[open-linguistics] Invitation to OKCon 2011 in Berlin

Mon Feb 28 10:32:44 UTC 2011

Hi all,
I will also definitely attend the conference and can devote some time to
preparations of a workshop/session/whatever
Sebastian N


> Hi all,
> I am interested in participating somehow. It would be nice to have
> everybody
> present datasets they have or need and use that to find ways to
> interconnect, normalize schemas, etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Pablo
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Sebastian Hellmann <
> hellmann at informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> is anyone interested in organizing to a workshop or a meeting session?
>> There are many rooms available.
>> It would be nice, if we had a face2face meeting at the conference.  We
>> could either have it small (just us) or try to connect with other
>> Working
>> groups, who might have similar problems (Bibliography for example).
>> Who is planning to attend the conference?
>> Cheers,
>> Sebastian
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21.02.2011 13:41, Jason Kitcat wrote:
>>
>>> Dear working group members,
>>>
>>> The 6th Annual Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) will take place on
>>> 30th
>>> June � 1st July 2011 in Berlin, Germany.
>>>
>>>        Website: http://okcon.org/2011
>>>        Call for participation: http://okcon.org/2011/cfp/
>>>
>>> We are delighted to invite you to OKCon 2011. It's of great importance
>>> to
>>> have a good representation of all Working Groups and their work at OKFN
>>> at
>>> OKCon 2011.
>>>
>>> We would like to encourage you to get actively involved with OKCon!
>>> Especially it would be great if you could contribute with submissions
>>> for
>>> presentations and workshops to make sure the work of this WG is present
>>> and
>>> shared with others at OKCon 2011! There are several ways to participate
>>> (the
>>> deadline is May 1st). Please have a look at the How To Participate
>>> Section
>>> below.
>>>
>>> We also want to make sure that all Working Groups are represented in
>>> the
>>> Programme Committee. Please see
>>>
>>>        http://wiki.okfn.org/okcon/2011/committee
>>>
>>> If you think your Working Group is not jet represented in the
>>> committee,
>>> please let us know your suggestions directly at: okcon at okfn.org
>>>
>>> We are looking forward for your participation! It would be great to
>>> meet
>>> some you at OKCon 2011 in Berlin.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> [Apologies for cross-posting]
>>>
>>>
>>> Announcement
>>>
>>> The 6th Annual Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) will take place on
>>> 30th
>>> June � 1st July 2011 in Berlin. OKCon is a wide-ranging conference that
>>> brings together individuals and organizations from across the open
>>> knowledge
>>> spectrum for two days of presentations, workshops and exchange of
>>> ideas.
>>>
>>> Open knowledge promises significant social and economic benefits in a
>>> wide
>>> range of areas from governance to science, culture to technology.
>>> Opening up
>>> access to content and data can radically increase access and reuse,
>>> bridge
>>> gaps, improve transparency and thus foster innovation and increase
>>> societal
>>> welfare.
>>>
>>> In Berlin, we will be surrounded by a variety of interesting
>>> communities.
>>> These include open access and open bibliography communities to the
>>> OpenStreetMap, hacker and artist groups to the various free culture and
>>> commons research communities. We look forward to jointly discussing
>>> with all
>>> of them the latest developments and aspects of open knowledge in their
>>> work.
>>>
>>> This is a time of great change. In addition to high profile initiatives
>>> such as Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap and the Human Genome Project, there is
>>> enormous growth among open knowledge projects and communities at all
>>> levels
>>> and in many countries. Moreover, in the last year, many governments
>>> across
>>> the world have begun opening up their data.
>>>
>>> And it doesn�t stop there. In academia, open access to both
>>> publications
>>> and data has been gathering momentum, and similar calls to open up
>>> learning
>>> materials have been heard in education. Furthermore this gathering
>>> flood of
>>> open data plus content is the creator and driver of massive
>>> technological
>>> change. How can we make this data available, how can we connect it
>>> together,
>>> how can we use it to collaborate and share our work? We will explore
>>> these
>>> issues, and more, at OKCon 2011 in Berlin.
>>>
>>> Topic areas
>>>
>>> We welcome proposals on any aspect of creating, publishing or reusing
>>> content or data that is open in accordance with
>>> http://opendefinition.org.
>>> Topics include but are not limited to:
>>>
>>> Open Data Technology
>>>        � Storage and processing tools including nosql, triplestores,
>>> ETL
>>> and analytics
>>>        � Visualization tools
>>>        � Semantic Web and Linked Open Data
>>>        � Platforms, methods and tools for creating, sharing and
>>> curating
>>> material
>>>        � Light-weight, adaptive interaction models
>>>        � Open, decentralized social network applications
>>>        � Open geospatial data
>>>
>>> Open Science and Open Data in Academic Research
>>>        � Open license models for scientific data, adaption of licenses
>>> for
>>> special domain requirements
>>>        � Supporting scientific workflows with open knowledge models
>>>        � Open models for scientific innovation, for funding and for
>>> publication (�open-access�)
>>>        � Tools for analysing and visualizing open data
>>>
>>> Open Law, Society and Democracy
>>>        � Open licensing, legal tools and the Public Domain
>>>        � Open government data and content (public sector information)
>>>        � Open knowledge and international development
>>>        � Opening up access to the law and lawmaking processes
>>>
>>> Open Culture, Education and Commons Research
>>>        � Open educational tools and resources, open textbooks
>>>        � Public Domain digitisation initiatives
>>>        � Incentives and rewards for open-knowledge contributors
>>>        � P2P production and sustainability models for open content
>>>        � Governance of the knowledge commons
>>>
>>> Important Dates
>>>        � Submission deadline: Mai 1st, 2011
>>>        � Notification of acceptance: June 1st, 2011
>>>        � OKCon: 30th June&  1st July, 2011
>>>
>>> How To Participate
>>> OKCon 2011 will have several formats and ways in which you can
>>> participate:
>>>
>>>        � presentation sessions
>>>        � lightning talks
>>>        � hands on workshops
>>>        � open space
>>>        � exhibition spaces
>>>        � open design and fablab
>>>        � hackspace
>>>
>>> We are especially interested, if you want to organize a an event in one
>>> of
>>> the above formats and topic areas. You are also more than welcome to
>>> propose
>>> additional formats and topics. If you would like to organise,
>>> participate or
>>> have a proposal of another format please submit your ideas and
>>> proposals
>>> here: http://okcon.org/2011/submit/
>>>
>>> OKCon Formats&  Submission Details
>>>
>>> Presentation Sessions
>>> To reserve a slot in one of the presentation sessions you can apply in
>>> the
>>> following manner: You can submit an extended abstract of 2-4 pages
>>> describing the topic of your presentation. OKCon also has an academic
>>> stream
>>> and will publish proceedings. If you additionally want your submission
>>> to be
>>> included in the conference proceedings please prepare an extended 5-10
>>> page
>>> paper submission and format it according to the LNCS Style
>>>
>>> Please Note: Proceedings of OKCon will be published at
>>> http://ceur-ws.org
>>> .
>>>
>>> To make a submission for the presentation session and proceedings
>>> please
>>> visit:https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=okcon2011
>>>
>>> Lightning Talks
>>> Lightning talks are short presentations, which last 2-3 minutes with
>>> 2-3
>>> slides. Submission of lightning talks can be done directly at the
>>> conference
>>> up to 5 minutes before the Lightning talk session starts. Make sure you
>>> get
>>> your message through and please: don�t be boring ;)
>>>
>>> Hands-on Workshops
>>> The hands on workshops is the format where you can intensively work
>>> with a
>>> relatively small group of people on your presented topic or project.
>>> This is
>>> not for lectures but for hands-on collaboration, exchange and skill
>>> sharing.
>>> If you are interested to run a workshop on OKCon 2011 please submit
>>> your
>>> proposal here: http://okcon.org/2011/submit/
>>>
>>> Open Space
>>> The open space offers a place for all kind of spontaneous
>>> interventions,
>>> meetings and the like following the concept of the open space
>>> technology.
>>> The open space area will be close to the exhibition space area and is
>>> open
>>> for you all the time. The open space can be used all times by anybody
>>> without submission. However, if you would like top run an event at the
>>> open
>>> space you might submit your idea here: http://okcon.org/2011/submit/ to
>>> help us planning.
>>>
>>> Exhibition Space
>>> The exhibition space is an open area where people, projects and
>>> organisations can present their ideas and projects to the public.
>>> Projects
>>> can have a permanent desc for a point of reference of their project. If
>>> you
>>> want to be present in the exhibition space at OKCon 2011 please submit
>>> your
>>> proposal here: http://okcon.org/2011/submit/
>>>
>>> Open Design and FabLab work area
>>> The open design and Fab Lab (fabrication laboratory) is an area
>>> dedicated
>>> to open processes in creating, sharing, reusing and producing of all
>>> kind of
>>> art, designs and other products. If you are interested in contributing
>>> to
>>> the open design and fablab work area at OKCon 2011 please submit your
>>> proposal here: http://okcon.org/2011/submit/
>>>
>>> Hackspace / Hackathon
>>> The hackspace is a dedicated space for you hackers. This is the right
>>> place to get your hand dirty and organise your hackathon. A hackathon
>>> is a
>>> collaborative decentraliced event of short timespan like one or two
>>> days
>>> with the aim to having a lot of fun with code&  data. If you are
>>> interested
>>> to run a hackathon at OKCon 2011 please submit your proposal here:
>>> http://okcon.org/2011/submit/
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Dipl. Inf. Sebastian Hellmann
>> Department of Computer Science, University of Leipzig
>> Homepage: http://bis.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/SebastianHellmann
>> Research Group: http://aksw.org
>>
>>
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