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

Wed May 20 08:21:06 UTC 2009

2009/5/19 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
> I should probably RSVP to Alastair Dunning about this ASAP.
>
> Is anyone keen to go?

This looks outside of my competence, so I'm going to decline the
opportunity. Anyone else interested?

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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