okfestival 2012 | helsinki finland
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This is the story of the world's first Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki, Finland on September 17-22, 2012. Tickets and details at http://okfestival.org and updates via @OKFestival on Twitter.TRANSCRIPT
This is the story of the world's first open knowledge festival, an international team and experimental new ideas.
Our names are Kat, Juha, Petri, Massimo, Jussi and Antti. Together, we are the Core Organising Team.
We live and work around the world, from the Open Knowledge Foundation in London to the Aalto Media Factory in Helsinki to the Finnish Institute in London to Forum Virium, EIT ICT Labs and Otavan Opisto in Helsinki.
global team we are planning the world's first-ever Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki this Sept.
And with a diverse
To define openness,
We use the Open Definition: “A piece of content or data is 'open' if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it without legal or technological restrictions.”
Source: http://opendefinition.org
The Open Knowledge Foundation isa network that fosters tools, projects and communities that promote this kind of collaborative openness.
Source: http://okfn.org
And every year, the Open Knowledge Foundation has held 2 annual events:Open Knowledge Conference &Open Government Data Camp.
Source: http://ogdcamp.org and http://okcon.org
#OKFest 2012 will combine these events for a week-long celebration in Helsinki.
Source: http://okfestival.org
For this festival, the first of its kind, we decided to explore experimental new methods.
Source: http://okfestival.org
With a focus on open knowledge in action, we offered festival-goers themselves the chance to plan over 2/3 of the week together as Guest Programme Planners...
Source: http://okfestival.org
The first submission round allowed us to determine the festival's 13 key Topic Streams, from open democracy to development to sustainability software.
Source: http://okfestival.org
But we still want more. More submissions from local communities around the globe. Leadership on emergent topics.
Source: http://okfestival.org
Most of all, we want to see your passions come to life! We encourage strange and crazy ideas for innovation... join us!
Source: http://okfestival.org
Get involved atokfestival.org.