[open-government] Open Government West - call for speakers & event info

Fri Apr 1 16:34:33 UTC 2011

Hi everyone!

(Apologies for those of you who may already have seen this.)

I am on the convener team helping to organize this non-profit conference in
Portland, Oregon, happening in May, dedicated entirely to open government
advocacy and the potential of open data in improving citizen experience of,
and engagement with, government.

The Call for Speakers (as indicated below) closed last week, but was
extended and closes today; if you would like to contribute to our tracks on
citizen engagement, getting things done, open data standards, government
collaborations and partnerships, or change management, please do consider
submitting a proposal.

We also do have scholarships and have arranged for discount codes for
travellers. See below for more information about who will be speaking and
how to apply.

I am also more than happy to answer any questions you might have about the
event, either by e-mail or if any of you happen to be attending the American
Planning Association Conference in Boston next week.

All the best,

Karen Fung
Open Gov West 2011 Convener
e: karen at countablyinfinite.ca
t: @counti8
w: http://countablyinfinite.ca

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Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:15 PM
Subject: Are you speaking at OGW?
To: Karen Quinn <karen at countablyinfinite.ca>

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*Crisis Commons*--representatives including those who have worked on the
disaster in Japan, in a plenary on innovative techniques in emergency
management.
*Prof. Alan Rosenblatt*, longstanding international expert on civic
participation and online engagement.  Amber Case & Aaron Parecki
*Wallace Rodgers* (Oregon E-Government Program Manager) & *Marcus
Estes*(with Portland's OpenSourcery) : Wallace have a great story to
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*Code for America Fellows, including CfA fellow, Alan **Palazzolo. *
*Amber Case & Aaron Parecki of Geoloqi, champion civic apps developers
who'll speak on how what types of data and codathons produce successful
civic apps.
Monica Palmirani & Fabio Vitale, international experts on legislative
document standards and founders of Akoma Ntoso--the open standard for
legislation used in the EU, across Africa, and a growing number of nations.*

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