[Wg-economics-advisory] Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki, 17-22 September, 2012

Mon Sep 3 17:35:19 UTC 2012

Dear Velichka
Thanks for the invitation. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the
festival.
Regards.
Eustáquio Reis

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Velichka Dimitrova <
velichka.dimitrova at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would like to draw your attention to one of the biggest and most
> important event for our network this year: the Open Knowledge Festival -
> http://okfestival.org/. The OKFestival is a week of participatory
> sessions, keynote lectures, workshops, hackathons and satellite events in
> Helsinki from September 17th to 22nd, 2012. This year two annual events
> (The Open Knowledge Conference -
> http://okfestival.org/open-knowledge-conference/ and the Open Government
> Data Camp - http://okfestival.org/open-government-data-camp/) are united
> in one.
>
> As the leading international open knowledge event, the Open Knowledge
> Conference (OKCon) brings together over 400 top-level experts,
> decision-makers, advocates, and researchers for two days of satellite
> events, talks, workshops and discussions. The 2012 theme of OKFestival is
> Open Knowledge in Action, looking at the value that can be generated by
> opening up knowledge, the ecosystems of organisations that can benefit from
> such sharing, and the impacts transparency can have in our societies.
> OKFestival will feature 13 different Topic Streams, which include open
> development and open knowledge for sustainability, all organised by teams
> of Guest Programme Planners from around the world. We expect a diverse
> international crowd of 600-800 participants, and we have prominent figures
> in the field, including Hans Rosling, Karsten Gerloff, Warren Krafchik and
> James Cameron joining to deliver the week's keynotes.
>
> Some of the younger contributors of the Open Economics Working Group have
> put together a panel on the Open Data for the Measurement of Social
> Progress and a panel session on Open Energy Data:
> http://okfestival.org/open-knowledge-and-sustainability/.
>
> It you would be interested to come and contribute to any of the 13 topics
> and would be in Europe during this time (e.g. The Knowledge Commons
> conference in Belgium), please let us know and we would arrange details.
>
> --
> Velichka Dimitrova
> Open Economics Working Group Coordinator
>
>
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