Open Knowledge Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at scot.okfn.org.
Open Knowledge Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at scot.okfn.org.
Open Knowledge Scotland: Open Knowledge Edinburgh meet-up #19
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Open Knowledge Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at http://scot.okfn.org.
Open Knowledge Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at http://scot.okfn.org.
Come along to the next Edinburgh Open Data Meet-up, to share our projects and ideas around open data.
Open Knowledge Foundation Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at http://scot.okfn.org.
Lightning talks to be confirmed.
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
EH1 1EW
Come along to the next Edinburgh Open Data Meet-up, to share our projects and ideas around open data.
Open Knowledge Foundation Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at http://scot.okfn.org.
Come along to the next Edinburgh Open Data Meet-up, to share our projects and ideas around open data. The next #OpenDataEDB is a special occasion, since we are very fortunate that Rufus Pollock, founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation, will be joining us and giving a talk.
Open Knowledge Foundation Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at http://scot.okfn.org.
Talk schedule:
* Introduction to the Open Knowledge Foundation - Rufus Pollock - http://rufuspollock.org
* How do you solve a problem like <strikethrough>Maria</strikethrough>String Matching? - Gill Hamilton - http://digital.nls.uk
* An independent space for Open Data? - Ally Tibbitt - http://edinbuzz.org.uk
* Understanding the data you create - Leah Lockhart - http://www.project-ginsberg.com
* Mapping Communities with OpenStreetMap - Tim Foster - http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Hawkeye
OKF Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at http://scot.okfn.org.
Confirmed lightning talks:
* Ally Crockford - Wikimedia at the National Library of Scotland
* Andy Judson - Map-based visualisations using D3 and NHS Scotland open data
* Sally Kerr - Council Open Data and the EdinburghApps Civic Hack Event
* Robin Rice - Edinburgh Datashare: A digital repository of research datasets
* Tessa Quinn - Digital strategy at the National Museums of Scotland
We will also have an 'open mic' session where people can pitch ideas for volunteer-based projects that we could pursue under the umbrella of OKF Scotland.
OKF Meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Come and join discussions around open knowledge and open data -- from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice. Information about some of our past meet-ups can be found at http://scot.okfn.org.
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