[okfn-coord] SXSW and ETech for outreach

paula le dieu paula at ledieu.org
Sun Sep 13 01:21:17 UTC 2009


No more Etech unfortunately. They just announced that they will not be
holding a 2010 conference.
I will be at SXSW with BFI next year but would be available for panels etc
although I am hoping that I will be speaking about open culture anyway.

p

2009/9/12 Jordan S Hatcher <jordan at opencontentlawyer.com>

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been thinking about one of our goals of being more well known in
> the US.  What does everyone think about getting into SXSW interactive?
> Rufus and I were chatting on the phone this morning and I suggested
> this and Rufus immediately also suggested ETech.
>
> What does everyone think?
>
> Both could be a good platform for getting the word out on our projects
> and meeting like minded people.  I'm happy to go, though if someone
> else is better suited I'll help with places to stay and some contacts
> among the Austin scene for SXSW.  Anyone have any thoughts on either
> one of these events?  Despite living in Austin for several years, I
> never submitted or did much with SXSWi so any thoughts or insights
> would be great (on or off list).
>
> I sent some feelers out to people in Austin that I was on the board
> with at EFF-Austin, and so will see what they come back with.
>
> I also pinged Talis on it and I think they submitted something to
> SXSWi and may be up for sponsorship for travel.  On the costs side, I
> think it would be just airfare as the conference registration may be
> free for speakers.
>
> For ETech, I did a search and looked around the O'Reilly site, but it
> looked to me that it might not be happening next year, so it might be
> a no-go anyway.
>
> Jo, you and Rufus did ETech right? Any thoughts on the process?
>
> Any other conference or events in the US we should be targeting?
>
> Thanks
>
> ~Jordan
>
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