[open-science] Reminder: Working Group meeting on Wednesday

Mon May 31 18:21:05 UTC 2010

Hello,

This Wednesday at 17:00 UTC (6pm London, 1pm New York, 10am San 
Francisco) is our working group conference call. Time and date in your 
timezone: http://ur1.ca/03mr9  Please indicate your ability to attend 
here: http://ur1.ca/04lrq

= Participation: =
  * Chat (IRC): the #okfn channel on the OFTC IRC network (via a web 
    interface here: http://ur1.ca/4fh )
  * Voice (Skype): please send me (Greg, skypeid:greg.grossmeier) your 
    Skype ID before the call.
    * We will use a backup conference call line if there are more than 8 
      participants.
  * Notes: http://pad.okfn.org/open-science

= Possible agenda items: =
  * CKAN for open data in science
    * Chemistry data pilot -- what metadata
    * Need for discovery tools? E.g. to fit with existing workflows
  * Summaries in different domains. One or two - e.g. chemistry, 
    biogenetics, or environmental, ...
    * Who are the key people in different areas...
  * Panton Principles - what next? building consensus: e.g. Wellcome, NSF
  * Panton discussions - podcast / interview
  * Guest blog posts - detail but also for non-specialists...
  * Competitions
    * e.g.: http://www.biomedcentral.com/researchawards/otherawards/
  * Logo / buttons
    * http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-science/2010-February/000170.html
  * Interns/grad students call for participation (what could they work 
    on?)
  * International open data in science event? Two day 
    workshop/unconference? E.g. in 2011-2012?

Best,

Greg

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