[Open-education] Reminder about OKFestival, Berlin from 15th - 17th July

Tue Jul 1 11:52:07 UTC 2014

Hi Everyone,

A reminder that there is only *2 weeks to go* till OKFestival 2014 
<http://2014.okfestival.org> takes place in Berlin from 15th - 17th 
July. It's going to be an ace event and we really hope to see as many 
open education people there as possible!!*

*Naturally open education types will congregate on the Wednesday 2pm - 
4pm for our Open Education Smörgåsbord session (sign up!! 
<http://sched.co/1hgj0q1>)**but I'm sure there will be other chances to 
catch up - email or Tweet me <https://twitter.com/mariekeguy> if you'd 
like to grab a coffee!
*
*So for those who don't have their tickets a quick reminder!!

OKFestival is different from many other conferences/hackathons/workshops 
because while Open Knowledge organise it, OKFestival is owned, in the 
broadest sense, by the open community.

OKFestival 2014 <http://2014.okfestival.org> will be our biggest open 
data and open knowledge event to date. It will be global, inclusive and 
participatory. We expect it to create a significant local and 
international surge of innovation. We hope to bring together over 1,000 
people from more than 60 countries to share their skills and 
experiences; encouraging them to work together to build the very tools 
and partnerships that will further the power of openness as a positive 
force for change. In addition, the festival will be a fantastic 
opportunity to celebrate all that the open movement has achieved so far, 
and an opportunity to plan and shape the landscape ahead.

We have a stellar programme <http://2014.okfestival.org/programme/> with 
a plethora of participatory workshops, discussion groups and tantilising 
talks for you. Last week we announced our fantastic keynote speakers 
<http://2014.okfestival.org/the-keynote-excitement-begins/>:

  * *Neelie Kroes* - Vice President & EU Commissioner for Digital
    Agenda, European Commission
  * *Patrick Alley *- Founder of Global Witness and a member of the WEF
    Global Agenda Council for Conflict prevention.
  * *Eric Hysen* - Director of Google's elections and civic engagement
    products and programs, creator of tools  for Harvard Institute of
    Politics designed to drive youth voter turnout through social media.
  * *Beatriz Busaniche* - Founder of Wikimedia Argentina and key member
    of Argentina's Fundacion  Via Libre

And if that isn't enough we have a selection of amazing fringe events 
<http://2014.okfestival.org/okfestival-fringe-events/> for you to join in.

You really wouldn't want to miss out now!!

You can get tickets from our main site 
<http://2014.okfestival.org/tickets/>. See you in Berlin!

Marieke
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Have you bought your tickets <http://2014.okfestival.org/tickets/> to 
OKFestival yet? Join us in Berlin!

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