[open-development] OpenDev Proposals for OKFestival 2014

Wed Mar 5 15:14:05 UTC 2014

Hi Pernilla,

Sorry for not replying on time to the Doodle. Luckily I'm free on the
chosen date so I'll be on the call.
The people behind http://worldwidesemanticweb.org/ (Victor de Boer, Stefan
Schlobach, Martin Murillo, Stephane Boyera, me, + many others) would be
pleased to contribute something to the OpenDev stream this year. In
Helsinki we did some presentations related to our tools and ideas. This
time we may do more/different things if that fits everyone's else agenda.
Essentially we focus on interfaces (voice, touch, ...), infrastructures
(low-scale devices, mesh networks, ...) and relevancy (filtering,
contextualisation, localisation, ...) for data related to development. That
may be country level data but also locally sourced data. The later could be
used to the connect with the Personal Data and Privacy group.

Cheers,
Christophe

On 26 February 2014 16:58, Pernilla Näsfors <pernillan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear OpenDev friends,
>
> Nice to meet many of you recently in Montreal for OD4DC and IATI TAG! It's
> time to continue planning for next time to meet - at OKFestival in Berlin
> this summer! See the Call for proposals below if you haven't seen it
> already.
>
> I think we should schedule a Skype call where we can discuss ideas. I have
> set up a Doodle with suggestions next week and the week after. I hopefully
> picked a time that is not too bad for any time zone… Here it is:
> http://doodle.com/hazac6w2wkmrtd9i. *Answer before 15 GMT on Friday* so
> that we can decide what time we choose and send out an invite.
>
> Do you think we should have a separate email list or group for planning
> for OKFest or would people be OK with using this list for that purpose..?
>
> Rolf sent out this link before to an etherpad with notes from our meeting
> about OKFest in Montreal (http://okfnpad.org/p/okfest2014-opendev) and
> suggested to have that as a workspace. Open source ether pads are of course
> nice, but I became quite fond of Hackpad in Montreal since it is a bit more
> user friendly and easier to create a wiki-like structure… I therefore took
> the liberty to set one up where we can start collecting ideas and proposals
> for sessions:
> https://hackpad.com/OpenDev-at-OKFest14-SDobXcJkwPC
> There you can also add you're names to the People section if you're
> interested to participate in the planning process. I also created a Session
> Proposal Template that you can copy and use when writing proposals:
> https://hackpad.com/OKFest-Session-Proposal-Template-pJI8M4ZvTNp
>
> I saw that it seems like we have some OpenDev allies in the Programme
> team, e.g. Anahi and Duncan. Perhaps you have some insight in what other
> sessions and workshops are in the making that we could perhaps tap in to,
> to spread our "development message" to a wider audience..?
>
> This year, there are three bigger streams: Knowledge, Tools and Society,
> so instead of planning for a whole OpenDev stream like we did for Helsinki
> 2012 I am thinking we can take the opportunity to collaborate more with
> others from other OKFN working groups (http://okfn.org/wg/), e.g. Open
> Government, Open Spending, or why not Open Hardware in a development
> context - such as the Global Village Construction Set (
> http://opensourceecology.org/wiki)?
>
> Personally, I'd also like to see a continuation on the theme about Ethics
> and Risks that you apparently had at OKCon that I unfortunately missed… (
> http://blog.okfn.org/2013/11/05/ethics-and-risk-in-open-development/)
> Perhaps focus on Privacy now that it is such a big topic overall in this
> NSA monitored world… We could collaborate with the Personal Data and
> Privacy group: http://personal-data.okfn.org/
>
>
> That's all my thoughts for now. :)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Pernilla Näsfors, World Bank / Open Aid Partnership
>
>
>
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> From: *newsletter at okfestival.org <newsletter at okfestival.org>* <
> newsletter at okfestival.org>
> Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014
> Subject: Call for Proposals for OKFestival 2014
> To: pernillan at gmail.com
>
>
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>         [image: Open Knowledge Festival 2014]
>
>         Announcing the Call for Proposals for OKFestival
>
> Now that the OKFestival website is live and tickets are on sale<https://sendy.okfn.org/l/XMvlAmCbwO5KjtYlOTyWSQ/lMWAi892zvwWPkHnmZ2FJ3uA/E8DFCo5uE1892zyhY3ANnaxw>,
> we can share more details about the *narrative streams* that will run
> through the event. We’re also pleased to *open the call for session
> proposals* at this time.
>
>    A Theory of Change
>
> The programme for the 2014 edition of the festival is fuelled by a *theory
> of change. *Using this theory as our outline, the event provides an ideal
> opportunity for the open movement to come together to co-create the roadmap
> that will guide its next steps.
>
> *Our Theory: we believe that Knowledge, Tools and Society are the levers
> of Change*. As such, Knowledge, Tools and Society will be the three
> streams that form the architecture of the programme.
>
> *Knowledge*: Knowledge *informs* change. At OKFestival we're keen to
> discuss ways of unlocking, expanding and sharing knowledge through open
> access, open research data, open educational resources, open science, data
> journalism and campaigning, data visualisation and literacy.
>
> *Tools*: Tools *enable* change. We'll be discussing facilitating the flow
> of knowledge through non profit technology, open source software, open
> hardware, design, architecture and urban planning.
>
> *Society*: The group(s) who *effect* change. Topics may include designing
> institutions, building communities and protecting environments.
> Additionally, powering economies through open government, transparency,
> open tech businesses, open development, open education, open culture, open
> sustainability and open economy will feature on the programme. Security and
> privacy-related topics also fit into this stream.
>
> The festival will weave together these three streams of open knowledge
> innovation and impact. Each session will go deep within its realm as well
> as identifying interdisciplinary features that span different domains or
> discipline.
> Submit your proposal
>
> Never facilitated a session at an event before? Don't let that stop you!
> We encourage proposals from folks who don't often attend events and we're
> ready to support you to run an awesome session. All you need to do is
> complete the form here<https://sendy.okfn.org/l/XMvlAmCbwO5KjtYlOTyWSQ/VlVqAWagALZAwRFnRvwntw/E8DFCo5uE1892zyhY3ANnaxw> *by
> March 16, 2014, 23:59 CET.*
>
> We will be hosting *two information hangouts* on Proposing OKFestival
> Sessions in March. Follow us on Twitter<https://sendy.okfn.org/l/XMvlAmCbwO5KjtYlOTyWSQ/fzExAl4iZSDVgTjTJ1ur1A/E8DFCo5uE1892zyhY3ANnaxw>,
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> or wait for more updates via these newsletters to learn more about them.
>
> Please share this call far and wide!
> The selection process
>
> Once the deadline for proposals has passed, all submissions will be
> reviewed by the Programme Team. The proposals that we’ll select will
> consider:
>
>    - Does the proposal advance the overall goal of the event and agenda
>    (see the festival’s theory of change)?
>    - Does the proposal give concrete value to participants via its
>    proposed outcome?
>    - Does the proposal offer unique benefit to the agenda?
>    - Is the proposal interactive? Hint: slides and lectures strongly
>    discouraged
>    - Does the proposal value and build on OKFestival’s principles of
>    inclusivity and diversity?
>
>  If you’d like some more guidance, check out our Programme FAQs<https://sendy.okfn.org/l/XMvlAmCbwO5KjtYlOTyWSQ/y763XA7Awm5NtkwhjH6F0P8Q/E8DFCo5uE1892zyhY3ANnaxw>.
> You can also find out more about the Programme team<https://sendy.okfn.org/l/XMvlAmCbwO5KjtYlOTyWSQ/zsoXnQbYC7l0zfgTo6ztoA/E8DFCo5uE1892zyhY3ANnaxw> under
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> on the website.
>
> Looking forward to hearing your ideas about how to shape the programme at
> this year’s festival!
>
> The OKFestival Team
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