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

Wed Oct 14 13:34:56 UTC 2015

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 <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/
>
> --
> ---
> Teemu Ropponen
> Toiminnanjohtaja / Executive director
> Open Knowledge Finland ry
> tel: +358 40 5255153
> email: teemu.ropponen at okf.fi
> Skype: teemu.ropponen
> Twitter: @okffi <http://twitter.com/OKFFI>, @openfinland, @troppone
> <http://twitter.com/troppone>
> Open Finland Challenge <http://www.openfinlandchallenge.fi> 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 <http://twitter.com/OKFFI>, @openfinland, @troppone
> <http://twitter.com/troppone>
> Open Finland Challenge <http://www.openfinlandchallenge.fi> is looking
> for the best civic tech - open * -solutions!
>
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