[Sorvi-admin] Open Science sessions

[Leo Lahti]

Ok thanks! I will put to circulation in Finland today with the
improvements.

Leo

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org> wrote:

> 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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