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

Wed May 20 08:32:03 UTC 2009

On 20 May 2009, at 09:21, Becky Hogge wrote:

> 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?

I'm interested but will be out of action as I'll be traveling back  
from Texas those two days.

~Jordan
>
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://www.okfn.org
>>
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