Introduction to Open Knowledge 1.0

Rufus Pollock, Open Knowledge Foundation

Session 1, 1100-1230: Open Geodata

Chair: Becky Hogge, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group

• Ed Parsons, until recently CTO of the Ordnance Survey
• Steve Coast, founder of Open Street Map
• Charles Arthur, http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/ and Technology Editor of the Guardian

Session 2, 1400-1515: Open Media

Chair: Andrea Rota of LiquidCulture

• Paula Ledieu, Managing Director and Director of Open Media at Magic Lantern Productions.
• Susana Noguero and Olivier Schulbaum from Platoniq
• Zoe Young, coordinator of Transmission’s metadata working group

Session 3, 1530-1645: Open Scientific and Civic Information

Chair: Jo Walsh, Open Knowledge Foundation and OSGeo

• Tim Hubbard, leader of the Human Genome Analysis Group at the Sanger Institute
• Peter Murray-Rust, Professor in the Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics at Cambridge University
• John Sheridan, Head of e-Services at the Office of Public Sector Information

Open Space, 1700-1830

• Lightning talks, demos, mini-workshops …
• See the wiki: http://okfn.org/wiki/okcon/

Continuing Discussion at a Local Watering-Hole, 1900-?

• Where: A local pub such as:
• The George Tavern
  • 373 Commercial Road, Stepney, LONDON, E1 0LA
  • Google Maps

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