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

Tue May 19 18:45:28 UTC 2009

I should probably RSVP to Alastair Dunning about this ASAP.

Is anyone keen to go? Apart from Communia and ISHTIP events in
Turin/Milan in June, I will almost certainly still be in Berlin
working on my thesis.

Jonathan

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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
>>
>

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Jonathan Gray

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