[open-economics] Reminder: Open Economics Monthly Meeting: OpenEconomics & OpenSpending Topics at the OKFestival in Helsinki, Finland, 17-22 September 2012

[Velichka Dimitrova]

Dear all

I would like to remind you about the Open Economics Monthly Meeting, taking
place today:
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*When*: Wednesday, 16th May 2012 - 5pm BST (London) / 6pm CEST (Berlin) /
12pm EDT

*Where*: Virtual on IRC and skype, IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net/ -
*How*:  Sign up on the EtherPad: http://econ.okfnpad.org/WGmeeting, join
#okfnecon channel

*Topic*: OpenEconomics & OpenSpending Topics at the OKFestival in Helsinki,
Finland, 17-22 September 2012
http://okfestival.org/call-for-proposals/. We have been asked to contribute
to the Open Government Stream.

We would like to use the opportunity to gather ideas about a proposal to
submit to the the *1st June *deadline for proposals.

Possible topics:

- Open Econometrics: Towards a Standard in Reporting Results of Economic
Research
- Data Visualisation and Data Analysis with an Economic Context
- Standards in Fiscal Transparency: How Should Governments Publish their
Fiscal Data?
- The Economics of Cities - How do we understand and provide better
services for local communities and the urban economy?

If you are interested in one of the above mentioned topics or you would
like to suggest one yourself, please join us for the meeting. We would
discuss what format our contribution would have, what partners we need,
potential speakers, etc. If you have any ideas and are unable to attend,
please e-mail comments and suggestions.

If some of the topics are similar to ideas of other OKFestival
contributors, we would aim to integrate with them as well.
Here are the announced stream topics:

Open Democracy and Citizen Movements

Open Government Data

Open Cities

Open Design, Hardware & Manufacturing

Open Cultural Heritage

Open Development

Open Research and Education

Open Geodata

Open Source Software

Data Journalism and Data Visualization

Gender / Diversity in Openness

Open Business and Corporate Data

Open Knowledge and Sustainability

For more updates about the OKFestival, please see:
http://blog.okfn.org/2012/05/15/okfestival-topics-of-2012-announced-2nd-call-for-proposals-published-experimentation-encouraged/

-- 
Velichka Dimitrova
Project Coordinator
Economics and Energy Projects
Open Knowledge Foundation
Twitter: @vndimitrova
Skype: vn.dimitrova
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