[Okfn-dk] okfn-dk Digest, Vol 25, Issue 1

Wed Oct 14 18:28:58 UTC 2015

Hi Teemu,

My name is Mattias and I'm active in Open Knowledge Sweden. I'm looking
into the possibility of making more innovative hackathons/hack events
which can scale to nordic level of collaboration as a part of my exam
project at Kaospilot.

If you think this sounds interesting then send me an e-mail!

Best,
Mattias
OK Sweden
http://okfn.se

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>    1. Fwd: Your kind assistance needed - Nordic collaboration
>       through Open Finland Challenge, Ultrahack and Slush (Teemu Ropponen)
>    2. Fwd: Your kind assistance needed - Nordic collaboration
>       through Open Finland Challenge, Ultrahack and Slush (Teemu Ropponen)
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> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:50:39 +0300
> From: Teemu Ropponen <teemu.ropponen at okf.fi>
> To: Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen <niels at buhlrasmussen.eu>, Kim Bach
> 	<kim.bach at gmail.com>, okfn-dk at lists.okfn.org,  Christian Villum
> 	<villum at autofunk.dk>, mmborch at gmail.com, MicTor at erst.dk,
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> Subject: [Okfn-dk] Fwd: Your kind assistance needed - Nordic
> 	collaboration through Open Finland Challenge, Ultrahack and Slush
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> Dear fellow Danes,
>
> There is a great opportunity for you (and in fact all the Nordics) - to
> boost your projects and app ideas - in the Nordics and worldwide!
>
> It was great to talk with you some time ago. As we agreed, it will be great
> if we can get the Nordic collaboration boosted, and one way (soon) to do
> this is the Ultrahack hackathon (part of SlushHacks, in particular, it's
> Smart City - Civic Tech track) and the Open Finland Challenge we are
> running right now - which is also  collaborating with Ultrahack.
>
> We have not heard of any of the teams signing up for Ultrahack yet, so I
> would kindly ask if you can help in some of all of the below. I am also
> appending a brief that may be useful and would be more than willing to
> organize a call on this, if needed.
>
> 1. Could you send note to all awarded teams and encourage them to sign up
> for Ultrahack (Nov 6-8) - the huge 500+ -person hackathon in Helsinki at
> https://os.ultrahack.org/register/ - they award travel stipends too!
>
> 2. Could you kindly encourage the teams to sign up for Open Finland
> Challenge (open data /smart city / civic tech -competition) - we highly
> encourage Nordic projects, too! Deadline Nov 9.
> http://www.openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/ - Ultrahack can be a "finalization
> camp" for that
>
> 3. There is an Ultrahack event next Monday in Copenhagen - it would be
> great to have open data people attend? I will be hosting another event, but
> my colleague Joonas will be online to discuss about the Smart City - Civic
> Tech track.
>
> https://ultrahack.org/events/ultrahack-x-copenhagen/
>
> There are lots of prizes to be won, business opportunities - and free
> access to Slush, the largest ICT event in Europe!
>
> With kind regards,
> Teemu
>
> Open Finland Challenge - what it?s is all about - time to participate
>
> Open Finland Challenge <http://www.openfinlandchallenge.fi/> (previously
> known as Apps4Finland) is arranged now for the 7th consecutive year and is
> possibly the largest ?digital openness innovation contest? in the Nordic
> region. Open Finland Challenge looks for the best applications, services,
> concepts and ideas, which support active citizenship, improve services or
> enable more open and efficient government. Competition entries should make
> use of open data, open APIs, open source, open licenses, or otherwise
> enhance openness. Open Finland Challenge is open to individuals, teams,
> collectives, researchers, startups and companies ? regardless of
> background.
>
> If your entry is complete ? submit it now
> <http://openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/participate/> at -
> http://openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/participate/
>
> Otherwise - submit your entry by November 9.
>
> Over 50 000 euros worth of prizes are awarded in the national competition
> and the regional sub-competitions. The awards gala on December 3 is also a
> great window to showcase some the best works done.
>
> Read more
> <http://openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/2015/10/13/submit-your-open-finland-challenge-entry-by-november-9-this-is-how-it-works/>
> at
> http://openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/2015/10/13/submit-your-open-finland-challenge-entry-by-november-9-this-is-how-it-works/
>
> Open Finland on social media:
>
> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/openfinlandchallenge> -
> https://www.facebook.com/openfinlandchallenge
>
> Twitter <https://twitter.com/openfinland> - https://twitter.com/openfinland
> Join the largest hackathon in Europe and code a better Finland
>
> The largest hackathon in Europe, the 48-hour Ultrahack, is being organized
> November 6-8 at the old Konepaja Bruno in Vallila, Helsinki. During the
> weekend, over 500 people from Finland and abroad are gathering together for
> 48 hours to develop and work together, as a warmup to Slush. As a part of
> this, 20 teams will be selected to develop new services in the ?Smart City
> ? Civic Tech <https://ultrahack.org/challenges/smart-city-civic-tech/>? (
> https://ultrahack.org/challenges/smart-city-civic-tech/)  -track, which
> promotes digital openness in general. Open Knowledge Finland, Open Finland
> Challenge and the City of Helsinki are hosting the track, in collaboration
> with Teosto, YLE, Suomi24, THL and Forum Virium Helsinki.
>
> Ultrahack features a 20 000 euro main prize, and the  Smart City - Civic
> Tech <https://ultrahack.org/challenges/smart-city-civic-tech/> -track (
> https://ultrahack.org/challenges/smart-city-civic-tech/) in itself has over
> 5 000 euros of prizes. All participants also get a free ticker to Slush
> (worth some 300 euros) and the teams automatically participate in Open
> Finland Challenge, too! So, many opportunities.
>
> Register now at https://os.ultrahack.org/register/ or latest by Oct 30,
> 2015 - teams are accepted into the hackathon weekly, so sign up fast to
> make sure you are accepted on time. Travel stipends are also awarded weekly
> to teams in Finland or abroad.
>
> Read more
> <http://openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/2015/10/08/join-the-largest-hackathon-in-europe-and-develop-your-smart-city-civic-tech-application/>
> at
> http://openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/2015/10/08/join-the-largest-hackathon-in-europe-and-develop-your-smart-city-civic-tech-application/
>