[Okfn-dk] Your kind assistance needed - Nordic collaboration through Open Finland Challenge, Ultrahack and Slush

Thu Oct 15 06:37:02 UTC 2015

Thanks for sharing, Christian and Teemu.

Denmark and Finland are quite strongly linked also through the Open & Agile Smart Cities initiative <oascities.org> -- 6Aika in Finland and Open Data DK/5-pack in Denmark + 10 more countries. Forum Virium Helsinki, a core link in this, is also partner of UltraHack and co-organiser of Open Finland Challenge (used to be Apps4Finland, which they produced for years).

Let's explore further. :)

Cheers,
Martin

> On 15/10/2015, at 07.21, Teemu Ropponen <teemu.ropponen at okf.fi> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Christian - we highly appreciate your timely help!
> 
> I really hope that we get more Nordic teams to join the 48h Ultrahack and Open Finland Challenge - and of course that we collaborate a whole lot more in various ways. 
> 
> Right now, one interesting topic of work (and perhaps collaboration) would of course be the refugee crisis - as much activism has spawned on this topic, great projects on data viz//situation analysis, logistics of help, etc. woud be more than welcome.
> 
> One more event that might be of use: just posted and extra webinar on this for next week - if you'd like to hear more, you are very welcome to join  http://www.meetup.com/Open-Finland-Challenge-Meetup-Helsinki/events/226023658/
> 
> In all cases - please do contact me (email, or @troppone/@openFinland) in case of questions. 
> 
> Have a great day, al!
> 
> With kind regards,
> Teemu
> 
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk> wrote:
> Hi Teemu,
> 
> Great initiative! We've now pushed it out on our FB-page and Twitter account - and I've tweeted it from my personal account as well.
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/OpenKnowledgeDK/posts/905823059453240
> https://twitter.com/okfnDK/status/654243167923908608
> https://twitter.com/villum/status/654243167936475138
> 
> Will also spread the word verbally - and hope everyone else will do so too.
> 
> Cheers from Denmark,
> 
> -Christian
> 
> On 14 October 2015 at 12:50, Teemu Ropponen <teemu.ropponen at okf.fi> wrote:
> 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 (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 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 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 
> Twitter - 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/)  -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 -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 at http://openfinlandchallenge.fi/en/2015/10/08/join-the-largest-hackathon-in-europe-and-develop-your-smart-city-civic-tech-application/ 
> 
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> ---
> Teemu Ropponen
> Toiminnanjohtaja / Executive director
> Open Knowledge Finland ry
> tel: +358 40 5255153
> email: teemu.ropponen at okf.fi
> Skype: teemu.ropponen
> Twitter: @okffi, @openfinland, @troppone
> Open Finland Challenge is looking for the best civic tech - open * -solutions!
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ---
> Teemu Ropponen
> Toiminnanjohtaja / Executive director
> Open Knowledge Finland ry
> tel: +358 40 5255153
> email: teemu.ropponen at okf.fi
> Skype: teemu.ropponen
> Twitter: @okffi, @openfinland, @troppone
> Open Finland Challenge is looking for the best civic tech - open * -solutions!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ---
> Teemu Ropponen
> Toiminnanjohtaja / Executive director
> Open Knowledge Finland ry
> tel: +358 40 5255153
> email: teemu.ropponen at okf.fi
> Skype: teemu.ropponen
> Twitter: @okffi, @openfinland, @troppone
> Open Finland Challenge is looking for the best civic tech - open * -solutions!

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