OpenTech 2010

11^th September 2010

from UKUUG and friends

Sponsored by data.gov.uk

OpenTech 2010 is looking for talks. What do you work on that more people should know about in the areas of Technology, Justice or Democracy.

What do you work on that more people should know about?

OpenTech is as much about conversations in the bar, as it is sitting in sessions; what topics would you like to be discussed with a range of people? The best way of getting the OpenTech audience to think about the challenges you have, is by sharing what they are and solutions you've already found, by offering a talk.

Are there community projects that you work on that would benefit from more support? Are you working on problems that you think others might help solve?

Offer a talk online at www.ukuug.org/opentech or email opentech@ukuug.org and we'll have a chat. If you can get us submissions (even just outline submissions) by the 13th of June (extended due to the data.gov.uk announcements, but please submit as soon as possible), that'd be grand.

*What is OpenTech 2010?*
- Open Tech 2010 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference on
  slightly different approaches to technology, politics and justice.



What's the day going to have?
    - Technology
    - Politics
    - Justice
    - what do you want to talk about?


*What do we need?*
- Proposals from people who want to give a presentation, run a panel,
  organise a tutorial, or run a demo of something new and interesting
  on something that they think matters or getting people to help.

- Publicity - please blog this announcement, write a newspaper article,
 forward to mailing lists, and tell your friends!


What topics do we hope to cover?
    - Justice: Civil, Social, Environmental, Criminal, Legal, other.
    - Community engagement
    - Democracy 2.0
    - Mashups, open data and uses
    - Future of media and distribution
    - Disaster politics and technology
    - Highlights, lowlights and lessons learnt
    - mesofacts and Long term thinking: big problems with massive opportunities
    - Tutorials & Workshops - share what you know

    - If you've got an interesting proposal that doesn't fit into any of
      the categories above, please send it in anyway!

What have we already got talks or sessions about?
    - Giving the Enlightement Another Five Hundred Years
    - Rewired State
    - NO2ID: tales from the battlefront
    - data dot dot - Becky Hogge
    - Where now for Open Video? from visionon.tv
    - What's next after the General Election?*
    - mySociety and Project Fosbury
    - For The Win: Games as a political space*
    - data.gov.uk, London DataStore
    - Mozilla Drumbeat: Building Cool Stuff To Keep The Net Open
    - Modern Perl*
    - Open Data & The Rewards of Failure*
    - People Power in Your Pocket*

   We're still looking for more talks on all our topics,
   so if you want to offer something, we're waiting to
   hear your ideas. A * means that those sessions especially
   aren't full and you can still offer something for them, or 
   other sessions. 

*How do I submit a proposal?*
    - Online form via http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/offer
    - Deadline for submissions is midnight on Tuesday 1st June 2010

*Can I buy or reserve a ticket to the event?*

- Register at http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/list
 and we'll email you nearer the time with more information

*Any other questions?*

Read the Submission page or email opentech@ukuug.org

More information at http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/

-- the OpenTech 2010 organisers 
   (David, Emily, Sam)
   http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/