[open-development] Invitation to Open Knowledge Conference participants to 'Get Real' about open data

Wed Aug 21 13:45:32 UTC 2013

Hi all,

Will be at OKCon too, and planning to stay Thursday -- certainly with
two interesting events to choose between... hard choice.

--Rolf.

On 20/08/13 15:35, Victor de Boer @ VU wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I am visiting OKCon. In fact, we are organising the Downscale 2013
> workshop at exactly the same timeslot on the 19th
> (http://worldwidesemanticweb.org/events/downscale2013/).  This workshop
> is concerned with linked open data and semantic technology for
> development, so it is unfortunate that these two sessions overlap. 
> 
> Hope to see you all at the main conference though!
> 
> best,
> --Victor
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Claudia Schwegmann
> <claudia.schwegmann at openaid.de <mailto:claudia.schwegmann at openaid.de>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all
>     Great initiative Sarah... !Untortunately I will only stay for the
>     OKCON itself - until Wednesday. This may be true for others as well? 
> 
>     Cheers
>     Claudia
> 
> 
>     Claudia Schwegmann
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>     2013/8/20 Tim Davies <tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk
>     <mailto:tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk>>
> 
>         Hello Sarah,
> 
>         This looks like a great session to hold.
> 
>         I've added a quick note to the pad. Unfortunately I'm not going
>         to make it to OKCon, but it would be great to hear from the list
>         who else will be there... 
> 
>         All the best
> 
>         Tim
> 
> 
>         On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Johns, Sarah
>         <Sarah.Johns at plan-international.org
>         <mailto:Sarah.Johns at plan-international.org>> wrote:
> 
>             Hi folks, we’d like to invite all OK Conference participants
>             to an exclusive Open Development event on Thursday 19
>             September. ____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             *Getting Real: Evidence and Ethics for open data initiatives
>             in development contexts
>             *http://okfnpad.org/opendevwg-okcon13____
> 
>             *Open Knowledge Conference, Geneva *____
> 
>             *Thursday 19 September, 12:00 - 17:00 @ Universite de
>             Geneve, Uni Mail campus, Room M 1160*____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             A participatory workshop to bring together the core streams
>             of this year's Open Knowledge Conference.____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             The themes for this workshop are:  ____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             *         Exploring theory of change concepts and evidencing
>             impact of open initiatives, including open data and open
>             government, on community-led development and aid programmes.____
> 
>             *         Ethical considerations of open initiatives in
>             development contexts____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             The workshop will bring together open government, open data,
>             transparency/accountability and open development specialists
>             to discuss and debate the effectiveness and ethics of open
>             initiatives. It's a space for us all to share our
>             experiences and ask critical questions of our work in open
>             data, t/a, governance and open development. For example, how
>             far can we attribute changes such as increased access to or
>             quality of community healthcare to open government or open
>             data? Does openness really lead to greater accountability
>             for communities, and what's the evidence? ____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             Find out more and sign up for the workshop at
>             http://okfnpad.org/opendevwg-okcon13____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             Sarah Johns____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>              
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