[open-science] OKFest - Call for Proposals

Tue Apr 3 11:07:11 UTC 2012

Fantastic!

Thanks Jessy, some excellent suggestions and glad to see that someone had
beaten me to it and added them to the etherpad already :)

I've noticed a couple of others adding to the etherpad as well - absolutely
great, keep the ideas coming! Be as creative as you like, we can deal with
the details later ;) Etherpad here: http://science.okfnpad.org/OKFest

This is looking really good, thank you everyone for your contributions and
enthusiasm!

Cheers,
Laura

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Carl Boettiger <cboettig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jessy, list,
>
> These sound great to me, you've piqued my interest.
>
> I'm continually evolving my open notebook system (which of course I try to document
> in the notebook<http://www.carlboettiger.info/archives/category/ons-thoughts>,
> in between the science posts) and would love to bounce ideas off of other
> practitioners more often.  I'm particularly interested in how to keep
> content clean enough to be intelligible, complete enough to be
> reproducible, while also keeping the process simple/automatic enough to
> actually be doable (i.e. save time instead of take extra time).
>
> I think it's also a good platform to experiment with the science markup
> concepts you mention.
>
> -Carl
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Jessy Kate Schingler <
> jessy at jessykate.com> wrote:
>
>> hey all,
>>
>> some ideas on the open science front specifically, riffing off of the
>> "experimental" format a bit:
>>
>> open notebook practitioners - workshop and feedback session
>> - required to have an open notebook or commit to creating one to attend :)
>> - discuss form, content, composability, discoverability, lessons
>> learned, etc.
>> - how can we better link together/leverage work being put in the open by
>> open researchers?
>>
>> research statement video booth!
>> - get open science practitioners to record a < 1m video of their research
>> interests/research statement, and put them online.
>> - can also talk about value they derived from using x,y,z open science
>> tools/practices.
>> - get people excited about playing with open science tools, humanize and
>> make science approachable
>>
>> science markup - design session (or maybe a debate style?)
>> - using RDF(a)/microdata to make science on the web more discoverable.
>> - what structure would people find useful
>> - what efforts have been attempted and failed/petered out and why?
>> - how/would they use such things?
>> - what authoring tools and plugins could exist to support it.
>>
>> just brainstorming... not sure if any of those pique others' interests...
>> jessy
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As many of you may have spotted, the Call for Proposals for OKFest was
>>> officially launched today! You can read's Kat's blog post here:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://blog.okfn.org/2012/03/28/okfestival-call-for-proposals-released-with-a-twist/
>>>
>>> We should definitely propose an Open Science stream. The deadline for
>>> proposals is 20th April. You can see the format our proposal will need to
>>> take here:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGY5bTNkT05wd2ZkUS1EZktJVFE4UGc6MQ
>>>
>>> The etherpad we began planning on is actually looking pretty healthy.
>>> Many thanks to everyone who has contributed already. It would be great to
>>> get as many ideas down there as possible before we submit the proposal
>>> though, so do take a minute to have another look. In particular, they are
>>> keen for sessions to take place in various formats, not just the
>>> traditional talk / panel. We've had a couple of ideas for hands on drafting
>>> and tool-testing sessions, but do keep thinking and suggesting! The
>>> etherpad is here:
>>>
>>> http://science.okfnpad.org/OKFest
>>>
>>> I have rearranged the original text to fit the form for the OKFest Call
>>> for Proposals. Please add, comment and edit away!
>>>
>>> I have included the formal text for the Call for Proposals below this
>>> email.
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone!
>>> Laura
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> OPEN KNOWLEDGE FESTIVAL - CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
>>>
>>> First Round Deadline: April 20th 2012
>>> Second Round Deadline: June 1st 2012
>>>
>>> *OPEN KNOWLEDGE FESTIVAL*
>>>
>>> We are delighted to announce that this year’s Open Government Data Camp
>>> and Open Knowledge Conference are joining to form a week-long celebration:
>>> the *Open Knowledge Festival*!
>>>
>>> This pioneering event will include an action-packed week of lectures,
>>> seminars, workshops, hackathons, coding jams, and interactive sessions that
>>> will bring together individuals and organizations from a wide variety of
>>> backgrounds to exchange ideas, make things and meet new people. OKFest will
>>> also highlight the diversity of Finland’s open knowledge communities to a
>>> new international audience, with a specific effort to encourage the
>>> participation of representatives from Nordic nations.
>>>
>>> Join us in Helsinki, Finland on 17-22 of September 2012 for a week of
>>> open knowledge and global inspiration.
>>>
>>> *THEME: OPEN KNOWLEDGE IN ACTION*
>>>
>>> The 2012 theme of OKFestival is *Open Knowledge in Action*. We will
>>> focus on the /value/that can be generated by opening up knowledge, the
>>> ecosystems of organisations that benefit from and participate in sharing,
>>> and the impact that open knowledge can have in our societies. What kinds of
>>> new professions, ideas and community initiatives can emerge within our
>>> governments, markets, networks and neighbourhoods as a result of these
>>> engagements?
>>>
>>> The exploration of this theme will not only be visible in the festival’s
>>> content, but also in its implementation as the first global event of its
>>> kind. At OKFestival, we will experiment with new forms of collaboration,
>>> new workshop formats and new forms of participation. We’ll bring together
>>> civil society representatives, programmers, data wranglers, designers,
>>> students, members of government and local communities for a week of
>>> building new things and sharing great ideas.
>>>
>>> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
>>>
>>> We have *two submission deadlines*this Spring based on our venue
>>> capacity at the *Aalto University School of Arts, Design and
>>> Architecture*in Helsinki. We suggest applying as soon as possible in order
>>> to ensure adequate venue space, support and funding for your proposals.
>>>
>>> First Round Deadline: April 20th 2012
>>> Second Round Deadline: June 1st 2012
>>>
>>> We are looking for proposals related to specific open knowledge and open
>>> data topics, but also new viewpoints and cross-cutting issues which may
>>> help us to understand how open knowledge is working in our society.
>>> Examples of such topics are the well-being of communities, civil society
>>> and citizen empowerment, democracy, entrepreneurship, smart cities,
>>> sustainability etc.
>>>
>>> More information at http://www.okfestival.org
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura Newman
>>> Community Coordinator
>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>> http://okfn.org/
>>> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>>> Twitter: @Newmanlk
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jessy
>> http://jessykate.com
>>
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