[euopendata] Fwd: Dutch Semantic Web Meetup on Open Government Data

Sat Jan 23 08:43:51 UTC 2010

Hi all,

yes, and they've contacted me and James to do a key-note presentation on
Open Data.

best,
Ton
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Indeed - I've contacted them, and they are now joining our calls! ;-)
>
> J.
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Daniel Dietrich
> <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I guess some of you have seen this already. For the others: FYI
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >> Resent-From: public-egov-ig at w3.org
> >> From: Rinke Hoekstra <hoekstra at uva.nl>
> >> Date: 22. Januar 2010 14:40:04 MEZ
> >> To: eGov IG <public-egov-ig at w3.org>
> >> Subject: Dutch Semantic Web Meetup on Open Government Data
> >>
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> If you are in the neighbourhood, the Dutch Semantic Web Meetup
> (announced below) might be an interesting event. Given yesterday's launch of
> data.gov.uk, the topic of this meetup will be "Linking Open Dutch Data".
> The venue will be the campus of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. See below
> for details.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Rinke Hoekstra
> >>
> >> -----
> >> Dutch Semantic Web Meetup
> >> February 12, 2009 (13h00 - 17h00)
> >> Topic: Linking Open Dutch Data
> >>
> >> Given the announcement [1] and subsequent discussion[2] of the UK
> >> government's exposure of thousands of data sets as Linked Data[3], we
> >> thought it would be a great time for our community to discuss how we can
> >> encourage and foster the exposure of Dutch data sets (government,
> public,
> >> educational). Therefore, the topic for the next Semantic Web Meetup is
> >> Linking Open Dutch Data.
> >>
> >> The schedule for the meetup is as follows:
> >>
> >> Schedule :
> >> 13h00-14h00 Keynote (TBA)
> >> 14h00-14h30 Lightning talks (one slide and 2 minutes per talk)
> >> 14h30-16h00 Breakouts - split in hands-on/discussion groups.
> >> 16h00-16h15 Presentations on the results of the breakout groups
> >> 16h15-17h00 Group wide discussion
> >> 17h00-.......... Drinks
> >>
> >> We are also looking for presenters for lightening talks. If you'd like
> to
> >> give a lightening talk about what you do, send us a title and brief
> >> description. We'll select a nice set and let you know.
> >>
> >> For the breakouts, we will have two groups. One group will focus on
> >> discussing how what we can do to encourage and promote the exposure of
> >> Dutch Data as Linked Data. The second group will focus on working
> together
> >> to quickly expose some data sets as Linked Data.
> >>
> >> Please register by sending an email to cgueret at few.vu.nl with your
> >> firstname/lastname and affiliation. The page for the meetup is at:
> >> http://esw.w3.org/topic/DutchSemanticWebMeetups
> >>
> >> This should be an exciting community event and we encourage all to
> attend.
> >> Please register as soon as possible.
> >>
> >> Thanks and we hope to see you February 12th.
> >> Paul Groth and Christope Gueret
> >>
> >>
> >> [1]
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/21/timbernerslee-government-data
> >> [2]
> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/uk_launches_open_data_site_puts_datagov_to_shame.php
> >> [3] http://data.gov.uk/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Dr Rinke Hoekstra
> >>
> >> AI Department         |   Leibniz Center for Law
> >> Faculty of Sciences   |   Faculty of Law
> >> Vrije Universiteit    |   Universiteit van Amsterdam
> >> De Boelelaan 1081a    |   Kloveniersburgwal 48
> >> 1081 HV Amsterdam     |   1012 CX  Amsterdam
> >> +31-(0)20-5987752     |   +31-(0)20-5253497
> >> hoekstra at few.vu.nl    |   hoekstra at uva.nl
> >>
> >> Homepage: http://www.few.vu.nl/~hoekstra<http://www.few.vu.nl/%7Ehoekstra>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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