[Sorvi-admin] Open Science sessions

[Laura Newman]

Looks great Leo!

I'd maybe just change the first paragraph slightly so that the key points
stand out. Instead of:

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.

How about:

>From *17th - 22nd September 2012* in *Helsinki, *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: http://okfestival.org/

Get your ticket here: http://okfestival.org/early-bird-okfest-tickets/

And then I think it's great! :)

Thanks Leo!

Cheers,
Laura




On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Leo Lahti <leo.lahti at iki.fi> wrote:

> Hi Laura - what would you think of the following email advertisement? I
> also attached some close colleagues for feedback.
>
> Leo
>
>
> ******** For circulation - apologies for cross-posting **********
>
> Join the Academic Track at Open Knowledge Festival!
>
> 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.
>
> The Open Research and Education stream<http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/>will offer presentations, panel discussions, workshops and hackathons
> geared particularly towards the academic community. Some of the  highlights
> include:
>
> * Open Source Drug Discovery – a keynote address by Mat Todd from the
> University of Sydney
>
> * Open Science at the European Commission – an interactive discussion
> about the European Commission’s new open access policy, led by
> Carl-Christian Buhr
>
> * Open Access in Practice – How? – featuring representatives from the
> Sanger Institute, the World Bank, the Open Access Index and Open Access
> India.
>
> * Communicating Science Openly – a panel discussion with representatives
> from Wikimedia, academia and beyond.
>
> * Immediate Access to Raw Data from Experiments – with Mark Hahnel
> (Figshare), Mark Wainwright (CKAN) and Joss Winn (Orbital project,
> University of Lincoln)
>
> * The free Science and Culture Hackday<http://okfestival.org/open-culture-and-science-hackday/>to work together on projects, technologies and tools around open science.
>
> In addition, the stream will feature book sprints, peer review sessions, a
> social and much more! See the program<http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/>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.
>
>
> On behalf of the Open Science and Education team,
> Leo Lahti and Laura Newman
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> Hi Leo,
>>
>> How are you doing?
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 1) The main science events planned in the Open Research and Education
>> stream (http://okfestival.org/open-research-and-education/) particularly
>> the keynote from Mat Todd, the talk by Carl-Christian Buhr and the various
>> panels featuring Wikimedia / the World Bank / Figshare etc.
>>
>> 2) The joint Science and Culture Hackday:
>> http://okfestival.org/open-culture-and-science-hackday/ (Free to attend)
>>
>> That would be really great!
>>
>> Thanks ever so much,
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Laura Newman
>> Community Coordinator
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org/
>> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>> Twitter: @Newmanlk
>>
>>
>


-- 
Laura Newman
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: lauranewmanonskype
Twitter: @Newmanlk
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