[okfn-coord] JISC Content Conference - June 30, July 1

Thu Apr 23 10:24:55 UTC 2009

Someone should definitely go to this and it will probably be pretty
interesting. If necessary I think we could fund travel (it is in
Gloucestershire) out of OKFN funds.

Any volunteers?

Rufus

PS: a bid entitled CKAN+ just went in on Wednesday to JISC for their
rapid innovation call. It isn't from OKF (JISC only accepts stuff from
higher ed institutions) but it was put together by myself + Peter
Murray-Rust (on our AB) + Cameron Neylon (on WG on Science) + an
enthusiastic and highly efficient student from Cambridge.

2009/4/22 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
> Just received this from Alastair Dunning at JISC - who has invited
> someone to talk about OKF.
>
> (Looks like there's a clash with this and the Communia Workshop in
> Turin which is on 28-30th June. I was planning to go to Turin for
> session on pd-calculators.)
>
> J.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alastair Dunning <a.dunning at jisc.ac.uk>
> Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:46 PM
> Subject: JISC Content Conference - June 30, July 1
> To: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>
>
>
> Dear Jonathan,
>
> I am getting in touch to see if you would be interested in giving a
> presentation on this issue at the JISC Content Conference on June 30 /
> July 1? The conference is being organised in the context of the
> completion of the JISC Digitisation Programme
> (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/digitisation)
>
> It's part of a broader session I'm putting together on opening up data
> and content for re-use. What I hope you could speak about is the OKFN,
> and some of the particular projects it is engaged in. The audience is
> likely to be quite knowledgeable about the field. However, there still
> need to be some solid case studies of the advantages of setting content
> free, and what can happen when other users can get hold of your data and
> start exploiting it.
> However, if you want to take a presentation in a different direction
> then that's okay
>
> Let me know if you are available and keen to speak. The presentation
> would be around 20/5 mins with 5 minutes for questions. We can't offer
> travel expenses but we can offer you accommodation and attendance at the
> conference hotel.
>
> Further details about the conference are at
> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2009/06/digitalcontent.aspx
>
> Many thanks
>
> Alastair
>
> Alastair Dunning
> JISC Digitisation Programme Manager
> t: 0203 006 6065
>
> JISC Office (1st Floor)
> Brettenham House (South Entrance)
> 5 Lancaster Place
> London WC2E 7EN
>
> http://digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://www.okfn.org
>