Open Knowledge Festival/meeting20120423

OKFestival programme planning meeting
Tue 24 April + Wed 25 April @ Aalto Media Factory, Helsinki

Participants: Juha Huuskonen, Antti Poikola, Petri Kola, Kat Braybrooke, Jussi Nissilä, Massimo Menichinelli (+ additional participants during Tue 24  afternoon + Wed 25 afternoon)

Call +358 40 570 96 17 / Juha Huuskonen if you have any questions!

NOTE: Photos from these 2 days are on OKFN Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/okfn/sets/72157628319216831/with/6965889082/

=DECISIONS=

ONE >>> OKFestival 2012 THEMES
We have confirmed the following 10 guiding THEMES for OKFestival 2012:


 * 1) Open Cultural Heritage and Production
 * 2) Open Design, Hardware and Manufacturing
 * 3) Open Government and City Data
 * 4) Gender / Diversity in Openness
 * 5) Open Development and Economics
 * 6) Open Research and Education
 * 7) Open Business and Corporate Data
 * 8) Open Democracy and Citizen Participation
 * 9) Open Source Software
 * 10) Data Visualization and Data Journalism

TWO >>> OKfestival TOPIC STREAMS
Each THEME consists of a set of focused TOPIC STREAMS. TOPIC STREAMS are specific packages of festival programming designed by our Guest Programme Planners from around the world. The confirmed TOPIC STREAMS are:
 * 01) Open Cultural Heritage & Production
 * Open GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
 * Creative Commons Film Festival
 * 02) Open Design, Hardware and Manufacturing
 * the whole theme is covered
 * 03) Open Government and City Data
 * Open Geo information
 * 04) Gender / Diversityin Openness
 * incubating theme - no organizer yet
 * 05) Open Development and Economics
 * Open Development
 * 06) Open Research and Education
 * Open Science
 * Open Education
 * 07) Open Business and Corporate Data
 * Academic topic stream on Open Data in Business
 * 08) Open Democracy and Citizen Participation
 * Open Democracy
 * Open Spending & Participatory Budgeting
 * 09) Open Source Software
 * Open Source Software organized by http://www.openmind.ficonference
 * 10) Data Visualization and Data Journalism
 * Satellite event: Tieto näkyväksi / Making Data Visible(organised by Aalto University Graphic Design programme)

THREE >>> WANTED: NEW COLLABORATORS
We are currently looking for additional participation in the following topics. Each of these topics have generated a great deal of interest from international communities,  but do not haveenoughGuest Programme Planners yet. As a result, they may be moved to the unconference sessionof the festival The topic streams that need help are:
 * Data Driven Journalism
 * Gender / Diversity in Openness
 * Open urban/municipal data (transport, public works etc)
 * Open national/international government data
 * Open economics
 * Open business & corporate data

FOUR >>> OKfestival spaces
The Core Organising Team is also happy to announce the following spaces at our 2012 venue, each with a specific theme: TO-DO: We need to find 1-2 more spaces (lecture/workshop spaces for approx 50 people)
 * HACK: Lume Film studio - 4 simultaneous workshops/sessions for max 30-40 persons each
 * MAKE: Aalto Media Factory (Auditorium for 50 people + Fablab (for max 20 people) + 2 meeting rooms (for approx 10 people each))
 * INSPIRE: Sampo hall + Foyer (lecture room for 300 people + a large lobby space that will be the main meeting point of the festival)
 * DREAM: 8th floor lecture room (for max 120 people)
 * TENT: Public programme / easy access programme (outside on the terrace - TBC)
 * VIEW: Two movie theatres Marilyn & Bunuel (for 28 & 89 people)