[open-development] Invitation to Open Knowledge Conference participants to 'Get Real' about open data
Rolf Kleef
rolf at openforchange.info
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
>
>
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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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