial Times and AnnemarieCumiskey, freelance.
>
>
>
> 16-17:
>
> Google Fusion. How to use Google Fusion for simple and advanced
> presentation. Hands-on training. Part 3: Merge, aggregate – using timelines,
> storylines and other visualisation. Simon Rogers, Guardian, and Tommy Kaas,
> Kaas & Mulvad
>
>
>
> Planning meeting for fish subsidy project – how to continue. Moderator Jack
> Thurston.
>
>
>
> 16.30 – 17.30:
>
> Continue workshop on wobbing by subject
>
>
>
> 17-18:
>
> Planning meeting for farm subsidy project – how to continue. Moderator
> Brigitte Alfter.
>
>
>
> 19.30:
>
> Dinner
>
>
>
> Saturday 7th May – starting at 9 am:
>
>
>
> 9-10:
>
> Wobbing sum-up organizing: What should Euro-wobbers 2012 focus on?
> Activities in the meantime? Who does what.  Moderator Staffan Dahllöf.
>
>
>
> 10.30-11.30:
>
> New strategies for CAR-people. Working together journalists and
> programmers. Experiences. Paul Radu, Smari McCarthy of Icelandic Media and
> Stefan Marsiske of Hackers Space.
>
>
>
> 12.00-13.00:
>
> Textmining. Status, methods  and projects on Wikileaks and other stuff.
> Speakers: Helena Bengtsson, Alf Endre Magnusson and John Bones.
>
>
>
> 13-14 Lunch
>
>
>
> 14-15:
>
> Screen scrapers. How to extract data from websites. Examples, methods and
> strategies. Scraper Wiki, Kapow, Python. Speakers: Richard Pope, Nils
> Mulvad
>
>
>
> 15.30 -16.30:
>
> Crowdsourcing in investigative journalism on the web. Heather Brook and
> others.
>
>
>
> 17-18:
>
> Forming the European network on Data Driven Journalism
>
>
>
> 19.30 Dinner
>
>
>
> List of participants:
>
>
>
> name
>
> first name
>
> country
>
>
>
>
>
> Teugels
>
> Marleen
>
> Belgium
>
> freelance
>
>
>
> Dumortier
>
> Nils
>
> Belgium
>
> freelance
>
>
>
> Cochez
>
> Tom
>
> Belgium
>
> Apache.be
>
>
>
> van den Eynde
>
> Wim
>
> Belgium
>
> VRT
>
>
>
> Franssens
>
> Jeroen
>
> Belgium
>
> VRT
>
>
>
> Callewaert
>
> Christophe
>
> Belgium
>
> De Wereld Morgen
>
>
>
> Debruyne
>
> Ides
>
> Belgium
>
> Fonds Pascal Decroos
>
>
>
> Platteau
>
> Karel
>
> Belgium
>
> Fonds Pascal Decroos
>
>
>
> Kashumov
>
> Alexander
>
> Bulgaria
>
> Access to Information Programme
>
>
>
> Terzyiski
>
> Kyril
>
> Bulgaria
>
> Access to Information Programme
>
>
>
> Vaglenov
>
> Stanimir
>
> Bulgaria
>
> 24 Casa
>
>
>
> Mulvad
>
> Nils
>
> Denmark
>
> Kaas & Mulvad
>
>
>
> Alfter
>
> Brigitte
>
> Denmark
>
> Wobbing.eu
>
>
>
> Birkedal
>
> Katrine
>
> Denmark
>
> Ugebrevet A4
>
>
>
> Pedersen
>
> Anders
>
> Denmark
>
> freelance
>
>
>
> Kaas
>
> Tommy
>
> Denmark
>
> Kaas & Mulvad
>
>
>
> Bo
>
> Elkjær
>
> Denmark
>
> Ekstra Bladet
>
>
>
> Vahter
>
> Tarmo
>
> Estonia
>
> Ekspress
>
>
>
> Järv
>
> Margus
>
> Estonia
>
> Ekspress
>
>
>
> Ruokangas
>
> Hanna
>
> Finland
>
> TV3
>
>
>
> Sipoloa
>
> Simo
>
> Finland
>
> YLE
>
>
>
> Rappe
>
> Axel
>
> Finland
>
> YLE
>
>
>
> Boulanger
>
> Pierre
>
> France
>
> freelance
>
>
>
> Mecklenburg
>
> Wilhelm
>
> Germany
>
> lawyer
>
>
>
> Mondial
>
> Sebastian
>
> Germany
>
> Spiegel
>
>
>
> Funk
>
> Matthias
>
> Germany
>
> freelance
>
>
>
> McCarthy
>
> Smari
>
> Iceland
>
> Icelandic Media
>
>
>
> Snorrason
>
> Herbert
>
> Iceland
>
> Open Leaks
>
>
>
> Sheridan
>
> Gavin
>
> Ireland
>
> StoryFul
>
>
>
> de Winter
>
> Brenno
>
> Netherlands
>
> Bigwobber.nl
>
>
>
> Slaghuis
>
> Lex
>
> Netherlands
>
> Hackdeoverheid
>
>
>
> Cugun
>
> Alper
>
> Netherlands
>
> Hackdeoverheid
>
>
>
> Johansen
>
> Per Anders
>
> Norway
>
> Aftenposten
>
>
>
> Bones
>
> John
>
> Norway
>
> VG
>
>
>
> Endre
>
> Alf
>
> Norway
>
> Aftenposten
>
>
>
> Furuly
>
> Jan Gunnar
>
> Norway
>
> Aftenposten
>
>
>
> Radu
>
> Paul
>
> Romania
>
> Investigative Dashboard
>
>
>
> Bengtsson
>
> Helena
>
> Sweden
>
> SVT
>
>
>
> Thurston
>
> Jack
>
> United Kingdom
>
> Farmsubsidy.org
>
>
>
> Rosenbaum
>
> Martin
>
> United Kingdom
>
> BBC
>
>
>
> Evans
>
> Rob
>
> United Kingdom
>
> Guardian
>
>
>
> Brooke
>
> Heather
>
> United Kingdom
>
> freelance
>
>
>
> Cumiskey
>
> Annamarie
>
> United Kingdom
>
> freelance
>
>
>
> Roe
>
> Sym
>
> United Kingdom
>
> Farmsubsidy.org
>
>
>
> Pope
>
> Richard
>
> United Kingdom
>
> Farmsubsidy.org
>
>
>
> Rogers
>
> Simon
>
> United Kingdom
>
> Guardian
>
>
>
> Bradshaw
>
> Paul
>
> United Kingdom
>
> Helpmeinvestigate.com
>
>
>
> O'Myrthu
>
> Cynthia
>
> United Kingdom
>
> Financial Times
>
>
>
> Marsiske
>
> Stefan
>
>
>
> Hackers Space
>
>
>
> Eva
>
> Vajda
>
> Hungary
>
> freelance
>
> Minna
>
> Knus-Galan
>
> Finland
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Interdependent Thoughts
> Ton Zijlstra
>
> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
> +31-6-34489360
>
> http://zylstra.org/blog
> -------------------------------------------
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the update Ton!
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > 1) Brigitte Alfter, Nils Mulvad are data journalists.  They are
>> organizing a
>> > data journalists meet-up in Brussels in May. I will attend. Juan has
>> ok'd
>> > spending a some seed money on this, so this is the first of our 8 events
>> we
>> > help with some funding. Juan also indicated he might like to attend
>> there
>> > himself.
>>
>> Any more information about this item? E.g. dates? Should I contact
>> Brigitte/Nils directly re: synergies with other data journalism
>> activities/groups?
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://blog.okfn.org
>>
>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>> http://identi.ca/jwyg
>>
>
>

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://blog.okfn.org

http://twitter.com/jwyg
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