Join the OKCon HackSpace!

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At a house party, the kitchen almost always is the place to be – that’s where all the good stuff is coming from, the source where things start, the place where things happen! At the Open Knowledge Conference that’s the HackSpace: the place where things get done, and it’s right behind the bar! The OKCon… Read more »

OKCon 2013 Guest Post: How to turn data into stories

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The third in our series of guest posts by OKCon 2013 speakers is by Benjamin Wiederkehr, Interactive Things. Together with Sylke Gruhnwald he will co-present the Data Visualization Workshop ‘Storytelling through Data’ on Monday 16th September, 14.00 – 17:00. This workshop is supported by Pro Helvetia. For the year of 2013, the editorial office of… Read more »

OKCon 2013 Guest Post: BudgIT and our strategy for engaging the Nigerian community in open data initiatives

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The second in our series of guest posts by OKCon 2013 speakers is by Oluseun Onigbinde, Co-Founder/Lead Director BudgIT. He will be speaking at the Technology, Tools and Business session on Tuesday 17th September at 14:15, Room 13, Floor 2. A key consideration in driving open data across the entire literacy chain is how to… Read more »

OKCon 2013 Guest Post: Open Data Portal on Land Rights

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Introducing a series of guest posts by OKCon 2013 speakers that we will publish over the coming weeks. This first post is by Laura Meggiolaro, Land Portal Coordinator, International Land Coalition, who will be speaking on the main stage during the Open Development and Sustainability session on Wednesday 18th September at 10:15. There is a… Read more »

Introducing the OKCon Startup Package

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Open Knowledge and Open Data create many kinds of value in many kinds of ways. One very powerful way to create and capture that value is through startup companies, which is why we at OKCon embrace the startup community and can now offer a unique opportunity to young companies in the open data space: the… Read more »