[open-science] OKF: What shall I say at the Open Science Summit in Berkeley

Mon Jul 26 10:15:02 UTC 2010

On 24 July 2010 18:47, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I have now started to lay out my thoughts on my blog (see
> http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=2471 and onwards)
>
> At present my approach is likely to be:
> * The OKF is a first-stop for people interested in some aspect of Openness.
> It may not be the most detailed, but it is comprehensive. (I'll mention
> F/OSS and OpenAcess in this light - there are more specialised sites but you
> can find them from the OKF and you can bounce them off OKF people)
> * The OKF is the leading place for many things, such as Open Data and Open
> Bibliography
> * If you have a new concern about Open and don't know where to start , the
> OKF is the best place.
> * I will then elaborate about Open data and what the OKF was able to provide
> * then I will explain what we hope to do with the Panton Papers.

Just to say this all seems great Peter. I also note you are always
free to reuse slides/images etc from existing OKF presentations
(mainly html/s5 based if so the page is the source ...):

<http://m.okfn.org/files/talks/>

In particular, we have a set of sample slides for introducing the OKF
specifically designed for reuse in other presentations:

<http://m.okfn.org/files/talks/okf_intro/>

Rufus

> That will take 10 minutes. There is a consistent theme. I am not sure
> whether I can use the flower analogy - probably yes - it will take 30-60
> seconds. I defintely think the OKF should run with it.

I think the flower analogy is nice!

Rufus