[Cc-hk] Fwd: [CCi] The Call for Participation: iSummit 08
Rebecca MacKinnon
rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
Tue Mar 4 20:59:14 EST 2008
FYI!
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Heather Ford <heather at icommons.org>
> Date: March 5, 2008 2:11:02 AM GMT+08:00
> To: cci at lists.ibiblio.org
> Cc: James Cairns <maczomba at mac.com>
> Subject: [CCi] The Call for Participation: iSummit 08
>
> Dear friends,
>
> iCommons is happy to announce the Call for submissions for this
> year's iSummit in Sapporo, Japan. Please read the instructions,
> FAQs and download the programme structure by going to: http://
> www.icommons.org/isummit08/call-for-submissions/.
>
> I think its a great improvement on last year's wiki-based call -
> and James Cairns and a bunch of volunteers from the January
> workshop have worked really hard in making this year's process much
> smoother, more transparent and efficient. Thank you to them and
> those who have started working on communal programme initiatives
> such as the Commons Research participants and others.
>
> The call is open until the end of March to submit your ideas for
> presentation slots but we're also encouraging people to join one or
> more of the related iSummit 'Lab' (track) lists below to discuss
> community-wide activities and outcomes.
>
> Open Education: A track dedicated to knowledge-sharing among open
> education practitioners and the development of new global
> initiatives to spread open educational tools, policies and practice
> to countries around the world.
> To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icic
>
> Creative Commons Japan: A Japanese-language track coordinated by
> the ccJapan team to debate and discuss the commons in relation to
> Japan, and to plan how to spread ideas about Free Culture and the
> Commons.
>
> (Mailing list coming soon!)
>
> Open Business: A track designed to both introduce newcomers to the
> basic concepts of open business tools and practices such as the
> newly-launched CC+ protocol as well as to collaborate on new global
> initiatives that will further the goals of the open business
> community.
>
> To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitbusiness
>
> Commons research: A track dedicated to the 'First International
> Research Workshop on Free Culture'. This lab will gather academics
> and researchers who are interested in furthering scholarship in the
> Commons and Free Culture, providing a space for them to share the
> results of their work and develop ideas for further collaboration.
>
> To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research
>
> Local context global commons: A track that will showcase regional
> and local approaches to the concept of Free Culture around the
> world - and will highlight initiatives such as Wikipedia and Global
> Voices that are developing innovative approaches to the
> localisation of global projects.
>
> To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitglobalcommons
>
> DIY video: A track that will showcase (through screenings), discuss
> and analyse (through screening discussions) the intersection
> between the Commons and do-it-yourself video production around the
> world.
> To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitvideo
>
> Best,
> Heather.
>
> Heather Ford
> Executive Director, iCommons
> http://icommons.org
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Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: RConversation.com
Co-founder: GlobalVoicesOnline.org
"The world is talking. Are you listening?"
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