[euopendata] [psi-workers] Timing of pan-European open data competition

Mon Mar 21 16:17:16 UTC 2011

I must add that we organize a huge digital festival in Paris in June (Futur
en Seine), and that it would be easy for us to foster the launch within the
various events of the festival.

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On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Paul Meller <paul at openforumeurope.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
> Shifting the event back makes logistical sense and would probably result in
> better quality entries, but as Federico pointed out the Commission might not
> like it. We (OFA) are checking with her cabinet and will have an answer by
> Wednesday. Google is OK with running the competition June - September, as
> long as Kroes is there to hand out the prizes.
>
> As you may know OFE (sister of OFA) moved its annual conference from the
> day before the Digital Assembly to September 23rd to avoid a clash. So we
> would have a perfect platform for the awards ceremony. What's more, Kroes
> has now agreed to speak at the re-scheduled  event, so if her staff agree
> she could hand out the prizes there too.
>
> I'll keep you all posted on this.
>
> Regards,
> Paul M
>
>
> On 21 March 2011 16:10, Federico Morando <federico.morando at polito.it>wrote:
>
>> Dear Jonathan,
>>
>> I think this is a question for Thomas, Margot and the EU Commission: of
>> course, in terms of organizing the contest, having some more time would be
>> better, in my opinion, but I think that we have a strong commitment toward
>> having something tangible to present at the Digital Assembly...
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Federico
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/21/2011 01:59 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Several people have now commented to me in person, via email and on
>>> the phone that they think that the competition should be *launched* in
>>> June to coincide with the Digital Assembly, instead of launching in
>>> April and being judged in June.
>>>
>>> At the moment we're still planning to go ahead for an April launch -
>>> but I'm interested to see if anyone else has any strong views on the
>>> timing of the competition. E.g. in terms of busy-ness are our target
>>> audience more likely to be more free between April-June, or (e.g.)
>>> June to September? My only concern is that people may go away
>>> completely over the summer - or may be too busy enjoying the nice
>>> weather to build applications/visualisations.
>>>
>>> What do people think?
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>>
>>
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