[open-science] [Open-access] OKFest - Call for Proposals

Fri Apr 20 10:53:44 UTC 2012

Hi everyone,

The OKFest etherpad is coming into shape! See:
http://science.okfnpad.org/OKFest

I think we have an (almost) final version now. Please do feel free to read
through and make any further edits in the next few hours. I will take a
final look later this afternoon and then submit around 5pm BST.

Thanks for all your help!
Laura

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Jenny, Tom Olijhoek and I will be chatting to the OKFest team in about
> half an hour (4:30pm BST). If you would like to be more involved in the
> planning at this stage, please do drop me and line and you'd be very
> welcome to join the call!
>
> Otherwise the three of us will work on tidying the ideas in the etherpad
> into proposal format this evening. We can continue to plan further once we
> (hopefully!) have approval from the main OKFest team :)
>
> Cheers,
> Laura
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jessy!
>> Laura and I are chatting to Kat and Jussi from the OKFest team tomorrow
>> to confirm what we need to do and then we'll tidy up/formalise the pad and
>> transfer it to the OKFest form on Friday so no need to write up formally.
>>
>> Keep the great ideas coming everyone!
>>
>> Jenny
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Jessy Kate Schingler <
>> jessy at jessykate.com> wrote:
>>
>>> hey all,
>>>
>>> just added an idea for "flash mob peer review" on the pad, pasted below.
>>> basically a fun, hands-on and in-person open peer review session with an
>>> included user study (tho no reason we couldn't support remote participants
>>> if the tools were online). curious for ideas or improvements on the two
>>> approaches suggested.
>>>
>>> jenny, how does the writing up of the proposals work - are we expected
>>> to write these up for formally or is that what you guys are going to do
>>> with the pad thursday and friday?
>>>
>>> jessy
>>>
>>>
>>> *Flash Mob Peer Review* (post or pre publication?)
>>> - have people submit article(s) ahead of the conference for peer review.
>>> describe the plan and emphasize that this will be a fun way for them to
>>> help experiment with new mechanisms in science/peer review. and will also
>>> be quite public.
>>> - over the course of the festival, have set times where groups of people
>>> attend a "flash" peer review session (hmm perhaps flash is the wrong word-
>>> don't want to imply lack of thoughtfullness?).
>>> - *two possible approaches:* 1. choose a different, specific tool/site
>>> for each flash review session, to understand different reactions to
>>> different tools. 2. just let people have at it and see what they use. impt
>>> that whatever tools we choose to use can be parallelizable. perhaps just
>>> annotatejs?
>>> - user study: interview each participant after each session and document
>>> feedback on what worked and what didn't. write this up and share with the
>>> community.
>>> - IMHO this would be interesting for both pre- and post-publication but
>>> would be particularly interested to see how authors felt it helped improve
>>> their work pre-publication.
>>> - perhaps have an iteration mechanism, even during the conference?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> The deadline for stream proposals is approaching so please add your
>>>> ideas to the Etherpad in as much detail as you can over the next couple of
>>>> days! The festival co-ord team are particularly keen for sessions to take
>>>> place in various formats, not just the traditional talk or panel, so get
>>>> creative!
>>>> http://science.okfnpad.org/OKFest
>>>>
>>>> The final edits will take place on Thursday night and Friday morning
>>>> before the proposal is submitted.
>>>>
>>>> Jenny
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:31 PM, 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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>>>
>>>
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> Laura Newman
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> http://okfn.org/
> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
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Laura Newman
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: lauranewmanonskype
Twitter: @Newmanlk
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