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

Thu Oct 15 05:21:51 UTC 2015

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 <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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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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