[open-development] [OKFN-Local-Coord] Interesting talks/events from the Global South during OKFestival?

[Tariq Khokhar]

Hi All,

I added it to the pad, but don't miss the "Open Data Innovators" fringe
event organized by OK and ODI in Mitte Tuesday morning from 10-12.
Speakers from countries includijf Mexico and Burkina Faso:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-data-innovators-okfestival-fringe-event-tickets-12204551141?aff=eorg

Hope to meet many of you this week!

Tariq
 On Jul 14, 2014 7:24 PM, "Rayna" <rayna.st at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Great initiatives :)
>
> Do not forget to join in tomorrow from 1pm onward for the community
> summit: one of the topics that have come up as important is rooting up more
> OKFN in the Global South, that is what challenges face open knowledge
> advocates in places where critical mass of like-minded people is far from
> achieved and where the local context may very well be hostile. In addition,
> another crucial topic to address is transmission of expertise within the
> community, thus streghtening It even more.
>
> Looking forward to meeting you all :)
>
> Rayna
>
> P. S. Brevity and typos courtesy of HTC
>  Le 14 juil. 2014 19:13, "Pernilla Näsfors" <pernillan at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> Dear Tom and all other OKFest:ers,
>>
>> Thanks for taking the initiative to put together a list of open
>> development related sessions during OKFest! I actually started doing the
>> same thing, but for the whole week, so I have listed all the OpenDev side
>> events I am aware of on
>> https://hackpad.com/OpenDev-Events-during-OKFest14-Week-UnlSUFzsEDp. I
>> hadn't got around listing individual sessions for the festival itself
>> though, so let's use your pad for that! Feel free to add things to "my" pad
>> too if you are aware of other events that I haven't listed yet.
>>
>> By the way, perhaps those interested could gather and go somewhere for
>> beers after the Open Knowledge Fair tomorrow evening? One of the people who
>> knows Berlin might be able to suggest a place?
>>
>> Looking forward to meeting you all!
>>
>> // Pernilla
>>
>>
>> --
>> Pernilla Näsfors
>> http://twitter.com/pernillan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
>> tom at okfn.org.br> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> does someone here know if there will be good speeches/events
>>> from/organized by people from the Global South?
>>>
>>> I made a list using the filter at the event programme:
>>>
>>> https://pad.okfn.org/p/okfestival-opendevelopment
>>>
>>> and there are about 8 events during OKFestival. What would you suggest?
>>> Please, if you may add in the pad above, that'd be great! It's difficult to
>>> find with such a rich programme. :)
>>>
>>> Is someone here from the local Open Knowledge groups from Latina
>>> America, Asia and Africa speaking? (I know from Brazil we'll have Gisele
>>> Craveiro and Alexandre Abdo speaking, but I have no idea from other
>>> countries)
>>>
>>> By the way, it'd be great to see some figures about the attendees of the
>>> event. For instance, I discovered today there are 33 Brazilians subscribed
>>> (26 from the network I am aware of <
>>> https://pad.okfn.org/p/okfestival-okbr>). It'd be great to have all
>>> these numbers, from attendees to speakers.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> --
>>> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
>>> Open Knowledge Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
>>> http://br.okfn.org
>>>
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