Looks great Leo! <br><br>I'd maybe just change the first paragraph slightly so that the key points stand out. Instead of: <br><br>The world’s first Open Knowledge Festival will gather together a week of
participatory sessions, keynote lectures, workshops, hackathons and
satellite events in Helsinki 17-22.9.2012. With a bold and experimental
programme, organised through collaborations amongst over 100 guest
planners from around the globe leading 13 key Topic Streams covering 170
sessions from Government Transparency to Open Hardware, the event
highlights the true diversity of today’s open knowledge and data
initiatives, and the impacts of transparency in our societies. <br><br>How about:<br><br>From <b>17th - 22nd September 2012</b> in <b>Helsinki, </b>the world's first Open Knowledge Festival will take place! Join us for a week of participatory sessions, keynote lectures, workshops, hackathons and satellite events. The event will include 170 sessions structured around 13 key Topic Streams, which range from Government Transparency to Open Hardware and beyond. Find out more: <a href="http://okfestival.org/">http://okfestival.org/</a><br>
<br>Get your ticket here: <a href="http://okfestival.org/early-bird-okfest-tickets/">http://okfestival.org/early-bird-okfest-tickets/</a><br><br>And then I think it's great! :)<br><br>Thanks Leo!<br><br>Cheers,<br>Laura<br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Leo Lahti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leo.lahti@iki.fi" target="_blank">leo.lahti@iki.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Laura - what would you think of the following email advertisement? I also attached some close colleagues for feedback.<br><br>Leo<br><br><br>******** For circulation - apologies for cross-posting **********<br><br>Join the Academic Track at Open Knowledge Festival!<br>
<br>The world’s first Open Knowledge Festival will gather together a week of participatory sessions, keynote lectures, workshops, hackathons and satellite events in Helsinki 17-22.9.2012. With a bold and experimental programme, organised through collaborations amongst over 100 guest planners from around the globe leading 13 key Topic Streams covering 170 sessions from Government Transparency to Open Hardware, the event highlights the true diversity of today’s open knowledge and data initiatives, and the impacts of transparency in our societies. <br>
<br>The <a href="http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/" target="_blank">Open Research and Education stream</a> will offer presentations, panel discussions, workshops and hackathons geared particularly towards the academic community. Some of the highlights include:<br>
<br>* Open Source Drug Discovery – a keynote address by Mat Todd from the University of Sydney<br><br>* Open Science at the European Commission – an interactive discussion about the European Commission’s new open access policy, led by Carl-Christian Buhr<br>
<br>* Open Access in Practice – How? – featuring representatives from the Sanger Institute, the World Bank, the Open Access Index and Open Access India.<br><br>* Communicating Science Openly – a panel discussion with representatives from Wikimedia, academia and beyond.<br>
<br>* Immediate Access to Raw Data from Experiments – with Mark Hahnel (Figshare), Mark Wainwright (CKAN) and Joss Winn (Orbital project, University of Lincoln)<br><br>* The free <a href="http://okfestival.org/open-culture-and-science-hackday/" target="_blank">Science and Culture Hackday</a> to work together on projects, technologies and tools around open science.<br>
<br>In addition, the stream will feature book sprints, peer review sessions, a social and much more! See the <a href="http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/" target="_blank">program</a> for details. Buy your ticket now to join hundreds of change-makers and experts from private, public and community sectors and help build an international open knowledge ecosystem with us in Helsinki.<br>
<br><br>On behalf of the Open Science and Education team,<br>Leo Lahti and Laura Newman<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Laura Newman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laura.newman@okfn.org" target="_blank">laura.newman@okfn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Leo,<br><br>How are you doing?<br><br>With three weeks to go, I was just wondering whether you would be willing to do an open science / research OKFest push around Finnish academic institutions? The key things to plug would be <br>
<br>1) The main science events planned in the Open Research and Education stream (<a href="http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/" target="_blank">http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/</a>) particularly the keynote from Mat Todd, the talk by Carl-Christian Buhr and the various panels featuring Wikimedia / the World Bank / Figshare etc. <br>
<br>2) The joint Science and Culture Hackday: <a href="http://okfestival.org/open-culture-and-science-hackday/" target="_blank">http://okfestival.org/open-culture-and-science-hackday/</a> (Free to attend)<br><br>That would be really great!<br>
<br>Thanks ever so much,<br>Laura<span><font color="#888888"><br><br><br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><font color="#888888">Laura Newman<br>
Community Coordinator<br>
Open Knowledge Foundation<br>
<a href="http://okfn.org/" target="_blank">http://okfn.org/</a><br>
Skype: lauranewmanonskype<br>Twitter: @Newmanlk<br></font><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><font color="#888888">Laura Newman<br>
Community Coordinator<br>
Open Knowledge Foundation<br>
<a href="http://okfn.org/" target="_blank">http://okfn.org/</a><br>
Skype: lauranewmanonskype<br>Twitter: @Newmanlk<br></font><br>